In between the forest trees… A man stood there, holding something covered in a blanket.26Please respect copyright.PENANAPIed04abj1
He had a knife in his hand. The metal was stained with blood, as if he had killed someone. There was a hole in the blanket. Dry blood was visible on it.26Please respect copyright.PENANAgoeXQN9B0z
Maybe not something… Maybe it was someone. A fragile child.26Please respect copyright.PENANAn3XPlPSXzo
The man laid it down on the ground. He stared at it for a bit. He pulled out a withered flower out of his jacket and put it on her. He walked away…26Please respect copyright.PENANAD9BiaDHdkE
The soft sound of someone walking on snow was heard… Somewhere, the bells rang. Even though the sound didn’t reach it. Nothing reached it. 26Please respect copyright.PENANAyItlSgj8wy
The snow fell quietly. It surrounded the blanket… It came on top of it. Whatever or whoever was in there would freeze to death. 26Please respect copyright.PENANA4S6nmKlfkr
No one was around. No one could see. But it looked like the snow was the only thing that had mercy… A cold breeze passed.26Please respect copyright.PENANAJDPTmh3Ge4
The world was cruel. The wind was whispering, as if it was trying to not disturb something.26Please respect copyright.PENANAtHZcXTCNmz
Another bell rang. In a city, somewhere far away… People were begging for money, food or water.26Please respect copyright.PENANApY3KjKT2QL
Last night, a blizzard struck a village. The village where the man lived. It was named Gravemire because of the countless amount of gravestones that stood there.26Please respect copyright.PENANAYOg92RF7C8
Almost no one survived. Most of the houses were destroyed. The villagers were dead, but not found.26Please respect copyright.PENANAqWGg9ggD39
A dog passed by with its owner. The dog started barking. He looked at the mound of snow.26Please respect copyright.PENANAYY9ZxLTZGX
The dog started digging. Further and further. Until he smelled blood. There was a look of horror on the owner’s face.26Please respect copyright.PENANAZiKrqHtess
He saw a little baby… Tiny. Its skin was almost blue, pale. There was frost on her short eyelashes.26Please respect copyright.PENANAVOSPAFvJSY
There was blood on her right eye. It was closed. Her left eye stared at the man. Was she even conscious?26Please respect copyright.PENANAHeUrxvNddF
Her eye had a diamond blue color. Not a really stark contrast with the snow. Her nose was as red as a rose.26Please respect copyright.PENANA9amnJNJyyZ
She couldn’t do anything. Her body shivered. The owner pulled his dog away and ran back. Into the mist… Further, leaving her alone.26Please respect copyright.PENANAgRn9nEAkrj
Days passed like falling leaves… She didn’t move. She should’ve been dead by now. But was she dead?26Please respect copyright.PENANA8OwvZ5AhsG
She didn’t even cry yet. Not like she could. Not when her father had left her out the day she was born. Everyone looked away, disgusted or not even caring.26Please respect copyright.PENANA26C3iQHUqj
She was nothing more than a mere orphan. Everyone left. Without a word. Without a goodbye. Just one thing… A sharp, uncertain look. Then they disappeared.26Please respect copyright.PENANAF4Qc5Snbzu
She didn’t remember their faces nor did she remember their voices. Not like she could hear or speak.26Please respect copyright.PENANAkTd0eyU4A1
The girl was silent… Unmoving… Unbeknownst of the world. The moon watched her. Still, she didn’t speak. She couldn’t speak…26Please respect copyright.PENANAcWTbIzYs93
Footsteps approached… Closer and closer... Soft and deliberate in the snow. As if they were expecting someone to be alive.26Please respect copyright.PENANABhB8WJF4oQ
The girl opened her eyes. A woman stood above her. The woman’s brown hair was bound in a braid. She brushed snow off her shoulders. Her eyes were chocolate brown.26Please respect copyright.PENANATygBJIUb35
The woman looked old. Not in years, but in pain. She saw the girl and the girl saw her. Yet, no sound was heard.26Please respect copyright.PENANAMBqE0HtCGt
The woman crouched. She touched the girl’s hand, expecting it to be cold. But… It was warm. Unbelievable. She was alive.26Please respect copyright.PENANAydZ0nKoFIn
The girl’s fingers twitched. The woman had a look of empathy in her eyes. She was the only one who did.26Please respect copyright.PENANAeZZW7F7M4p
“You poor thing,” the woman whispered, afraid to hurt the girl. She probably couldn’t move with her battered body.26Please respect copyright.PENANAqZNeAxOLhJ
“So cruel… Which devil decided to leave such a small, fragile person in the cold…?” the woman asked. More to herself, since she wouldn’t get a reply.26Please respect copyright.PENANAyTgTyDFlkR
The girl didn’t have a name. She didn’t have a warm place to call ‘home’ nor someone who she belonged to.26Please respect copyright.PENANAyZCMtZZEIL
The woman takes her cloak off and wraps it around the girl. Her arms were strong, and she held the child like she was made out of glass. Something a touch itself could break.26Please respect copyright.PENANAfWYAH6nISu
“You’ll stay with me. I do not care whose child you are, I will not let you die here… Just hold on to life a little longer, please…” she pleaded. The woman gazed at the full moon. She smiled.26Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3e6McbwLc
“Your name will be… Lunar. Similar to my daughter’s name, Luneth. Remember it, okay? The moon is beautiful, but alone… I think… You’ll be like it,” the woman said, a tear sliding to her chin.26Please respect copyright.PENANAT6kjnJYDv0
She didn’t know that Lunar couldn’t hear her. Lunar was deaf and mute. A failure to her family, maybe to the world as well. She didn’t know yet.26Please respect copyright.PENANAmaMWj1mrLD
She was being carried away from the grave her father had made for her. She would be taken to a place with walls and a fireplace.26Please respect copyright.PENANAkMJTnI3DS4
Even if the world would call her strange, she wouldn’t know. Even if someone would try to hurt her, she wouldn’t feel pain. That’s because she already knew how it felt when she was born. She got used to it and called it ‘love’.26Please respect copyright.PENANA3byFreYF3D
Lunar knew what loneliness was. She wouldn’t ask herself who she really was, because deep inside… Something older than her body knew it.26Please respect copyright.PENANAUICaG0W97q
She had been left. Not forgotten. Not hated. Just… Discarded. Without a name. Without a cry. Without her parents.26Please respect copyright.PENANAzPberp8T3m
With the snow, falling quietly as always. It was as silent as her… That’s how her life starts.
In between the forest trees… A man stood there, holding something covered in a blanket.26Please respect copyright.PENANA8pXFOOIiJL
He had a knife in his hand. The metal was stained with blood, as if he had killed someone. There was a hole in the blanket. Dry blood was visible on it.26Please respect copyright.PENANAP48o86eos7
Maybe not something… Maybe it was someone. A fragile child.26Please respect copyright.PENANADazwmi5o6r
The man laid it down on the ground. He stared at it for a bit. He pulled out a withered flower out of his jacket and put it on her. He walked away…26Please respect copyright.PENANATkFhYNmgUk
The soft sound of someone walking on snow was heard… Somewhere, the bells rang. Even though the sound didn’t reach it. Nothing reached it. 26Please respect copyright.PENANAOKDJPyZlzC
The snow fell quietly. It surrounded the blanket… It came on top of it. Whatever or whoever was in there would freeze to death. 26Please respect copyright.PENANA0XecUXpSKQ
No one was around. No one could see. But it looked like the snow was the only thing that had mercy… A cold breeze passed.26Please respect copyright.PENANA6yrrA2yhGQ
The world was cruel. The wind was whispering, as if it was trying to not disturb something.26Please respect copyright.PENANARbXMPjQhYJ
Another bell rang. In a city, somewhere far away… People were begging for money, food or water.26Please respect copyright.PENANAXzJ6goHu8g
Last night, a blizzard struck a village. The village where the man lived. It was named Gravemire because of the countless amount of gravestones that stood there.26Please respect copyright.PENANAEVwpi48u4r
Almost no one survived. Most of the houses were destroyed. The villagers were dead, but not found.26Please respect copyright.PENANAHKNN6T94QX
A dog passed by with its owner. The dog started barking. He looked at the mound of snow.26Please respect copyright.PENANA0QhEwhPBUT
The dog started digging. Further and further. Until he smelled blood. There was a look of horror on the owner’s face.26Please respect copyright.PENANArzuO5L3M4P
He saw a little baby… Tiny. Its skin was almost blue, pale. There was frost on her short eyelashes.26Please respect copyright.PENANArOhzEbHOfQ
There was blood on her right eye. It was closed. Her left eye stared at the man. Was she even conscious?26Please respect copyright.PENANA3IQ3j3lnrk
Her eye had a diamond blue color. Not a really stark contrast with the snow. Her nose was as red as a rose.26Please respect copyright.PENANAAhx3eGz1gv
She couldn’t do anything. Her body shivered. The owner pulled his dog away and ran back. Into the mist… Further, leaving her alone.26Please respect copyright.PENANAkMlmokGbip
Days passed like falling leaves… She didn’t move. She should’ve been dead by now. But was she dead?26Please respect copyright.PENANAZddMQlLXCQ
She didn’t even cry yet. Not like she could. Not when her father had left her out the day she was born. Everyone looked away, disgusted or not even caring.26Please respect copyright.PENANAQtyRkJFAYd
She was nothing more than a mere orphan. Everyone left. Without a word. Without a goodbye. Just one thing… A sharp, uncertain look. Then they disappeared.26Please respect copyright.PENANAdReIbfhOTQ
She didn’t remember their faces nor did she remember their voices. Not like she could hear or speak.26Please respect copyright.PENANAhl0SbzYnqY
The girl was silent… Unmoving… Unbeknownst of the world. The moon watched her. Still, she didn’t speak. She couldn’t speak…26Please respect copyright.PENANAzjQxR6b5oH
Footsteps approached… Closer and closer... Soft and deliberate in the snow. As if they were expecting someone to be alive.26Please respect copyright.PENANAEYUoXzwCSf
The girl opened her eyes. A woman stood above her. The woman’s brown hair was bound in a braid. She brushed snow off her shoulders. Her eyes were chocolate brown.26Please respect copyright.PENANA6EoxRIWTWw
The woman looked old. Not in years, but in pain. She saw the girl and the girl saw her. Yet, no sound was heard.26Please respect copyright.PENANAfu9uiaX5jR
The woman crouched. She touched the girl’s hand, expecting it to be cold. But… It was warm. Unbelievable. She was alive.26Please respect copyright.PENANAr0Pnk5yNv8
The girl’s fingers twitched. The woman had a look of empathy in her eyes. She was the only one who did.26Please respect copyright.PENANAiP8ZFT9HNu
“You poor thing,” the woman whispered, afraid to hurt the girl. She probably couldn’t move with her battered body.26Please respect copyright.PENANAVceDFJUH7L
“So cruel… Which devil decided to leave such a small, fragile person in the cold…?” the woman asked. More to herself, since she wouldn’t get a reply.26Please respect copyright.PENANA3jr9ieoYQ4
The girl didn’t have a name. She didn’t have a warm place to call ‘home’ nor someone who she belonged to.26Please respect copyright.PENANAWrdO4of4zB
The woman takes her cloak off and wraps it around the girl. Her arms were strong, and she held the child like she was made out of glass. Something a touch itself could break.26Please respect copyright.PENANAb70WRzI61o
“You’ll stay with me. I do not care whose child you are, I will not let you die here… Just hold on to life a little longer, please…” she pleaded. The woman gazed at the full moon. She smiled.26Please respect copyright.PENANAaEGd9LBXw3
“Your name will be… Lunar. Similar to my daughter’s name, Luneth. Remember it, okay? The moon is beautiful, but alone… I think… You’ll be like it,” the woman said, a tear sliding to her chin.26Please respect copyright.PENANAScpzYxYPjs
She didn’t know that Lunar couldn’t hear her. Lunar was deaf and mute. A failure to her family, maybe to the world as well. She didn’t know yet.26Please respect copyright.PENANApZUQ1OGYVu
She was being carried away from the grave her father had made for her. She would be taken to a place with walls and a fireplace.26Please respect copyright.PENANA6tQb2agweG
Even if the world would call her strange, she wouldn’t know. Even if someone would try to hurt her, she wouldn’t feel pain. That’s because she already knew how it felt when she was born. She got used to it and called it ‘love’.26Please respect copyright.PENANA5oebzhtwRD
Lunar knew what loneliness was. She wouldn’t ask herself who she really was, because deep inside… Something older than her body knew it.26Please respect copyright.PENANA2OtI5PuaJ1
She had been left. Not forgotten. Not hated. Just… Discarded. Without a name. Without a cry. Without her parents.26Please respect copyright.PENANAk9MtFoiR89
With the snow, falling quietly as always. It was as silent as her… That’s how her life starts.
26Please respect copyright.PENANAWphVxZHB69