melancholy

there once was a little yurble girl

she was born grey into a family of three

her mother and sister thought she was pretty

her father did not agree

against her mother’s wishes

her father painted her red

and told her to never change her color

or something terrible would happen

and so she never changed her color

in fact, her life never changed

because as far as she knew

being different was the worst thing you could ever be

she went to a school

a fancy school

one with the most prestigious minds

to ever grace neovia

and for a while

the little yurble girl’s life

was perfect

and normal

eventually the little yurble girl turned into a pre-teen

she was only little in size at this point

she was having a perfect and normal life

but then something happened that she’d never forget

her friend dared her to go into a pool

a rainbow pool

she accepted, not knowing

the fate that befell her

she went in

and watched in horror

as her body went from a bright red

to the darkest shade of grey

her friend couldn’t stop laughing

the yurble girl begged her to stop

she went back to the school

and everyone else began laughing

they starting mocking her

insulting her

she pleaded for it to stop

but it never did

it only got worse later in the day

they started hurting her mentally

they started hurting her physically

and all she could do was cry

it got to the point where she left school early

she ran home, back to her parents

surely they can make me feel better, she thought

but it was only the beginning

her mother tried to console her

her sister did the same

but then her father came home

and the yurble girl’s heart dropped

she tried to escape

going out the window

but her father caught her

and before she knew it

half of her

                 blood was no

                                       longer in her

                                                            body

her mother struck her father down

her sister told her to run

and so she escaped

right out the window

she ran for miles

she was constantly staggering

her body was bleeding out from all sides

and she could barely feel her legs

then she ran into a cave

and found a big thing

a blue monster

that looked like some kind of kyrii

the monster awoke

she knew she was already dead

and so the yurble girl collapsed

and accepted her fate

but the monster didn’t kill her

he instead helped her up

and healed her wounds

the yurble girl burst into tears

you should’ve just left me alone, she said

the world doesn’t deserve me

the monster put his hand on her shoulder

and said it doesn’t deserve me, either

trust me, little one

i know what it feels like

when people decide

to turn their backs on you

i’ll tell you what, he said

you can live in this cave with me

we can be here together

away from those that despise us

the yurble girl knew there was no turning back

to go home meant more pain or worse

okay, she said

i’ll stay here with you

and so she stayed with the monster

for over half a decade

it wasn’t the best living conditions

but it was better than before

then one day

she heard screaming

coming from outside of the cave

she went to investigate

she found someone unfamiliar

it was some kind of island-colored lupe stuck under a branch

but it didn’t look right to her

because she knew lupes didn’t have extremely large fangs

the strange being pleaded for help

i got trapped under this tree, he said

i was running from a monster, you see

the esophagor, i think it was called?

the yurble girl didn’t know why

but for some reason

she had a strange desire to save this thing

that she didn’t even know

using a makeshift axe that the monster gave her

she cut down the tree branch

and moved it off of the strange creature

and just like that, the creature was free

the creature hugged her

thank you for saving me! he said

i thought i was as good as dead

who are you, anyway?

and in that moment

the yurble girl felt a long forgotten feeling

as soon as she felt it, she knew what it was

it was the feeling of happiness

she knew right then and there

that making other people happy

made her happy too

and so she looked at the creature and said

i’m millicent thornwood

i’m here to help