Hurray!!! I used that blasted first line. And it worked out nicely, with no horror.
Title: The First Youma
Author: Ree
Theme: Favorite Character - Beryl- First line
Genre: General
Version: Anime/ Manga - Fates/Tainted Gifts storyline- Silver Mellinium
Rating: G
Most of these characters belong to Takeuchi Naoko. I just borrowed my daughters paper dolls again.
The First Youma
'If hope was a thing with feathers, then perhaps despair was a shattered wing.' Beryl watched the feathers fell gently to the ground at her feet. The spirit of the air fell crashing to the ground, its nearly translucent wings shattered beyond repair.
Turning her gaze, Beryl glared across the battlefield at the warriors who had wrought this destruction of her and Queen Metallia's plans. 'The spirit was to capture the prince and bring him to Metallia's home. There, we were going to break the sidhe spell that has enthralled him.' The spirit moaned in pain at her feet. 'It was an air attack that did this. That means Lord Kunzite is responsible. The four lords are making this difficult. If I could bring them over to my side. If I could bind them to my will as tightly as they are bound to the prince's. Then... Then there would be a chance of winning.'
The pitiful cry reached her ears again. Raising her hands, Beryl grasped the power that Metallia had granted her, and cast it over her servant, commanding it to heal the fallen spirit. Dark tendrils of power wrapped about the air spirit, encasing it into what looked like a cocoon.
When the cocoon faded, it revealed that the spirit had been changed. It now was covered in an armor, and its once ethereal, translucent wings were razor sharp shards of crystal. Smiling demoniacally, the metamorphosed spirit flew back into combat.
Watching it cut swaths out of the opposing army, Beryl smiled. 'I wonder what the Earth, Water, Fire, and Tree spirits will become.' Turning her back on the battlefield, she went in search for more spirits to change.