Flora and Fauna-chapter 2

Early vespers , the triumphant silence surrounded Tara when she woke up. She had been awake nursing a nightmare thumping her ancient dragon skull. It started off with a voice or perhaps it was the wind. First it was as if the wind opened the shutters from the windows. As if it allowed something to open that was released in fretful times. A magical change about to happen.  
 
The wind was swelling growing whispering waning waxing groaning whistling roaming around the windows. “I am free to move!” The wind spoke repeating that same sentence over and over again. As this half waking state of sleep continued Tara was sometimes still able to see herself laying there under cashmere blankets. The dark purple melting into a darkness.  
 
Suddenly a dream scape happened, she found herself in “Silence! ” a voice called out  
“We who have the keys to movement , gather now!” A door slammed open and a company of witches appeared. They were Sea witches with long olive colored dirty oily hair. Their cloth of weeds and even some one eyed cyclopes among them.  
 
She was given a mirror, the frame being old stained silver, she had to wipe it off to be able to look into the mirror “elohw llits elohw llits!” was hummed in all tones. The volume increasing until she held her hands over her ears and burst into tears.  
There was gurgling giggling laughter. “Silence stillness little lamb!”  
“What means elohw llits  ?!” Still whole, child, still whole do not fear do not fret!  
 
“How can I move among you !” Tara cried out “Silence, accept what is there, take upon a different shape and learn to see things with new eyes!” In whirlpools all images escaped. Slowly gradually Tara heard the wind again , still adrift returning.  
 
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