{Source} Book from chesapeake shard

[Shard] - Sosaria
[Type] - (Fiction/ history)
[Book] - Red - 20 pages

[Title] - The Phoenix
[Author] - Hinotori

[Page 1]
Once, I remember,
there was a great god
that protected people of
this land. A giant
Phoenix of great
power like none seen
before. She would
wander, giving to

[Page 2]
many and helping
along those in need.
But then an evil
daemon cast a spell
upon her, draining
her of her powers and
destroying her body
and leaving her spirit

[Page 3]
to wander the world
alone. She despaired in
her ghostly
wandering, for the
people she once helped
and cared over now
ran in fright of her
shade. Soon her name

[Page 4]
was forgotten in the
passage of time.
Tomes filled with
tales of her greatness
crumbled to dust till
nothing at all was left.
For thousands upon
thousands of years

[Page 5]
she searched for
someway to be
released from the
ethereal prison of
undeath. Until, one
day, a Great Magi
chanced upon her
ghost and was not

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afraid. She marveled
at his bracery, his
total confidence that
she would not hurt
him. She wept
incorporeal tears of
sadness and joy.
'Please' she spoke in

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the ghostly howling.
"Help me"
Taking pity upon this
strange shade, the
mage becond for her to
follow him to his
tower. There he spent
many long years

[Page 8]
pouring over tomes in
search of some way
to return the ghost to
life. Finally after
many long decades he
chanced upon a way
that might work. He
gathered the reagents

[Page 9]
needed to cast the spell
and created a warding
circle to protect
himself from its
great power. Then
when all was
prepared he motioned
her into the circle and

[Page 10]
began chanting. For
three long days and
nights he chanted,
neither eating nor
drinking, intent upon
his mission. Finally
as dawn approached on
the fourth day he

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completed the spell.
With a great cyclone
of power, red mist
swirled within the
magic circle,
converging into a
shape upon the floor.
The redness dimmed

[Page 12]
and he stared in awe
at what lay before
him. A beautiful
woman with hair the
color of flame and
eyes that glowed like
coals.
Rising slowly the

[Page 13]
phoenix looked down
upon her new body
"I..I'm human!" she
wept. The mage
comforted her as best
he could then collapsed
from exhaustion.
Remembering her

[Page 14]
ancient habits, she
cared for him. For he
had given much of
himself for her.
As the years went by
she learned the way
of the magi and strode
the world in

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confidence, once again
helping others as best
as she could. But
forever would she be
haunted by memories
and dreams of her
former life. Of
midnight flights

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through the summer
air. Hoping, dreaming,
wishing someday,
somewhere she could
once again feel the
mist on her beak as
she strove to reach the
highest rays of the

[Page 17]
rising sun.

Ohhhhh nice... a new one!