2 Raya Autumn

Ten years have passed, it's now 3030 and the harvest ritual will be coming soon. Everyone expects me to be the guiding light and take on the role of a mile-high priestess and clear all negative energy collected throughout the year. But I have this dream lately that has me on edge I haven't left the forest yet and for some reason, I want to be normal, but I never had that chance or choice. Raised like Royalty, someone special, yet I can't tap into my ancestral power I was born with willingly. I was born to be a great high priestess to keep two realms sealed from entering into the earthly world. but that legend was really super old, could anything unearthly still exist in this day in age? but for some reason lately I've also felt that I am being watched over. I will have to ask Grandmother Willow our seer and great elder about my issues, maybe she might be able to clear things up for me. I am afraid to ask mom and dad, because supposedly the power skipped mother and collected all in my soul, so they expected me to know how to tap into my power in consciousness. I can't remember what happened when I was a baby but supposedly when I was held up in the full harvest moon, a light surrounded my body and I had unconsciously resealed the ancient grounds which was leaking negative energy into the forest causing contamination of our food and water sources, so it was forbidden to grow any crops within a hundred feet and the river nearby was forbidden to fish from. contamination of otherworldly energies especially negative ones, caused humans to be possessed easily and commit horrific acts or even minor assaults. Sins even if they aren't the will of your own mind, everyone here once they have a feeling uneasy that doesn't seem natural goes to Grandmother Willow to see if they need to be cleansed, but lately we have been getting curious outsiders who have visited our Mabon village in curiosity, because of our legacy of guarding the ancient seal, to outsiders it's guarding the sacred and cursed tree. but we also do some business trades with the city down below since times are changing. But we have warning signs and a talisman ward circling around the seal we warned outsiders not to go near it even if it is sealed, we cannot guarantee their safety or life after if they ignore our warnings, but curious as they are most just look from afar, but a few have gone straight up and left. We heard later that those who touched the seal ended up in prison, serial killers or dead, and their own Legends and myths were born from that. but never connected to the ancient grounds that started their Legends in the first place. Grandmother always said Legends and myths are based on truth, and somewhere it gets stretched to be too far-fetched for humans to take seriously anymore. I better prepare for the Harvest ritual, this year because I am still a child, they are making a small festival for me because it's my birthday wish to do something normal like what I heard about from the outside visitors and what schools were like. So, the village agreed to my wish and thought it may be a fun way to make way for the ritual to be underway. outsiders can now observe our harvest ritual as well. To be the embodiment of pure light and power, I am hope for the village. I can't let them down.