And Peace Wept

By: Tazura Avey

The two sisters, one light and gentle and one dark and fierce, locked in their eternal dance collapsed as the delicate balance of power between them shifted drastically, overpowering their senses. The light sister sank to her knees and covered her face, weeping as her dark sibling screamed her fury for all to hear. In an instant, the dark sister was clad in her black armor and her wickedly barbed wings were spread for flight as her delicate twin wrapped her soft blue wings about herself in false comfort as tears streamed down Peace's pale cheeks. The dark one known as War gathered her weapons as the feeling of impending battle enveloped her with each passing moment. And Peace, the gentle white and light blue sister, wept. She wept for the lives ended in a brutal act of violence and for those that would be cut short by her sister's actions. She wept for those who were injured in the terror and those whose lives were drastically altered in a single breath. War looked about her, bloodlust in her gaze as her power grew from the anger and hatred towards those that destroyed innocents, and with a chilling scream that promised death to her enemies, she spread her dark wings, taking to the air to gather her legions for the fight.

And Peace wept.