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In the province of Marus on the continent of Malek the day of the fiery ascension drew closer. The village of Sahit was in full swing of preparation while Haruha was sitting in her nest and looking down the mountain. She was worried since her age was slowly catching up to her. The phoenix looked up to the sky with her almost black eyes that looked like coals that slowly glimmered with the rest of once bright fire. She knew her lifespan was coming to an end and her watch over this province was also ending with her life. She had lived a long life far longer than most beings. This would be the twenty-seven thousand ceremony she would watch and three days after that her death would occur. Like all beings blessed bye the gods the phoenixes as well as dragons knew the day, they would die from the day they were born. Her gaze turned back to the city and her simple mind wished to protect these beings even longer. She was still a beast even tough her long life gave her extraordinary intelligence and abilities. Never had she talked to these beings or had felt them touching her. She stayed only as the protector of this province but stayed away without any social contacts. It never had bothered her that she never had any social interactions since the day she hatched and she knew her successor would be the same but now she wondered if this was really how it was meant to be. Maybe she should have interacted with these humans and have people she cared about. She sighed as she spread her old wings and flew of her nest to hunt for food. Every day flying became harder and she wished back her youth to soar back into the highest highs of the heaven. She had always taken it for granted but now she could hardly fly back up the mountain. Her flames of course kept her safe but even those started to die down as seen bye her eyes that lost there once fiery gold color and now only glimmered in black husks. Haruha sighed again after eating the fish she caught and then flew back to her nest to rest. Miranda was running towards the mountain and the nest of the guardian deity. Her mother was sick and she needed the tears of the deity to save her life. Approaching the deity, she knelt down and started praying. Haruha looked up and sighed again. She could help this girl but that would end her life now since her tears tied directly to her lifespan but at least she would be able to help once more. The mythical creature dragged her body towards the girl ad the flask she had put down and squeezed a tear out of her eyes with fell into the flask. The golden liquid shone brightly as Haruha turned around and went back towards her nest. The girl said words and went away but Haruha did not listen anymore. Her vision became blurry as she looked into the sky wishing she could be back up there. “Malek I did all my work please grant me pea- happiness “she thought as she closed her eyes for the last time. Right in that moment a bright light exploded around her but the warmth of her flames did not follow. She felt her body fall and opened her eyes in shock as she crashed into a body of water and started to struggle expecting her feathers to soak full of water but her wings did not work as the paddles they should. Her legs felt longer and her entire body heavier than it should. She opened her mouth to cry out and summon her flames but the water rushed into her lungs as she lost consciousness. Lucy was sitting on the picnic blanket while watching the park and her husband Mark swimming in the lake. She waved at him while he waved at him. It hat been months since they had finally time off together and he decided to sweep her out of the house and bring her to this lake. She almost could not believe his childlike glee at having the opportunity to swim again. The Spring air was warm and Lucy was happy for once. She did not have any idiot screaming at her trough the phone because they could not figure out how to get the contracts closed. Mark also seemed quite relaxed since he finally had no more deadlines. She was happy for him that he finally managed to achieve his dream. She had supported him for the last four years but the book he wrote finally hit off. He finally made more then enough money to live of off and both actually planned to retire early. Since his book brought in enough money for them to live off of, she could become a house wife. Lucy smiled gleefully thinking about waking up and cleaning the house and making food for her husband. She had never been the career person but always wished to be a housewife. The twenty-nine-year-old woman stretched her body to get more comfortable as she turned looked back down on her book. Her grey eyes and black hair made her stand out especially with her slender body that was well proportionate. Mark slowly swam out of the water and came over to her “so how is it going?” he asked while letting himself fall back down next to her. Lucy smiled as she said “the prince just now kissed the princesses”. “Weird you’re reading a mystery novel but okay” mark said and gave her a kiss while playing with her shoulder long hair. She giggled like a high schooler as she looked into his deep hazel eyes and his light blond hair. “So, what do we do now princess?” he asked ignoring the stares of Lucy that was checking out his toned body. “what its not like you haven’t seen me naked before” he teased. “Well, this has another kind of flavor to it” Lucy said blushing red. “Oh, wow I’m only a tool for you to look at. The tragedy. Oh no my poor poor life” Mark said while dramatically leaning back and holding his forehead with the backside of his right hand with made both of them burst into laughter. “You’re an idiot” Lucy said as she smacked him with the book. “Yes, but I am YOUR idiot so your stuck with me” Mark said grabbing her arms and planting a kiss on the lips. Lucy pushed him back “not in public. “She chastised him as he just nodded with his cheshire grin. She could see some other adults look at them and shake their heads while littles and children ran around. She blushed even more and pushed Mark away. “You do know blushing like that makes me want to do more stuff to you?” he teased whispering. “stop now its embarrassing” she said now slightly angry and as always, he felt her shifting emotion and backed off. He always teased her but never too far and she loved him for that as well. She just wanted to say something as suddenly the sun disappeared and a bright flash happened. Looking towards the lake she saw a little girl plummet out of the air and crash into the water. Lucy jumped up but Mark was already hallway to the water and jumped inside. She ran after him while she could se other adults ran forwards. “It’s a little. Come on let’s get her out” said one “I saw her first” another woman screeched as her husband also jumped into the water. “Robert you better get her “she yelled over the crowd. Lucy just pushed the woman aside and ran to the shore and took of her shirt. If the girl was out of the water, she would be cold. She waited as she saw Mark dive down. Swimming deeper he caught a glimpse of her and grabbed her bye the arm and pulled her towards him. The girl did not breath anymore and he hugged her closer to his chest as he started swimming back up. Breaching the water, he saw a man swim towards him “I got her” he coughed as the man grabbed towards the little and Mark kicking water grabbed the man’s hand and said “I told you I got her.” Kicking off the chest of the man he started swimming to shore. Halfway back to shore he saw a police car and a hospital car driving onto the lake grounds. He sighed a breath of relieve as he finally came to the shore and Lucy walked towards him and covered the little in her shirt. She looked at the girl’s blonde hair and her malnourished body as heart broke. “mark…can we keep her?” she asked looking at her husband who was shocked. Lucy never wanted children or littles before but now she wanted to keep this little? Well, they certainly had the financial situation for it. Before he could answer however a police officer said “sir, Ma’am you can’t just adopt an accidental little please hand her over to the doctors so we may make sure she is well taken care off. If you wish to adopt her please get in contact with the LPS and follow the right procedure". Lucy reluctantly handed the girl over to the doctor who immediately started to help the girl to get the water out of her lungs. Once she stated vomiting water and breathing on her own the girl’s eyes shot open and she stood up. Lucy seeing the girls bright yellow eyes almost went weak in her knees. She was so adorable. Haruha looked around and towards her own body. Her Wings looked like the hands of Humans and she had lost all her feathers. Her body now had the fur of these Humans. “where am I?” she said looking around even more confused. Did she shrink? Why was everyone here so big? She was not as big as Humans but her ten feet wingspan made her intimidating enough especial once she was on fire. She tried to stand up but a firm hand hold her down and the person in front of her said “don’t. We want to see how you are doing physically so how about you take a little nap?” Haruha frowned since she understood these Humans but apparently, they also understood her. She had become a human and her body felt different. It may be the wisest choice to let these Humans help her till she could figure out how to regain her powers or how to at least function in this body. She was sure this body would not be able to take live like her old one. She sat down and let them drive off. Lucy and Mark however packed everything together to drive to the next LPS center to discuss the possibility of the adoption of this accidental little.