Prologue - The Curse

An unborn child’s soul lay beneath a dying tree. With every breath the child took the tree seemed to wither. Several colors surrounded the child. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. These colors warily watched the child. After a few moments Indigo stepped forward and hugged the child.

“Indigo! Back away from that THING!” Red shouted, and took a small step forward before shrinking back from the child’s soul.

“Red. She’s just an unborn child. We don’t know what will happen in the future.” Indigo attempted to see reason with her colleagues. She didn’t approve of their hostility toward the child.

Green took one more look at the child then glanced at Indigo. “We shall compromise.”

“But Green!” Red started.

“No buts. The child shall be given a chance at life, but not without a cost.”

Indigo looked down at the child in silence before slowly nodding. She would give this child a chance, no matter the cost.

Green stepped forward. “I propose we lay a spell on this child. On her 18th birthday she will turn into a tree. She will be given a chance to live, but she will become a tree once the sun rises on her 18th birthday.” Green stared at the other colors, and they nodded one by one, with only Indigo remaining.

Indigo caressed the child’s face. Then she slowly nodded. “Ok, on her 18th birthday she shall become a tree.”

As all the colors were in agreement they started flashing as they approached the child. The child started crying, and Indigo flinched, but she pressed on as this was the only way for the child to live. As the colors stopped blinking and backed away, the child stopped crying, but something was different.

“It is done.” Green said. “I shall take my leave now.” One by one the colors disappeared, with only Indigo left.

“I bless you, my child. To live a wondrous life and have everything you desire.” Indigo kissed the child’s forehead then she left the child too.

A few moments later the child’s eyes opened, but she was no longer beneath a tree, she was in her mother’s arms and the child had no idea what life held in store for her.