"The Ethereal Elixir"
is a story about a young Prince named Sairek Ceareste who leaves his
sheltered life in his castle to explore the open world. He goes out on a
journey to find out the true circumstances of his mother's illness, an
illness which had killed her when he was still only a toddler.
...Or
is he really? His own doubts leave him to believe that he is only making
excuses for himself and is merely trying to escape the daunting
responsibilities of needing to run a country—a responsibility he curses
on a daily basis, a responsibility given to him by nothing more than
being born in 'royal blood', in his eyes.
In his journey, he will
meet and befriend a young girl from the countryside who will teach him
how different one's life can be by just being born in different
circumstances and who helps educate him much about not only the world,
but what being ‘loyal’ means. Loyal, not in just a subject who will
follow him for being born with the title he has, but someone who will
teach him what the true meaning of friendship is and stays with him for who he is, rather than what he is.
Sairek
will also meet another boy who is kind in heart... A demon; cursed by
not only his birth for being born in the human world, but also cursed by
being the type of demon he is, making his circumstances incredibly
difficult in his environment - grasping the difficulties of struggling
with what he is versus who he is. Sairek will realize just how cruel fate
can be, not only from this demon he befriends, but eventually from his
own circumstances as well. Although two completely different figures in
the terms of society and even in biology, Sairek recognizes just
how similar the both of them truly are to each other despite physically, being worlds apart.
Sairek will
meet one more boy, a mercenary who struggles with his own identity in
life and faces extreme hardships on a near daily basis as he tries to puzzle
who he was before he had forgotten, but through that search, becomes
enshrouded in an event that causes Sairek to question the purpose of
nobility in general. Through him, Sairek struggles with decisions of
what is considered “right” versus what is considered “good”, and must
question what he defines “justice” to be.
He is a Prince,
"shackled by the binds of nobility". He is fated to run a country by
birth regardless of whether he likes it or not. Such grand
responsibilities must eventually be faced, or they may come invading
into his life; harming not only his subjects, but also ripping away from
what he has grown to treasure most on his enlightening journey. Sairek,
ignorant and sheltered from his time living in his protected castle,
goes out on his journey and learns just how shady, cut-throat and
unforgiving the world can truly be.
He must decide at his young age
just how much his responsibilities and what is expected of him to his
kingdom can test the bonds of his relationships with his friends,
subjects and even himself. Should he surrender 'who he is' versus 'what
he is' to appease his responsibility to his country, or does he throw it
all away and doom his country selfishly for himself and his friends?
Should he shake the foundations of the world order to appease the mass
public, or toss it into disarray because it is the “right” thing to do?
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Please
be warned, this story contains very mature themes that may not be
suitable,
or may be offensive to some readers. These themes do involve minors.
Ethereal
Elixir while being light-hearted at times and isn't dark and 'edgy' for
the sake of just being 'dark and edgy', is nonetheless, a serious story
about a boy and his friends who do experience extreme hardships, just
like sometimes we may experience in real life. People do crimes, do
disgusting things, have offensive values and abuse others. Children also
makes mistakes, and sometimes have to learn the hard way from those
mistakes. Just like in
real life, life can
be light-hearted and joyous at times and some events may lead to very
dark or even criminal
situations as
well.
While I want to spoil as little as possible in the synopsis
or this warning, as well in that these themes are not the main driving
point of the story, the story
still involves minors that are on the cusp of being teenagers in a
fantasy world and will experience situations of:
Violence,
death, scenes of sexual nature such as recognizing one's own sexuality,
questioning one’s sexual orientation and learning what one’s body can
do.
Other scenes contain abuse and contain topics and plots related to
that of racial differences (albeit, with humans and demons).
Just like
how we struggle with some problems in the real world and there are
people that do truly horrible crimes, this fantasy world has its own
problems and struggles that these characters must face, too.
This
is not a story that everyone will be comfortable with and I understand
that. If any of these themes may be offensive or triggering to you, then
I would strongly suggest turning away, and I advise to remember that
despite how uncomfortable or offensive some scenes may be, that this is
fiction. It is not real and no real persons and locations are involved
with my writing.
All
views, opinions or otherwise that are written are, not written to
express the authors' own views and opinions! They are written explicitly
for each
fictional characters' views and opinions themselves. The characters and
the setting itself is written in such a way to be intentionally and
critically
flawed in many areas!
I strongly urge you be at least 18 or older to read the content that is written here. While the story isn't
nowhere near completion at the time of writing this and may be subject
to change, what content in the story that is currently there is written
with an adult reader in mind and already includes some of the above
themes.
Other than that, I hope you enjoy the story. This story
is 100% free. I have not put up any ads or anything as I do not wish to
monetize off of some of the heavier and taboo themes within the story
(if there are any
ads, that's Blogger's doing - not mine). I simply want to write and
share
my story that I am creating with the world.
No parts of this story may be republished, profited or posted anywhere else without the author's express permission.
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Current State:
An Update:
Since May at the time of me writing this, my life has not been so great. One of my cats died out of nowhere on May 4th, and then another one fought hard against an infection but unfortunately succumbed on June 29th. Understandably, this has been emotionally hard on me. Losing half of my pets who I've had for at least 15+ years, since I was still a kid in less than two months has been very traumatizing. I treat my cats as if they were my children. I hug them, play with them, carry them in my arms, have "conversations" with them, communicate with them through visual eye contact, and telling them I love them one-by-one every day I could. The fact it was the two children who died first and not the parents who I had been more mentally prepared for is another blow through all of this.
I always knew I'd lose them one day. Death is an inevitability, but losing two in such close proximity, one of which came literally out of nowhere as he was fine one half hour but dead the next, has come as a massive blow to my psyche. They weren't "just pets" to me. They were family. Very close family. Having to pick up their toys and clean up their beds that were theirs that won't be used by them anymore is absolutely gut wrenching. I'm sure anyone who has had a long term pet die knows exactly how painful it is.
Writing is my hobby that I do, not only because I have fun with it, but also to cope with hard times as a sort of psuedo escape from reality, if briefly. However, I don't have much drive to do it at the moment. I don't want to "escape" from reality. I just want time to mourn and be with my two remaining kitties for now. Writing will be resumed eventually, but for now it's on hiatus until I have time to heal and clear my head.
I'll miss the both of them very much. I hope they are resting together in peace.
