Link to Solstice Story, Part One:
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It's Prima's birthday, and she has been stressing about all the preparations. Capri takes her outside for a moment of fresh air...
Prima: What are we looking at?
Capri: Come over here- the wind knocked down all of these branches and....
Capri: I wanted to show you how they fell.
Prima: It's a spiral. It's amazing.
Capri: It's a labyrinth. We should walk it.
Prima: Where did this come from?
Capri: Magic, Prima. Come on, let's continue around the spiral...
Prima: Another fawn....and another lantern. What does it mean?
Capri: There is a light at the point of each direction; North, West, South, and East. But we need to hurry. We must get to the center before Sunset.
Capri: As we continue around the circle, the magic gets stronger.
Prima: But Capri, I'm human. I'm not from the elf or fairy world. I'm just a plain old human person.
Capri: Prima, you were born on the Solstice. That's very special. It's Yule tide, and Christmas. Magic can happen, even to humans.
Capri: We have gone past East, South, North, and West. Now we are in the center.
Prima: But what does this lantern represent?
Capri: It is Yule, it is the longest night of the year, it is a time of rebirth, and a time of the great Goddesses, and the Holy Mother. It is a very powerful time.
Prima: But for me- I'm just an average person....
Capri: I told you, magic things happen this time of year, even for humans...