🎀Long ago, there existed two clans,
the Lumen Sages of light,
and the Umbra Witches of darkness.
Together they controlled
a mysterious power.
　　　　　 　　 　　　　　
🎀The clans put in place strict laws
to ensure that strife would never consume them.
But a pair of star-crossed lovers broke this rule
and a child was born with
the blood of both sage and witch.
　　　　　 　　 　　　　　
🎀It was a beautiful baby girl.
　　　　　 　　 　　　　　
🎀As punishment for their forbidden love,
the pair were torn asunder;
the girl's sage father was exiled
to a far land, and her mother
locked away in a solitary jail.
　　　　　 　　 　　　　　
🎀The clan of witches took the young girl,
but she grew up shunned
as a pariah, marginalized by others as an outcast,
untouchable and undesirable,
cursed by
the circumstances of her birth.
　　　　　 　　 　　　　　
🎀Her one comfort was the nights
she snuck into the village jail to visit her mother's cell.
Her mother passed each gruelling day barely
able to so much as move in her cold cell.
But when her daughter came to visit, the witch always showed her a loving smile.
But even this small happiness
eventually came to an end.
　　　　　 　　 　　　　　
🎀On the night of the girl's tenth
birthday, her mother was
to be moved to a deeper cell,
where even the faintest memory
of daylight could not reach her.
　　　　　 　　 　　　　　
🎀In desperation
the girl tried a daring rescue.
But with only a child's strength,
the attempt was in vain.
　　　　　 　　 　　　　　
🎀More alone than even before, the young girl clung
to all she had: a stuffed Cat🐈 named Cheshire,
which her mother had made for her long ago.
　　　　　 　　 　　　　　
🎀Many moons have since passed.
　　　　　 　　 　　　　　
🎀Turning her back on the village,
the girl was taken in by an
exiled witch, who lived on
the outskirts of town.
Under her strict guidance,
the girl continued to train
in the ways of the dark arts.
She was determined to be a powerful witch,
and one day save her mother.
　　　　　 　　 　　　　　
🎀Her name was Cereza🎀