Chapter 1: Swan Lake
Act I
In the night around the beautiful, melodic forest... The swans swim around the lake to embrace the stunning night skies filled with auroras, constellations, and stars. The auroras in the sky change into beautiful colors during the season, and the stars above shine and connect to make constellations of the zodiac signs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pisces and Aquarius, and Capricorn. The swans are journeying to show their beauty to the other animals in the warm, Celtic woods. There is a young man who wears a white-hooded robe and he wears an amazing Amethyst amulet around his neck, he explores the Celtic forest to see the swans starting their show in the beautiful, magical nature of serenity, purity, and manifesting joy.
The man smiled as he watched the animals and swans. He pulled down the hood to reveal his appearance. He is Afro-Irish with mysterious, sparkling violet eyes and long curly, ginger hair. The man is around his 20s. He unties his white robe and reveals his swan feathers to raise them. The swans honor him with courage and loyalty.
But there is a flash approach one time, there is a cousin of the man holding his camera who takes a picture of him. And the man’s imagination was in his head when he snapped out of it due to the camera flash. “Really, Perry?” said the man. “Sorry, Zane, you look great in my pictures. It’s like you’re imagining that you’re in a fantasy world,” said Perry, the cousin of now-revealed Zane. “Yeah, right, in my imagination, I see swans in the forest,” said Zane. Perry checks on the recent picture of Zane on his camera, it turns out clear and perfect. “Yep, this is gonna be in the Halloween pictures for the party soon,” said Perry. “Well, the fall season is already here and September is almost ending, so today’s the 30th,” said Zane. “Yeah, you’re right,” said Perry. “Mm, hmm,” said Zane. “So, what are you gonna wear for Halloween this year?” said Perry. “I don’t know, but I’d rather be the white swan king or a white wizard for Halloween, what about you?” said Zane. “I’m gonna be Michael Jackson for Halloween,” said Perry. “Well, OK, Michael Jackson, you’re getting it,” said Zane, motivating his cousin Perry.
~Zane’s Narration POV~
My name is Zane O’Connor, I was born in Ireland and raised by my parents. My mother’s Irish while my father’s Nigerian. I was born in Aries, I can be the leader but always be loyal to others and myself. My aunt passed away, so my cousin Perry lives with us because his biological father was nowhere to be found when he was 11. I have a spirit animal, a swan because swans are wonderful, beautiful creatures that are so white and pure. Swans are symbolized by purity, inner clarity, innocence, and letting go of negativity.
My parents taught me to speak Yoruba and Irish Gaelic while mostly speaking English. I have a little brother and a little sister in my family; their names: are Jack and Imani. I’m the firstborn in the family, I’m a 22-year-old. I have a lot of fantasy imaginations in my mind, also thinking about swans. Some people call me the Swan Warrior because I dare to stand up to the enemies and show them who’s boss. Even though I never have friends, I have my cousin and my siblings by my side. When I was around 4 years old, we moved to Canada after my aunt’s death. I don’t know if it’s for our safety or not, but we moved there and Canada has been such a beautiful place to us. We even go exploring, camping around nature, and meditating out in the woods. We live in a big home in a neighborhood in Alberta, Canada. I saw swans there in Canada, too. My mother told me that she listened to Swan Lake, the song was so calming with the epic part of the song coming out during the song. It’s like the inner swan coming out, it felt like there was a big transformation of a person turning into the swan spiritually. I just love listening to the epic part of the Swan Lake song made by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. I’m ready to live in my place soon, but there are a lot of thoughts in my head about living on my own, even though there’s been a lot of mystery going on in the world.
In every full moon in the lunar cycle, mysterious things happen to all of us on Earth. Miracles happen upon the full moon, the animals are active upon the moon, and manifestations come to release from people who manifest upon the moon. In my manifestation, I just wished that I had the swan wings to fly in the beautiful sky to see the world, enjoying nature more. Some people say that they saw mermaids around the world, but I never saw one. My maternal grandmother told me and my siblings that Swan Lake symbolizes good vs evil in the song, with the power of love conquering darkness and evil.
My family and I went to the beach before, but we didn’t see mermaids. We believe that mermaids and sirens exist in the world, but we have never seen one.
In the town of Canada, this place was filled with beautiful energy around and some people have admired me and my appearance ever since me and my family moved there. I work as a full-time artist, I sell my paintings to the people who admire them. I love art because it’s my favorite hobby and I love other artists’ works they created. My dream is to start an art business, hopefully.
I have been dreaming about this my whole life since I was 16 years old, I’m waiting for this to happen someday. My sister Imani wants to be a writer. If she wants her book to have illustrations, I’ll help her with it, too.
I talk to swans when I was little, they hear my words and they honk in response when they communicate with me back. I wish they had the words to speak to me back instead of honking, I wish to have the ability of it. I have a peaceful conversation with them, they are surrounded by my good aura in me. They never attack me. They are always very kind and gentle to us no matter what.
