[Gift] FOTN 2023 - #02 Sugar Plum Fairy
It was that time of year again. The one that needed the most help from her and she found herself to be quite busy. While her life was busy in general, somehow it became even busier once the first snow started to fall. The taste of winter and cheer was apparent and it infected everyone. Well, mostly everyone. She made it her mission to cheer up anyone who needed it.
She knew many didn’t believe her and thought she was a simple fable to amuse the younglings. That was fine for her. It made her work easier. Still, they could not ignore the sweet taste of sugar plum and candy cane in their mouths as she passed by. The childlike wonder would return to them as they remembered those childhood treats they had when little. The memories of playing with their friends in the snow and being cared for by their family. All the sweet memories of no worry, just play and cheer.
Sometimes she would leave those childhood memories at their door if they needed the push. All the favorite childhood treats - gingerbread cookies, sticky puddings, eggnog, hot coco, candy canes, sweet biscuits. All laid out for them, to let those memories come flooding back. It filled her heart with joy at watching those faces brighten up with large smiles.
That childlike innocence.
Some of them regained their faith and would cry out how the “sugar plum fairy” came to them. She had many titles but that was one of the popular ones. She wondered what they would call her if they actually saw her, but that did not matter. That joy was back and that mattered. Not silly titles.
Still, the title would spread as well as the rest of them. Sometimes as the next festival neared, she could hear children arguing if the “sugar plum fairy” was real or not. And when their gifts were laid out neatly, they exclaimed that she had came for them. The taste of sugar plum was on their tongues and they knew she would be back again.
Submitted By Frights-and-Nights
Submitted: 10 months ago ・
Last Updated: 10 months ago