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Once upon a time there was a village where everyone liked colours. Everyone liked dressing in colourful clothes and dye their hair in bright colours. All except for one.<\/p>\nEveryone likes fairy tales, don\u2019t they? We all know that everyone here loves darkness even more. So we thought, why not combine those two?<\/i><\/p>\n
This frosty December we share with you a gothic story.<\/i>
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Once upon a time there was a village where everyone liked colours. Everyone liked dressing in colourful clothes and dye their hair in bright colours. All except for one.<\/p>\n
They called her Snow Black. This because her hair was black as charcoal and her skin as white as the falling snowflakes. And to make it worse she always wore black. All black! All the time!<\/p>\n
Everyone found her odd for she never wore any other colours and she always stood out extremely in a crowd though strangely enough, she never seemed to like the attention. In fact, she always pulled herself a
\nway from the crowd whenever there was some kind of gathering, and wouldn\u2019t even attend them if it weren\u2019t for her parents. She loved being on her own, and spent a lot of time in the forest or loved reading in the graveyard, another peculiar feature according to the villagers.<\/p>\n
She had few friends. They\u2019d sometimes wear a black shirt or trousers but never dressed fully in black. They were afraid of what the villagers might say though they liked the fact that wearing black angered their parents. But Snow Black didn\u2019t wear black because it had a certain effect on people. She did it because that was how she felt. That was how she saw herself in the mirror.<\/p>\n
Where did the black clothes come from, you ask? She dyed them herself because no one sold black clothes. Her parents always tried forcing her to wear their choice of colourful clothes. They\u2019d burn her black clothes and put colourful fresh ones in her room. She\u2019d ignore their gesture, and dye the new clothes in black so was still able to wear her favourite colour.<\/p>\n
One day though things took a different turn.<\/p>\n
One morning, suddenly, there in the middle of the village stood\u2026a black cat!<\/p>\n
All the villagers gathered around the cat for they had never seen a black animal before. Yes, even the animals in the village were colourful, all colourful, all the time.<\/p>\n
The villagers stared at this peculiar looking black cat and started to speculate at once.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s cursed!\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s an abomination!\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018We must destroy it!\u2019<\/p>\n
Others shouted: \u2018Are we sure it\u2019s black? Perhaps it has been dyed\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n
In matter of seconds they all faced Snow Black who was standing among them, staring at the cat looking just as astounded as they were.<\/p>\n
\u2018She did this!\u2019 Shouted one woman.<\/p>\n
\u2018She\u2019s\u2026she\u2019s\u2026got powers, soon we will all wear black!\u2019 said a man. The whole village was suddenly against her.<\/p>\n
They tried catching the cat but it quickly ran away. Then they turned towards the girl, even her own parents looked at her disdainfully. Snow Black looked at her friends but they immediately ran away, hiding their black clothes.<\/p>\n
\u2018She is evil!\u2019 the villagers started shouting.<\/p>\n
\u2018She is a witch!\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Let us lock her away\u2019 they all shouted, \u2018before she becomes our doom!\u2019<\/p>\n
They were closing in on her, ready to grab her.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019ll leave!\u2019 Snow Black suddenly shouted. \u2018I\u2019ll leave!\u2019<\/p>\n
They all stopped approaching her. She had never talked to anyone except to her so called friends and hearing her voice startled them for (though they would have never admitted to that) she had a very lovely and warm voice.<\/p>\n
\u2018You\u2019ll never have to see me again!\u2019 she insisted.<\/p>\n
\u2018Go then!\u2019 shouted her own father.<\/p>\n
\u2018Take that black cat with you!\u2019 shouted her mother.<\/p>\n
\u2018And if we ever even see the colour black again we\u2019ll hunt you down!\u2019 they all shouted.<\/p>\n
Snow Black quickly backed away from the villagers and ran.<\/p>\n
All alone walking through the woods.<\/p>\n
Snow Black thought of the villagers\u2019 last words, \u2018if we ever even see the colour black\u2026\u2019 What about the night? What about darkness? It is black, is it not? They see it. Will they start blaming her for that too? How about their own shadows? Is that her doing as well? She felt so angry as it all seemed so unfair. If there was no black, no darkness they would have never known the difference between
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light and dark. How can you appreciate the sun or true colours if you have no understanding of the darkness?<\/p>\n
Night came over and although she usually loved it, she was quite scared to venture the woods all alone in an unknown area. She felt lost and alone and although she had always felt alone, now it was different. Now, she was truly alone and she felt so hated by everyone and because of what? Because she was different? No, because she dared to think differently and dared to be herself. She had never thought of it that way. Only now did she realise how ignorant the villagers were, how quickly they judged her and why? The only thing they were actually afraid of was themselves. They were so afraid of being something else, of being different, of being what they wanted to be because of what others might actually say. Hiding behind masks. She would never be that way. She would always show her true colours no matter what.<\/p>\n
She suddenly stopped. Before her stood the black cat. It was staring at her, it’s eyes green and bright.<\/p>\n
Snow Black smiled at it.<\/p>\n
\u2018Come here!\u2019 she said softly. \u2018I won\u2019t hurt you! Those villagers might if they find you again.\u2019<\/p>\n
The cat just kept staring at her.<\/p>\n
\u2018Come!\u2019 said Snow Black but the cat ran away. Then she noticed. There, right there in all the darkness, there was a beam of light. She quickly ran towards it and soon realised the cat had stopped there. It stood on the threshold of a small, humbled cottage. It could have been the house of an evil child-eating witch or worse, one of the colourful villagers, but Snow Black was not afraid.<\/p>\n
The door suddenly opened and the cat started mewing.<\/p>\n
Suddenly a young man stood in the door opening and lifted the cat up. \u2018There you are!\u2019 He said smiling while petting the cat.<\/p>\n
Snow Black stared at the young man. She couldn\u2019t believe her eyes. For you see, the young man wore long hair and black clothes, all black! Then she knew. They both knew for the young man was now staring at her as well. They were no longer alone.<\/p>\n
No matter how different or strange you believe you are, we hope this Christmas you are with or find someone just as lovely, different and strange as you are.<\/i><\/p>\n
Merry Christmas and goth bless everyone!<\/i><\/p>\n
Words by Niguanta<\/p>\n
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