#Translated the story with DeepL and using also dict.cc to try to make it as readable as possible.

[kiruamon]

Spring through the Seasons AU - The beginning

I thought I'd just provide some of the sketches that show the main idea behind the story of this AU with something that isn't just a simple description of events that take place in it. (So yeah, the sketches are incorporated between the text if you are more interested in the art and not the story.) Depending on future posts, there may be also some sketches with simple description texts. It will basically depend on what I'm in the mood for and what fits the situation better. But either way, have fun with what could be considered the prologue for this AU.

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A strong wind blows through the colorful treetops, making them rustle and tugging at their leaves, detaching them from their home and dragging them far away. The ruler of this realm watches the eternal bustle in solitude. Twirling a fallen maple leaf between his fingers, he stares out at the lake and the small island in its center. Once more, as he had done so often lately, he wondered if there was anyone out there beyond the wild animals. Someone he could talk to. But the little rafts he had built out of sticks and sent out on the lake in the hope that someone would find them didn't seem to have arrived anywhere. Or… simply hadn't been discovered. But perhaps there was just no one left but him. His second attempt, the journey to the border of his realm, had only led him to an unclimbable cliff of cold and smooth stone, while a storm like he had never seen before - white and icy cold - had blocked his vision and chased him back again deeper into his own realm. After encountering this massive obstacle, he had given up trying to explore the other border of his home to save himself from further disappointment. And yet… he still hoped that someone would come and find him.

Slowly, his fingers open. Releasing the leaf in his hands and allowing the wind to take it on a journey that he can not go on. Perhaps it will find it's way beyond the borders of his homeland.

It all started with one fallen red leaf brought to your little world by the stormy autumn winds coming from across the island.

Dancing in the wind, it made its way across the clear spring sky. Bright red, like the shell of a ladybug. You had never seen anything like it before. The leaves of the trees and bushes in your home coming all in a variety of shades of fresh, bright green.

You stare up in fascination, following the strange leaf as it sinks lower and lower until you only have to reach out your hands to catch it.

Where could it have come from? Did it come from the white lands in the west? Or the dark green forests from the east? Or… perhaps from even further away? Your imagination runs wild as you try to imagine how a crown of leaves covered in crimson might look.

There was a strange urge in your chest that you had never felt before. You wanted to see it with your own eyes. The place where this leaf came from…

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TBC

Edit: If you are new to this AU and want to know more about the concept you can look at the introduction part.