Tiger’s Destiny Deleted Scene-The Trees

February 1, 2014

Tiger’s Destiny Deleted Scene-The Trees

When I originally described Kelsey’s connection to the fire forest she could communicate with them. Here are two deleted sections. One, when they speak to her, warning her of danger and the other scene when Kelsey and Ren are using their connection to heal a tree she damaged with water.

My sense of the tree expanded and I could feel the roots digging deep into the soil. I followed along until I touched more roots and then shot up the trunks of several trees at once. Their inner fire was even more beautiful than what I saw on the outside and I marveled at the things I’d been privileged to see. Knowing that the trees would be fine, I prepared to disconnect my mind from them and noticed for the first time that there was another being with me, experiencing all the same things.

There was something about the golden aura of the other being that drew me closer, that made me feel like I belonged. The unconditional love I felt was overwhelming and for a moment I wondered if the being was one of my parents or Mr. Kadam or Durga. Hesitating only a moment, I took a step closer and the golden glow completely encircled me. I smiled, feeling better than I had in a long time.

As I became aware of my surroundings, I realized two things. One, the tree was holding me tightly and little tendrils caressed my face and arms, and, two, I was locked in the limbs of the tree with someone else.

I asked the tree to set us down. It moved willingly but slowly, unwrapping the two of us carefully so as not to scratch or hurt. It was working so slow in fact, that I had plenty of time to look into the cobalt blue eyes of the man wrapped around me. He let the tree worry about detangling us and instead focused all his attention on me.

“Love is the root of all living things,” it explained. “Can you feel the difference? Your love was powerful enough to heal all the trees of the forest.”

Ren and Kishan stood patiently while I communicated with the tree. After the thin vine retreated, Kishan asked, “Well? What did it say?”

“It said there are no demons nearby and that they’ll keep watch for us.”

Kishan rubbed his neck and stretched. “Good.”

“They can burn the smell off of us. They can’t do anything about our clothes but we can make more.”

“What do we do?”

“You two go into the clearing over there and the trees will do the rest.”

Danger. Alarm. Wake. Peril. I was dreaming about strange voices. I knew the voices were coming from something not human and I was so tired that I convinced myself I was dreaming and slid back into sleep.

Jeapordy. Risk. Menace. Threat. Awaken! The nagging voices kept up the mental pokes until I sucked in a lungful of oxygen and rolled over. Rubbing sleepy eyes, I cracked them open to find I was encompassed in darkness with no glowing clock or nightlight in sight. Where am I?

“What’s wrong, priya?”

My disorientation cleared in an instant. “Ren? I…don’t know. I—”

Evil. Foul. Exposure. Vulnerable!

“It’s the trees,” I whispered. “They’re talking to me.” The trees felt great relief that we were now awake and I could feel the energy they’d used slipping away as they gathered their fire and mental energy deep into their cores.

Apologies. Difficulty. Unhelpful. Drained.

I thanked them for doing a good job and assured them we could take it from here. The consciousness of the younger trees disappeared from my senses altogether but a very old tree kept its mental connection with me long enough to tell me that we’d been asleep for a day and a half, then it too succumbed to fatigue and its thoughts became dormant as it slept.

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