A Mere Fairytale... Isn't Enough!

I’m an elf, but through adoption!

Alright! Hello! My name is Rey and I’ve had a fixation on fae from a very young age. I think it started when I read a book called Faerie Wars as a child, but really, I’m not sure! I remember visiting the library constantly, ordering books on how to spot fae and how to live alongside them properly. I would go online and look up pictures of faerie gardens, and would take good care of the flowers that I would grow in our backyard. I was always a kid who kinda? Lived with their head in a bit of a fantasy world. I was fascinated by stories of adventure and magic. I felt drawn to them, like I was meant to be there!

When I was a kid, I got a game called MySims Kingdom for the Nintendo Wii. You’re going to say… “MySims? Of all games, this is the one that stands out to you?” Well… yes! Because I lived there. Maybe you’d call it an exomemory. I don’t really know what to call it myself. But I lived in MySims Kingdom. In this lifetime. I was a human that was found on the beach of the Isle of the Elves as a baby, and I was raised by my older adoptive siblings, nature elves named Leaf and Petal. I was raised on their culture, caring for nature, as it was my home. I would spend a lot of time at the temple, dedicated to the island’s unicorns. Often, I would travel to Spookane, where I would meet up with my good friends, Goth Boy and Yuki. On occasion, I would meet up with Rusty there too! But… I knew I wasn’t from that world. I lived there, yes, but I was from this world. I would visit my current life on occasion, through a portal, but, truly, I lived in the world of MySims Kingdom. Reality shifting? A vivid imagination? I could not tell you. But I was raised between dimensions, by my human parents and my elf siblings. I honestly consider Leaf and Petal to be more “family” than my actual blood relatives.

I’d really, really like to go back one day. I’m not really able to, though? I forget what happened, but I remember being told that I just wasn’t allowed to go back. I had to live here now. And, of course, this world has so many adventures to experience! Books to read, magic in the air, nature alive all around me… But it really isn’t the same. I lost so many people. And I know they want me to live where I was meant to live. That they’re rooting for me. But I miss them, you know? My family and friends. But! It’s okay! I have my real sibling, Io, in my system, and they mean the world to me. I have my friends outside of the system too, and of course my friends inside it, like Aira and Skye! It almost makes me forget the past, being around everyone.

I have two homes. Three families. So many people I love. And I’m an elf… but specifically by adoption, not literally. And that’s really cool! I love being me, and I love everyone else too!