| rdfs:comment | - Serena was found and named by an elderly couple, Acalan and Solace Blake, who lived on a small estate near the outskirts of Goulburn, on the 1st of July 1991. They were farmers who owned chickens, horses and a few cattle, selling their produce to make a living. Whilst walking one night, admiring the stars and kept company by the few horses they kept, together they discovered a quiet little bundle lying by a fence close to the local road. Wrapped in a dark cloak and half obscured either by the fog of dusk or her own uncontrolled powers, it was only by the moonlight shining on Serena’s pale skin that Solace noticed her. Acalan and Solace gazed down at her in their arms for what must have only been mere moments, but seemed like an eternity to them. The mutual decision to adopt the little baby
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| abstract | - Serena was found and named by an elderly couple, Acalan and Solace Blake, who lived on a small estate near the outskirts of Goulburn, on the 1st of July 1991. They were farmers who owned chickens, horses and a few cattle, selling their produce to make a living. Whilst walking one night, admiring the stars and kept company by the few horses they kept, together they discovered a quiet little bundle lying by a fence close to the local road. Wrapped in a dark cloak and half obscured either by the fog of dusk or her own uncontrolled powers, it was only by the moonlight shining on Serena’s pale skin that Solace noticed her. Acalan and Solace gazed down at her in their arms for what must have only been mere moments, but seemed like an eternity to them. The mutual decision to adopt the little baby was acknowledged with just one glance between them. Being both human, they were unaware of her developing powers. Serena was forced to deal with the strange new changes alone, and such responsibility was a huge drain on her. At school her peers thought she was clumsy or plagued by bad luck, avoiding her at all costs. Solace was patient, though, and could see Serena was somehow different. She decided to home-school her, and would sit with her each day, teaching her that which she could not learn with the other children. Each night when Acalan came home from working at the local restaurant, while they were all sitting together by the warmth of the fire, they would share stories about the adventures of that day. Serena and Solace laughed and joked easily together as Acalan listened, and cheerful background noise was emitted by the small television in the lounge room. The memories of those days, before Acalan’s sickness, are still the happiest Serena has. When she was only fourteen, Serena watched as the ambulance came to swallow Acalan, and – though she didn’t know it at the time – she shed the last tears she ever would. Solace and Serena visited Acalan often, but the sickening smells of medicine and disinfectant made Serena nauseous. Acalan became weaker and weaker, and his requests to see his home one last time before he died were denied by the doctors. Solace comforted and assured him he wasn’t that sick. To Serena it sounded like she was trying to convince herself more than Acalan. Either way, he passed on during the night, only a week after admittance. They didn’t even get the chance to say goodbye. Three years passed since Acalan’s death, and Serena matured and grew into a quiet young woman. Solace seemed to remain in a constant state of lethargic melancholy, leaving Serena to complete most of the chores around the estate herself.
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