Literature
Heartbreaker
Note to the reader: Heartbreaker takes place over the span of 125 years. The protagonists are 5 years old at the beginning. Dance class occurs 5 years later. Spring festival when they are 16. The picnic and orc/goblin attack when they are in their 30s. The final, large section occurs when they are 130 years old. Young, for an elf.
It was just a bush. A small bush, really, about 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Its' leaves were broad and dark green, better to catch sunlight. It had canes, not a central stem, with branches going in all directions. There were no thorns or sharp things on the bush, for this was a friendly bush, a hospitable bush. This one grew lush berries, very sweet to eat, and of good size for such. It required only sunlight and water, both in plenty, to grow and provide the berries.
The berries were green in color, deepening to a dark red when ripe, and ready for picking and eating.
Bushes of this type were common in elven lands, and quite popular, for they
