When the Moon Learned Hatred

Lua was not human.

Long before kingdoms existed, before wars, crowns, and mortal greed, she had lived in the Garden of Gods as a tiny white rabbit.

She was small enough to fit inside the Goddess’s hands.

While divine children learned powerful magic and trained proudly beneath golden skies, the little rabbit simply followed the Goddess everywhere.

She slept beside her throne, hid behind her robes during storms, and happily jumped into her lap whenever she smiled.

The Goddess adored her.

Too much.

That was the problem.

The divine children hated her.

To them, she was just an animal.

Weak.

Small.

Unworthy.

Yet the Goddess loved the little creature more gently than any of them.

One day, the Goddess blessed the rabbit with divine power.

Light surrounded the tiny creature.

And slowly—

The rabbit transformed into a girl.

A tiny girl with silver-white hair, crimson eyes, fluffy rabbit ears, and a little white tail.

But even after becoming human-like, she still behaved like a rabbit.

She chased butterflies.

Fell asleep in warm sunlight.

And followed the Goddess around endlessly.

“My Little Moon,” the Goddess always called her lovingly.

Moon loved those words more than anything.

Then the Goddess entered divine sleep.

And heaven changed.

The divine children surrounded Moon while she slept peacefully beneath the golden trees.

“She stole Mother from us.” one said coldly.

“She doesn’t belong here.” another whispered bitterly.

“She’s just an animal pretending to be divine.”

Moon woke up frightened.

“What’s happening?” she asked fearfully.

Chains wrapped around her body before she could run.

“I didn’t do anything wrong…” Moon whispered desperately.

But nobody listened.

The divine children erased her memories.

Every warm moment disappeared.

The Goddess’s face vanished.

Even Moon’s own name faded away.

Then they threw her into the mortal world.

Moon fell through endless darkness before crashing deep inside a silver forest called Elaris.

Before leaving, the divine children sealed the forest with barriers so she could never escape.

When Moon woke up—

She remembered nothing.

Only loneliness.

Years passed.

Then decades.

Moon aged slowly because divine blood still flowed inside her veins.

Humans who once saw her as children became old and died while Moon barely changed.

At first, she cried every night.

She wandered through Elaris searching for someone she could not remember.

But nobody came.

Eventually, animals became her only family.

Birds rested on her shoulders.

Foxes slept beside her.

Wolves guarded her at night.

Moon could understand every living creature.

But no matter how many surrounded her—

She remained lonely.

Very lonely.

The kingdoms near Elaris began worshipping the forest, believing a divine angel lived inside.

Nobody knew the “angel” was actually just a forgotten rabbit girl abandoned by heaven.

Then one spring morning—

Princess Aurelia entered the forest.

Moon immediately hid behind a tree.

Humans feared Elaris.

But Aurelia smiled gently instead.

“You don’t need to hide.” Aurelia said softly.

Moon peeked out silently.

Golden hair.

Warm blue eyes.

A gentle smile.

Aurelia looked beautiful to her.

“You’re cute.” Aurelia laughed quietly.

Moon blinked in confusion.

Aurelia slowly stepped closer.

“Are you alone here?” Aurelia asked gently.

Moon nodded cautiously.

“What’s your name?” Aurelia asked.

Moon lowered her eyes.

“I… don’t know.” Moon admitted softly.

Aurelia looked surprised for a moment.

Then she smiled warmly.

“Then I’ll give you one.” Aurelia said.

Moon looked at her curiously.

“Lua.” Aurelia whispered softly. “Your name is Lua.”

Moon repeated it quietly.

“Lua…”

Something inside her chest felt warm hearing it.

For the first time in years—

Lua smiled.

After that day, Aurelia returned again and again.

She brought ribbons.

Books.

Flowers.

Sometimes she simply sat beside Lua near the lake and talked for hours.

Lua became attached frighteningly fast.

Because Lua did not understand human time.

Humans were temporary.

But Lua didn’t know that.

To her—

Aurelia felt eternal.

One evening while resting beside her near the glowing lake, Lua quietly asked,

“You’ll come tomorrow too?” Lua asked hopefully.

“Of course.” Aurelia replied warmly.

“And the day after?” Lua asked again.

“Yes.”

Lua hesitated slightly before asking softly,

“And forever?”

Aurelia laughed gently.

“Forever.” Aurelia promised while holding Lua’s hands.

Lua believed her completely.

That promise became her entire world.

Years passed peacefully.

Lua smiled more.

Laughed more.

Every morning she waited excitedly near the forest entrance for Aurelia to arrive.

Whenever she heard footsteps, her rabbit ears immediately stood up happily.

Aurelia always laughed seeing it.

“You really are adorable.” Aurelia teased lovingly.

Lua pouted immediately.

“I’m not adorable.” Lua complained softly.

Aurelia laughed harder every time.

Eventually, Lua started calling her by a shorter name.

“Lia”

Aurelia loved hearing it.

But outside Elaris—

Kingdoms were cruel.

War spread across the land.

Aurelia’s kingdom weakened with every passing year.

To stop destruction, the king arranged Aurelia’s marriage to Emperor Cedric of the Northern Empire.

Aurelia cried when she learned the news.

“I don’t want to go…” Aurelia whispered painfully.

But kingdoms never cared about feelings.

The night before leaving, Aurelia visited Elaris one final time.

Lua smiled happily seeing her.

But stopped immediately after noticing Aurelia crying.

“What happened?” Lua asked worriedly.

Aurelia hugged Lua tightly.

Too tightly.

“Lua…” Aurelia whispered shakily. “If one day I stop coming…”

“No.” Lua answered instantly.

Aurelia’s eyes filled with tears.

“I have to leave.” Aurelia admitted weakly.

Lua froze.

“…Leave?” Lua whispered.

“For another kingdom,” Aurelia explained painfully.

Lua could not understand.

Her innocent heart only understood one thing.

Lia was leaving her.

“No…” Lua whispered again.

Lua grabbed Aurelia’s clothes desperately.

“Don’t go.” Lua begged softly. “Please don’t leave me.”

Aurelia cried silently while hugging her tighter.

“I’ll come back someday.” Aurelia promised tearfully. “I swear I will.”

Lua trusted those words completely.

The next day—

Aurelia left.

Lua waited near the forest entrance all night.

Then another day.

Then another.

Weeks passed.

Months passed.

Aurelia never returned.

Lua slowly stopped smiling.

Animals watched sadly as the rabbit girl sat beside the lake every night holding Aurelia’s ribbon close to her chest.

Still waiting.

Still believing.

One rainy evening, a black crow landed beside her.

“The princess became queen of the Northern Empire.” the crow informed her.

Lua lowered her eyes silently.

“…Oh.” Lua whispered softly.

“She looks unhappy.” the crow added quietly.

Lua held the ribbon tighter.

But she still believed Aurelia would return someday.

Because promises mattered deeply to Lua.

Especially Aurelia’s promises.

Another year passed.

Then one winter night—

A dying bird crashed into the snow beside her.

Blood covered its wings.

Lua immediately picked it up carefully.

“What happened?” Lua asked anxiously.

“The queen is dead.” the bird whispered weakly.

Lua froze completely.

“…What?” Lua whispered.

“The emperor forced her to bear a child.” the bird explained painfully. “Her body was too weak… she died screaming.”

The bird died in Lua’s hands.

Silence filled the forest.

Lua stared blankly ahead.

Dead?

No.

That wasn’t possible.

Lia promised.

Lia said forever.

Humans weren’t supposed to disappear like that.

Lua slowly stood up.

Then walked toward the edge of the forest.

The divine barrier stopped her instantly.

Lua touched it silently.

Then again.

Then harder.

“Move.” Lua whispered coldly.

Nothing happened.

Lua’s hands began trembling violently.

“MOVE!” Lua screamed.

Her divine power exploded.

The forest shook violently.

Trees cracked apart.

Animals screamed in fear.

The barrier shattered.

For the first time in centuries—

Lua escaped Elaris.

But something inside her had died.

The innocent rabbit girl who waited faithfully beside the lake was gone.

Now—

There was only hatred.

Lua traveled to the Northern Empire hiding her rabbit like appearance with divine powers, she barely ever used.

There, she learned the full truth.

Aurelia cried constantly after marriage.

Cedric locked her inside the palace.

Doctors warned him pregnancy would kill her.

He ignored them.

When Aurelia screamed in pain during childbirth—

Cedric gave only one order.

“Save the child first.” Cedric commanded coldly.

Both mother and child died.

That night, Lua sat outside the palace walls staring at the moon.

Then she smiled.

A small.

Broken.

Terrifying smile.

“She waited for someone to save her…” Lua whispered softly.

The next morning, one of the royal doctors disappeared.

Three days later, guards found him hanging upside down in the city square.

Still alive.

Every finger had been slowly removed.

Words carved into his chest read:

“Did you hear her screaming?”

The doctor begged for death until sunrise.

Lua watched silently from a rooftop.

She felt nothing.

Then another body appeared.

A maid who mocked Aurelia’s weakness was discovered buried neck-deep outside the palace.

Frozen.

Still breathing.

A message beside her read:

“She begged too.”

Fear spread quickly across the empire.

But Lua had only begun.

One by one, everyone who helped destroy Aurelia suffered.

The priest who blessed the forced pregnancy had molten gold poured down his throat.

The guards who locked Aurelia inside her chambers woke up chained in the forest while wolves circled them slowly for days before attacking.

The palace healer had his limbs broken repeatedly while Lua healed him again and again just to continue.

Lua wanted suffering.

Not death.

Pain.

Fear.

Begging.

Exactly what Aurelia endured.

Soon the empire stopped sleeping peacefully.

Every morning brought new corpses.

New screams.

New blood-written messages.

“She cried alone.”

“You heard her begging.”

“You killed her.”

People began calling Lua the Moon Demon.

Children cried hearing her name.

Even soldiers feared shadows.

Meanwhile—

Cedric slowly lost his mind.

He stopped trusting servants.

Stopped sleeping.

Stopped eating unless others tasted his food first.

But Lua watched patiently.

Because death was too merciful.

She wanted him broken first.

Every night she entered the palace silently.

Sometimes Cedric woke up and found bloody rabbit footprints across his bedroom floor.

Sometimes he found Aurelia’s ribbon beside his pillow.

Sometimes he heard Aurelia crying through empty halls.

One night—

Cedric woke up and found Lua sitting silently beside his bed staring at him.

Cedric screamed in terror.

But when guards entered—

She was gone.

The emperor slowly stopped sleeping entirely.

His hands constantly trembled.

He started seeing rabbit shadows in mirrors.

Started hearing Aurelia’s voice whispering softly at night.

Lua destroyed his sanity piece by piece.

Just like he destroyed Aurelia.

Then finally—

One storm-filled night, the palace lights suddenly went dark.

Screams echoed through the halls.

Guards died without even seeing their killer.

Blood flooded on palace floors.

Servants ran in terror.

Lua walked calmly through the massacre wearing white robes stained red.

At last—

She entered the throne room.

Cedric stood trembling surrounded by knights.

“You monster…” Cedric whispered fearfully.

Lua slowly removed her hood.

White rabbit ears rose above silver hair.

Red eyes glowed with hatred.

“No.” Lua whispered softly.

“You made me this.”

The knights attacked.

Lua slaughtered them effortlessly.

One exploded against the wall.

Another lost his head instantly.

The rest died screaming.

Soon—

Only Cedric remained.

The emperor collapsed backward crying.

“Please…” Cedric begged weakly.

Lua walked toward him slowly.

“She trusted you.” Lua whispered coldly.

“I loved her!” Cedric screamed desperately.

Lua tilted her head slightly.

Then smiled softly.

“No.” Lua answered quietly.

“You owned her.”

Cedric tried crawling away.

Lua crushed his leg instantly.

The scream echoed through the throne room.

“She cried while dying.” Lua whispered.

Crack!!!

Another bone shattered.

“She begged you to stop.”

Crack.

His arm twisted unnaturally.

“But you never listened.”

Cedric sobbed helplessly.

Lua crouched before him quietly.

Then gently touched his face.

Almost lovingly.

“You know what’s funny?” Lua whispered softly.

Cedric trembled violently.

“She still spoke kindly about you.”

Cedric cried harder.

For the first time in his life—

He truly understood fear.

Lua smiled sweetly.

The same innocent smile she once showed Aurelia beside the lake.

Which made everything far more horrifying.

For hours, Cedric screamed.

Lua healed him repeatedly just to continue.

Again.

Again.

Again.

Until he begged for death like a broken animal.

Only then did Lua finally stop.

The emperor lay blind.

Armless.

Legless.

Unable to scream anymore.

Lua leaned close to his ear.

“She waited for someone to save her.” Lua whispered tearfully.

Tears slowly rolled down Lua’s face.

“But nobody came.”

Then Lua burned the palace.

And inside the flames—

Cedric remained alive.

Screaming until the fire finally consumed him.

After her revenge ended, Lua returned to Elaris Forest.

Back to the quiet lake.

Back to the place where Aurelia once laughed beside her.

Lua sat silently beneath the silver trees holding Aurelia’s ribbon close to her chest.

Years passed.

Then decades.

Lua remained there beside the lake.

Every morning she looked toward the forest entrance hopefully.

Every night she waited quietly.

Whenever footsteps echoed somewhere far away—

Her rabbit ears still lifted excitedly.

But nobody came.

Still—

Lua waited.

Because Aurelia promised forever.

And even after learning hatred—

Lua was still innocent enough to believe promises should never break.