Giggles

Caretaker. Sky

Still carrying her nickname Sky gave her, One of the Children of Sky, Giggles was raised by Sky until he was sold. In the beginning, Giggles was heading outside to play when she met a younger slave working in the gardens. Curious, Giggles walked to the slave and said hello. Sky looked up and smiled quickly and went back to digging. Giggles stood there for a while before talking again. Sky talked back. Soon Giggles was walking and talking with Sky for weeks. Giggles mother saw them both and decided that Sky should take care of Giggles. Giggles was thrilled having Sky as a caretaker and planned fun-filled activities for them both. Giggles and Sky became regulars in the town by the people who saw the unusual pair. A slave and its child. One day as Sky brought in the clean laundry, he saw Giggles by the mirror in a dress just playing alone. Sky knew what that Giggles played dress up sometimes and asked if everything was all right. "That woman needs to get out." Giggles said. Sky asked what woman and Giggles said the woman in me. Sky knew what Giggles was talking about. Born a boy, but a woman inside. Sky knelt by Giggles and smiled sadly at sad Giggles. Giggles asked Sky if she was a freak for thinking like this. Sky told her no. Giggles hugged Sky tightly and said that she was scared that Loyal will damn her. Sky said said that Loyal won't do anything to her beautiful soul. Giggles sighed, safe in her God's arms. Weeks later, Giggles father saw her acting "like a fruity" and began to beat her. Sky saw her being beaten and covered her battered body with his. "She is truly a daughter of the heavens." Sky said as he gave Giggles a side hug. Giggles joy turned in horror when she saw her father slapped Sky and began yelling at him. It wasn't long before Sky was dragged away and thrown outside. Giggles cried for Sky, seeing him being beaten for standing up for her. At night, Giggles walked outside to see Sky, holding her new toy as a from her father as a sorry. Sky smiled at her and asked if she were all right. Giggles cried seeing her God. Sky held her on his lap and rocked her. Years later, when Giggles was nine years old, she woke up and found Sky missing. She ran outside and in the back of the departing wagon, Sky was in it. Giggles ran after the wagon, screaming for Sky. Sky peeked out from the wagon window, and waved his goodbye. Giggles' new maids ran after her and yelled for her to stop, but Giggles kept running and screaming Sky's name. Sky threw out his necklace for Giggles to remember him. Giggles maids grabbed her, Giggles screamed and cried seeing Sky being taken away.

Years later, Giggles grew up into a young man and moved far away to another town. There he grew his hair and dressed in the woman attire. Giggles lived as a woman tailor in the town. People never knew until someone from Giggles hometown found out and reported to the police. Giggles was thrown in jail and sentenced to death. At the site, Giggles was stoned along with a few other people like her and robbers. Giggles looked up at the heavens. The bright blue sky made her smile. As the stones were thrown, Giggles thought of Sky and gave her soul to him. A rainbow feather fell from the heavens and into the blood puddles. Days later, Sky who was a slave to a family a few miles away came to remove the bodies. Sky found her body. The necklace around her neck.

PrideMonth 2018. With Sky