Sorry guys, I guess I haven’t posted anything in a while! There is a reason why though. I’ve been working on a specific story since my first idea came to me when I was eleven. It’s morphed into something completely different since then (save a few of the character names and themes), but the story has been shelved for a long time now. Almost a year! It’s crazy to think that it’s been that long.
Anyway, the story is what I call my “Main Story”. It’s my dream book to be published above any others. It’s the story where my inspiration truly lies. I shelved it because I couldn’t work out some major details involved in its creation, but thanks to a friend who helped me bounce around ideas, I’ve finally figured it out! For the most part, anyway. (I’m sure a million other crazy things will crop up before the end)
So my excuse is that story has pulled my attention pretty severely, but I still want to be writing these quips and snippets! So here’s a new one. Enjoy Blue Butterflies! A prequel to another snippet I've written ;)
Blue Butterflies
“Do it again!” She yells happily into the cool night air. I can only smile at her excitement as the moonlight fills her blue eyes with life. It is enough to make me happy as well, even if it is only for a moment.
“Okay, Sis,” I smile, “are you ready?”
She crouches in her usual pose ready to leap. I reach my hand forward into the light of the full glowing moon and turn my palm to the sky letting it fill me with its power. I can feel the warmth growing inside me. Wind starts blowing through my silver hair and I close my fist.
Taking in a deep breath I spring open my fingers. Wings flutter to life as blue light explodes from my fingertips. She laughs loudly as she soars into the air in an attempt to catch one of the fluttering butterflies before her. She jumps again and again trying to reach the flittering creatures. Specks of blue light sprinkle the air with magic and I can feel my power in the air as if I’m floating through water. I wonder if she can feel it too.
She laughs more as the butterflies evade her small fingers and soar through her golden hair. She stops jumping and turns to me with a content smile. I smile back to her, but somehow I know it falters. Her smile also falls to a look of understanding.There’s a flicker of sadness within me that I know she sees. She knows what I’m feeling. She always does.
“Do you have to go?” She asks with a tinge of sadness covering her sapphire eyes.
“I do.”
She nods and looks to the sky at the glowing moon. “I’ve always liked the moon,” she says quietly, “It always makes me think of you, Big Brother.” The butterflies flit around her like crystal jewels. She reaches her hands up close to her face and one lands on her open palms.
“I’m sorry, Lyn. I wish I didn’t have to, but Granny’s going to take good care of you while I’m gone..”
Lyn lifts the butterfly closer to her eyes. I can see the flickering light glancing off her the ocean of her eyes. She’s so beautiful and it hurts everything inside me to leave her.
I walk nearer to her and kneel to place my eyes at her level, “You’re stronger than you know, Lyn. You have more power in you than I’ve ever had.”
She closes her eyes to shut out the pain. She feels like she needs to be strong for me. It should be the other way around. I smile at her when she looks at me looks at me again. Her eyes line with tears as she tries to hold them back. The water makes her look like she has stars mirroring those in the heavens above.
Letting go of the butterfly, Lyn smiles at me through her glistening eyes, “Just promise you’ll come back, okay?”
“I promise.”
And I hope I can keep it.
Not many of my kind return from the land across the sea. The king outlawed magic there years ago and it’s punishable by death in most regions. I am completely terrified, but there’s no other way around it. I have to leave. I have to find her. It’s the only way Lyn and I could ever go back to a normal life.
I’m surprised as she jumps and throws her arms around my neck in a tight embrace. She’s warm and it makes me feel so cold. I pull her close and squeeze trying to hold on to the last moment I might ever see her.
“You be good, okay?” I tell her as I try to hold back my own tears. “I’ll come back.”
“You better.” She says lightly as she finally pulls away.
I kiss my her cheek before I turn away towards the dark of the forest before me. I try to stop myself from shaking, but I know it’s no use. With a glance back to Lyn, I give her a smile and start my march forward. My ship leaves at sunrise.
There’s no turning back now.
