Short Stories

The Sun, Moon, Star, and Ice pt.2

Ray went to find the Sun and the Moon. She traveled where she could, and tried to reach them before day break. “Dawn! Luna! Are you here? I have an important question to ask.” Ray was in the temple or opposites. The temple of opposites was where everyone goes when they disappear. When night becomes day, night is in the temple; in vise versa with day etc…
     “Is that you Ray?” Said Luna before walking out of her room in the temple.
     Is Luna here alone? Weird Dawn is always with her making sure she’s ok. Huh. “Yeah, it's me Luna, where’s Dawn?”
     “Oh, she went to see what Day was doing. Yeah, Dawn got a weird text from him and Day being her brother she went, with no hesitation, to see if he was okay.”
     “Okay, well I have a question that I have to ask both of you so…”
     “Oh shit, Ray has a question, everyone take cover!” Said Dawn, sarcastically, walking into the temple with Day, who greeted me and then went to see his boyfriend, most likely to wake him for his shift.
     “Dawn be nice she’s your sister.”
     “Exactly my point.”
     “Oh would you just… Anyway Ray what is your question?”
     “Yeah Ray, i’m actually interested as well. You never ask questions.
     Dawn was right. I did really hate asking people for help. I hated help otherwise, but against my instincts I had to ask, “What does it mean if you get this weird feeling around someone close?”
     Dawn and Luna looked at each other then looked at me. It was clear that they were unsure what I meant, but despite their confusion Luna asked, “What kind of weird feeling?”
     “Well, my emotions go haywire, my stomach feels weird, and I get the urge to hold this person's hand,” I said then looking at my sister and her girlfriend for clarification. It was then that I heard footsteps then…
     “RAY’S GOT A CRUSH!!!!”
     I knew that voice, hell I grew up with that voice. Wait… I grew up with that voice. SHIT!
     “Shut the fuck up Fire nobody asked you!!!” Said Dawn as Fire came careening down the hallway of our home.
     “Hey, stop being so mean to your siblings, you know full well that Fire is right.”
     So that’s what it was, a crush. I of all people had a crush. That can’t be right, I have never had a crush in my life. When I thought more about the idea I decided to go back to reality for a moment and voice what I had thought over the fighting of my siblings and Luna trying to break them up, “But, I have never had a crush before.”
     Everyone stopped dead and looked at me with an “Oh shit” expression on their faces. Even Luna who barely cursed had the same look on her face. I didn’t know what to do so I looked at Luna with a pleading look on my face and asked her to help me tell Crystal that I liked her.
     Luna’s face lit up as she dashed over to me grabbing my hand, then walking over to Dawn, grabbing her hand and winnowing us to her room.
(Winnowing is a term from the book series A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. Sarah, thank you for being a genius. Please go and check out her books they’re amazing.)
     By the time Luna finished teaching me what to do the next time I see Crystal, it was our shift. Me and Luna said goodnight to everyone and went out to start our shift, taking night with us of course. Tomorrow night. That’s when I’ll tell Crystal and ask her to be with me. Lets hope I don’t screw it up after everything Luna put me and Dawn through. That girl scares me sometimes.