ChromaTober | FMS 2023 writing challenge | Hosted by @LoneRanger253

Day 18 | Voice

AU: Whispered Melody in the Distance
Type: Fluff
Characters: Orange, Nerdy, Shy, Sabre
Note: There's standard galactic text ahead, but you won't need to translate it :D

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Third person POV

On a day like any other, sunny and cloudless, the trio of Orange, Shy and Nerdy were enjoying the cool summer breeze. They were in the middle of a round meadow midst the forest, a few hours away from the home village. Lied in a triangle, their heads facing each others', they were chatting about their reason for adventure and the rumours of the Whisperer.

"So, anyone's got any stories of this Melody left to share?" Nerdy asked curiously, even his eyes smiling from excitement.

"Hehe, I'm sure you do, bookworm." Shy chuckled.

"Hey, first. I'm not a bookworm, they're just very educational! Second, I actually don't- I've shared all I've heard or read already."

"Oh. That's surprising."

"Is it? There aren't many letters of chronicles of the Old Times that survived the war. I find it surprising that even a few are actually available to us." Orange spoke up, his eyes closed as if he's napping comfortably.

"Huh, you do have a point. Never took you for a person to take these things into consideration." Nerdy admitted and rolled over to his stomach, now down like a cat. Shy followed suit and the two exchanged glazes before looking at Orange who opened his eyes too, then looking at them and sitting up, facing them.

"Really? Why's that?"

"Well, I've never seen you read any books other than a few times with me, but about things not related to the Songs or Whisperer."

"That's because the only books are either in your house or in the Leader's. And I'm not really allowed there."

"Oh, right- Sorry, I forgot."

"Guys." Shy interrupted them with wide shocked eyes.

"Huh? What's up?" Orange turned his head to him.

"Look!" He pointed behind the one who'd spoken and then proceeded to look around them as well. The two did so as well, surprised and shocked too by what they saw.

A white fog appeared to gather in the forest, surrounding and nearing them soon and slowly. The sun was hidden by clouds previously unseen soaring in the sky, dropping the temperature by a few degrees.

And then...

Like a piece of honey cake,

their ears melted in hearing a quiet melody

growing louder bit by bit.

It was like a choir of songbirds,

ever so beautifully arranged in harmony.

They knew. Finally, after centuries of absence, after years of searching, they had heard it. The Songs of the Distant Melody Whisperer. He was no legend - he was truly real.

"Guys?" Shy whispered, his voice barely audible, afraid to disturb the peace of the melody. The other two nodded, managing to hear him and understand. They tried to look around to find the source, but..

that didn't work well. They were stuck marvelling the harmonious melody in awe, smiling peacefully and feeling whole.

"ᔑリ↸ ∴⍑ᒷリ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓭ⚍リ ᓭ⍑╎リᒷᓭ ⚍!¡𝙹リ ⚍ᓭ ᔑ⊣ᔑ╎リ,
ℸ ̣ 𝙹⊣ᒷℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ᓭ⍑ᔑꖎꖎ ∴ᒷ ⎓╎リ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ꖎ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ⍑╎↸↸ᒷリ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ 𝙹⚍∷ ᓭ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᓭ.
↸𝙹リ'ℸ ̣ ᒲ╎リ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ !¡ᔑ╎リ, ⋮⚍ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷᔑᓭᒷ ╎ℸ ̣ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ∷ᔑ╎リ. ʖᒷᒷリ ℸ ̣ ⍑∷𝙹⚍⊣⍑ ⎓╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᓭ ᒲᔑリ||, ||ᒷℸ ̣ ╎'ᒲ ᓭℸ ̣ ╎ꖎꖎ ᓭℸ ̣ ᔑリ↸╎リ⊣.
ᔑᒲ ╎ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ?
⍑ᔑ↸ ⎓∷╎ᒷリ↸ᓭ ꖎ𝙹ℸ ̣ , ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ꖎ𝙹ᓭℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲ ᑑ⚍╎ᓵꖌ. ⍑ᔑ↸ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ᒲ⚍ᓵ⍑ ∴╎ℸ ̣.
||ᒷℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ ╎ ᔑᒲ ⎓╎リ↸╎リ⊣
ᓭ𝙹ᒲᒷ ꖌ╎リ↸ ᓭ𝙹⚍ꖎᓭ ᓭ𝙹 ʖᒷリ↸╎リ⊣.
∴⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ∴𝙹⚍ꖎ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ↸𝙹 ∴⍑ᒷリ ᔑ ᒲ||ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷|| ╎ᓭ ᓭ⍑𝙹∴リ?
∴⍑ᒷリ ∷ᒷ⍊ᒷᔑꖎᒷ↸ ╎ᓭ ᓭ𝙹ᒲᒷ𝙹リᒷ ᓭ𝙹 ⚍リꖌリ𝙹∴リ?" Orange recognised the language, somehow. And subconsciously, sang along with the lyrics and rhythm:

"And when the sun shines upon us again,
together shall we find the light hidden from our sights.
Don't mind the pain, just ease it with cold rain. Been through fights many, yet I'm still standing.
Am I not?
Had friends lot, but lost them quick. Had not much wit.
Yet here I am finding
some kind souls so bending.
What would they do when a mystery is shown?
When revealed is someone so unknown?"

The Distant Melody Whisperer quieted down and around them rose the sounds of wind and water, like a river passing by. It enhanced the majestic white fog around them into a light galaxy, sparkling like the stars, closing the distance between the forest and the trio of Steves. It spiralled around them as if dancing to a song unheard.

And then, like a flower blooming from the grass, a figure of a person appeared.

He was just as young as the books had described him. It was as if he was made of the fog that previously surrounded them, and still does.

The person in pastel colours and a blindfold, a bit transparent, stared at Orange in curiosity. And smiled a wide innocent happy grin up to his ears. He jumped slightly and clapped, spaks and sparkles emitting from him. "Hello!" He beamed. All three were stunned. They certainly hadn't expected to actually find him, let alone hear his Melodies. Orange let out a chuckled of disbelief, checking his eyes if he was actually seeing the sight in front of him, waving at him the best he could.

The foggy bright boy giggled like few year old and jumped where he sat, genuinely happy and interested in what and who these Steves where. "Hello!" He greeted them again, his voice childlike and pure, not an inch of harm or distrust in it. "How are you? My name is Sabre! What is yours?" He asked them smiling, though the questions were mainly asked from Orange, probably because he understood the language. "I heard you are an adventurous and kind people! Like flowers.. Let's be friends! Do you wanna be friends?" The blindfolded child kept talking with excitement, as ecstatic about meeting them as the three were stunned and shocked to meet him.

Orange managed a nod, quickly breaking from his trance and being just as excited as Sabre was. And they engaged in a lively conversation :3