Sweetpea - SOTD PT3

Chapter 2 - Lillith

Lilith

Sitting cross legged on the hard floor, Lilly had travelled with her mates to the dragon territory weekly to speak with her sister. Even if it were just a one way conversation, it helped her. It let her feel closer to the only family she had left and gave the fairy some form of connection as well.

"I miss you. It's been whe-eeks, Genevieve. Can't you come out yet? Can't you come and say something to me?" Reaching over to press her hand against the rigid surface of the cocoon, Lilly did her best to control her emotions, though small flowers still sprouted. Small bluebells to represent her sadness that she was so close yet so far away from her sister.

"My wedding is soon. I know, you thought I'd be married already right? The boys are bound to be getting restless now. I keep pushing the date in hopes that one of these mornings, you'll just be here. That I'll be able to have you beside me when I'm walking d-down the aisle. So you can hear me stumble over my vows. My stammer is getting better. It's almost gone completely now. You'd be proud of me for it."

A familiar burn started behind her eyes. A rush of tears and welling of emotion as her fingers dug into the surface a little. A pitiful laugh escaped her. "What a mess we've got ourselves into, Ginny."

Lilith had grown a layer of moss over the hard stone flooring in the otherwise empty room, as if it might make them both more comfortable. Hellion, King of the dragon race, had kindly informed her that he'd had Gen's cocoon moved to the window to give her some sunlight though they worried the cold temperatures of their territory was an issue to her emerging.

Like a chick needing to be grown in heat, the dragon race had claimed a piece of land that was far beyond the clouds in the sky. They were up so high in the mountains nobody rational would travel there by foot. It was by portal, or flying only to safeguard themselves against intruders.

It snowed nearly constantly there, the sun shining but no real heat coming through. Even now as light crested into the window and shone against the other side of the large oval cocoon, throwing Genivieve's resting body into a silhouette within itself, Lilly's skin was still covered in goosebumps.

"Maybe I should take you home with me instead. It's warm in Hell, though not in the way you think. You'd have your own big room. A bath. A bed you could sink into. All kinds of things we never got to have before." Swiping beneath her eyes quickly, Lilly sniffed her tears away. "Please."

Shuffling herself up onto her knees, Lilly pressed her hands against the surface, resting her forehead there and closing her eyes. Small vines grew over the surface, flowers and thick leaves cushioning around the cocoon as Lilly tried to reach out as she always did in search of something. Anything. "Just show me that you're still there."

The knock that came was gentle against the door as it creaked open. "Ms Serpentine? Your mates are asking if you'd like to go home now. We have a blizzard rolling in and you don't want to have anything disrupting the portal door when you're trying to move away."

Lilly didn't answer. Not because she was ignoring the other male who spoke quietly to her, but because something happened. Maybe it was a trick of her own imagination. Maybe she was just wanting Genivieve back so badly that she would take anything as proof but...

Something happened.

"Ms Serpentine?"

Reaching her hand to the side, Lilly kept her eyes closed, the large wings on her back fluttering a little as she clung to the tiniest thread of something happening.

Since the tree, she could feel life. She could feel it everywhere, all around her like light soaked into the pores of every plant. Every creature. The cocoon had been a muted sense of life, a muted light for weeks. Every time she came, nothing changed. Yet when the male with her right now spoke, Lilly swore she felt a pulse of something.
Something was better than nothing.