Moonlight

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SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD: ALWAYS BEEN YOU - Chris Grey, Josh Makazo

I think this song really adds to the vibe of mystery and moonlight and the moonstone

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Your POV

I tiptoed around the deserted village. It had fallen dark so fast, and I was terrified at the thought of how half of me missed the daylight. Half of me missed the cheerful people and bright atmosphere. Half of me missed the man with the cupcakes and the sights and sounds of my personal tour around Corona.

Anyone could see through my act, though. I was missing all those things because I was really just dreading every second closer to ten o'clock. I was reflecting on everything I told Varian before he left and I was regretting everything I said. I was regretting every decision I ever made after waking up.

If I wasn't so paranoid by the room I woke up in and the guards that chased me, maybe I wouldn't have jumped off the roof. Then maybe I wouldn't have injured myself and then I wouldn't have wandered into the forest, rendered myself vulnerable and met Varian through pure starvation in the first place.

I clenched my fist. Out of all the things I've done, the one thing I didn't regret was meeting Varian. I missed him for real. But I knew I was putting myself and him in more danger than I ever could have if I had just escaped. If I had just left that stupid chameleon book on the windowsill, maybe I would have had more time to think of an escape plan. One that would work.

I ran my hands through my hair. But then, if I hadn't been slowed down by my injury, then I never would have been exhausted enough to sleep in the forest. And then I never would have been hungry enough to follow the smell of food to Varian's camp. And then I never would have met Varian.

I regretted all the decisions I made that lead me to meeting Varian, yet I didn't regret meeting Varian at all. So did that mean that I didn't regret my actions? But no, I know I did.

I took my hands out of my hair and tried to calm my nerves, knowing that my confusion was getting to me. The night was thick with tension, the air heavy with the promise of rain. I peeked out the alleyway I had hidden in. I had been moving swiftly through the night as I worried over these things. I moved from alley to alley as I worried about how meeting up with my only friend in the world was bound to put him in more danger than I was. I had a sinking feeling in my gut that this meeting wouldn't go the way Varian had planned.

I took a shaky, deep breath. Worrying about something that hasn't happened yet wasn't going to make time any slower, and it's not like it would do me any good. I really needed to calm myself.

With a few more deep breaths, I managed to compose myself and look around the yard. I couldn't just stand in one place. If I stayed put, someone was bound to find me.

Maybe I could find a nice, quiet corner on the ground and fall asleep. It would be better than staying up all night worrying.

But if I fell asleep to bide my time, I might not be able to wake up. To be fair, I had just woken up from a coma-like state yesterday so in conclusion, sleeping probably wasn't an option. I was in enemy territory, anxiously waiting for my ally. How could I rest?

Leaning on the wall, I placed my freezing fingertips on the edge of the bricks. I looked up at the now crescent moon with envy. It must be nice to be chilling up there, looking down at everybody sleeping soundly from above. And laughing at me as I struggled to keep myself together.

"You could say something you know," I muttered quietly, gazing at the pure, gleaming white shining through the pitch black sky. The stars twinkled, their own lights a gentle accompaniment.