Day and Night ✔️

Part 5: Human

Ember awoke with a vicious headache.

It took her several seconds to realize where she was in her beloved daffodil field, and several more seconds to realize that she was bigger than usual. A lot bigger.

She gasped and jumped to her feet, surveying her surroundings. It mortified her to know that she was inadvertently stepping on daffodils, and baffled her to see the nearby trees at such a wholly different angle. She felt like a giant, and that was not a very comfortable feeling at all. (Although her emerald green silk dress was rather cute, and much softer than grass...)

And speaking of the trees, there was a shadowy figure emerging from them, one that looked very much like—

She gasped again and could do nothing but stand rooted to the spot.

It was him!

But he had changed. His skin was not pitch black, but rather a dusty tan. His clothing remained the same, as did his hair, but his eyes were now an interesting shade of sapphire blue. And he was smiling— and running— and suddenly she was engulfed in a warm hug.

"It's you," he breathed into her hair; she figured it mustn't be aflame anymore, or else he wouldn't have been able to rest his chin on her head. She smiled into his shoulder as she embraced him back. They stood there like that for several long moments, just drinking in the other's presence.

"Um, Coal..." she began after a few moments of thought.

"Yes?" he asked, sounding happier than he'd been in... well, forever.

"I think we're humans."

"What?" He drew back and held her at arms' length, regarding her quizzically before letting out a laugh. "Funny. I didn't even notice."

"So I guess I don't look that bad, then?" she asked half-teasingly.

"No." His grin was huge. "You look absolutely amazing. A little bit's changed; your eyes are hazel, you've got freckles on your nose now, and you've got curly auburn hair. But you're still you, and you're still glowing."

She smiled, but then suddenly remembered. "So... what now?"

"Now we get to start a life of our own," he replied as he took her hand in his and they began to walk out of the daffodil field.

As they walked from the meadow to the city, from a secret friendship to a life together, Ember could've sworn she saw both the sun and the moon smiling down on them. And then just like that, they were gone.

Authors Note: Hey guys, this is sadly the last part of this short little story. I hope you all enjoyed it. I wanted to thank you all for all of the support I've been getting on this story, it truly means so much to me. I'm happy you all enjoyed it so much, maybe someday I'll write a sequel.

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