[ONGOING]Crimson Heroes (Ikarishipping)

CHAPTER 10

Chapter 10

"Hey Dad!" A seven year old redhead came crashing through the kitchen backdoor. Zoey's arms were stacked with clothes that just got dried from washing. She was so little that she was barely visible behind the hill of clothes on her arms. "The clothes had dried!" Her gleeful voice chimed inside their cozy little kitchen.

Her dad was doing the dishes. He turned around and smiled at her. "You place them on the sofa and I'll take care of them later."

She headed toward their sitting room, walking carefully to avoid bumping into anything.

"Can I go play outside now?" She grinned, to which her bright red eyes glowed with excitement.

"Sure." Her dad answered. "Just get back here before it gets dark. Or else your mother would be upset."

"Okay!"

She sprinted outside. Clean and gentle mountain air swept her short spiky auburn hair as she raced through fields of grass carelessly. Her black once piece dress swayed with the breeze. Grasshoppers leaped out of the tiles of grass where her foot would step one after the other. She could see yellow and white butterflies around hovering over hordes of daisies.

She had always loved how this place was like a fairy tale wonderland out from a book.

She finally stopped at her destination at the top of the hill that overlooked their little village. The orange sun was setting at the far horizon painting the sky in beautiful hues of red, yellow and orange like the flame at their fireplace. Clouds above her slowly fleeted with each other like a herd of grazing animals. They looked so close to the ground that she could almost touch them.

She sat down comfortably on the grass and crossed her legs. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

She smiled contentedly.

She jolt her eyes open at a rustling of grass behind her. She looked back and saw Kenny, her neighbor and brunet playmate.

He was wearing a plain blue shirt and dirty grey shorts. He shot a grin at her. He sat down beside her and together they watched how the sun slowly sunk at the far horizon.

The place was their secret haven. Nobody else in the village knew about the place, only Zoey and Kenny. Everything about the place was perfect, a wide unraveling sea of stars above, fleeting lights of the village below that looked like fireflies, cool and calming mountain breeze and chirping of birds and cicadas.

The place was magical.

It was a peaceful and beautiful springtime with her and Kenny alone in comfortable silence.

"Hey Zoey." Kenny spoke up. "Are you still thinking about it? About what you said to me yesterday?"

Zoey's eyes lit up. "Yes! Of course!" She looked at him expectantly.

Kenny's red eyes suddenly glowed with worry. "But we're not supposed to interact with humans. Why would you want to go to their world?"

"It's not like I want to leave this village and everyone in it silly!" Zoey playfully smacked his shoulders. "I'm just interested in the human world. That's all. I mean they can't be that bad, right?"

"Mom said humans hate us." Kenny said thoughtfully. "She kept on reminding me that after the last war, we should never resurface and try to live as peaceful as we can in our own world."