Sunrays and Moonbeams

A Home

There were several possibilities, plenty just ripe for the taking.The tall towers, large trees even if there were not enough to make ushomes. They seemed to be grouped together but just weren't enough todo. Maybe if we were able to get to know and be accepted by thepeople of this planet? But that would have to be seen if it couldhappen. If nothing else we could find somewhere that none of theplanet's inhabitants were, so we'd have our own place.

But for now it would be better to see if we could slowly showourselves to the earthlings. We'd have to all go and were talks of ifwe should stay on the moon, only a few people going to see what we'ddo, all of us go to this world and either stick together or separateto be easier to blend. In the end we decided to stick near eachother.

There were two possible choices that the scouts had seen, thoughthere was obviously possibly more but we didn't know at the moment.There were not nearly enough of us to send out scouts to see and wedidn't know if this planet would have more. Of course there wereplenty of tall buildings and structures that as far as we could seeno earthlings come up to.

The first possible forest was a extremely wide forest. Not all, norindeed many, trees that could do what we needed but there wereenough. There were more then enough bodies of water, rivers forhatchlings to play in, lakes for children and younglings to enjoy.The problem was the trees that were suitable were far apart from eachother, and though it was important for especially newly mated couplesto have their own space it seemed a bit too far for our liking.Especially on a planet we were not familiar with. But it did have thebonus of being somewhere few, if any, humans came.

Another had rivers and plenty of large tall trees. There were notmany things that could count as a lake, but enough that futureyounglings would be fine. The biggest thing was that almost all thetrees were suitable for our needs and were close enough that we couldall stay in a group and newly mated couples could still get somespace for themselves. The only thing was that this was an often visitin large numbers.

Then there were plenty of rivers for our hatchlings to play in, thetall buildings could be substitutes for our tree homes. Which mightbe better then the actual trees of the planet as most were not tallnor wide enough for our needs. The scouts had seen plenty of humansas they searched through the world. They had also seen theinhabitants of this world. To explain this, although I already knewit, was shocking to hear from someone's mouth, someone I knew, asopposed to old scrolls.

They're skin has no constellations on them, though some do havepoints decorating their skin even if it didn't shine like ours did,and still it wasn't everyone. And unlike the rest of us who had ourskin being the same with the constellations being different, theseearthlings all had different colored skin. Almost everyone had adifferent skin color, even if sometimes only subtle. Their hair wasthe same, and did not glow like ours did, all different colors aswell, and they had no wings. That still seemed so strange to me notto have wings, to not wrap my wings with my beloved's ever as she hadnone.

Whenever I'd see my parents do that holding to each other like that Iwould secretly be disappointed. I still felt shame when I looked backon that when I was just starting to move from being a hatchling andinto a youngling and understood what would come. I knew that she wasmeant for me, that she would be as perfect for me as perfect couldget. That was what mattered more then her looks but still it got tome.

Every now and then it got to me. I kept going to the Lore Keeperbefore Elenore, a kind man, her father. He had practically seen megrow up and I remember she would always be there flying around whileher mother was there also helping with the scrolls or just makingsure everyone was okay while her mate transcribed the moredilapidated scrolls into new scrolls.

I would read everything I could find on this Earth. I did everythingthat we knew about them, and still could not understand that it wasreal. To my small childish innocence I couldn't think that theyhonestly would have no wings. However it was her father who finallygot curious enough to subtle probe to find out what was wrong.

I still remembered what he had said to me when he found out why I wasso obsessed with finding out about the Earth. Why I was so distressedthat those who had last visited were long since dead, as was alltheir children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. It wasthousands and thousands of years ago. We think it might have beentwelve thousand, I was shocked that not one person in all that timehad been mated. Turns out I was wrong there, it had been almost threethousand years but there had been some throughout the years.

You know James,it is okay to be confused. You aren't betraying her from notunderstanding, but you have to realize that she is born to completeyou, and you are born for the same for her. When you first seeher...I can't even think to explain it. When I first saw my Annabellafter I had come of age it was like...gravity. It was like the onlything that kept me standing on the ground, that allowed me to fly,that kept me alive. And here's a secret; that means you get to showher how to fly-with her in your arms.

It did not scare me, that I would be the one who she had to rely onto fly. I felt bad that she would not be able to fly whereverwhenever she wanted but I did love that I could show her somethingthat she would not be able to feel normally at least. And having herin my arms would not be too bad either.

Of course that would come later, I still for a while would wondersince still it seemed so mind boggling. However as I aged and came tothink more about it I started to imagine what would happen to herwhen I was with her.

I found good things about her being an earthling. Like how I couldwrap my wings all the way around her, like hugging her entire body. Icould hold her tight and carry her to wherever she wanted, I couldgive her back what I knew I'd get from being with her. I would haveto prove myself to her, since we knew that to them relationshipsweren't always forever. Of course there were plenty that not just themating but the love lasted for their entire lives but not all. Somewould stopping loving each other-a thought that still caused fear toswell and swirl in my chest-but continue to be mates living together,some would search for another while they were mated to another. Somany things and I knew I would have to prove myself to her.

Prove to her that I am the only thing she needs. She can havewhatever she wishes for, but it will come from me.

Looking down at the sudden babbling I smile a bit as I see thatThomas had awoken. "Morning little guy," I cooed to him as hegiggled reaching for me as I held him more securely to my chest. Hemade adorable babbling noises as I rocked him a bit and he poked atthe different points of light on my chest.

"Don't worry my son, soon you'll have a home." I swore to him,knowing that he needed somewhere that he could be taken care ofbetter then constant travels. He and the other ones, and the egg thatwould be hatching any day.

"We'll go to the Earth. Rest now, we'll go to one of the placeswith tall buildings." I said as everyone looked at me waiting forwhat I was saying, "first our scouts will rest, prepare as you needwe will leave once this planet is in front of more land. The green,yes?" I asked just to make sure that I was right and as they noddedI was relieved.

"Which land mass is most suitable to our needs?" I asked andLily, who was a tracker and taken on being the defacto head of thescouts, pointed to the (shape of continent) land mass. "Thank you,so once we are in front of there we will go there to find somewhereto stay."

The relief of finding somewhere even if temporary was a placeto stay. A place to call home.

Finally chapter4 and they are ready to enter Earth!