The Invisible Wings (The Invisible Library Fanfic)

Fourteen: Fourth Of July

This takes place before Silver and Alister escape Alberich but I wanted to do a special holiday chapter for you all! Happy Independence day y'all!
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The fireworks lifted into the air with a siziling sound and then;

Pop! Pop! Pop! Boom!

Flashes of blue, then purple, then white. With every new pop of color another boom sounded. Soon the color faded from the sky and ashes rained down.

"Hey? What are you doing on the deck alone?" Silver comes up behind me, sitting in the other wooden chair.

"Watching the fireworks ... what else?" I reply shortly keeping my eyes on the sky.

"Happy fourth Allie! This day is when we got our independence." Silver says and I can tell he's smiling.

Boom! Crackle! Pop!

More blues, reds, and whites lit up the sky. I watched in awe as they lit up the sky for only a few seconds. More colors lit the sky up in the far distance, colors of red, blue, green, faint yellows, and even oranges. Some were so deep they almost matched the sky's dark midnight horizon.

"Happy fourth Silver." I finally reply.

Alberich was inside somehow sleeping through all the loud bomb like sounds. So me and Silver snuck outside to watch the other people light off fireworks.

In the distance we could make out other houses, which was a first. They had lights and were shooting fireworks from their backyards, sometimes through the fence we'd be able to see little kids running around with sparkles. Those reminded me of fairy wakes though so I'd laugh every time I'd see them.

I could just imagine the little kids rubbing with the wand in hand shouting, "I am a magical fairy and you cannot stop me! Haha turn into a toad!" A little boy would shriek as a little girl would be running and screaming for her mother to make her brother stop being a jerk.

I laugh out loud from the thought and Silver looks at me laughing too. After my random outburst of laughing I turn to Silver and say,

"Stop! I am a magical wizard!" I traced my hand in the air like I was holding a sparkler.

Silver held his hands up high, "Oh no! Magical wizard please spare me."

That set both of our heart rates rolling in a head of laughter. I was laughing so hard that I couldn't even breathe.

"Thats great." Silver says after he gets a moment to breathe. I nod my head agreeing to his comment.

Booooom! Pop! Pop! Pop!

Up in the air a whole bunch of fireworks shoot off and I jump not expecting it. My heart races again for a moment. But my thoughts clicker away like the lights in the sky.

I wonder if I ever did this with my family...maybe we sat on our porch eating popcorn with each other sitting next to one another starring up at the sky and laughing. Maybe not. Maybe instead I sat in a cave that was deep in the forest. Huddling in a corner too terrified to come out because of the loud sounds.

But here I am, sitting on an enclosed porch with a best friend even though he shouldn't be. Looking up at the fireworks that glowed in the midnight sky.

The loud sounds making booms in the night just like a thunder storm.

"How can I make this moment better?" Silver asks me, I should have known he'd see my concern.

"Popcorn?" I blurt out and he laughed. I starred at him not knowing what was so funny about popcorn but he shrugs.

"Okay, be right back." Silver hopped up and ran inside, closing the door lightly behind him.

I watched and listened as more fireworks entered the atmosphere, then vanish right before my very eyes.
Maybe I never lived in a house. But why can I not remember? I can't remember my family, or where I lived, or anything besides my name. But I somehow remember everything else that happens now.

Silver emerges from the porch door and handed me a bowl.

"Popcorn!" I popped a handful into my mouth and crunched them. Silver sat back down next to me and smiled.

I seemed to forget my thoughts again, somehow Silver had a very good way of making the scary and sad thoughts leave my mind. I don't know what it was about him that made him that way though. Maybe it was just because he was a Fae.

The fireworks seemed to last for hours and finally they ended into just smokey skies. The light of the fireworks faded and the booming still sounded in my ears. The popcorn bowl was empty, even the last seed was gone.

"Alright, I'm heading in for the night. You?" Silver broke the silence.

"No, I'll come in later. Night." I mumbled.

"Oh..okay, don't stay up to late," Silver said picking up the bowl and went inside. "Promise!" He yelled out.

"Promise!" I laugh at him. He closed the door and then it was silence. I let out a long sign and leaned back in my chair and closed my eyes. Only for a moment and I started to drift. I somehow managed to get through another night, and another day.