Soaring Love

Exploring Arnold

kit smirks and bring the scissors closer to my head trimming my black curling hair. 

After about an hour of her aimless timing and chopping she pulls back and smiles "done" she exclaims and spins my chair so I can see myself in the mirror. I'm surprised by what I see my usually untamed hair that falls in my face is now short on both side of my head.she kept most of the length on the top and has swept it back."nice thanks" I turn my head around smiling at her. "no problem" she smiles softly barely visible but there. 

in the morning I climb sleepily out of bed yawning.i hadn't had a good sleep in months and I suddenly feel very guilty for it.magnolia Jorden and Nadia probably didn't get a good sleep! Alice probably didn't get a good sleep! clarity... I don't allow my mind to worry about her even though it try's. she broke me.that seven year old in an eighteen year olds body broke my heart and didn't do as much as tell me where she went.i still love her that's unavoidable but it's...easier now her face doesn't haunt my every thought now.she's moved on Chris I tell myself almost every day.she loves someone else.but I love her. not now Chris! you have bigger things to worry about!I hear a knock on my door. "just a second!" I call out rushing to pull on a navy blue shirt with gold trim on the neckline and a pair of dark jean like pants.a very minimal outfit for Alzar. "ok come in" I call out doing up the last button on my shirt. kit pushes the door open and my mouths falls open. she cut her hair it's now as short as mine and falls in her face slightly. she's also wearing a red dress that seems to be made of huge rose petals.she brushes a strand of hair out of her face. "surprise?!" she laughs "I don't like the dress much but it's the most movable outfit in my closet" I wave a hand "here you can borrow something from mine" I walk over to the large walk in closet on the door there's a sign that says "take what you need" I open the door and spend a good 10 minetes looking for a pair of pants that will fit kit.i finally find a pair and grab a dark red shirt embroidered with a rose on the shoulder. "there you go and you still have the rose" she smiles gratefully "thanks" "no problem just meet me downstairs in 5 kay?" she nods hurrying back to her room to change. I walk own the curling staircase saying hello to the occasional pixie.I go down to the front desk and see that the old woman is replaced by Beth and howl today. without looking up from the picture she's laying on she sighs saying "would you like to check in or check out?" I laugh "great costumer service" she quickly scrambles to her feet trying to roll up the picture before I see it.But I do.it's a boy.A human boy probably only 15 or 16. he has curly brown hair and happy green eyes in the picture he's smiling and he has dimples on his cheeks. "what's his name?" I ask curiously.her face has gone red as a tomato "you aren't going to scold me for looking at it?" I shake my head "no why would I?"  "I don't know....it's harry by the way his name...I haven't seen him in over a year...he's-he's my only friend" a tear rolls down her cheek and her tiny body starts to tremble. "Beth?" she looks up "why don't you come into town with my friend and I?" she looks surprised "why?" I smile "cause were friends now come on" her lip trembles "ok" she says softly. in a few minutes kit comes down dressed in the clothes I gave her. Beth puts a little sign on the desk saying "back in an hour" and starts to show us around Arnold.there are lots of fairys on the street today because of the nice weather most of them Beth's size but there seems to be quite a few of the bigger fairies like Jorden and Maggie.There are a couple sirens but not many. Beth and howl take us to all the popular places including a nice little breakfast place when we stuff ourselves with the fairy food that tastes like heaven after being in that hellhole of a place where all we ate three times a day was chicken broth and if we were extremely lucky a carrot and some bread. in here there's a old human radio that someone probably stole from a child about 3 or 4 years ago. it's playing the radio from the closest station but as soon as the music comes on the fairys shoot us and dance through the air.a song called act my age plays and it starts with a Irish sounding jig.even Beth gets up to dance. it's in this kind of fairys blood it's what they do. Dance. then I see her curled in the corner of the room.dragon wings wrapped around her like a shield "kit kit!!" I say and point at Nadia curled in the corner. kit gasps and rushes to her friend. she slides to her knees beside Nadia and hugs her.i on the other hand make my way over slowly making sure I don't step on anyone.when I make to them they are trapped in a tight embrace. Nadias mumbling into ear "they showed him to me kit he was dead on second then-then this fox this red fox came from a girls mouth it went into him! and he sat up kit he sat up!" kit rubs her friends back "it was just a dream nad's necromancy hasn't been used in centenary's" " not centenaries only about 6 decades" I pipe in kit glares at me so I amend "but very unlikely" Beth flies over with howl and lands on my shoulder "sorry I'm tried" she says panting "thats fine" I say quickly. "how did you get here Nadia?" I ask "I don't know all I remember is that they threw my out and then I was here" "I'm going to get her some food and get her back to the inn for some sleep" "sounds good" I nod. 

Beth howl and I walk around Arnold for awhile when we come across a small lake the surface sparkling like a diamond in the sunlight. Beths eyes go wide "will you show my your tail?" she asks exited "hop off" I say and she does fluttering to the ground. "look away for a moment" she does turning around. I strip into only my underwear and dive into the freezing water.as soon as I hit the surface I feel the scales envelope my legs. "you can look" I call out when I head pops above the water.  she turns and sees my tail "thats so cool I wish I had a tail" "and I wish I had wings but that's not how we where born" "I guess your right" she smiles slightly "looks like howl got the best of both worlds" I smile seeing the tiny dragon now with a tail zooming towards me under the water. I catch the small dragon in my hands.it sneezes and smoke comes out of his nostrils. "good boy" I say patting the dragon on the head.