Sky...
He liked the sky.
Harlequinn lay on his front staring up into the bright expanse, his view marred only by the slight mottling of leaves as they danced giddily in the wind. Shuffling his position to better accommodate his bulk in the long grass he basked in the delicious feeling of the sunlight absorbing into his scales. It was a warming sensation, different from the cool blasts the breeze kept ruffling his fur with. He fidgeted again. Not one to sit still for too long, a nervous energy made his tail twitch behind him. He tried to ignore it- there was a beauty in the calm stillness he was indulging in- but one's own nature cannot be denied. Thoughts and words scrambled together in his mind, flashing past like an obscene parade. There was a song, wasn't there? Building up somewhere in his head. The tune was clear but the words escaped him like fog slipping through his paws. Experimentally he hummed the melody, hoping the lyrics would pop into his mind if he just jogged it a little.
Without warning his back leg jerked, pulling him briefly back to reality. He started to realise the dark scales on his back were becoming slightly too warm to be comfortable so he shot up and pranced in a circle- testing again the song that waited just underneath his tongue. It was there, he knew it. Like he knew the grass was green and that the darkness was inherently bad. He continued to caper in his mad circle, dizziness muddling his thoughts in a delicious wave that left him feeling giddy and high as the clouds.
He liked the sky.
Harlequinn lay on his front staring up into the bright expanse, his view marred only by the slight mottling of leaves as they danced giddily in the wind. Shuffling his position to better accommodate his bulk in the long grass he basked in the delicious feeling of the sunlight absorbing into his scales. It was a warming sensation, different from the cool blasts the breeze kept ruffling his fur with. He fidgeted again. Not one to sit still for too long, a nervous energy made his tail twitch behind him. He tried to ignore it- there was a beauty in the calm stillness he was indulging in- but one's own nature cannot be denied. Thoughts and words scrambled together in his mind, flashing past like an obscene parade. There was a song, wasn't there? Building up somewhere in his head. The tune was clear but the words escaped him like fog slipping through his paws. Experimentally he hummed the melody, hoping the lyrics would pop into his mind if he just jogged it a little.
Without warning his back leg jerked, pulling him briefly back to reality. He started to realise the dark scales on his back were becoming slightly too warm to be comfortable so he shot up and pranced in a circle- testing again the song that waited just underneath his tongue. It was there, he knew it. Like he knew the grass was green and that the darkness was inherently bad. He continued to caper in his mad circle, dizziness muddling his thoughts in a delicious wave that left him feeling giddy and high as the clouds.
AstoriaFallen
