Fiction: Group 4
Moon watched as River would shift, from fast to slow, from lazy to raging until it stopped to rest
for a second, right underneath him. His light shone down on her body, until it glowed like the only light in
the darkness. He didn't know what to say, the idea of Sun momentarily forgotten. "Hey..." was all he
managed to say, more words seemed to be on the tip of his tongue but he could not verbalize them.
River turned and smiled, "Hi!" her smile sent a row of goose bumps down his back. She looked so
cool, and yet radiated warmth everywhere. Momentarily, Sun was forgotten, it seemed to be like nothing
but a yellow circle which burned the eyes of those who gazed upon it; replaced by the strange butterflies
which sang to him of River.
"Why are you staring at me that way?"River smiled. She looked up at Moon. His smile lit up the
world; he seemed so bright and so happy. She felt warmth spread across her body.
"You know I've never noticed the beauty of the world until a few days ago," Moon sighed breathing
in the air of love, freedom and happiness. He was finally free from the melancholy days of loneliness.
"It is quite a beauty, the world amazes me. The way everything is balanced, the way everyone has their
own role. And yet everything looks so beautiful," River smiled, the world seemed brighter than ever at the
moment.
"It amazes me how I've never seen the beauty of the world. I wish I was a human. So I would be
able to climb every mountain, and every tree, "Moon said.
"Yes, it would be so amazing," River imagined the way they would climb the mountain together,
how amazing and sweet, and the feeling of the air rustling her hair.
For the entire night they laughed together, both of them laughing at such simple things for the first
time. They talked about everything; it seemed as if both of them understood each other. They knew each
other; the loneliness they had experienced was the longing for each other they had felt for such a long time.
"I always felt alone, but I guess I coped with it by smiling my way out. But it never hurt any less. I would
hide and look at everything from the corner, where no one could see me but I could see everyone," River
sighed.
Moon stared; he never knew that someone could feel something so similar. He smiled
remembering the now distant memories of sadness, he smiled "I tried writing these poems to let my feelings
out, it always seemed to help," he blushed worried that River may laugh at him.
"Are you serious? Me too, it was the only way I could ever calm down. It just seemed like the
entire world stopped and it's just me and the paper," she smiled dreamily. Moon was dazed; he never knew
someone could ever understand him. They talked the night away each hour seeming like nothing more than
a second.
River looked up at the sky; the stars were slowly vanishing one by one. As Moon felt invisible
pressures push him away to the other side of the planet. "What, what's happening?" Moon panicked. He
tried to push through the barrier, back to River, but could not.
"You have to go now; it's the way of nature! Just go," River shouted to him. She wondered why
he never knew about the way of his own life, the way he never stayed in one place. Maybe he never cared,
so he never did notice. She sighed, her heart ached for him already, and she wished he could somehow
break the nature's walls. But seeing him struggle and hit the wall, time after time, seeing him hurt himself,
hollowing his body out with the invisible punches which left scars on his body; it hurt her even more.
Moon raced across the world, but this time, it seemed like the time was stretched out, every second
seemed like a decade and every minute seemed like a century. The cruelty that the sun continued to rise...
The thought of being alone, without her seemed to eat his heart out. The sweet butterflies turned into cats,
screeching at his heart. His pressing thoughts, reeled with the reason he was so evilly taken away. His mind
racing, he felt as if he was going crazy. He needed her.
Finally, he reached the point of destination, to her. As he stopped, he realized how nice it was to
have a direction to go to. He came to her, River, she was quiet, the longing in her eyes visible, although she
tried her best to hide it. River smiled "About time, you came." Moon looked at her. The mixture of
happiness and the pressing sadness crashing down at him. He did not want this to ever end.
"When I was forced to move away from you, what was that thing causing me to?"He knew he
sounded ignorant asking something about his own way of life but he still did, he knew she would not judge.
"Well, every time the Sun comes out, you have to leave because Sun is the day and you are the
night...So, whenever Sun comes out the Moon goes away," she softly said. She knew how hard it was to
accept nature's ways. But no one could fight the nature's law. She did not want him to leave her again, the
warmth he gave her, the happiness he radiated when they were together. It seemed crazy but it was true.
