Ok, in language arts we read this book called The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and a poem called Nothing Gold Can Stay was in it. We discussed the meaning of it and I got thinking and BAM this idea came to me.
This is about Glimmer and Marvel growing up in District 1 it starts when they are young and shows how they change as they grow up in both their point of views.
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leafs a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
~Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost
-Age 5-
Glimmer POV
I love the rain. I can't explain why I just do. Maybe because of the soft tapping noise it makes on my window or how it makes my blonde hair look with the drops in it or how the water makes little clear balls on the ends of tree branches like mini pearls. I don't know, I just love the rain.
Too bad the rest of my family doesn't. When it rains they don't let me go outside or if we do go out I have to have an umbrella, like now. We're walking to what my mom called 'a prestigious dinner party'. A bunch of important people of the district will be there. My parents each have an umbrella and my sister and I follow behind them under a single umbrella. I hold my sister, Sapphire's hand with one hand and with the other I hold up my dress. It's a pink, short sleeved dress and the skirt goes all the way to the ground so I have to hold it up so it won't get ruined. There are ruffles around my sleeves, the top is sparkly and little dimonds go around the collar. With this I wear light pink flats and a headband.
My arm is getting tired so I let go of my dress for a second and as soon as I do Sapphire notices. "Pick up your dress." She says quietly so mom or dad won't hear.
"I want to go play in the rain!" I whine.
"Shh." She whispers. "In my bag is a change of clothes for you. After dinner you can change, ok?" I nod sadly. "So pick up your dress." I pick up my dress.
"But, what if it stops raining before its over?" I whine, I just want to play in the rain, I tear up a little.
"Oh, don't cry Glim. We don't want your makeup ruined do we?" I nod, Sapphire smiles at me. She's such a nice sister, she lets me wear a little bit of make up and plays with me even if I'm five and she's fourteen. She's really pretty too. She has blonde hair like I do but shorter. Right now it's in a bun and has a flower clip in it. Her dress is purple and goes to her knees. It isn't really tight but it's not as loose in the skirt as mine, she wears black high heels that will be mine one day. Her eyes aren't green like mine or dads, they're more blue like our moms. We walk for a while until I can't take it anymore. "Are we there yet?"
"Soon" my mom says. That's when I saw them. A man and a woman, they had a son with them too. They all walked under one umbrella. From the other side of the road, the boy saw me, he smiled and waved. I smiled back but I couldn't wave, it was hard to see his hair or eyes but he had a bright smile. Then the woman turned her head and smiled, but not at me.
"Rosabel!" She said and directed her family to walk over to us. Rosabel is my moms name, this must be one of her friends.
"Luna? Is that you?" My mom says with a smile. They hug quickly then get back under their own umbrellas. My dad and the other man shake hands. Mom looks at the boy who is now hiding behind his mom and smiles. "And who is this?"
"That's my son, Marvel. Come out and say hi Marvel." Luna says. The boy, Marvel, steps out. He has brown hair and brown eyes which I rarely see in One. He wears a long sleeved white shirt with a dark blue vest and dark blue pants and fancy black shoes.
"Hi." He says shyly, then mom tells me to come next to her. While holding my dress up with both hands now, I stand in front of Marvel. "Hi, I'm Glimmer." I say. He holds out his hand and I shake it. Our families start walking again, they talk and laugh. Marvel, Sapphire and I walk in the back.
Marvels POV
It stops raining, my parents and Glimmers parents put their umbrellas down. So does Glimmers sister, Sapphire she told me. I hear a sigh, it's from Glimmer. "Oh no." She whines. "It stopped raining." She looks up at her sister. "I told you. I told you it'd stop raining." She probably would've crossed her arms if she wasn't holding up her dress skirt. She confused me, I'd never met a girl that liked the rain. They didn't want their clothes or hair getting messed up, but she was different. Sapphire rolled her eyes.
"Calm down Glim, it could rain at anytime. I mean, look at the sky, not a single patch of blue." Glimmer looked up, so did I for some reason. She was right, it was all grey.
"Marvel honey we're here. Come walk with us now." My mom called, I hurriedly came up to her side. We walk up to the house, it was a very big house. My mom told me everything I needed to know. I'm to do what I'm told and only speak when spoken to by an adult. 'This is a very important dinner' mom had said 'And there may be no other kids there' She'd explained it before, some people are to busy to have kids or they don't take them to things like this because they get in the way. Which is why I must be on my best behavior. Before walking in, I turn my head to see Glimmer. she sees me and smiles, I smile back and walk in with my mom.
At the door, a man takes our umbrellas and walks away to put them somewhere in this big house. There's a big, crystal chandelier hanging above us and the floors are shiney and white. The man comes back and tells us to follow him. He leads us to a big dining room that has a long table with a white tablecloth over it. I think we're the last to come because only a few seats are open. The man stops in the wide doorway and announces, "The Jewell family has arrived." My parents and I walk in, mom and dad smile slightly. "And the McQueen family has arrived." Glimmer family walks into the room. Glimmer no longer has to hold up her dress so she just puts her hands behind her back, but in a polite way. My and Glimmers parents go to their reserved seats and a nice looking lady with long blonde hair takes Sapphire, Glimmer and I to a slightly smaller room with a round dining table.
"We had this set up just incase we had younger guests." She said and left when we sat down. I heard Sapphire muttering something about 'being fourteen so she should be able to sit with the adults'. After a few minutes, two men and a woman come in and set down plates of chicken and peas in front of us. We eat in silence, and I only eat my chicken because I don't like peas. So I push them around my plate, leaning my head against my hand with my elbow on the table, I look up and see Glimmer across from me doing the same. I hear a slight tapping noise then, the next thing I know, Glimmer has jumped down from her chair and is looking out the window.
"Rain!" She said excitedly. "It's raining, Sapphire, look." She jumping up and down, her blonde hair bouncing along with her. Sapphire turns her head to look out the window.
"See, I told you itd'd rain again." She pulls her bag from under the table. "You want to change now?" Glimmer grins and nods. Sapphire stands up and motions for Glimmer to follow her, she looks at me. "She wants to go play outside, would your parents be ok if you went? I mean, if you wanted to." I don't think they'd mind, I've played in the rain before in my nice clothes.
"Oh no, they wouldn't mind."
"Ok, wait here, I'll get her changed then come back to get you." She says, I nod and they leave in search of a bathroom. Or any room really, they can't all be being used.
Glimmer POV
This place was huge. I can't believe we found a bathroom, we just got lucky or something when we opened a few random doors. I got changes into a purple t-shirt and pants. I had Sapphire take my headband. We went back to the dining room to get Marvel. "Come on, before it stops raining." I say. I grab his wrist and we practically run outside. It's kinda cold but I don't mind. I laugh and tilt my head back, close my eyes, spread my arms out and spin slowly in a circle. After doing that for a while me and Marvel splash around in the puddles. We have a contest on who can make the biggest splash. Marvel wins. I say he won only because he's bigger and heavier.
Soon, both of our teeth are chattering and we're shivering. It's gotten darker outside. Marvels hair stuck to his forehead and mine turned into stringy, yellow strands. But it was worth it. Our parents come out, their jaws drop, we giggle and wave at them like its normal. Mom quickly grabs my hand and we start walking home. Luckily, since I'm already wet, mom says I can walk in the rain. Marvel and I run and jump and play tag in the street as we walk home. Eventually, I get to my house. Before I have to go in I hug Marvel, he hugs me back and says. "So, we're friends now?" I smile and nod.
"Lets be best friends!" I say, he smiles and nods. "Bye Marvel!" I call as I walk inside.
"Bye Glimmer!" He says then runs to catch up with his parents. Mom has me change into pajamas because I'm soaked, dry my hair, then go to bed because its late. Sapphire tucks me in and kisses my forehead before going to her own room.
"Night Glim, love you." She says.
"Love you too." I say, and as I fall asleep to the soft tapping on my window I have two thoughts. First, Marvel is now my best friend and I can't wait to see him again. Second, I love the rain.
First chapter, how'd you like it? I thought it was kinda cute. Anyways, this is how the chapters will work. Each chapter, is another year. I'll usually do every year but I might skip one or two. That means, the next chapter will be when Glimmer and Marvel are six. Just thought I'd explain that. And I should also say happy holidays to everyone! I'm so happy it's almost Christmas! Well that's all, bye :)