Music rang about her ears; the sounds that were lovingly plucked from the
guitar swam about the room like fish in water. As the song ended and she
plucked the last note she gave a satisfied sigh. Music always made her feel
out of this world, it calmed her mind and spirit like nothing else could.
Placing the guitar in a stand to her right she proceeded to move over to
her recorder, which was on an elaborately decorated shelf, intricate
scrawls covered its surface looking almost like a weird sort of graffiti.
Stopping the player she rewound it and lay back to listen to what had just
been recorded. The song played hauntingly around the room once more, she
had no idea where the idea for the music had come from, she knew the music
so well yet had never heard it before. Her fingers had copied the notes
from her mind and the product was a beautifully constructed song.
Suddenly a yell emitted from the next room reluctantly jolting her back from a near comatose state. "Ashalind! Will you quit that racket and get to bed!"
With a murmur of recognition Ashalind stopped the music and got ready for bed. While changing she glanced over at clock '12.00' she thought raising her eyebrows, she hadn't realised it was so late.
Failing to fall asleep she lay staring at the ceiling, the music still playing in her thoughts. Starting to daydream (or nightdream as the case may be) she imagined music notes floating gracefully around the pale blue sky. 'There goes a D flat' as she looked on in amusement. Sometime within this dreaming Ashalind must have fallen asleep because she awoke later with a sharp jump. Ashalind couldn't remember falling asleep 'but' the thought, 'you never can'. A neon light illuminated the time in her clock, it was flashing '4.00' Groaning Ashalind rolled over trying to fool herself back to sleep, but it was impossible, her mind was now wide awake and, once again, the music was playing through her head. Restlessly turning over and climbing out of bed, Ashalind made her was outside. The white fluorescent moon hung in the sky, its light creeping everywhere except the darkest crevasses. Ashalind's feet padded softly over the damp grass as she made her way to her secret spot. Ashalind had treasured the spot since she was a little girl, it was a large overhanging tree located at the back of the garden. Making her way through the now dew covered branches, Ashalind settled back in a fork. Humming that haunting song she tried to lull herself to sleep.
Suddenly a yell emitted from the next room reluctantly jolting her back from a near comatose state. "Ashalind! Will you quit that racket and get to bed!"
With a murmur of recognition Ashalind stopped the music and got ready for bed. While changing she glanced over at clock '12.00' she thought raising her eyebrows, she hadn't realised it was so late.
Failing to fall asleep she lay staring at the ceiling, the music still playing in her thoughts. Starting to daydream (or nightdream as the case may be) she imagined music notes floating gracefully around the pale blue sky. 'There goes a D flat' as she looked on in amusement. Sometime within this dreaming Ashalind must have fallen asleep because she awoke later with a sharp jump. Ashalind couldn't remember falling asleep 'but' the thought, 'you never can'. A neon light illuminated the time in her clock, it was flashing '4.00' Groaning Ashalind rolled over trying to fool herself back to sleep, but it was impossible, her mind was now wide awake and, once again, the music was playing through her head. Restlessly turning over and climbing out of bed, Ashalind made her was outside. The white fluorescent moon hung in the sky, its light creeping everywhere except the darkest crevasses. Ashalind's feet padded softly over the damp grass as she made her way to her secret spot. Ashalind had treasured the spot since she was a little girl, it was a large overhanging tree located at the back of the garden. Making her way through the now dew covered branches, Ashalind settled back in a fork. Humming that haunting song she tried to lull herself to sleep.