Watching The Stars Together
Drabble 26: Winter
"Orion… is missing…"
The teacup that had been in Hikari's delicate hands fell to the ground. Cecaniah looked up from her novel with wide eyes. Wizard stood in the doorway, breathing heavily, shaking as though he were incredibly afraid. The teacup shattered, shards scattering every which way. Their collie, Hilde, lifted his head sleepily from his bed.
"Missing?" Hikari began to shake, just as Wizard was. Hilde, sensing something was about to happen, barked angrily. "What do you mean missing!"
It was night. Outside, the snow fell like falling angels, cast from heaven.
The three members of their family, and Hilde, looked around outside, calling out for Orion desperately, their voices strained with the flanging of their throats, the screaming. Cecaniah and Hilde scoured the area around Fugue Forest, Hikari and Wizard searched desperately in the mine district.
"Orion!" Hikari yelled, cupping her hands around her mouth. "Orion, where are you?"
"Mom…" Wizard had heard the soft voice, and ran towards the carts. Orion dangled from the edge of the cliff, crying, his fingers digging into the side of it. Wizard let out a small gasp, scooped up his freezing son, just as Hikari joined them.
The two of them cried with the revelation that they were so close to losing their youngest son.