CHAPTER 12: We Ever Were To Be
Aurana
"Now, see, this view is truly aesthetic," I said in a voice just above a whisper for reason out of instinct.
"It is alright... to a standpoint."
"Are you completely bemused?"
"Not particularly."
"I have not noticed."
"I take that to offence, you know."
"Why? Is the truth painful to your superior well being?" I smiled.
"Interesting... I've never known a Yeerk to be so sarcastic."
"You pick up some things while you are on this planet," I replied, duly noting that he was able to identify sarcasm in the first place. "Truly these people have no idea of what it means to be serious."
"You are telling me. And I thought it was hard for me to get through Deoxyribonucleic Acid Thesis Cogitation class. Just think if a human ever dared to take that."
"They would most likely be lost within the first minute," I laughed, and Aximili joined in. Then- "Where were we?"
"I believe we were arguing over which is better, Earth's sunset or Earth's nightfall."
"You haven't seen beauty Aximili until there's a meteor shower. One sight of that and instantly your mind will modify."
"I hardly think not. I have seen millions of them before at my own planet."
"Trust me it is... different here. The atmospheric conditions can transform them into a new sort of experience."
I smiled up at Aximili. We were walking side by side in the woods, the other Andalites, Jakilian and Caella behind us.
The sky was completely dark except for the sheets of millions of glistening crystals in the sky, ablaze in luminous white light. The incandescent moon cast an odd, pale, light on the trees before us.
The silently stricken night, which gave use to talk, was disturbed as we walked over dirt rocks and leaves that seemed to crumble at the slightest touch. A slight breeze blew through the air as we walked under the millions of stars overhead, sparkling and shining as a presmi-color constellation would.
I do not know what it was about it. But for some reason, I felt at ease this night. Everything seemed to be alright. Seemed to be... perfect. I walked closer to Aximili without realizing it.
Even though I was with an Andalite, I preferred this to that wretched Yeerk pool. I would prefer being with him over the Yeerk pool almost any hour had it not been for the fact that I needed to live on Kandrona rays. At that moment I felt a type of warmth... some type of comfort. I felt at ease.
That is until I looked down and realized Aximili and I were holding hands.
Aximili realized it the same time I did. Both of us just stopped. And stared. Gaped, actually.
In a flash we continued walking, clasping our own hands to ourselves. I looked away from him with a face a deeper red than the sun.
"I am deeply apologetic," I said uneasily after awhile.
As am I, Aximili said, equally humiliated.
As we continued to walk, I wondered what possessed me to do it. It couldn't have been just by accident... could it? No.
I hated Andalites. Despised them. And most of all, I despised Aximili. He was an Andalite! A contemptuous, stubborn fool that was not of my concern.
Wasn't he?
I pressed my hand against my cheek. It had suddenly become very, very warm.
'Aximili is different' I told myself. 'But it doesn't matter. He's still one of them. An Andalite.'
It was a stupid reason. And I felt like a fool myself for saying it. I knew it wasn't true. I knew inside... without truly knowing.
We got to the shed, both already hating the silence. While we waited for the others, considering both of us had been walking pretty quickly to get away, he tied me back. But looking regretfully.
I looked down. "Thanks Aximili for... for letting me back to the Yeerk pool."
You are welcome, he said.
"I... I suppose I will see you tomorrow?"
I suppose. He looked away. Aurana-
The voices of his friends cut him off. There were all five of them now, walking in through the door. One was in a morph called a gorilla.
They stood out the door, the eerie moonlight beaming down behind. "Goodbye, Aximili," I whispered just loud enough for him to hear.
Goodbye, Aurana, he whispered back, in private thought speak, I believe.
And I watched as he walked off, soon leaving the forest just outside the shed a quiet, lonely place once again.
Aurana
"Now, see, this view is truly aesthetic," I said in a voice just above a whisper for reason out of instinct.
"It is alright... to a standpoint."
"Are you completely bemused?"
"Not particularly."
"I have not noticed."
"I take that to offence, you know."
"Why? Is the truth painful to your superior well being?" I smiled.
"Interesting... I've never known a Yeerk to be so sarcastic."
"You pick up some things while you are on this planet," I replied, duly noting that he was able to identify sarcasm in the first place. "Truly these people have no idea of what it means to be serious."
"You are telling me. And I thought it was hard for me to get through Deoxyribonucleic Acid Thesis Cogitation class. Just think if a human ever dared to take that."
"They would most likely be lost within the first minute," I laughed, and Aximili joined in. Then- "Where were we?"
"I believe we were arguing over which is better, Earth's sunset or Earth's nightfall."
"You haven't seen beauty Aximili until there's a meteor shower. One sight of that and instantly your mind will modify."
"I hardly think not. I have seen millions of them before at my own planet."
"Trust me it is... different here. The atmospheric conditions can transform them into a new sort of experience."
I smiled up at Aximili. We were walking side by side in the woods, the other Andalites, Jakilian and Caella behind us.
The sky was completely dark except for the sheets of millions of glistening crystals in the sky, ablaze in luminous white light. The incandescent moon cast an odd, pale, light on the trees before us.
The silently stricken night, which gave use to talk, was disturbed as we walked over dirt rocks and leaves that seemed to crumble at the slightest touch. A slight breeze blew through the air as we walked under the millions of stars overhead, sparkling and shining as a presmi-color constellation would.
I do not know what it was about it. But for some reason, I felt at ease this night. Everything seemed to be alright. Seemed to be... perfect. I walked closer to Aximili without realizing it.
Even though I was with an Andalite, I preferred this to that wretched Yeerk pool. I would prefer being with him over the Yeerk pool almost any hour had it not been for the fact that I needed to live on Kandrona rays. At that moment I felt a type of warmth... some type of comfort. I felt at ease.
That is until I looked down and realized Aximili and I were holding hands.
Aximili realized it the same time I did. Both of us just stopped. And stared. Gaped, actually.
In a flash we continued walking, clasping our own hands to ourselves. I looked away from him with a face a deeper red than the sun.
"I am deeply apologetic," I said uneasily after awhile.
As am I, Aximili said, equally humiliated.
As we continued to walk, I wondered what possessed me to do it. It couldn't have been just by accident... could it? No.
I hated Andalites. Despised them. And most of all, I despised Aximili. He was an Andalite! A contemptuous, stubborn fool that was not of my concern.
Wasn't he?
I pressed my hand against my cheek. It had suddenly become very, very warm.
'Aximili is different' I told myself. 'But it doesn't matter. He's still one of them. An Andalite.'
It was a stupid reason. And I felt like a fool myself for saying it. I knew it wasn't true. I knew inside... without truly knowing.
We got to the shed, both already hating the silence. While we waited for the others, considering both of us had been walking pretty quickly to get away, he tied me back. But looking regretfully.
I looked down. "Thanks Aximili for... for letting me back to the Yeerk pool."
You are welcome, he said.
"I... I suppose I will see you tomorrow?"
I suppose. He looked away. Aurana-
The voices of his friends cut him off. There were all five of them now, walking in through the door. One was in a morph called a gorilla.
They stood out the door, the eerie moonlight beaming down behind. "Goodbye, Aximili," I whispered just loud enough for him to hear.
Goodbye, Aurana, he whispered back, in private thought speak, I believe.
And I watched as he walked off, soon leaving the forest just outside the shed a quiet, lonely place once again.
