She had worked on it for nearly three days, little tongue peeking out of the corner of her mouth, adding the finishing touch to the masterpiece and then set her pencil down and sat back to admire her work. She smiled to herself at the beauty of it and hoped down from the branch she was balanced on, yelling a bright farewell to the Gardener as she ran down the stone path to the exit. The sun had just crossed over to the west after midday rest, so the Axis was full, but she darted skillfully through the masses that milled about to their duties to attend to for the rest of the day.
She stopped at the large grand staircase that lead to her desired destination, and she stared up at it for a moment, before lifting one foot up to the first step and began the trek up them to the top. The Guards nodded at her appearance and stepped aside to grant her entrance, and she skipped in the great open double doors, looking around at all the floating half-finished creations that were being worked on by both Light and Dark.
"And what brings you to Me today, little Akeelah?"
The fledgling stopped before the foot of her Father's throne, looking up at Him for a moment, awed silent at just how tall He was, and she was sure that she would be able to see everything from His arms because of how tall He was.
He chuckled at the little one's silence and reached down to lift her into His lap, waiting patiently for her to come back to herself, and she did in the following moment as she held her drawing up for Him to see.
"Daddy, can I create this?"
"A butterfly?"
She nodded excitedly, turning the picture around to see for herself again, smiling proudly at it "Purple and Blue 'cause they're my favorite colors!"
"I don't know My little one…"
Akeelah widened her eyes and popped her little lip out as she turned to look back up at Him "Pwease Daddy?" and tilted her head to the side to add to the desired effect. He chuckled warmly and brushed a hand down the back of her heard, tugging at the ends of the braids lightly "How can I possibly say no to that? Come, we shall create this masterpiece, a first of many I am sure."