Chapter 1
His Birthday Present
"Gray! Gray, where are you?"
Young, innocent, ten year old Gray turned around to see his best friend, Lora, as she skipped happily towards him.
"Hey, is there anything you want?" she asked in a melodic voice, while rolling on the balls of her feet.
"What do I want for what?" He said in return.
Lora smacked Gray in the head with all her might causing Gray to fly with the birds, and when he had finally come down from his somewhat wonderful flight she scolded,
"Did you forget? It's your birthday tomorrow!"
Gray gently massaged his head while mumbling something incoherent, oh yeah. It is my birthday tomorrow... He looked at his best friend curiously, tilting his head slightly to the left.
Lora sighed softly and offered her hand as she helped him up,
"So, is there anything you want?"
"Hmmm..." he mumbled as he stroked his chin thoughtfully,
"Why don't you give me something that will last forever?"
Hearing this Lora smiled, after all it was just like him to ask for something everlasting. He was just so disorganized and reckless. She would have to think of something indestructible. She saluted like a soldier and said,
"Roger! I will make this the best birthday ever!"
And afterwards you can hear a symphony of their cheery little laughs across the mountain as the sun began to set.
Gray smiled, his eyes gleaming with excitement as he walked back home. My birthday's here already? I'm finally going to turn eleven? It feels like the year went so fast again.
It felt like it was only yesterday he was with Lora, buying some candy at the sweet shop or when he was with Lora watching her father create a new piece of stunning jewelry with magic as a jewels smith, Or a week ago when he was with Lora in the forest looking for his dog Scruffles.
Lora. She was special to him, after all she was his best friend since birth! Their parents were best friends and ever since Lora had come over his house when they were two. She was different and definitely musically talented, she could sing, she could play piano, guitar and drums. He remembered when they were both four, they're parents had celebrated Lora's father's birthday. And as a birthday gift Lora had sung and played "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" on the piano. It was soft and sweet, like vanilla ice cream.
She even had a unique appearance, and she was too tall for a ten year old. She had black strait hair with side bangs directly above her right eye. Her eyes were the color of topaz, but more to the yellow side, it seemed almost a dark gold, with a tint of curiosity. He smile grew wider, this is going to be the best birthday ever.
And at the same time
At the same time Lora had been walking home and thought, what should I get for Gray's birthday? I had promised for the best Birthday... Hmm, something that will last forever huh? Maybe I should go to dad. He is a guy after all. To his jewels shop! And with that thought she ran as fast as she could to her father's store.
Fifteen minutes later she had finally reached her father's store, sweating and panting for breathe.
"Dad! Can you help me?"
A very tall man with eyes that mirrored Lora's emerged from behind a large table filled with various tools,
"What is it Lora?"
Lora looked at her father with pleading eyes,
"Gray's birthday is tomorrow and I don't know what to get for his present! Daddy you and Gray are both boys, what do you think would want for his birthday?"
Hearing this the man chuckled whole heartedly. He had known his young daughter would have come for his advice eventually but he didn't expect her to look so helpless. With a soothing voice he replied,
"Well I have something but I need you to fully complete it as a present."
Lora stared at her father questioningly what could Daddy be talking about?
"Okay! But what's the present?"His precious daughter asked with brilliant golden eyes, seeing this the tall man just laughed louder,
"Well it's a pair of necklaces, it has a large silver chain, a cross within a cross delicately detailed. The crosses are traced over with a special gloss I made and of course I have the best of craftsmanship I must say!"
Lora laughed at her father's audacity. Although she had to admit, the necklaces did sound pretty awesome!
"Can I look at them?"
Her father gave her a genuine smile and replied,
"Of course!"
And began to lead his daughter down to his working area, his broad arms stretched out to the door knob and opened the doors to the beautiful sight. There were pieces of beautiful jewelry everywhere, and with the sunsets glow shining on all the sorts of gems, the room gleamed orange, pink, a light shade of red, it was just breathtaking. Lora's father walked behind a desk, and pulled out a pair of twin necklaces. They were just as her father said, it had a large silver chain, a cross within a cross delicately detailed. Then the crosses were traced over with a special gloss. However, what her father forgot to mention were the gems in the middle, one necklace had a light sky blue topaz gem. It looked like the color of the sky on a clear summer day. And the other, a midnight blue sapphire gem, it looks like the midnight sky with the moon shining brightly as an owl stares intensely at its prey waiting to strike. They were small but a bit bigger than studs, perfectly accenting the necklaces. Lora smile couldn't be wider before she exclaimed,
"Daddy I love them!"
Her father chuckled deeply and said,
"Whoa there, the best part hasn't come yet. Lora you remember Daddy makes his jewelry out of magic right?"
Lora nodded, where is he going with this?
"Well these twin necklaces have the ability to tell what you are thinking to the one who wears it's twin!"
Lora's honey eyes sparkled with curiosity,
"And what if you take the necklace off?"
Her father couldn't help but pat his excited daughter's head,
"Well than you can't hear the person's thoughts until they put it back on. Oh and it doesn't matter how far the distance between you two are, you'll be able to hear the other person's thoughts like a church bell ringing throughout the town."
At that moment she remembered,
"Gray, what do you want for your birthday?"
"Hmm... Why don't you get me something that will last forever."
Lora clapped her hands loudly, now she thought, just one more question,
"Dad, how long does it last?"
"As long as the person who's wearing it," replied her father with ease.
Lora smiled joyfully, this is it, she thought, this is his birthday gift.
Now I'm sure you're all wondering "Well what does Lora need to do to complete the present?" Well you'll find out in chapter 2! Hope you enjoyed my friend pepsipiggy was asking me to post this up so I finally did! BTW check out her story Pastels, it's SOOOO GOOOODDDD! And of course her other stories too.
Credits : Title credit is pepsipiggy (she's AWESOME) and THANKS, your the best Satchelle!