It was rare that Riff Raff and Magenta were given a day off work, and so when Frank departed from the planet for a few days with his mother they planned to enjoy every minute of their free time. They had both drew up a plan of what to do with their days, one of Magenta's requests being that they visited the beach. The particular day they had chosen happened to fall on her ninth birthday. She had never been before, but had been told all about its glorious milky moonlit shores by her brother, who had visited the beach a few times in the past with their now deceased Grandfather.
"We've picked a decent day to go," Riff Raff said as they left the house together. Magenta smiled in agreement. It was a little chilly, and so they were both clad in their more cosier garments, but the moon was very bright and that always signalled excellent weather for the planet.
They lived not too far from the beach and so walked instead of taking one of the many communial ships that hovered around the streets, not that they could have afforded to board one anyway. When they arrived on the outskirts of the deserted beach Magenta gasped for the area was better than she could have ever imagined.
The sand was a pure platinum colour, shimmering in the magnificent moonlight. It whispered as the siblings trod through it. The sea water rippled before them, blacker in colour than any dark abyss in the universe. Magenta crouched down to skim her hand through it. She quickly drew her hand back for the water was icy cold, biting her soft flesh.
"Its amazing," She thought out loud.
"You haven't seen the rock pools yet," Riff Raff replied. He turned and began walking across the beach, Magenta skipping to keep instep with him.
A cluster of rock pools greeted them beside a few scattered large boulders. Stepping carefully over the slippery rocks, Riff Raff beckoned for Magenta to come forwards. He pointed to the largest rock pool. The substance that the sea creatures floated in was strange. It appeared to be milky water at first, but on closer inspection it revealed itself to be a sort of technicolour vapour. Swirls of smoke wavered above the pools, and even that seemed to be glittering.
"Don't touch any of them," Riff Raff warned as Magenta knelt down on the rocks to gaze deeper in to the pool.
There were various creatures lurking around inside. A few long blue worms flew around, so fast they looked like bolts of crackling electricity. A blubbery pink and orange creature with skin like thick rubber emitted bubbles as it bobbed around in the water. A crowd of tiny intricately patterned fish danced around their neighbours, chased by a delicate pure gold water pixie.
After a few more minutes of looking in to the pools, Magenta was ready to leave. Hands dug deep in the pockets of their woolen cloaks, Riff Raff and Magenta began walking around the beaches shores, with no real indication of where they were going.
"Thank you for bringing me here today, Riff," Magenta said after a short while of peaceful silence.
"It was my pleasure," Riff Raff promised her.
"Why do you care for me the way you do?" Magenta asked unexpectedly.
Riff Raff mused his answer carefully. "Nobody else is going to," He admitted finally, "We both know that mother and father will never love us."
"What did we ever do wrong?" Magenta sighed sadly.
"Listen to me, Magenta," Riff Raff said fiercely, "Its not your fault. They are simply horrible, careless people who do not deserve such a beautiful, charming and clever daughter such as yourself." Magenta looked up at him and blushed, and Riff Raff coughed a little in embarrassment.
"I hope we'll always be together, because I simply can't loose you," Magenta confessed. She stared deep in to her brothers eyes. It was now Riff Raff's turn to turn beetroot.
"I'll never leave you Magenta, you have my word," He said firmly.
Magenta linked her arm around Riff Raff's elbow and they walked on, "I wish Frank didn't have to come back. I'm already tired of his moaning, selfish ways," She revealed.
"I grow weary of him too," Riff Raff sighed.
"I grow weary of this world!" Magenta cried, "When shall we just escape all of this, Riff Raff? Why can't we just leave and never return?" She pleaded.
"One day, my darling sister, we shall," Riff Raff replied softly.
"Do you promise?" Magenta asked.
"I promise," Riff Raff nodded.
Though he did not deem this time prudent to admit it, how, exactly, they were going to achieve such a mission was beyond him.