*Morpho's POV*
"Morpho?" The blonde stranger asked me.
"Yes, and who're you?"
"I'm Sora," His light blue orbs glanced the beautiful fire bird that sat next to him. "And that's Ember."
"Oh," I said as I looked into the monster's sapphire eyes. "Nice to meet you, Ember."
"Now, Morpho," Sora said as he sheathed his blades. "Why were you touching her?"
"I just thought that she was scared of me, and I wanted to make sure that she knew that I wasn't going to hurt her." I explained as I wrapped my wings around my small body.
"Are those...?" He asked as he reached out to touch one of my wings.
"Wings? Yeah, had them as long as I can remember."
His face now wore a big grin.
"YES," He said as he messed up my hair. "I KNEW WE WOULD FIND SOMEONE LIKE US, RIGHT EMBI?"
I suddenly heard rustling in the bushes.
"Really?! He's half?" A girl about my age asked as she ran out of the bushes. She had medium-length golden hair that was fixed into twin pigtails, light skin, and teal eyes. She wore a pair of light brown boots, an orange skirt, and a hot pink sailor top.
/W-who's she?/ I thought as my face heated up slowly.
"You're Morpho, right?" She said as she gazed at me through her turquoise orbs. "I'm Reia!"
"Nice...to meet...you...Reia..." I said as we shook hands.
"Hey, do you know where Selphia is?" She asked.
"Yeah," I said as I got up. "That's where I live, Follow me."
After a while, we came up to the gates of Selphia that connected to the area of eternal Summer, where I found them.
"FINALLY, SELPHIA!" Sora exclaimed as he unsheathed his blades and started juggling them along with some gemstones that he found along the way here.
"Sora, watch where you swing those things!" Reia scolded her older brother as he then threw everything into the air and in an instant his blades were sheathed, and the items were back in his backpack.
/SU. GO. I/
*That night...Reia's POV*
"Are you sure about this, Embi?" I asked as she rolled one of her flame-colored feathers in her fingers.
"Yeah," She said finally. "Mom must have gone back to Sherance to sell what she found here, like she always does."
That was true, she would leave every few months to gather some extra materials when Uncle Gaius needed them.
"How long will we have to stay here?"
"A while."
"'WHADDA MEAN A WHILE?"
"I mean a long time, Sora." She glared at him in annoyance.
/I wonder if I can still see Morpho when we leave.../ I thought.
"Anyway, It's getting late, and we've had quite a day," Embi said as she rolled out her sleeping bag.
"Goodnight, guys." Embi said a few minutes later.
" 'Night, Embi." I said.
Sora was fast asleep.
*Later...*
"Reia," I heard someone whisper. "Reia, wake up."
"Sora, It was probably a wooly or somethi-" I stopped mid sentence as I met with a pair of smokey gray eyes.
"Morpho, what-"
"Shh," He pressed a finger to his lips, and motioned me to follow him.
/Why is he here so late?/ I kept wondering as I followed him to what seemed to be a small lake.
"Reia," Morpho said as he stared into the clear water. "I'm sorry for waking you up this late, but I wanted to talk to you."
"Okay," I said as I sat beside him. "About what?"
"About you and your siblings," He said as he turned to face me. "Where did you come from?"
"From a place called Shearance."
"Is it nice there?"
"Yeah," I stared into the glass-like pond, looking at the stars that reflected in it. "At this time of year, the Sherance Tree's flowers should be blooming."
"Really? I can imagine the flowers now..."
"You seem to like plants, Morpho." I stated.
He averted his face away from me, trying to hide a light blush.
"Well, um, you see, where I came from, there weren't very many flowers, just ice and snow."
"Really? That kinda sounds like a place near the town..." I said.
"The people who live there also have hearts that are made from the same stuff the ground is covered in..." He said as he balled his fist.
/What's wrong? I hope I didn't make him feel bad.../ I said to myself as he suddenly got up.
"Thanks for letting me talk to you, Reira," He said before he spread his wings and flew off.
And in the moonlight, I saw a silvery tear fall down his cheek.