Lilac and Ivory
My sister was looking at a romanceā¦that's where this is from.
Garden
Silver was walking casually down the path, humming to himself all the way. Sometimes he'd stop to look around, surveying everything.
He had to escape from the lava sometimes. The busy city life. This patch of forest was the best thing for it. Here, amongst the bright green plants and the golden sunlight, he felt as if the world wasn't resting on his shoulders.
Blaze was out here somewhere. She usually was.
He stopped to look at the brightest patch of flowers he had ever seen. Purple, green, yellow, red, blue. Even more colors. It was all set in neat rows that seemed to stretch on a good way in every direction. One flower in particular caught his attention. The plant had a blue stem, with pale yellow leaves and a mane of green petals. He touched it gently, watching the petals bend under his touch.
"Beautiful, isn't it?"
Silver didn't even turn at the sound of her voice. "Extremely."
Blaze walked over and sat down next to him, plucking a red flower.
"I think this used to be a garden, a long time ago." She gestured around. "See? You can see a faint stone pattern, as if there had once been walls surrounding this garden."
Silver looked down, and saw she was right. Set deep in the earth, almost completely hidden under the foliage, was a line of deep grey stones. An idea began to form in his mind.
"Why don't we make this place a garden again? Our special little project." He said excitedly, standing up.
Blaze raised her eyebrows. "You think we should?"
Silver pumped his fist in the air. "Yeah! Let's get to it."
Silver positioned his legs carefully, and then stretched his arms. He closed his eyes tight and let the cooling energy surge through him. He let his mental grip slide around the stonework set deep into the earth, and he pulled, carefully avoiding the delicate roots.
The stonework varied in height, since time had eroded some of it. Some were a feet tall, some only an inch. The walls had gaps in it, but were still mostly intact. Relaxing, Silver smiled.
"We can rebuild the walls. Stone is easy to find. With your gift, we can probably meld the walls together."
Blaze looked at the walls, and then placed her hand on it. "Okay, Silver. Let's get to work."
They spent the rest of the day gathering stone for their job, and it wasn't too difficult to fix the wall. They even went back to the city and scavenged a proper door for the garden. It wasn't pretty, but the walls were back up.
"When the ivy starts to climb it, it'll look better. We'll get some paint too." Silver was tired from transporting things all day, but he was still excited.
Blaze smiled at his childlike energy.
"Of course, Silver."
However, deep inside, she really was enjoying this simple task. The garden of bright flowers living inside their garden.
Blaze turned to follow her eccentric friend, only to get her heel caught on a rock. She stumbled, trying to gain her balance back, when suddenly Silver was there. He caught her arm, straightening her up.
"Careful." He said with a half smile. Blaze realized they were really close to each other. She scrambled back, blushing, and ran down the path towards the city.
