Merry Christmas! I hope everyone's enjoying the holiday season. As my gift to you, here's a story I wrote during NaNo as a bit of a side thing cause I thought the scene was really sweet. I'm super excited to write the story it alludes to, which will be about number 6 of The Voice Within series.
Quite Time
The night was quiet aboard the Nemesis. The engines hummed and troops snoozed in their berths. But on the top deck a purple femme lay on her back, a small human curled up on her chest.
"What are stars like?"
"Well... they're like balls of fire that glow in the night sky."
"Are they pretty?"
"I certainly think so."
The little girl rolled onto her back, tucking her hands behind her head. "What's it like, up there, among the stars?"
The femme glanced down at her blind companion with a soft smile. "I haven't really been up there much. I've only been on a few space travels and none have been outside of a ship. Guess it's not that much different. You can see a lot more stars up there though. But they don't twinkle like they do on Earth, or even Cybertron."
'Nicer on Cybertron, if you ask me.'
Nobody asked you.
'Well ya should have.'
The femme smiled. If you say so...
"Vi...?"
"Yes?"
"Are we going to be able to get home?"
"Of course we are," she brushed a finger against the girl's cheek. "There are some good bots doing all that they can to help us. We'll get home. And don't think we won't. I've been in some crazy scrapes before and, while this might be the strangest, I know we'll get out of it."
I hoped you liked the cute little scene.