smile that way

[Shiloh Dawnbringer]

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663 words. Listening to Jon McLaughlin made me write this post <3

The silvery coyote beside the damsel smiled almost knowingly, as if she knew this secret, enchanted place was here the entire time. She looked into the eyes of the smug Lapis Lazuli, then back at the scene. She found her perfectly white muzzle agape, bathing in the scenes of different colors and fluttering butterfly wings. It was simply beautiful, and why the frost hadn't taken it away she did not know. Truthfully, Shiloh didn't care, for it was all there, every type and color to choose from. Ears flicked happily, almost not feeling as the coyote slipped her dainty hand in hers, taking in the forests hidden treasure.

All of her worries drifted away, as a butterfly flitted near her very eyes. She blinked back, a bit surprised, and looked to China as she began to speak again. This was... a gift? For.. her? Shiloh looked on with confusion towards the silver and clay earthchild, but there was not a hint of sarcasm or doubt in the other woman's voice or face. The pristine female studied the coyote, as she seemed to scan the sea of flowers, looking for one particular treasure. And, like a bee buzzing for pollen, she dove and spun into the heart of the Earthmother herself, laughter filling the air along with the aromatic scents that already surrounded them.

She wondered how the lithe, carefree female was able to dive through the waves of petals, without so much as stirring them like a gentle breeze. Like an insect who picked just the right flower to land upon, China too knelt down to pluck one from the middle of the colorful bunch, though it was hidden from Shiloh's view. The white and cream colored female watched as her opposite flitted, like a butterfly, back towards her, revealing from her delicate hands to a more delicate treasure. The petals were soft and rounded, even without the Dawnbringer female having to touch them. Cerulean eyes sparkled as she observed it, splashes of light orange drifting into soft whites, like peaches and cream. Shiloh found it even more beautiful as the butterfly that fluttered close to her face earlier now perched atop the treasure - what would soon be her new hair piece.

"It's perfect," she said, her voice straining above a whisper. Shiloh was too afraid that if she spoke any louder, she'd scare the butterfly away, but still she chanced it as both her hands stretched out to grab the object. She retracted a bit as the butterfly saw the incoming shadow of fingers, and drifted off gracefully. Shi watched it go, before turning her bright blue eyes on the flower. Gently she scooped it up from China's hands, noticing not a speck of dirt on the flower despite where it once grew. Inspecting it further, just to be sure, she shined it up into the mottled light of the forest, before moving her hands that held the flower up to her left ear, gently tucking it behind cream colored locks. When it was adjusted in a way Shiloh felt was comfortable, she let her hands fall once more.

"Well? How do I look?" She said sweetly, a smile directed towards the female, like a bee who brought its queen a bit of honey. She looked behind the silvery female onto the flowered world once more, almost wishing there was a nearby pool for her to take a look at herself. Of course, that was also a dangerous thing.. for Shiloh might have stayed there fixing herself for hours. Something clicked in the young white female's mind, then, as if she had forgotten something. Eyes fluttered back to the Lapis Lazuli gaze before her, looking on curiously. "What was that instrument you were playing, earlier?" Shiloh was intensely curious how a small stick could produce the music that she heard before she met the female. It seemed that, at every moment, there was something new to learn from this silvery coyote.