Wingless: A Short Story

 

Here is a short story I made about two years back. It's about two fairies and their friendship as they face punishment for certain rash actions. I hope you enjoy it!

Wingless

By: SweetScribe

“I don’t know how you talked me into this, Felicity,” Felix muttered under his breath. He edged his way slowly towards the fairy in question.

“Yet you’re still here, sneaking into the Moonlit Observatory with me, so that has to mean something!” Felicity pointed out in a silent singsong.

Felix rolled his eyes.

He wished they both had their wings back. Then they could just fly, like normal fairies. But no, Felicity had had to drag him into another outrageous plan, which got them the punishment of a month without wings. And now they were tip-toeing across the outside ledge of the Moonlit Observatory, hundreds of human feet above the ground!

Felix stepped forward carefully. His head was filled with so many reasons to be anywhere but there. Suddenly, Felicity’s breathless gasp was all his pointed ears could hear. Her gasp was the equivalent of a scream. Felix’s head snapped up.

He could see Felicity lose her grip on the cold stone of the observatory wall. His hand shot out on instinct. He caught her, but just barely.

“Are you okay?” His voice came out more worried than he expected; they’d been in much more dangerous predicaments, after all. Perhaps it was just the reality of being “wingless” finally setting in. Felix honestly could not tell.

Felicity gave a short nod. “Yup.” She gulped. “Thanks for catching me, Felix. I owe you one.”

Felix nodded back.

They held onto each other for the whole risky walk across the wall’s ledge. It wasn’t necessary, as Felix and Felicity didn’t slip again, but neither of them was in a rush to let go.

X X X

“Woah…” Felix breathed. He spun in awe to take in everything; the way the wind seemed to whisper a song, the moonlight striking the trees at just the right angle, the beauty of the little pocket of nature, untouched by the humans.

Felicity grinned at him. “I know, right?” She spoke in a whisper. Though the need for whispering was past, it felt right to be quiet in such a beautiful place.

Felicity walked over to Felix. Silently, the two sat on the soft grass in unison.

“Where’d you find this place? It’s really hidden, through a secret door in the observatory and everything!” Felix said.

Felicity’s gaze drifted toward the full moon. “Well, I found this place after our first failed mission.” Felix couldn’t meet Felicity’s clear pink eyes.

“You got angry at me, and I got angry at you, and I flew into the observatory to cool off. Then I got lost.” Felix snickered absently; Felicity would lose her own head if it wasn’t attached to her neck.

“But then I found this place. I’ve been coming here after every failed mission since.”

Felix didn’t know what to say. So he didn’t say anything. Instead, both fairies laid on the ground, watching the stars and moon dance.

Felix felt the pain of not having wings quite sorely then. If he’d had wings, they’d have been twitching like crazy from being lain on. Felix immediately was angry that he had lost his wings because of Felicity’s failed plan. Quickly, however, he felt bad; Felicity no doubt felt the loss of her wings deeply too.

Besides him, Felicity sighed. “I’m sorry I keep pulling you down with me, Felix. You don’t deserve any of these punishments–especially not this one.” Felix turned his head and saw his Felicity wiping away tears from her eyes.

“I’m sorry that-that you don’t have wings, Felix.” Felicity’s voice was as wobbly as a newborn fairy on her first flight. “I’m-I’m sorry that-that I’m a horrible friend.”

Felicity sat up and covered her face with her hands. Felix couldn’t believe it; was Felicity–fierce, plan-making, fearless, dare-devil Felicity–crying?

Felix sat up and wrapped his arms around her. He felt her shoulders shake with sobs. “Hey. Hey, Felicity.” Felix turned her face toward him. Her eyes were watery and red.

“Don’t be sorry,” Felix spoke gently, but the meaning of his words were clear, “because I’m not sorry at all. Not one bit.”

She sniffed and Felix, gentle as forgiving rain, wiped away her tears. “I'm not sorry to be always included in your plans. I’m not sorry to face these failed missions and their consequences. And I’m not sorry that you’re my friend, because you are an amazing fairy and I’m lucky that I get to spend this time with you.”

Felicity’s face creased with a grateful smile. She relaxed in his arms. The fairy rested her head on him.

“Felix?”

“Mm-hm?”

“You know…”

Felix could feel the beating of Felicity’s heart, but he thought it couldn’t have possibly been louder than his own. “What?”

“There’s no one I’d rather be wingless with than you.”

The End.