Snippet #2259955

Avani Guiana Sorent

Avi sat silently in the grass with her fox friend, Mist, by her side. It was pleasant to have a friend beside her with whom she could either speak to or not speak to, yet they would still understand what the other meant to say. Ever since their meeting the night that Avi had left her own home and family, Avi and Mist had some unmistakable yet odd relationship. While Mist was not necessarily a pet to Avi since he lived on his own as a normal fox, Avi often found herself calling to Mist when she felt depressed, angry, or was simply bored, and the fox would come faithfully as a good friend would. Now, Avi and Mist lay silently beside each other as they sometimes did. Avi played lazily with the grass, twisting her fingers around and causing it to grow and form odd shapes as it came out of the ground while Mist watched her, head on his paws, with his white-tipped tail swinging blissfully behind him.

Avi's brown locks lay comfortably around her head and she moved her head around as someone would if they were listening to their favorite song. Similarly, Avi tapped her bare foot against the soft grass as she changed the color of a nearby daisy to a soft yellow to match her content mood. In fact, Avi was not listening to a song, but she was listening to the harmonies and melodies of the earth around her. She could feel everything in the grassy field, from the roots of the grass, to the breath and the heartbeat of the fox that sat next to her, to the soft treading of a man whom Avi had pinned as the familiar heartbeat of Max, the wind element, walking through the field.

Avi felt a light breeze followed by a more forceful gust ruffle her comfortable large, comfortable beige sweater. She opened her eyes for a moment to watch the wind blow the grass about and then closed them again lightly. She felt the beat of several other people back at the house and placed the familiar heartbeats to the faces of the people she lived with.

A bit carelessly, Avi reached farther out in her mind, trying to feel the vibrations of the world farther away. However, a loud shriek suddenly filled the peaceful melody she had been hearing and she realized that she had gone too far out. It had happened more than once where she would carelessly try to reach out to feel the vibrations of things farther away and, without her careful focus, her power would take over. What would happened was that the hums and tunes of the earth she loved so much would become too powerful for her. She would reach too far out and begin to hear terrible, loud shrieking noises. This would usually result in a lot of strain to pull her mind back to her present spot.

At that moment, Avi sat straight up in the grass and opened her eyes wide. Feeling the earth around her with her fingers, she strained to pull herself back to reality. After a few painful moments, the shrieking no longer filled her mind and she could breath normally once more. Her once peaceful state had been compromised by the shrieks and she cursed herself for ruining her own mood.

Avi looked at the fox beside her and gave him a slight, tired smile. "Go home, Mist. I'll call to you later," Avi said quietly in the fox's own language. The fox looked reluctant, but said a warm good-bye and trotted off in the way he had originally come.

Avi sat a moment in the grass, trying to go back into her blissful state. Upon realizing that it would not be happening and she should head back to the house, Avi began to stand. Her head was still pounding from before and, upon attempting to stand, the world seemed to tilt and wobble. Avi stumbled and fell back once more. Having been in this state several times before, Avi realized that standing was not about to happen anytime soon and she did not want the others to see her in this weak, vulnerable state. Rather than go back to the house at the time, Avi pulled her knees into her chest and wrapped her arms around both legs. She would ride out the worst of her aching head before she would go back to the house and to the others. She lay her forehead on her knees and simply sat there, breathing in and out as she attempted to stop the world from spinning and to feel only the earth around her and not the earth miles away as she had been moments before.