Adele's Stories

(This story is an excerpt from a book I’m working on)

The leaves fell around me in a blur as I ran. The already fallen leaves crunched beneath me and I let out a laugh. I didn’t know where the moonlight was taking me but I was having fun. Starlight poured in through the canopy helping the moon light my way. The trees whispered to me as I ran as if encouraging me to go on. It took only a split second for the light to disappear and I slipped on the grass.

I slid into a clearing and there it was. The fairies, naiads, dryads, and skyads had begun their dance around the bonfire. I stood outside the circle watching curiously. There was no music but everyone was dancing around the fire and the fairies lips moved in a silent song. The bonfire pulsed with life and shot high into the sky almost reaching the stars. I jumped into the circle and began to dance. Then I could hear it. The music. The dryads kept the beat with their feet as they danced methodically around the fire. It seemed as if the skyads pulled music from out of the stars. As they danced with their arms skyward, a silver mist descended from the stars to swirl around them. From these mists came lilting harps and soft flutes. The fairies sang an angelic chorus with the naiads creating the harmony. 

And we danced around the fire, all worries and fears forgotten, replaced by a feeling of freedom and peace. I felt an overwhelming joy and total calmness at the same time. It was an experience I wished would never end and would never forget. 

As the fairies sang a gold dust emanated from their wings and covered the dancers, making us all shine in the moonlight. The naiads danced with crystal water swirling at their feet that somehow, in a way I could never understand, contributed the music. The dryads let pink and orange leaves dance in their hair as they kept the beat. And I just took it all in. As I listened to the song I locked it up in my heart so it would never disappear. And anytime I needed it I just called upon the song and it was there to fill me with peace and joy. 

The fairies’ voices carried the song heavenward and I know the stars kept the song as well. I knew the fairies would forget. And so would the naiads and dryads. For this is nothing special to them, they do these dances often. 

But I will never forget. It would forever be in my heart, along with the stars.