The Forests Melody (Zavie)

The wind whistled through the forest, chanting a sweet melody that danced from bush to branch, allowing all it passed through to harmonized with it. Birds would sing the chorus as the tree's took on the verse. It was an extraordinary day that only those who took the time to search for it would notice, a day just like any other to the untrained eye. In the middle of all this, enjoying the song of the forest lay a lone boy whom was almost drifting off from the peace that surrounded him.

A small bird would leave its post in the branches to fly down to the boy, the bird recognized him as he would come here often, usually bringing gifts of food to the wildlife that resided here. Without even opening his eyes the boy would reach into his pocket which gained the instant interest of the bird before his hand would reappear to spread seeds along the ground. At this point a few other birds flew down, all trying to grab as much of the food as possible before another beak stole it from them. Void could think of no better place to be, he always admired peace to be the most important thing about all else.

The roughed up boy would roll over from where he lay, almost fast asleep when a distant sound of birds retreating from their perches caught his attention. Someone, or something must be coming this way to scare off all the birds like that. But... Who would be this deep into the forest? It couldn't be that thing, that only ever came at night. Whoever it was, they had to be alone, he would of heard something sooner if there was a group of them. They'd probably just end up walking right past and he could get back to his peaceful snooze... Theeennn aggaaaiinn... He was nosey.

Silently the young kid would pick himself off of the ground and dart to a nearby vantage point to spy on whoever it was that was heading his way. To his confusion, he found himself spying on another kid who as he suspected was on his own. What were they doing way out here... Regardless of the fact they didn't look all that threatening, he still didn't trust them. He had to figure out why they were here. With slight hesitation, the boy would emerge from his hiding spot to stand in the way of where the boy was walking, staring at his possible opponent silently, awaiting his first move.

"Hmph." So then, it seemed the boy had gotten himself all worked up for nothing. This kid didn't look like he could hurt a fly if he wanted to, Void just being here seemed to scare him half to death. The roughed up kid sighed and would take a step towards this new boy, looking him over to make sure this scared act wasn't some kind of trick. However after being satisfied that there was no immediate threat here, he'd approach the boy further.

"I don't mean to scare you." He'd bark out, rather aggressively considering what he was saying. "What are you doing here?" He'd question before letting out a sharp whistle, attracting a nearby bird to flutter down and land on his shoulder, tweeting happily in the young boys ear before looking towards the unfamiliar blonde kid and tilting its head. "This is my turf. Not many people come down this way. So why are you here, boy?" Shaking his head, Void would finally take his glare off of the boy giving him a chance to think about his answer. This wasn't his usual approach on getting answers from people, but... He had never been given this kind of opportunity before and he wanted to try it out.

Void nearly fell over. "A... A Flower...?" He'd shake his head lightly, holding back the urge to laugh. He really didn't expect an answer like that, seriously at this point it kinda felt like the whole trying to be a tough guy thing wasn't entirely needed for this situation. Regardless, this kid clearly wasn't here to harm anyone or anything, that is if you don't include picking flowers as harming them. Then again he never did say he wanted to pick it.

"Hmm... What kind of flower?" He'd question curiously, giving the kid a curious look. "There are many flowers here. A whole lot of different ones too." As much as the sudden change of tone may be weird for the kid, he felt bad about how they'd been introduced and wanted to make it up to him. "Hey, I've explored this whole place loads of times. I bet I know where this flower you're looking for is."

"Hmm..." Void would stare blankly at the boy for a moment before shrugging. "Do you know like... What exactly it looks like?" He'd question, clearly not knowing what kind of flower the boy meant. Most likely he'd know it if he saw it, yet he wasn't at all familiar with the names people gave to the flowers. He'd already forgotten how to pronounce whatever kind of flower he called it. "I mean, I know where a bunch of red flowers grow. Yet I haven't heard that name before."

Turning to the left, the roughed up boy would point in a vague direction. "There's an opening over that way that's the home of many flowers. Pretty sure most of them were red." To be honest, he was fairly sure he could find the flower the kid was looking for there. They grew so wildly in that open meadow for some reason. "You wanna go check it out?"

The wild boy would blink in confusion when the phone was first presented to him, he had seen people use those things before yet he had never had a chance to actually look at one like this before. Was that all they were used for? Flower pictures? That would seem kinda pointless if so, why not just go see the flowers for real. Although he supposed that's what this boy was doing right now. "Mhm." He'd finally reply with a short nod. "Those things are scattered about with the rest of them. I'm sure of it."

He'd begin walking with the boy, he wasn't really sure why, he had already told the kid what he wanted to know. Yet at this point he might as well make sure the kid finds the meadow he was talking about. "So, New Face. What are you going to do with the flower once you've found it?" He'd question, not really knowing what else to say. A life time of living alone with just animal friends in a forest doesn't make for much experience of small talk.

"Take one home with you...?" The boy would stop walking and give the boy a cautious look. So that's why he wanted to come here, to steal away a part of the forest. He should know better, if everyone came here and took whatever they wanted there would be nothing left in less than a week! He'd sigh before finally continuing with a low mutter. "It's people like you that ruin the beauty of this place you know..."

The boy would close his eyes and lean up against a tree for a moment, he didn't really feel like taking the kid any further now he knew what he was here for. If he showed him that meadow who knows how many times he may come back here and just steal nature away from its home. "Ya know what..." He'd start, opening his eyes to look at the kid again. "You promise me, that flower will be the only thing you ever take from this place. Ever. Do that, and I'll show you where the meadow is. Otherwise I'm leaving."

Void would sigh deeply. This boy clearly didn't fully understand what he meant. Yet he didn't really blame him, he wasn't the best at getting his point across to people even about the simplest of things. "Listen. That's not exactly what I meant." The boy would push himself off the tree and start walking towards the meadow again, at this point he kinda just wanted to get this over with. "I just know a lot of people do come into this forest. On your own, yes you won't cause much harm. Yet I've seen others who take way too much. Much more than they deserve. I only worry that if every person is like that what it could do to the place, okay? Clearly you're different."

Pushing through a set of bushes that seemed to lock the path off as a dead end, the rugged boy would feel the rays of the sun beam through the open topped meadow. "Well. We're here." The meadow that lay before the two boys was a vast array of colour and life, the wildlife that grew here seemed endless and all seemed to shine with life due to the lack of trees over head. The place almost looked too perfect to be real, seemingly untouched by anyone or anything. Just left to grow and expand as it pleased.