Dancing

I magically danced in the middle, my thin white dress swaying with each movement. I spinned and spinned, wanting the world to become a blur, to see everything vanish before me. So I continue to spin, ignoring the dizziness, the consequences. I begin to slow down, to feel the strong force pulling me down, so I close my eyes. I close my eyes and continue to spin. Once, twice, I stop. I stop, unable to continue and just stand there, swaying softly, letting the dizzy feeling consume me. Before long I feel myself about to fall on to the floor, but I don't fall. A pair of cold hands are holding me.

"You're a very good dancer," a beautiful voice responds as I softly open my eyes. As I take in the picture I feel heat reach my face. A tall man with beautiful and alluring gray eyes stares at me with a sincere smile, his wavy hair just a bit longer than normal men wear their hair. I smile timidly at him and gratefully regain my compsure.

"Thank you, and thank you for..." I switch my gaze to the cold wooden ground and then back at the tall man. "For saving me from falling," I respond with a sweet smile as I stay there, unconsciously swaying back and forth, my dress swiftly following my movements.

"No problem," he replies with a soft chuckle. I stare at him for a couple of seconds, taking in his beauty, but a small call distracts me. I turn to see where the source is coming from and I see a young blonde girl running towards the man I just met.

"Stark!" she shouts in pure glee as she embraces the man. I simply stare at the two figures who greet each other. Then the young girl turns to me and smiles, its Lilynette. She had just enrolled and in the past days we had danced our evenings away, she was much fun and had such a sincere heart it was outstanding.

"Anima!" she shouts as she acknowledges me. I smile kindly at the young girl. She then looks up at her brother, whose gaze remains on me. "Oh! This is my brother, Stark," she introduces us.

Stark happily reaches to shake my hand and I do the same. "Anima," I reply as I remove my hand from his soft one. I smile at him sweetly, but nervously I brush my brown hair away from my face and behind my ear. Lilynette smiles at both of us before turning towards her brother.

"Can we go home now? I'm tired," Lilynette informs as she gives a small pout. I smile tenderly at the sincere girl before looking back up at Stark.

Stark gives a small nod to his younger sister before looking back at me. "Well, it was nice meeting you," I reply wholeheartedly as I smile brightly at the two. They both smile and begin to walk away again, I stare at them until they become shadows and I can no longer view them. "Stark," I whisper as I walk into the changing room.

One. Two. Three. And I'm off. I begin to spin again, faster and faster with every passing turn. I will never grow tired of the feeling one gets when we spin, its dizziness, its confusion, its peace. Oh, no! I feel myself abruptly stopped and I roughly fall into the wooden floor. "Ow," I mumble as I try to regain focus.

I lay sitting there for a few moments, dumbfounded. I felt a terrible headache begin to pound, but I ignore it. I make an effort to get up and successfully I'm back on my two feet again. The sun is setting once again, its soft orange rays coming through the open glass windows and into the empty room, some rays reflected off the huge mirrors that surround me all day. Its that time again.

I close my eyes and feel myself begin to spin. I close my eyes and feel myself fly. I don't stop, I just continue and continue, never wanting to stop. Its beautiful pleasant feeling of freedom, no single thoughts flowing through my mind.

"Anima? Anima?" my mother calls but I cannot see her.

"Are you alright?" she asks as she frantically searches for me.

"Mommy?" I ask as I open the door to my bedroom. She is not there.

"Anima?" I hear her voice call.

"Mommy?" I ask running outside, she is nowhere in sight,

yet her voice remains so audible in my ears.

"Anima!"

Cold drops of rain drop on my skin,

I look up but find nothing but dark luminous clouds.

"Mommy?" I ask as I crouch into a ball on the floor,

"Where are you?"

"Why did you leave me?"

"Anima!" voices call from the darkness. I feel a sharp pain on my legs, but nothing else. I hear worried voices, but cannot open my eyes, not yet. I try softly to regain consciousness and after much struggle my eye lids begin to open. I see a small girl, Lilynette and beside her Stark, I think.

"Anima, can you hear me?" a worried voice asks. I shift to Stark, but although I see his lips moving I cannot hear the words coming out. My eyelids become heavy, I cannot keep them open. A strong pain pierces through me once more but I lose consciousness to recall anymore.

"Anima!"

"Mommy?"

"Will she be alright?" a deep voice asks. I'm deep in darkness and cannot see the least amount of light.

"Yes, she just received some minor injuries. She should be fine," another person responds. I feel someone close by, I feel someone's hand on mine, my fingers twitch at his touch, but I cannot hold on to them. In seconds they're gone and I remain alone.

My mind slowly drifts away. I feel tired, I cannot direct my attention or for that matter control it. I slowly drift off to another long slumber.

"Mommy?"

"Where are you?" I cried as I held onto my pillow.

"I miss you," I continued to soft quietly.

"Why did you have to leave?"

I felt myself stir in my sleep and finally I regained consciousness. I softly opened my eyes and although the bright light from above stinged I did my best to keep them open. My eyes adjusted to the light in the room and I turned to my side. There I saw Stark sitting down on one of the chairs besides my bed, he looked as if he was asleep. "Stark?" I asked. I was surprised to see him there, after all I hardly knew him, I would have expected this room to remain empty.

He stirred in his sleep and quickly awoke. His gray eyes showed worry, but he gave a soft smile. "How are you feeling?" he asks as he gets up from his seat and walks over to my side.

"Tired," I respond with a soft yet dry laugh. I couldn't really remember how I got here and I was so eager to ask him what happened and most importantly why he was here, but I was so out of energy and I had to be patient. "So what exactly happened?" I asked referring to the decrepit state I was in.

He smiled sweetly before answering, "Well, you were spinning uncontrollably and that time I wasn't able to prevent your fall," he explained with a soft smile. I smiled tiredly back at him, all of a sudden fragments of the incident coming back to me.

"Why are you here?" I finally asked. I didn't mean to sound rude or mean, I didn't mind his company at all, but why he stayed interested me. He seemed shocked at my sudden question but nevertheless he responded.

"I couldn't just leave you by yourself," he replied as he looked at my injured leg. I looked at him disbelievingly, all along I thought Lilynette had forced him or something. When he said those few words, like it was of his free will, it felt awfully nice of him.

"Thank you," I responded as I gave him a sincere smile. He simply smiled back and let the subject drop, although by the look in his eyes questions roamed.

One, two, and we're off. If spinning deprives me of my thoughts,

if it deprives me of true consciousness,

then I want to keep spinning.

I don't want to stop,

but now I wouldn't mind.

I wouldn't mind if I knew when I opened my eyes,

your beautiful gray clouds awaited me.

Til then,

I spin.

And perhaps as I rotate in endless rounds

you'll come and join me,

for I am not alone,

not anymore.

Okay, I know I haven't updated my other stories, but just please bear with me!! ^^; Anyways, this thought seeped through and I just had to type it. I have so many files now full of short one-shots, but I think this one is quite good to make it into a short story and maybe (just maybe!!) I think I'll be able to complete it, its not that long or at least if I don't get another big idea ^^. Reviews are welcomed! PLEASE? They really make my day and they help inspire/motivate/improve me and my stories! :D so please review! :)