(Based on a scene from "the evertree")

(Based on a scene from "the evertree")

The four children were simply hanging around the river, wind ruffling their hair playfully and the emerald-green grass tickling the soles of their bare feet.

Essix was up on one of the highest branches of a tree, her golden eyes feeding on the breath-taking landscape and her short hair whipping around, dancing in the so-loved height.

Briggan was running after a few of the small animals he had found, shouting with childhood joy, his cobalt-blue eyes sparkling and his agile feet pedaling so fast he might as well have been hovering above the ground.

Only Jhi and Uraza were quiet. The dark-skinned girl was staring at the crystal-clear water, watching the multi-colored fish that traveled always to the left, following the current to whatever place it took them to. Jhi noticed that her friend was leaning more and more towards the water, though she still seemed on alert, never being one to like getting wet. The pale, raven-haired girl smiled innocently and walked past, giving Uraza a playful bump that caused her to fall head-first into the river with a scream, scaring away the fish. Jhi only gave an innocent and blank look in response to the daggers Uraza was launching at her with her violet eyes. She couldn't say that she didn't expect the other girl to chase her around the place, wind urging them on, making the silver-eyed girl's laugher echo for miles. And her laughter continued as Uraza tackled her to the ground and the two started a playful wrestling match, which Briggan quickly joined.