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She'd done it. She'd really done it. Tyyne had had her doubts but when she woke up this morning she found a large vase sitting on the nightstand beside her bed. There were all kinds of different colors and flowers of different types in a large bouquet. Whoa! This was incredible! There was also a small paper beside the vase which she picked up quickly, looking it over and smiling. It was a list of the different flowers she had just received. Gardenias, Irises, yellow, white and red Jasmine, pink lilacs...they were so pretty! She keened happily and leaned over to sniff at the flowers, her eyes wide and her ears perked high. Wow! These were from her sister! Her older sister! Evari really did get her flowers she thought were prettier than the wilting hyacinth, but the wilting hyacinth was still incredibly special to her. Tyyne climbed awkwardly off her bed, nearly tripping up when one of her feet got caught in the sheets, but managing to catch herself before she hit the floor. She turned back to the flowers to admire them with a warm smile, putting a hand on the little table as she leaned in close. Her fingers brushed against something on the other side of the vase she couldn't see from the bed, tilting her head a little to look down at packets of...seeds? They had the pictures of these flowers on them! And some of them were even different! These were for her to grow? Probably in the back yard, it was a little barren out there...perhaps some flowers would spruce it right up.

Tyyne gathered up the seeds and sniffed the flowers one more time, picking up the paper with the instructions as well and wandering out to the back yard. She needed a shovel, a watering can...oh dear. She didn't have either of those! She was outside by now and she sighed, her spirits dampening a little at this new information. What was she supposed to do now? She couldn't dig into the ground with her hands! Tyyne put the seed packets and the paper down, poking at the ground some as if to test how tough it was. But...something happened, a small stem of a plant suddenly sprouted from the ground where she'd touched it. Tyyne gasped and brought her hand back, staring down at the little sprout. What...? How did that happen? Plants took so much longer to grow than that! It wasn't an instant thing! She put her hand on the ground again, several little white daisies suddenly sprouted from between her fingers. Whoa! Did she do that?! Flowers don't just appear from nowhere! Was this her imagination? Tyyne looked around for another place to touch, leaning over and dragging her finger along the ground. A line of tiger lilies along the path her finger had taken shot up and bloomed as if they had been there a long time and hadn't just magically grown, and even the daisies still looked perfectly okay. Wow this...this was incredible! She stepped away from the things she had just grown, looking over them with a giggle. Wow! So pretty! She did this? Really? This was nothing like Evari who could clap her hands or stomp her bare feet and produce sparks of light and fireworks. This was incredible!

What else could she do?

The packets were still sitting beside her feet and so she picked them up, opening the packet labeled 'Iris' and pouring the seeds into her hand. They didn't grow...but what if she just dropped them on the ground? The other flowers were scattered so randomly, this time Tyyne wanted to look somewhat organized about her new garden she would be creating. She walked up to a tree that was in the middle of the yard, walking around it in a circle and dropping the seeds along her path as she did. Nothing happened. Hmmm! Did she still have to touch them? One of her feet stepped on the circle of seeds and suddenly four irises sprung up and bloomed. Whoa! Tyyne giggled and clapped her hands excitedly, walking along the little pathway and watching as the flowers grew in her wake. This. Was. Amazing! She wanted to do this with all her flowers now! She turned to run to the back of the house again where she had left her seeds, skidding to a stop when she saw Evari leaning in the doorway with a little smile on her face. "E-Evari!" Tyyne gasped, hopping over the seeds to run over and throw her arms around her older sister in a tight hug. Evari tensed up at first but quickly relaxed, returning the hug and patting her back and looking past her at all the flowers growing everywhere. This was different; it wasn't something she'd ever seen happen before!

"So you did this? All by yourself?" Ooh, irises. She was growing the flowers Evari got for her. Tyyne smiled proudly and nodded, letting go of Evari to instead hold her hands and pull her out into the yard. Evari blinked but followed without much complaint, more curious to know what was happening than anything. Why was Tyyne dragging her outside? Did she want to show her how she did this?

Tyyne was looking at the ground as she guided Evari further into the yard, stopping her somewhere with a big smile and holding her hands up. "Stay right here!" She giggled, stepping back and rubbing at her chin. Hmm...she wanted to show Evari what she could do! But she had to figure out how. Obviously she had to show Evari she could grow flowers, but how to go about doing that? Oh! She knew just what to do! Tyyne suddenly giggled. "Close your eyes?" Evari blinked, eying her sister suspiciously at first until she shrugged. Okay, whatever. She closed her eyes, her hands clasped behind her back. Tyyne giggled again and clapped her hands, rubbing them together and moving closer. This was going to take a little more work, huh? These flowers were going to be bigger than the ones she'd already done. But she was going to do her best! This was sure to impress Evari! She concentrated hard on the flower she wanted to grow, carefully bending down to pat at the ground as if coaxing out what she wanted. It took a minute but soon a large yellow flower did sprout from the ground...and continued to grow...and grow...and grow! It reached about eight feet tall, a giant yellow sunflower. Tyyne grinned and repeated the process over and over until Evari was completely enclosed in her 'sunflower prison'. "Okay~! You can open them now." The next thing Tyyne heard made her flinch.

"HOLY CRAP!" Evari gasped, jumping back away from the things in front of her only to fall back against some more stems behind her. Gah! Wh-what was going on?! What did Tyyne do? She heard the laughter of her sister from the other side of this wall of...flowers. The tallest freakin' flowers she had ever seen. Gah! She wanted out! Evari pushed against the wall, grunting as she managed to slip through the 'bars' as they gave way. Tyyne was still giggling as Evari stumbled out from inside the ring of sunflowers, watching her turn around and look up at them. "Whoa...that's awesome, Tyyney." She smiled at her sister, poking at the flowers. Tyyne stopped giggling and laughing when she caught the compliment, staring wide-eyed at her sister. R-really? She had never said something like that before! Evari blinked, blushing and waving a hand. "D-don't read too much into it! Yer...yer still annoyin'." Evari argued until Tyyne rushed over to hug her tight again, giving an 'OOF' at the sudden impact and falling back against the sunflowers. Good thing they were sturdy! They caught her weight!

"Thank you so much, Evari!" She smiled, hugging her tightly.

"Didn't I just sa--"

"Uh uh. You're really nice! You got me these flowers and you said my flowers were awesome and you've been so nice to me!" Tyyne gave her a squeeze, her ears perked and her tail flicking. Evari blinked, chuckling helplessly and returning the hug. Weird girl.

"Right...well um..." She put her hands on Tyyne's shoulders and gently moved her away, trying not to smile. "I'm gonna...head back inside now. Just wanted to see you liked yer gift. I'll see ya when Xai's done with dinner. 'Kay?" Tyyne nodded, watching Evari walk away and wave before disappearing in the house. She sure was spending a lot of time at home lately. She hadn't gone out to see any of her friends in days...did something happen?

Well...if something did happen then Tyyne would just have to try and make her happy! She'd grow the best flowers Evari had ever seen and make her smile again! A real smile. All her smiles lately had seemed...a little off. She hoped she'd be okay.