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Redbud-Tree

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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:36 am

==The Fountain==

The water sparkled. Melody wasn’t sure if it was from the sun shining so brightly on the water, or if it was because the water was special water. The latter may not have been very likely, but the thought crossed Melody’s mind anyway and the Chatot was instantly intrigued. Chirruping softly, she flew closer to the fountain with the particularly sparkly water and perched nearby, choosing to watch it for a moment before she bothered trying to creep closer. If it was special water, she might damage it by touching it, and she didn’t want that! Oh, no, she didn’t want that at all!

After a long moment of simple observation, the bird Pokémon finally ventured closer, landing on the edge of the fountain and daring to stretch a wing out to touch the edge of the spray. The water hit her and she squawked, pulling her wing back and tucking it close to her as she inspected each of the feathers for any weird effects. So far as she could tell they were just wet, but... it could just be an initial reaction! Further investigation was called for.

This time, Melody stepped forward and into the fountain, ducking her head under the spray and cooing. Oooooh. Oooooooh, that felt nice! Chirping, she ruffled her feathers. Oh, oh yes right there; that got one of her feathers that had been itching. She stretched her wings out and dipped them into the water, beating them under the wet and sending more magic droplets spraying everywhere. Whee! Look at the sparkles!

Next, she ducked her head under the water and then stepped forward, proceeding to roll and dip and roll around some more until she had gotten every inch of herself soaking wet. Finally, she climbed back out of the fountain and flopped awkwardly to the ground next to it, beginning the long and trying task of preening her feathers back into place. That bath had been nice; baths always were! But it was so much work to get all of her feathers back in order, and it took so much time and attention when she would rather be doing other things...

Oh!

But what if the water was magic, and had a weird effect on her feathers? What if she’d turned purple? A squawk escaped her and Melody set about preening herself once more, determined to find out if any of her feathers had been altered. If they had, then she had been right and the water’s sparkle was because it was magic! If not...

Well, if not, she might just need to investigate again.

Word Count: 434

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:56 am

==A Shiny Star - Star-finding Solo==

Nighttime was for sleeping, not for stargazing. Melody knew this, but she found herself awake anyway. She was perched on the branch of a tree in a city park, staring up at the faint flecks of diamond-like stars she could see in the sky. They were so pretty, but so far away – she’d tried flying all the way to them once, but had to turn around and go back because it was getting hard to breathe and keep flying, and besides she had gotten so very tired, too.

But even if they were out of reach, they were still pretty to look at. Melody craned her head around, her body following the motion until she tipped over, falling off of the branch entirely and landing on the ground with a ‘thunk’. Squawking indignantly at what had just happened to her, Melody ruffled her feathers and began preening them back into place.

Nobody saw that, right?!?

As she finished sorting her feathers back into some sort of order, the bird pokémon spotted something shining faintly underneath a patch of dirt. Tilting her head, she waddled over in that direction and began digging at the ground with her claws. Scratching at the dirt yielded the revelation of a small, star-shaped object. It was so pretty! Was it a real star? The bird tilted her head and squinted up at the sky, wondering if one had fallen, if there was one missing from the sky that should have been there, but she couldn’t see anything.

There were just too many stars to count! (She knew this, anyway. She’d tried once.)

With that possibility all but ruled out, Melody turned her attention back to the object, and pecked it sharply with her bright pink beak. It didn’t move, or... at least she didn’t think it had moved, so she smacked it with a wing and then pecked it again. This time, the star reacted, although Melody didn’t quite remember how once she woke up afterward.

All she did remember was that suddenly she was very, very sleepy, and she just couldn’t stay awake any longer.

The little bird flopped over, a pile of limp but colorful feathers, and wouldn’t be waking up for quite some time.

Word Count: 373