Estrella Meadow

Meadow sat at a large boulder near the shallow creek, looking into the water and watching blades of grass being carried off by the soft current of the water. A sparkling tear slowly moved its way down her pink cheek and into the creek, making the creek suddenly glitter in the moonlight. Her long, white hair lightly lay on the grass, some strands of hair dancing in the creek. She looked up at the night sky and noticed two bright stars stood out from the rest. She bit her lower lip as the two stars reminded her of the eyes of her grandfather, the one who owned the piece of land. The piece of land was known as Estrella Meadow, the private meadow owned by the Green Family. Unfortunately, the Green family has reduced until there was only Grandfather Green, Grandmother Green, and Meadow Green. Grandmother Green passed away a year ago, being reincarnated into a star in the night sky overlooking Estrella Meadow. Grandfather and Meadow Green were the only two Greens left, but Grandfather Green could not live without his love. He died from old age, being eighty-eight years of age. Now Estrella Meadow belonged to Meadow, it was hers completely. Grandfather Green was also reincarnated into a star and danced right along his love in the night sky. The Green Family were all reincarnated into stars that twinkled above their meadow, and now there was only one Green Family member alive, and she was still fifteen years of age.1

Meadow looked into the tall grass, searching for the crickets who were chirping happily. She found nothing but a single moth, dying on the edge of the creek. Meadow slid off the boulder to kneel at the side of the creek, reaching over to pick up the moth. The moth squirmed in her cupped hands as she set it in a match of yellow grass. She took a strand of her long white hair and dipped it into the creek, letting the water turn the white strand of hair into a glowing string, looking like the tail of a comet. She then gently tied the glowing strand of hair around the moth’s body, watching the moth lay still in the patch of yellow grass. Meadow smiled and stood up, brushing wet dirt from her baby-blue dress. 2

The dress was long enough to barely cover her knees and it was strapless. She wore silver heeled shoes and a silver ring on her right hand. 3

Meadow watched as the moth began to gently vibrate as its body became to glow. There was a blinding light and after a long moment, the light began to dim, leaving nothing but the strand of hair. Meadow weakly smiled and looked up at the night sky. She did it. Before Meadow could let out a soft hum, which was her sound and sign, something wrapped around her waist. She looked back and was dumbfounded when her eyes locked with her sweetheart’s eyes. 4

Griffin laughed as he spun her around and set her down in front of him, quickly kissing her cheek. Meadow touched her cheek and gave him a long look. Griffin took out a Red Carnation flower and positioned it in her hair in front of her pierced, right ear. He took Meadow’s hand and kissed it, giving her a silly smile. His purple eyes sparkled into hers. His jet-black hair, parting in the front, swiftly moved as he tilted his head to his right, giving Meadow a funny look.5

“Looks like someone saved another Moth.” He said teasingly. Meadow crossed her arms across her chest and gave him a serious look. He laughed and took her into his arms, lifting her high in the air. Meadow grabbed onto his shoulders, afraid of falling. Griffin was adventurous and could hardly ever sit still. He wasn’t afraid of anything, not even of putting others in danger. “I’m not saying that it’s Weak to save a Luna Moth. I mean they do live for a whoppin’ three and a half (3.5) weeks! They can probably accomplish their life’s dream with all that spare time they have! I’m just saying that you must be very proud for not letting them down. I bet the major of MothVille will give you an award soon. You better prepare that awesome speech with a jaw-dropping secret!” Griffin said sarcastically. Meadow ran her fingers through his hair with a look of annoyance yet admiration.6

“Griffin?” she finally asked him after a long silence. Griffin smiled up at her with admiration. He let her slip from his arms until she was only a few inches from the ground, catching her before then. Meadow wrapped her arms around his neck and twirled his hair around her fingers. “Did you get their blessing yet?” Meadow asked him. Griffin’s grin quickly disappeared. He shifted his eyes away from Meadow’s eyes. Meadow watched as his face became pale and the area around his eyes becoming dark. Griffin set Meadow on the ground, lightly brushing his hand from her waist. 7

“Not yet.” He said bitterly, his hands clutching into fight fists. He looked back up at Meadow. “But I don’t know why you want their blessing anyways. We don’t need their permission. It’s our life and our choice!” Griffin said angrily. Meadow smiled and walked behind him to massage his shoulders and neck, in case he got too tense. Griffin sighed.8

“You can’t always get what you want.” Meadow said quietly as she kissed his neck. Griffin spun around to face Meadow and he shook his head.9

“You can at Subway! The home of the Five Dollar Foot Long!” he said with a look of wretchedness in his eyes. Meadow sighed and rolled her eyes. “Those sandwiches should be sent to the dungeon for tasting so delicious and…” but Meadow covered his mouth with her hand. He quickly pulled her hand away. “You just touched a dying moth!” he said. Meadow giggled as she stroked Griffin’s soft face. His cheeks were amazingly soft yet he looked mature and grown-up. 10

“Well life isn’t a sandwich.” She simply said as she moved her hair so that it lay over one shoulder, exposing her left shoulder. Griffin pouted. “I really want their blessing, Griffin. You might not agree, but I do. It’d seem right.” Meadow said as she messed with the collar of Griffin’s tunic. 11

“Hmph.” Griffin said. Meadow grinned at him as she tried to slip his sword from the belt around his waist, but he caught her. “Don’t touch the sword!” he said. Meadow laughed and ruffled his hair. Griffin quickly fixed his hair. “Don’t touch the hair! May I not remind you that my hair is better than yours?” he asked jokingly. 12

“So your hair can bring back the life of nature too?” Meadow asked tracing the pattern on Griffin’s tunic. Griffin began to tremble. Meadow kissed his neck again, making his face grow red. He felt a hot bliss travel himself. “Griffin?” she asked him. He looked down at her. “You’re getting sweaty. Should I push you in the creek again?” Meadow asked him.13

“This is a new tunic. If I get one single drop of anything liquid, my mom will murder me.” Griffin explained. Before he could say anything else, Meadow clutched his sleeves and pushed him into the creek. Griffin was bewildered. Meadow laughed and kneeled in front of him. Before Griffin could mutter a single word, Meadow cupped his face and gave him a long kiss. Griffin forgot all about his soiled tunic and pulled Meadow so that she fell into the creek. Her white hair began to glow a bright white, but suddenly turned pink. Meadow noticed this and pulled away from Griffin. She studied her hair, not knowing what to make of it. Griffin had a silly grin on his face. The back of his hair was soaked and pressed down to his neck. 14

“My hair is either turning pink or it’s blushing.” Meadow said looking over at Griffin as if he had the answer. He gave her a dazed look, his face still pink and his eyes sparkling like the water underneath them. 15

“Hm. You look nice as a…pink-head.” Griffin said reaching to stroke Meadow’s hair back. He chuckled and sat up. “No wonder my mother thinks you’re a mega freak. Your hair changes color like the mood-swings of a teen girl. Thank the Lord you’re done with that stage.” Griffin said jokingly.16

“My hair is heating up. Griffin, this isn’t normal.” Meadow said worriedly. She then noticed Griffin was touching her hair. He didn’t seem to notice her hair becoming hot. He just twirled it in circles around his whole hand. “Griffin, I think it’s telling me something.” Meadow said. Griffin looked at her. “Griffin, it’s telling me that I love you.” Meadow said.17

“Ew.” Griffin said. Meadow shoved him hard enough to wake him up from his dream land. He blinked his eyes, looked down at his tunic, and cursed. “What the hell happened to my tunic?! Meadow did you do this?! How do you expect to get my mother’s blessing if you can’t stop getting her mad?!” Griffin asked worriedly. Meadow laughed with a shrug.18

“Tell her you had another accident.” Meadow answered.19

“Then how would that explain my hair wet and my torso wet?!” Griffin asked this time. He looked serious now. Meadow stood up, water dripping from her dress. 20

“Tell her you were hanging upside down from a tree and you thought the branch was gonna break. So you peed on yourself and it seeped downward into your tunic and…hair…” Meadow said with a disgusted look on her face. She quickly hopped out of the creek and held Griffin up. 21

“Hey! That only happened once!” Griffin said following her into the trees. 22

QUICK FACTS (Not Included in this Story)23

~ Griffin is a Prince24

~ Meadow is Mother Nature25

(every five generations, Mother Nature is born within a woman of the Green Family.) 26