Night Scare
Little 9 year old Lilith had been peacefully sleeping. One hand entangled in her red fluffy hair, and the other positioned snug against her lips, contenting sucking away.
It was a normal night for the clawthornes, parents away on nightly meetings, and the girls tucked in bed.
Well, at least one of them.
Lilith jerked awake to the sound of someone entering, anxiety stirring like a cauldron in her stomach.
She blearily glanced at the at the door, briefly pausing to remove her thumb.
It was blurry, of course.
Gosh darn, where was her glasses?
She let her left hand flop along her nightstand, blindly trying to find her round frames.
Her wrist hit the middle of them awkward, sweeping them into the air. proceeding to frantically fumble for them, as breaking them would be disastrous.
Ugh, clumsy even in bed. Could she ever get a break?
Finally, she was able to grasp them in her hands, sliding them on crookedly, too tired to try and fix them.
Her eyes adjusted behind the glass, and she was finally able to make out a shape by the doorway.
“Edalyn?” She rasped, “is that you?”
Her sister gave a timid nod, still not entering the room.
“What’s wrong?”
Eda looked so small, at a ripe age of 7. Shadows dwarfed her figure, making her appear even tinier then usual.
The girl looked down, biting her lip anxiously. In her arms was an Otabin plush, one that actually used to belong to Lilith herself.
She was happy it brought her sister comfort, and was more then willing to give it up.
Her bad habit though...? That would take some time.
When Eda looked back up, her eyes were filling with tears, causing the bespectacled girl to wince.
“I h-had a night s-scare,” the little girl whimpered out, “C-can I..?”
Lilith nodded, immediately knowing what to do. She didn’t even have to ask.
Pulling the covers back, she made room for her sister to sleep in.
Eda ran to the bed, kicking her little legs to try and get enough momentum to get up the tall mattress.
Lily reached over and gently grabbed the back of the girls tunic, helping to pull her the rest of the way up.
The younger witch got on all fours and scampered across the bed to her side, absentmindedly stomping on Lilith a few times in the process.
“Oof! Edalyn! I swear, you have to be more—“ she stopped herself once she saw her baby sister all snuggled up against her side.
“Oh little one, just be more mindful in the future.” She cooed. Tapping the girl on her nose.
Eda giggled, and burrowed her head full of hair into liliths ribs, wanting her to wrap her left arm around her. Which she tenderly complied too.
See, Eda was wise. Even she knew that only her left arm was free. The Right was always occupied by her lips.
“Do you want to talk about it?” Lilith proposed. Her younger sister frowned, and shook her head no.
She smiled warmly, “Ya know, it actually helps to battle the fear of you talk about it. Once your done it all goes away.”
The kids eyes widened, “really?!”
The older sister laughed, “yes, really. I wouldn’t ever lie to you.”
“Ok,” Eda agreed, pausing to gather her thoughts, “It was dark...it was dark and scary. And Grome’t’us was their! And, and, their was snakes! Lots of snakes. And it was dark and scary and i couldn’t find you!”
Lilith pulled her even closer, leading her head to rest on her chest. Starting to run her left hand through the long flaming mane.
“Hush little one,” she soothed, “and let me tell you why that would never happen.”
And so she did.
Going on about how Eda would never have to face from, and if she did, it would be when she was much older, and much more prepared.
If it was dark, she could simply cast a light spell. Those were simple and easy, and she had long since mastered it.
If things were scary, she should think of happy thoughts, and let them consume you, so the fear and darkness can’t reach you.
“Snakes are scary, yes. But overcoming a fear of them can only happen if you face them. So every time you see one it’s a new opportunity.”
“And finally little one,” lilith lowered her voice and pressed a kiss to the kids messy crown, “Is that I would never leave you. Ever. I will always look out for you. And I will try my hardest to help you no matter what.”
Eda nodded and yawned. Overall looking much more calm, and way more tired.
“Ok, I believe you.” She mumbled sleepily.
Her baby sister murmured one final ‘love you’ before promptly passing out. Hand gripping onto Liliths pajamas.
Lily smiled, glad her sister was able to find peace with her mind.
She grabbed her glasses and lazily threw them aside, blinking her eyes a few times as they adjusted.
Ugh, her sight was so messed up.
And finally, plopping her thumb in her mouth with a sense of determination, Lilith fell asleep as well. Peaceful sucking away.
And so it was a normal night for the clawthornes, parents away at nightly meetings.
And both girls fast asleep.