Nighttime Reflections- PicFic Tuesday

[spotsycool.livejournal.com]

Nighttime Reflections:

     It was one of those anticipatory nights-- a night in which everything feels like an idea waiting to become reality.  Through the opening of his tent, Illya gazed up at the dark night sky and watched the clouds swirling bewitchingly around the shimmering moon.   The wind whistled past the tent causing Illya to shiver involuntarily.  It was nights like these that he could almost fancy that all of nature had come alive.  It was beautiful and menacing all at once. 

     He curled up in his tent and listened to the sounds of nature surrounding him.  In the distance, an owl gave its mournful cry.  Trees rustled softly in the wind, and a low murmuring sound came from the nearby stream.  Crickets chirped merrily in the background, coaxing the world to sleep with their own peculiar sort of lullaby.  Sounds mixed with silence to create a strange sort of atmosphere.  It was as if a spell had been laid over the earth.

     Illya threw off his blankets.  It was impossible to sleep.  He slipped out of the tent and walked into the night.   He looked up at the moon.  The bright orb glowed stark against the velvet sky.  Illya pulled out his communicator.  Napoleon would probably kill him, but he was going to call him anyway. 

“Hello?” A sleepy voice came through the communicator.

“Napoleon,”

“Illya?” The voice was wide awake in an instant.  “What’s the matter? Is everything all right?”

“Don’t worry.  There is nothing wrong, but have you seen the moon tonight?”

Napoleon groaned.  “You woke me up at this ungodly hour to ask me THAT?”

“Yes.  Really, it’s beautiful.”  Illya heard Napoleon snort.  “You should see it, Napoleon.”

Napoleon sighed.  Illya could hear him getting out of bed and pictured him fumbling sleepily towards the window.  “Okay, I see it.” Napoleon sounded unimpressed.

“Isn’t it beautiful?”  Illya insisted.

“You’ve gone nutty, tovarish.  All that camping out in the mountains for this assignment must be messing with your head.”

Illya sighed.  “Goodnight, Napoleon.”

“Goodnight, Illya.”

Illya looked back up at the moon for a moment longer before climbing back into the tent.  Maybe he was going nutty because he could have sworn that as he looked at the moon, it smiled at him.

Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! Yes the full moon can have that effect on us all can't it. Great job and thanks for taking on the challenge!

[spotsycool.livejournal.com]

hehe So it can. In fact, there was a full moon last night...
Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! :D

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was watching the full moon all night as we had an outdoor gig. I suddenly realized how much it was a coincidence with the story, as I didn't plan pick the photo for that reason. Serendipity, like the You-tube for my story.

[spotsycool.livejournal.com]

It was a lovely moon. :)
Don't you just love little coincidences like that? *beams*

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, luckily it happens to me a lot.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Spotsy! You can outside to play with us... claps hands excitedly :D
What a riveting scene you created, and I can so imagine Illya winking back at the moon.

[spotsycool.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad you liked it. :)
hehe What a great image! Illya winking at the moon... I love it! :D

[svetlanacat4.livejournal.com]

He he he... What a lovely episode... I can't help, though, thinking about Napoleon's revenge because, of course... now, he's fully awake... Full Moon spell...

[spotsycool.livejournal.com]

*evil chuckle* Yes, you never know what Napoleon can conjure up... ;D
Thanks for reading and commenting!

[jkkitty.livejournal.com]

the moon seemed to reflex the inner feeling of Illya, very nice.

[spotsycool.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm very glad you liked it. :)

[carabele.livejournal.com]

Aw, a melancholy Illya.

And a grumpy, abruptly-woken-from-a-sound-sleep-without-it-being-an-emergency Napoleon.

What a pair! [chuckle]

[spotsycool.livejournal.com]

hehe Glad you liked it! :D Thanks very much for reading and commenting!

[threecee.livejournal.com]

"a night in which everything feels like an idea waiting to become reality" lovely description!

[spotsycool.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I appreciate your reading and commenting. :)

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