hands around Luna’s cheeks.
“I was saved… by a monster?” she asked curiously. Luna sniffled and nodded while Falla watched the young child carefully.
“Why did you save me?” the child asked worriedly.
“What do you mean why? You were going to drown, I couldn’t just let that happen,” Luna reasoned. The child looked at her curiously then cocked her head slightly to the side in question.
“But I’m a human,” she said hesitantly.
“I don’t care, you’re still so young, you didn’t deserve to die, that wouldn’t be right,” Luna said shaking her head. The child remained silent for a while then slowly looked to where she heard Falla from then back to Luna.
“Who are you two? What are you two?” she asked.
“My name is Luna, and this is my sister, Falla. We’re… we’re known as giant butterflies to you humans,” Luna said softly. The child looked at her with wonder as Luna helped her stand again.
“Butterflies? You’re a butterfly monster?” the girl asked.
“Yes, we are. But we don’t harm humans, really. We’re not going to hurt you at all. I’ve never harmed a human in my entire life,” Luna pleaded. Slowly the child reached her hands out and felt Luna’s head then down to her shoulders, the girl then walking around the monster and feeling along her body to her wings. She showed a curious expression as she gently ran her hands along Luna’s wing, with the sisters watching her as she used her hands to feel out the shape and size of the wings.
“Wow, you have wings,” the child said softly.
“Yeah, we are butterfly monsters after all,” Falla pointed out. As the child felt along Luna’s wing to the edges Falla watched as the young girl showed a curious expression while she made out the body and form of her savior.
“Look, kid, we’re just going to go now, ok? We’re not going to hurt you or anything,” Falla said while looking away.
“But, Falla, we can’t leave her here, it’s not safe,” Luna said shaking her head.
“What do you expect us to do? We can’t just take her with us and keep her, not to mention that if we’re seen with her like this we’re dead. I mean look at her,” Falla exclaimed, waving to the child. Luna stood up and looked down at the young girl who was looking back and forth between the sounds of their voices. Falla shook her head and looked at her sister with an expectant expression.
“She’s got blood all over her from her dead family, and we’re two monsters. If any humans see us like this they’re going to think we killed her family, they’ll hunt us down and behead us for sure,” she pointed out.
“But… we can’t just leave her alone, she won’t last long out in the wild all by herself,” Luna pleaded. Falla groaned and looked up while holding a hand over her eyes.
“Luna, I get that you want to help her, but we’re not the ones who can,” she reasoned. Luna looked down to the young girl, the child looking up to her with watery eyes that didn’t focus on the monster at all.
“Why are you trying to help me?” she asked softly.
“Because I don’t want you to get hurt out here,” Luna answered with a small smile.
“But I’m a human, and I’m a girl, why would any monster care about me?” the child asked. Luna knelt down and gently held the girl by the shoulders.
“I’m sorry monsters ate your family, I really am. But I’m not like them; I’m not a bad monster, really. When I saw you fall into the water I knew I had to save you, it was the right thing to do,” she said softly. The child looked towards the sound of her voice with wonder as Luna gently wiped away the girl’s tears.
“Please don’t be afraid of me, I just want to help you,” she said gently.
“You… you do?” the young girl asked.
“I do,” Luna said with a warm smile.
“What is wrong with you?” Falla asked with disbelief. Luna and the child looked to her as the butterfly monster was shaking her head slowly.
“Are you
“I was saved… by a monster?” she asked curiously. Luna sniffled and nodded while Falla watched the young child carefully.
“Why did you save me?” the child asked worriedly.
“What do you mean why? You were going to drown, I couldn’t just let that happen,” Luna reasoned. The child looked at her curiously then cocked her head slightly to the side in question.
“But I’m a human,” she said hesitantly.
“I don’t care, you’re still so young, you didn’t deserve to die, that wouldn’t be right,” Luna said shaking her head. The child remained silent for a while then slowly looked to where she heard Falla from then back to Luna.
“Who are you two? What are you two?” she asked.
“My name is Luna, and this is my sister, Falla. We’re… we’re known as giant butterflies to you humans,” Luna said softly. The child looked at her with wonder as Luna helped her stand again.
“Butterflies? You’re a butterfly monster?” the girl asked.
“Yes, we are. But we don’t harm humans, really. We’re not going to hurt you at all. I’ve never harmed a human in my entire life,” Luna pleaded. Slowly the child reached her hands out and felt Luna’s head then down to her shoulders, the girl then walking around the monster and feeling along her body to her wings. She showed a curious expression as she gently ran her hands along Luna’s wing, with the sisters watching her as she used her hands to feel out the shape and size of the wings.
“Wow, you have wings,” the child said softly.
“Yeah, we are butterfly monsters after all,” Falla pointed out. As the child felt along Luna’s wing to the edges Falla watched as the young girl showed a curious expression while she made out the body and form of her savior.
“Look, kid, we’re just going to go now, ok? We’re not going to hurt you or anything,” Falla said while looking away.
“But, Falla, we can’t leave her here, it’s not safe,” Luna said shaking her head.
“What do you expect us to do? We can’t just take her with us and keep her, not to mention that if we’re seen with her like this we’re dead. I mean look at her,” Falla exclaimed, waving to the child. Luna stood up and looked down at the young girl who was looking back and forth between the sounds of their voices. Falla shook her head and looked at her sister with an expectant expression.
“She’s got blood all over her from her dead family, and we’re two monsters. If any humans see us like this they’re going to think we killed her family, they’ll hunt us down and behead us for sure,” she pointed out.
“But… we can’t just leave her alone, she won’t last long out in the wild all by herself,” Luna pleaded. Falla groaned and looked up while holding a hand over her eyes.
“Luna, I get that you want to help her, but we’re not the ones who can,” she reasoned. Luna looked down to the young girl, the child looking up to her with watery eyes that didn’t focus on the monster at all.
“Why are you trying to help me?” she asked softly.
“Because I don’t want you to get hurt out here,” Luna answered with a small smile.
“But I’m a human, and I’m a girl, why would any monster care about me?” the child asked. Luna knelt down and gently held the girl by the shoulders.
“I’m sorry monsters ate your family, I really am. But I’m not like them; I’m not a bad monster, really. When I saw you fall into the water I knew I had to save you, it was the right thing to do,” she said softly. The child looked towards the sound of her voice with wonder as Luna gently wiped away the girl’s tears.
“Please don’t be afraid of me, I just want to help you,” she said gently.
“You… you do?” the young girl asked.
“I do,” Luna said with a warm smile.
“What is wrong with you?” Falla asked with disbelief. Luna and the child looked to her as the butterfly monster was shaking her head slowly.
“Are you
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