Common mum, Dan yelled. we're gonna miss it.
Can't you pity your poor mother, I'm out of shape and don't have the energy for all this running.
yeah,yeah, but you always have energy when you're with dad,teased Dan
Ah! you naughty child, well I'll show you your mum has energy every time of the day, she dash as she said this overtaking Dan.
Common mum, now you're too fast,I can't keep up ,huffed Dan
Now you're complaining that I'm too fast kid, well make up your mind, laughed Lizzy
It was in the middle of that night and there was supposed to be a meteor shower around that time of the night ,that day, Lizzy had told her son one of the best spots where the shower could be watched with great view of the sky and promised to take him there, but Dan being an impatient kid like every other kid started making a fuss that they'll be late and miss it, Lizzy laughed knowing fully well that they won't.They crossed the forest with Lizzy up front and Dan trailing behind tried at last from all the running, there was a valley just outside the forest an open grassland where there was a field of flowers, it was pretty anytime of the day especially at night where glow worms made the place sparkle and it's about to get even prettier with the up coming meteor shower, with no tree in the way they had a clear view of the sky which would made this spot one of the best spot when watching such an astronomical event.
Lizzy collapsed in the field of flowers,tired from all the running, w-well slow p-p-oke ain't your mum fast, she gasped trying to catch her breath,
No fair you're just bigger with longer legs, don't worry when I'm all grown up I'll be faster, yelled Dan from a distance.
After a while Dan surfaced from the forest and went to where his mum was laying,
Well, look at that, you're definitely faster but at least I have more stamina, Dan teased
Oh shut up, Lizzy said, grabbing hold of his leg and pulling him hard causing him to fall.
See you're tired too if not you wouldn't have fallen so easily, laughed Lizzy
Whoa, they're flowers everywhere, gasped Dan as he got up dusting and removing petals from his hair, aren't you scared of bugs mum, I'm sure they're everywhere and you're laying on the floor.
If I am scared of bugs I won't be on the floor right now would I. Let me tell you Dan they're worms everywhere and they could attack at any moment, said Lizzy seriously.
Dan jumped with fright, he was scared of worms, they're one creature he could never come to terms with and he was scared of them with every fiber of his being.
W-w-why would you bring me here mum if they're worms around, he stuttered looking around
Well they're worms everywhere, Lizzy said in a matter of fact manner, to just can't see them.
Don't tell me that, Dan said as his eyes well up with tears, I don't wannabe eaten by worms and they're all over too, he jumped as a flower touched his ankle thinking it was a worm.
I'm joking, laughed Lizzy, they're worms everywhere but I've never met once that eat people, alive that is, apart from the once that turn to monsters. If they're monster worms here I'd never bring you here, Lizzy said laughing again as Dan jumped as another flowers touched him.
You're in a field of flowers, you can't keep jumping as any of them touch you, when are you gonna get over your feat of worms, sneezed Lizzy.
Lizzy got up and went over to her son
You see these lights around us, she pointed at tiny moving lights around them, would you believe if I tell you they're all worms, she said and smirked she saw the horrified look on her son's face.
She picked one up and took it closer to Dan and he backed away a few feet and jumping at everything that came into contact with him he soon lost balance and fell, he seems to be in shock as he has fallen into the field of flowers that supposedly had lots of worms in them, he burst into tears.
Lizzy moved closer to him and sat near him, she didn't pick him up.
Wanna see something cool, she said to her crying son. She dropped the grow worm then lifted her hand over her son's face with her palm facing the sky. Her hand immediately burst into flames, Dan was amazed, he sat up cleaned his eyes and moved closer to his mum with an excited look. on his face. Lizzy smiled,her plan had worked, he seemed to have forgotten that he knelt in a field filled with worms. She lifted her hand higher and the flame shot from her palm and burst into tiny sparks that swirled till it came landing on her palm again and it disappeared.
Whoa! yelled Dan, he seemed to have forgotten he was crying one minute ago.
How did you do that, was that magic? common do another.
I will, but it's our little secret don't tell your dad or he's gonna flip,you hear, Lizzy said holding her son close.
Why? Dan asked. I'm sure dad would be amazed that you use magic too.
Oh no! I think you got the wrong idea, Lizzy laughed,your dad knows I can use magic.
Well can he too? can dad use magic? Dan asked excitedly
Well yes actually. Your dad can use magic, but ye prefers not to, he says magic makes us lazy, she laughed.
Well can you do another? Dan asked excitedly
Yeah I can but I'm an adamant user of flame magic, other type of magic is beyond me, she said as she got up and walked a few paces away from her son. Now watch she said and stay where you are, I wouldn't want you getting hurt or your dad will have my head,she joked and made a gesture of her head being cut off. And Dan laughed imagining his mum walking headless.
She walked and distanced her self from her son again, then she took a deep breath spread out her arm like she was waiting for an embrace from an invisible person, then slowly she brought her arms together as if in prayer, it was as if the air and everything went still, Dan was amazed, then after a while a huge gush of strong wind blew towards Lizzy and swirled, she immediately burst into flames the flames then lifted from her body like a veil and formed a ball of fire in the sky , the ball then broke into three smaller balls then with great coordination started revolving around Lizzy forming a kind of dance, Lizzy was careful cause they may looks like harmless glowing balls nevertheless they were still fire and if they come in contact with the flowers it could burn the field, she did a little dance with the balls as the revolve around her after a while she lifted her hands up and the balls shot to the sky then collided causing an explosion, she clasped her hands containing the explosion when she released her hands the fire dissipated and formed million of tiny lights that went off little by little till they were in the dark once more and their only source light was the moon and the glow worms around them.
Whoa.... that was so cool, Dan yelled getting up and rushing towards her.
Wait....wait..., yelled Lizzy don't come near me for about another three minutes or you could burn yourself. I'm kinda hot at the moment and I mean it literally.
You were like swoosh and clasp and pray and boom and all that, Dan said trying to imitate her dance.
Sorry I'm a horrible dancer, Lizzy said picking up scorched petals off her clothes, Other flame users would have done better.
Dan was about to say something when Lizzy hushed him.
Look up she said, with a wide grin on her face and a while light dashed the sky followed by more, the meteor shower had started
She quietly went by her son and sat close to him, she pulled him towards herself and they say there enjoying the view of the clear sky filled with million of shooting stars, truly they were in a great spot for viewing it.