Mother Moon
"So..... the feather carnival is starting soon!"
A dark blue owl like creature was sitting on the turquoise green hills of their home planet. Behind them was a blueish tree with hanging lavender colored leafs. Every time a small breeze came, some leafs came of, letting themselves get taken away from the wind. Besides the blue feathered figure, was a bit smaller feathered figure but white. They had their knees up, hugging them with the thick wings and head on the knees, looking at the moon.
"Star?"
The white colored owl looked at the blue one a bit surprised. The other waited on the others answer
"Yes?"
The bigger one laughed a bit, making Star blush in embarrassment. They looked away, ashamed that they didn't listen.
"Thinking about the Moon again?"
"y-yes"
The blue one chuckled a bit, petting their head. They leaned back softly looking at the same yellow glowing moon. The Moon was something Star always admired. Of course everyone of their species admired the moon for various reasons, but for the white owl it was alot more.
"Say... shall I tell you the story of our Mother Moon again?"
The blue owl laughed a bit as Star nodded her head in an aggressive manner:
"Alright once upon a time there was an owl. This owl wanted to know something. If every other night, a drop from the moon travels into the night sky, where does it come from? The moon was such a big mystery but no one was allowed to get near it, so she never asked. never looked for herself!
One day however, something happened! The drops suddenly stopped. At first it was no big deal, but the more time went on the more it seems the moon started dying, losing it's glow and color. The owls were scared! The moon was their only light against the dark, so darkness was spreading fast!
But something had to be done! So the owl, who became the leader of her people, told everyone
"I shall go to the moon and bring it back to live!"
She said goodbye to her husband and children, promising she will come back. And so the owl made her way up! up and further up! Flying through the cold wind of the the sky, outside of their planet and up to the now grey and dark moon!
When she arrived she saw the moon for what it was for the first time yet it was sad. There were plants that had died, trees that lost their leafy hair, dry grass all around a small river of water that was gone! The Moon truly was dead.
But that didn't stop her. She went to work and repairing the moon bit by bit. Years went on and the moon became her home! The plants came back, the live it once had started again. But she knew she couldn't go back home or the moon would die again! So every night, she would watch her planet thinking about the people she loved the most.
So that her family would not forget her, every year in the spring, she will pull her most treasured, the biggest feathers of her body out and send it to the wind, giving them a piece of her!"
"I love that story!"
Star said smiling at her, soon yawning softly. The blue owl looked at her smiling herself.
"Thanks aunt Moonlight!"
Starchild closed her eyes as her Aunt picked her up and walked back to their home, to bring her to her mother for bed time!
"I am sure one day, you are going to see the moon too!"
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Hah get some culture lore for Palora! I came up with some like legend/ Story idea that the children on Palora used to hear about their moon! so I wrote this!
Space rider au by @onyxonline