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“Comet...?”
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“Comet...”
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“Open Your Eyes Brother...”
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Slowly, Comet begins to stir, finding it very strange that he doesn’t feel any pain coming from his soul area nor his damaged eye socket for once upon regaining awareness. It’s been so long since he woke up feeling this well rested and free from agony. Honestly, he feels like a completely different bitty today! He wonders how long he’ll get to enjoy this before the human marches into the basement and ruins everything...
The Lil Bro risks opening his eye sockets before letting out a loud gasp, quickly sitting up in both shock and awe at what he’s seeing above him.
Instead of the metal bars and gray walls he’s used to, Comet is greeted by the sight of an open night sky filled with countless bright stars shining down on him. He takes in every breathtaking detail with wide, mesmerized eye lights, not caring in the moment how he got here and how he’s seeing this, but scared that if he blinks even once, it’ll all disappear in an instance.
Stars... so many stars...
After all this time... he’s finally seeing them!
The few pictures he’d seen really didn’t come anywhere close to seeing them in person. They’re so much better than he ever imagined!He didn’t think they could be so beautiful...
Tears gathering in his eye sockets threaten to blur his view, so Comet wipes them away as soon as they begin to gather at the edge of his vision. It’s as he’s rubbing them that a figure suddenly appears in front of him, momentarily blocking his view of the stars.
The figure gently grabs one of his hands and swiftly pulls him up so that Comet is now standing next to him. The Lil Bro blinks in disbelief as he examines the figure who just helped him stand up.
It’s...
“N-Nova...?” He whispers in astonishment and pure joy as he examines the brother he lost standing before him.
Nova gives him his warmest signature smile, the one he had gradually lost over time due to everything they went through... Comet feels tears welling up in his eye sockets seeing both his brother and that smile after so long. He’s even more delighted to see that Nova looks so much better than the last time he saw him. His whole skeletal body appears to be faintly glowing, Comet realizes after a moment and none of the injuries he remembers having are present on his body now.
The Lil Bro definitely doesn’t recognize the clothes he’s wearing either, seeing how his brother has a long, flowing white and blue robe on. There’s no sign of a collar around Nova’s vertebrae anymore either, much to Comet’s relief.
The most striking new detail about Nova however, that Comet is confused he somehow didn’t notice at first, are the large angelic wings his brother now has. The light blue feathers emerging from his back look absolutely stunning, with Comet also able to see what looks like tiny star fragments shining brightly between some of them.
“HELLO COMET...” Nova’s eye lights shine brighter than ever as he joyfully greets him before looking up into the star-filled sky. “...DON’T THE STARS LOOK WONDERFUL TONIGHT?”
Comet follows his brother’s gaze and stares up at the night sky, finally feeling content and at peace for the first time ever. “Yes... they really do....”
They stand like that for another minute until Nova reaches over and squeezes Comet’s hand lightly to gain his attention.
“DO YOU WANT TO SEE THEM UP CLOSER TOGETHER, BROTHER?” Nova asks him as he flutters his wings a little in what looks to be excitement.
Comet opens his mouth to question how he’s meant to do that, but Nova nods behind him before he can say anything, prompting him to look over his shoulder.
Comet lets out a gasp, seeing that he too now has wings just like Nova’s, except his feathers are light orange in color rather than blue. Also how did he not notice before this that he’s wearing almost the same thing as Nova, except his robe is just longer in length? He suspects he’d been too busy taking everything else in to study himself and the rest of the area around him.
The Lil Bro quickly examines their location, finding that the two of them seem to be standing in the middle of some lone field away from the city where they had lived.
Although this field is much better than where he was before, Comet finds nothing here that makes him want to stay any longer.
Besides... he’s been waiting for this moment his whole life...
He won’t wait a second longer.
His eye lights practically sparkle as he squeezes his brother’s hand back and gives him a joyful nod. “More than anything bro...”
“THEN LET’S DO IT...” Nova says softly before flapping his wings, becoming airborne a second later. He grabs both of Comet’s hands and slowly pulls him into the air to coax him into flying.
After some encouragement, Comet gets the hang of using his new wings and soon the two are flying away from the field where they were reunited.
Neither bitty chooses to comment on the dust pile that they leave behind them as they depart, even though both notice it’s there...
It disappears without a trace the second after they’re gone as a slight gust of wind blows through the field and scatters all of it in separate directions...
They don’t feel the freezing winter wind as they soar through the air together, enjoying each other’s company.
Now they can go wherever they want without the fear of being chased by their human ever again.
For the smallest of moments, both bitties pause in the air to look over the landscape below them sadly, sorrowful that they never lived the lives they wanted to down there... and now they never will...
They don’t linger for long as they continue on their journey forward, not looking back again after that point.
All that matters to them is that they’re together once more...
They’re happy...
And most importantly of all...
They’re at peace...