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Millie Moonbeam didn’t know a lot of things. She didn’t know how she had gotten to the place she currently resided. She didn’t know where or what said residence truly was. And she definitely didn’t know how Wistful Winnie, her “sister from another mister”, as some people would say, had gotten there either.
However, what she did know was that, after so long apart, the two were long overdue for some sibling bonding time. As such, after meeting up with each other for the first time in ages, the two had decided to spend the day together. As such, the two had made their way around the strange new world they found themselves in, interacting with the locals and getting to know them better. Of course, Winnie would occasionally make a few not-so-veiled threats against whoever they met, with Millie needing to talk her down.
It was almost like nothing had changed.
Some time later, as what seemed to be the sun began to sink down below the horizon, Millie and Winnie found themselves sitting atop what looked like a hill, relaxing against what Millie was sure was a tree.
“Ah… My, it’s been far too long since we’ve done something like that, hasn’t it?” Millie asked, turning towards Winnie as she did.
“Heh. Yeah, you’re telling me.” Winnie replied. “Brings me back to the good ol’ days. Just you and me, goin’ out there through Meadowvalley, getting into all sortsa trouble.”
“And who’s fault was that, hm?” Millie asked, sending a weak glare at Winnie, who just laughed in response.
“Yeah, good times. Good times…”
With that, Winnie stared out across the horizon, before continuing.
“You know, Mil… back in those days, I bet you thought I wasn’t afraid of anything. You wanna know why I wasn’t scared? It’s because you were there with me. I thought, as long as I had you by my side, I could take on anything!”
Winnie’s fist then clutched tightly around the grass by her hand, pulling it out of the ground.
“And then, before I knew it… you were gone. You just disappeard one day, and I didn’t know why. I thought maybe… maybe something happened to you. Maybe you were out there somewhere. Maybe you were hurt, or worse. So I started looking for you, but you never turned up.”
Millie could see tears beggining to gather in Winnie’s eyes. Before she could speak, however, Winnie kept going.
“And I tried so hard to make it look like nothing was wrong, but on the inside? I was terrified, Mil. You were the only good thing in my life, and I didn;t know what to do without you. And… and the longer you were gone, things just kept getting worse and worse and I… I just… I missed you so much.”
The tears were now flowing down Winnie’s face from her red eyes. Millie was at a lost for words. In all her years of knowing Winnie, she had never seen her like this. Sad and despondant, yes, but she had never seen her cry. She tried to think of something, anything, she could say to reassure her sister, but the words just couldn’t seem to form. So, she did the only thing she could: she stepped forward and gave Winnie a hug.
Winnie was stunned. For a moment, she didn;t do anything. Then, letting the dam break, she wrapped her arms around Millie, sobbing into her shoulder. For a moment, the two there in each others arms. Eventually, when Winnie’s tears stopped, the two stepped back, with Winnie wiping her eyes.
“Ah, geez, look at me, gettin’ all sappy…” She said, an akward smile on her face.
“There’s nothing wrong with expressing your emotions, Winnie.” Millie replied in a gentle voice.
“Heh. Easy for you to say.” With that, Winnie wiped the last of the tears away on her sleeve.
“Feeling better?” Millie asked. Winnie nodded in response. “Excellent. Now then, it’s been a long day for the both of us. Why don’t we head home and get some rest?”
Winnie was silent, taking a moment to process Millie’s words. Then, with a small, yet genuine smile, she nodded again.
“Home. Yeah, I like the sound of that.”
With that, the two sisters made their way down the hill and towards their new home.
Millie didn’t know how she or Winnie got here. What she did know was that she’d do everything she could to make sure they were never seperated again.