A Once Crowded Sky Mga Nobela at Kwento

“Now!” 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 — 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 The sky outside the glass walls had darkened. Clouds gathered thick and low, pressing against the city skyline. The light inside the room felt dimmer, colder.

​Winnie’s POV ​The sky above the Northern Sector had transformed entirely. It was no longer the suffocating grey cage of our youth, nor was it the bruised purple battleground of the recent war. It was a vast canvas of vibrant blue, painted with the gentle white strokes of high altitude clouds. ​I stepped off the ramp and felt the pulse of the earth beneath my boots. It was steady and strong, carrying the rhythmic hum of the four united Seeds. But while the ground felt like a safe harbor, the stars above were whispering a different story.

Like it had finally found its other half. Lira was gone. No mist. No girl. But her voice, in all our heads, laughing, free: "Finally. Two judges. Now the sky can sleep." Outside, the second grey beam in the distance... went dark. And from the yard, Vex shouted: "LILA! KAI! YOU NEED TO SEE THIS!" We ran to the door. The sky over Blackridge — the real sky — was clear for the first time in 20 years. No beams. No scars.

Cyprian and Ivory, who were also present, stood up, their curiosity piqued. Leading the way, I briskly walked outside with everyone trailing behind. As soon as I stepped into the open, the scene unfolded before me. The sun struggled to cast its light through a dense grey smoke that enveloped the sky. It wasn't the usual appearance of rain clouds; this was different, resembling more of a blanket deliberately used to obscure the sky. The ominous sight left us all in a state of uncertainty.

Olive's eyes slowly flapped open to see a sky so clear and bright, she thought she was on the other side of life. The last time she looked up, the sky had looked dangerously angry and looked lit up with hot coals. But this sky now was beautiful in its natural form. Birds sang afar off and she could see hawks hovering over her in the clear skies. Funny, hawks hovered in the sky that way when there was a fire somewhere below and the smoke was reaching up. Right?

In a split second, countless insects filled the sky and surrounded the three Grand Elders without any seams. Swoosh... Bzz... The next moment, an endless swarm of insects rushed like a tide, covering the sky and obscuring everything.

It was that time when Pidge was so excited to have Maddox back. She knew Vlora had gone to bring him back. The black sky gradually turned into dim grey and the illumination of stars got languidly lusterless. Millions of stars in the ebony sky started hiding their brightness and got slowly dissipate as if someone was going to coming. Divergent birds were gently flying in the manifest sky and their dulcet dawn chorus was easily audible.

After a massive lunch, we started eating the apples and pears peeled and served by Quinn. We decided to rest for a while, I lie on the ground and looked at the clear blue sky. Rendall did the same, Quinn rested her back on the oak tree. “Are those?” my brows furrowed with what we saw. A flock of crows almost covered the fresh blue sky as it flew very fast as something scared them away. “Crows.” Rendall stood up and take a closer look, the sky became dark as the sunlight is being trapped on the crow’s wings.

I then imagined how huge the entire world could be. I know for a fact that, to me, the sky which looked so close even though far away in actuality, was just the sky I could see. A few metres away from me, or perhaps, in another city, someone would definitely be seeing the same sky but differently because the sky could be displaying a version of itself different from the one I’m seeing. Wow… Thinking so hard about the world has made me realise something. The sky is like a human being. People can gather to view a single human and the views and thoughts of each person in the crowd will be different.

She squinted her eyes. *gasp*... A person? Damn is that another? She asked as her eyes widened. She pointed at them in the sky. They were moving incredibly fast. She saw flashes of lights from the figures in the sky. A bright light was going from one towards the other while the other person dodged and raised a counter attack, sending a red beam of light. It was like watching a movie for Mia. Everything seemed so when she suddenly realized that they were fighting. Right above her head a fight was going on. She couldn't believe what she was seeing.