Lilly and Her Sun

Another very short short story that I wrote a couple of nights ago. Again in the style of children's stories. They are meant to be silly, childish, at the same time very serious, sometimes even cruel.

Lilly saw the sun rising on the horizon. She was so happy to see the sun again; the last nights had been quite cold and gloomy - not very nice weather considering that it was mid-spring. She felt like she could sit there for ages. When the sun rose so high that it was above her, Lilly couldn't resist to turn her head up and to face the sun. It was so warm and energising!

The day went by and Lilly tried to turn her head towards the sun as much as she could, but at some point she wasn't able to anymore. Rose had told her that she shouldn't turn her head too much or she would break her neck. But the sun was so nice! At least she was still able to feel its warmth on every part of her body except her feet - the sun would just not reach them.

When the sun was at the opposite end of the horizon, Lilly already started missing it. She knew that the moon would come soon, but its light was neither bright nor warming. She needed the sun like she needed the air. If she ever had to go without one of them, she felt like she would die. She just loved them too much.

After the sun had set, Lilly wanted to cry but she couldn't bring herself to do it. Rose had told her not to be so dramatic; the sun would come back every day until eternity, she had said. But there were still those nights, they were dark and cold and they just weren't like the days. While others might dream of the stars and think about what could be found in the rest of the universe, Lilly just sat there, crouching as if a weight was sitting on her head.

Lilly wasn't able to sleep, so she just stared ahead of her and looked up to the sky occasionally as if hoping that the sun would suddenly pop up on the sky. She was really not good at being patient, even though Rose had told her that it was very important to be patient. Only through patience we could really bloom, she had said. Well, Rose isn't here anymore, Lilly thought. One day she had suddenly disappeared. Lilly hadn't even noticed it, because she had been so busy looking up to the sun, but she was sure that Rose was feeling well wherever she was. Rose was so strong and beautiful, nothing could ever harm her.

Luckily, the nights were a bit shorter now, so Lilly wouldn't have to wait for much longer. But when she looked towards the horizon to see if the first gleams of light were showing, she saw a dark group of clouds. She knew what that meant, but she didn't want to think about it. Lilly closed her eyes and wished that the clouds would disappear and that she could finally see the sun again, but when she opened them, nothing had changed.

Suddenly it was quite windy and the clouds came towards her even faster as if they wanted to prove that whatever Lilly would hope for would not come true. For the first time in days Lilly looked around herself and saw the others that looked as scared  as her. Dark clouds were never a good sign.

It only took a little while and the clouds were right above their heads and the wind was just getting stronger and stronger. Rain suddenly started raining down on them and even though Rose had told her that it was as important as the sunshine, this kind of rain wasn't good. It was falling from the sky hard and fast as if the clouds had opened their doors all at once. Lilly tried to protect herself, but she didn't know how.

Then she heard screams and in the next second she knew why: the rain had turned into hail and was hitting their heads. There was no escape, Lilly felt it beating onto her body and she hoped so badly that nothing would happen to her. That night none of her hopes came true, though. One last hit of hail broke her neck. When the sun came finally back that morning, Lilly was not there to see it rise.

Author's Note

Tell me what you felt when you read the story and guess who or what the two characters in the story are. (Surprisingly the first person that read this story didn't get it, so I'm wondering if that will just be an exception or not.) Grammar doesn't matter to me.