Scholastic Art and Writing 2022 Central and Southern Indiana

up your mind. If you really want this, I won’t stop you, although I can’t promise that you won’t regret it. It’s a shame. I did enjoy talking to you.”

“If things had been different, I think we could have become friends.” Scarlet gave him a small smile.

Midnight hesitated, and then smiled back. “Yes, I think we could have.”

Scarlet took a deep breath. Then she ran. She jumped off the cliff that towered over the Silver Lake. And for a moment, she saw the true beauty of the land that she had grown up in. The beautiful forests, filled with all different types of trees. She remembered the crystal waters of the Silver Lake, and the gentle winds that caressed her hair. I’ll still see it again, won’t I? And then she fell. Her heart dropped, and she couldn’t breathe. But as she was falling, she looked at Midnight’s expression. He was happy. So she smiled. “...I’m sorry… Farewell.”

And then the girl named Scarlet was no more, and the boy named Midnight was. And the crocus flowers on the ground seemed to droop ever so slightly. And the sun seemed to shine ever so slightly less.

And the moon seemed to beam ever so slightly more.