METAMORPHIC
Xavion felt beads of sweat drip along his curly salt and pepper hair near his temples. He used the back of his hand to wipe the signs of his labor...which he did not mind to do, for it was one done out of love.
He waved at his beloved, and she smiled from where she sat...with her feet swinging only a few inches off the fertile ground. She still looked like a child, and even their neighbors all felt open to sharing anything that they had on their mind to her. Sometimes she did not have to say a word, just seeing her smile made them feel like all their heavy weighing troubles/worries were taken off their shoulders.
Xavion continued to work, moving at a steady, and slow pace. His nose twitched. He stopped to look back at his darling, and all that he spotted was only the movement of the wooden seat attached to one branch of the Baobab tree with silver chains.
His heart skipped a beat. He dropped his farming tools and ran toward the ancient baum. The sun was just passing overhead, and his mind raced wondering where his wife could be.
He bent down near the swing, and his nose twitched again. Then just as he was about to rub it, he noticed a trail of golden diamonds that he decided to follow.
Xavion first started walking, and soon moved at a jogging pace. He had no clue where the diamond trail would lead him.
He came to a jolting halt. His body began to tremble from a sudden burst of a frigid gale.
The trail of diamonds had reached a dead end. Xavion was at the edge of a cliff. He leaned a bit forward and stared at the pile of rocks, as well as dunes, at the bottom of the incline.
He took one step forward, and jumped without a second's thought. The trail of diamonds clumped together forming a young female.
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She felt her mind begin to wander. Her heartbeat moved faster, and faster. She was not sure how long she had before it tried to take control.
This part of the much more bearable planet, Earth, reminded her of Mars, with the harsh/extreme temperatures, and current weather, she could hardly remain in her humanoid form for too long.
When she looked at her feet, the tell-tale signs of her Martian form were already taking place. Her feet started to become slowly translucent. She thought to herself, "This will not end well...for me, or Xavion."
In a silent gasp, she began trying to delay the transformation. Then the sharp ringing pain pulsed through her body, right before she felt her body shake with the magnitude of a volcano erupting, and an earthquake.
Meanwhile as this activity inside her took place, her beloved was busy with getting the ground ready for the first phase of a five-year plant rotation. The next time that he had turned to see her...she was already gone, and no one could tell when, or if she would even be able to switch back into her humanoid form after the metamorphosis.
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March 20, 2023.