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Thanks Christine for the picture prompt! The picture is of little green aliens floating down to earth!

Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 04/01/2025 – Stine Writing

The sun dipped low on the horizon, painting the sky in hues of pink and orange, when the little green aliens arrived. Three of them—a trio of wide-eyed explorers—floated gently down from their shimmering spacecraft, which hung like a silver ornament in the sky.

They landed softly in a field dotted with dandelions, their skin glistening like polished jade as the evening light played off their tiny forms. With limbs that seemed more like swaying tendrils than arms, they reached out and touched the fragile yellow blooms, giggling in a language that sounded like wind chimes in the breeze.

Curiosity led them to a narrow dirt road where a young girl, Mia, was riding her bike. The aliens watched with fascination as she pedaled, her laughter a bright melody weaving through the quiet evening. The creatures hovered closer, intrigued by the warmth radiating from her energetic spirit.

Mia spotted them, eyes widening in disbelief. “Who are you?” she shouted, her voice a mix of fear and wonder.

The aliens exchanged glances, their antennae twitching. One of them floated forward, conjuring a small sphere of light that danced and flickered like a firefly. Mia gasped as it hovered just in front of her, illuminating the dusk.

“Okay,” she said, heart racing, “you’re not scary.”

Indeed, the little green aliens weren’t scary at all. They seemed to embody pure joy, bouncing in the air and creating tiny, sparkling shapes that burst like confetti above her head. Together, they took to the sky, soaring in a spiraled dance that splashed colors against the twilight canvas.

Standing atop her bike, Mia swirled with them, the world below fading away. In that brief moment of cosmic unity, the field became a place of dreams—a secret garden where laughter got louder than doubt and the universe whispered that perhaps, just perhaps, we are all connected amidst the stars.

As the sun dipped completely below the horizon, the aliens floated back to their ship, exchanging shy smiles with Mia. They waved, and she waved back, the soft hum of their laughter fading into the encroaching night. In her heart, she knew they would always remember this moment, a single strand in the tapestry of existence, woven between their worlds and hers.