Short Story

     A lovely little butterfly was flying swiftly from flower to flower, filling up on much needed nutrients. This butterfly looks the same as any other butterfly. However, behind this little butterfly is a story. The butterfly’s name is Blair. Blair has just recently morphed from a teeny caterpillar into this entirely new, foreign form. She is a Blue Morpho Butterfly. She resides in the lower parts of a tropical rainforest. The front of her wings are a brilliant, bright blue color, with the outer edges lined in black.

     Her day was just coming to a close. She had had a lively day, filled with a multitude of exciting activities. She had started off her day by allowing a slight breeze to ease her off of a still position. She used the light wind to her benefit, only having to flap her wings very few times in order to continue flying. The wind drastically slowed, and left her between some crammed branches of a tree. She traveled inward to the trunk of the tree to gather some sap. Once she had had enough, she continued on her way through the forest. Since she was fairly new to the vastness of her location, she decided to spend the day exploring.

     All she could see was a plethora of green scenery. Ginormous trees with ginormous leaves. The plants on the rainforest floor themselves still had very large leaves of green. She flew towards the top of the trees and the closer she grew to the top, the more of the sunlight she could see. She felt the warmth of the sun’s ray almost immediately as she had made it to the very top of a tree. After she experienced the direct sunlight, she moved on to explore some more. It took her a while, but eventually she had made it to a waterfall. She decided to fly to the top of where the water was falling. Once she arrived there, she took a moment before quickly plunging down along the water, just far enough above it to not get the slightest bit wet. It was quite an exhilarating moment for her. Right before hitting the water, she rapidly shifted her body upward into a straight forward positions, preventing her from nearly drowning. She stayed flying in this direction for a while, until deciding to take a right to venture back into the forest.

     In the distance, she saw a blurb a bright blue color against the all green forest. She rushed over to see what it was she was seeing, only to find a large group of Blue Morpho Butterflies, just the same as her. She set herself down on the massive leaf they were all sharing a spot on. She relaxed for a second, and felt a slight sense of belonging. She eventually decided it was time to move on yet again, and began on her own way. This time, as she was flying, she felt a light push down against her left wing. She didn’t think much of it until moments later, she felt another, heavier push. Before she knew it, she was caught in the middle of a rainstorm. She rushed to find shelter, but unfortunately, an immense raindrop fell upon her and forced her into a tightly interlaced branches, where she easily became stuck. While struggling to get out, she noticed a large spider heading her way. Aware that she was in even more danger, she began to try even harder to become unstuck, but she only became more and more uncomfortable with each struggle. She was almost within the spiders reach when she realized that she was much too tense to be able to easily make her way out of this predicament. She relaxed her wings and within a second, broke free from what could have been the end of her journey that had just nearly begun.