Shadows and prisms

Shadows rolled over the ground at first unnoticed by the two young people sitting in a field of tall grass focused only on each other's tender faces.  Spring's blooming effects felt entirely by the couple, they were falling for the romance and would soon be enthralled in the mating rituals which would bind them together.  The shadows seemed only to help in eliminating the world around them, circling them until it covered them entirely.  As they reached for each other with eyes closing and slowly exhaling, an exhale of a different sort breathed down upon them.  There were no screams, no sounds of pain, and their lips never reached their intended target.

Now empty of all but ash in its center, the field was quiet again when Aaron arrived.  His search for his sister had lead him from house to house in his village until one friend who disapproves of her actions revealed that she had run to the field with a boy of notorious repute.  The fingernail marks in Aaron's palm were evidence that he had been clenching his fist in preparation to fight for his sister's honor should there be any left.  His only thought as he entered the field had been of how he would get the first punch.  That thought a distant memory when he saw the ash.

"What the hell." A voice behind Aaron startled him out of his stare.

"What the hell is that?" Ben repeated.  Apparently, he had been following Aaron.

Just as they both looked back at the field, a shadow again circled and lifted higher into the sky.  Aaron had never seen a dragon, but this was not what he expected.  The dragon appeared as if a rainbow moving through the sky reflecting the brilliance of the sun in a prismatic display.  Aaron was captivated, sister forgotten for a moment, by the beauty of this creature.  He had never seen a dragon and could not take his eyes away.  His thoughts centered only on his desire to embrace the magic and be one with the brilliance before him.  As the dragon flew higher, it disappeared, and as it did, Aaron grew saddened by the loss of such a beautiful sight.  Aaron's sadness grew to grief as he looked back to the field of ash and realized that was what remained of his sister and boy.