In case any of you were wondering, this is NOT a ship fanfic, just a story told from Ella (the elephant)'s point of view.
Sophie lies down next to me with a sigh. She stares up at her ceiling, while I sit by her pillow, watching. She certainly has changed since we first met. That brings me back to my memories, of the first time we did meet.
I was sitting on the rack in the store, just a blue elephant among other blue elephants. Suddenly, a little 5-year-old wanders by. When she sees me, her eyes light up. She reaches for me and takes me off the rack. Why me? I think to myself. She hugs me against her chest and brings me over to her mom.
"Mom, can you buy this for me?" she pleads, holding me up so she can see me. I can also see her. She is nothing like Sophie in terms of looks.
"She'll help with the nightmares," she suggests, hopeful. I see her mother's eyes soften. And just like that, we are together. Inseparable. She names me Ella, then brings me everywhere.
I try to help with the nightmares, and for years, it seems like they won't come back. Until they do.
Suddenly, Sophie's life has changed. After we both dissolve into glitter. After we come to a shiny city. After I am put on a bed so much more luxurious than the previous one. And these green, tiny humans called gnomes do all the chores for you.
Suddenly, I am surrounded by people-people who blink in and out of sight, people who can make things vanish into thin air. The world has changed. And so does Sophie.
She spends her nights tossing and turning, and somehow the magic that I seemed to spin every night won't do its work. I'm helpless. All I can do is watch.
I hope you liked it even if it isn't a ship fanfic. This is my first fanfic.