Those Moments in Life
By:SnowPuppy
(Note: Since I really enjoy making Holiday fanfics, I'm making another 
one! 
This is a special Valentine's Day fanfic. I hope you like it! And dont 
forget 
to tell me what you think about both my regular fanfics AND my Holiday 
fanfics! My e-mail is 

 REMEMBER, your opinion is 
greatly appreciated! So are suggestions!)
The whole Echidna family was getting ready for Valentine's Day. It was 
only 
February 1st, and they were already getting ready for the main Holiday, 
and 
as you know, the main Holiday in February is Valentine's Day.
But since Moonwatcher's love couldn't be there for the Holiday, he had 
an 
idea of how to still give her a valentine. He would make her a 
valentine, 
just like any other, and place it on her grave. It was the best way he 
knew 
how to give her a valentine.
Everybody else had someone to give a valentine to, except, of course, 
for 
Dylan, Lynz-Si, and Harlan. They were way too young to be thinking 
about love 
right now. All they were looking forward to was the big valentine party 
they 
would have on Valentine's Day, filled with all kinds of sweets and 
goodies 
that would interest them.
Moonwatcher decided that his valentine to Lyssa-Ra had to be a good 
one. He 
still didn't know what it would look like. It seemed that everyone had 
an 
idea for a valentine except for him. Kay-Si came into the room, and she 
saw 
her son looking down at a blank piece of red and pink construction 
paper.
"You still dont know what to make Lyssa-Ra for a valentine, do you?" 
Kay-Si 
asked.
"No, my mind is completly blank. I can't think of even one idea for a 
valentine." Moonwatcher replied.
"Well, you've been sitting there trying to figure it out for a very 
long 
time. Why dont you get to bed? Maybe you will have an idea in the 
morning. It 
is getting late anyway, and everyone else is asleep." Kay-Si told her 
son.
"Okay." Moonwatcher said with a sigh, putting down the red and pink 
construction paper.
Moonwatcher hoped his mother was right, he hoped that he would have an 
idea 
in the morning. There was only thirteen more days until Valentine's 
Day, and 
twelve when morning came. And he had to have an idea before Valentine's 
Day! 
And he wasn't off to a very good start.
In the morning, when Moonwatcher came down for breakfast, he 
immediately 
said, "I have an idea!"
"An idea for what?" Kay-Si asked.
"An idea for my valentine to Lyssa-Ra." Moonwatcher replied.
"Whats your----" Kay-Si began, but Moonwatcher had already rushed out 
of the 
room.
Kay-Si sighed.
"Sometimes I just dont get him." She said to herself.
Moonwatcher came back with the same construction paper he had been 
staring at 
for so long the other day. He immediately began to write something on 
it, but 
Kay-Si couldn't see what.
"Uh, would you mind doing that in the living room? The kitchen is the 
place 
for eating, not making valentines." Kay-Si told Moonwatcher.
"Oh, sorry mom!" Said Moonwatcher, then he grabbed his supplies for 
making a 
valentine, and ran into the living room.
Kay-Si shook her head at him and went back to what she was doing. In 
about an 
hour, Moonwatcher came into the kitchen, where his mom was doing the 
dishes, 
and told her that his valentine was finished.
"It took you an hour to finish your valentine?" Kay-Si asked.
"Yes, it had to be just right." Moonwatcher explained.
"Okay. Can I see?" Kay-Si asked.
"Yeah." Moonwatcher said, and he took his valentine to Lyssa-Ra out 
from 
behind his back.
It looked like a card, and on the front was a decorated heart with pink 
and 
white glitter, and on the heart, written in pink glue(hmmmm, I wonder 
how he 
got it pink?:P) was "TO LYSSA-RA" in really big bold letters. In the 
corner 
of the valentine were the words "I will love you every moment of my 
life". 
"It's very pretty." Kay-Si complemented.
"Thanks, but you haven't seen all if it yet." Said Moonwatcher, and he 
opened 
up the valentine.
Inside  of the valentine was a poem, and there was a pink glittered 
border 
around it. 
"That's very lovely, Moonwatcher." Kay-Si told her son.
"Well I wanted to do something special." Moonwatcher explained.
"That is special alright." Kay-Si said.
"Yeah, and even though Lyssa-Ra probably never will really see it, I 
made it 
anyway... it makes me feel better, like she's still here." Moonwatcher 
told 
his mother.
"Oh but she is still here, hon. She is in your heart, and that's where 
she'll 
always be. She'll never leave you. She never really did." Kay-Si 
explained.
"Maybe." Moonwatcher said.
"She is. If you didn't love her, she wouldn't be in your heart. And 
then she 
would've left you. But she didn't leave you, because you love her. She 
is in 
your heart. Even though you can't see her, hear her, or talk to her 
anymore, 
she is still with you. And will always be." Kay-Si said to Moonwatcher.
"Thanks. I feel a little bit better." Moonwatcher said.
"Okay, now why dont you have something to eat? You didn't eat breakfast 
and 
it's already nearing lunchtime." Kay-Si said, changing the subject.
"Okay." Moonwatcher agreed.
As days went by, it got closer and closer to Valentine's Day. 
Moonwatcher was 
anxious for it to come, but nervous as well. The last time he had been 
to the 
cemetery was when Lyssa-Ra first died, and he was going to feel very 
uncomfortable going there again. All he wanted to do was drop off the 
valentine then leave, for he was afraid he would start grieving over 
Lyssa-Ra's death again. From that moment, a long time ago, when 
Lyssa-Ra 
first died, and Moonwatcher seen her in her coffin, Moonwatcher hated 
cemeteries. He hated them so much. They just reminded him of that awful 
day 
he saw Lyssa-Ra laying in her coffin, so lifeless. That was the most 
horrible 
thing he ever had to deal with, was his wife's death.
But now it was February 9th, and only five more days until he would 
visit 
that awful cemetery again. Life was tough, he knew. But right now he 
didn't 
want to think about life and death. He wanted to think about how happy 
Lyssa-Ra now probably was, because she's probably in a much better 
place, 
Moonwatcher knew.
And Moonwatcher also knew that someday he would join her. But right 
now, he 
had to think of the happy times he shared with her. Grieving over 
Lyssa-Ra's 
death was becoming a rerun for him, and he didn't want to think about 
death. 
He didn't even want to utter that terrible word.
Everyone else was happy that Valentine's Day was coming. They were 
making 
valentines for their loved ones, or just snacking on valentine goodies. 
The 
whole house was soon decorated with hearts, cupids, and anything else 
involving the holiday Valentine's Day, and who had the decorations and 
decorated the house with them was none other than Kay-Si Echidna. 
"Please, mom! No more decorations. Everywhere I go I see hearts." 
Moonwatcher 
said.
"I know, honey, but everyone else is excited about the holiday and even 
though your love, is er, um... deceased, it's no reason you can't be 
happy 
too." Said Kay-Si.
"That's easy for you to say! Who you love isn't dead." Moonwatcher 
said.
"Remember last Christmas? I thought you said you was going to remember 
Lyssa-Ra by the happy times, remember? It's what she would want. It's 
what we 
would all want for you. It has already been over a year since 
Lyssa-Ra's 
death. Dont you think it's time you have gone on with your life? I 
mean, yes, 
there's going to be times when you miss her, but just try to be happy 
once in 
awhile, okay?" Kay-Si said to Moonwatcher.
"Yeah, I guess your right. But everytime a holiday that involves family 
and 
love comes up, I start to think about her." Moonwatcher explained.
"I know, honey. But holidays are suppose to make you happy, not sad.  
Just 
try to be excited about the holiday, please try." Kay-Si said.
Moonwatcher nodded his head, and slowly walked back into his room. 
Kay-Si 
only hoped that Moonwatcher would be happy again. Everytime a holiday 
came 
up, he'd get sad because he'd think of Lyssa-Ra. She just hoped that he 
would 
start to get excited about the holiday like everyone else was. It just 
wasn't 
normal for Moonwatcher to be sad when a holiday was near.
And the days quickly passed. Soon Valentine's Day was there. 
Moonwatcher woke 
up, and sighed, knowing that this day was the day he would be going to 
that 
awful cemetery. He got out of bed and found his valentine to Lyssa-Ra. 
He 
slowly walked into the living room;he was not anxious to get to the 
cemetery.
"Oh good, your up." Kay-Si said, looking up from her book that she was 
reading(as always:P).
"Yeah, I'm ready to go to the cemetery." Moonwatcher lied.
"Okay, but would you wait until everybody else is up first? And atleast 
get 
something to eat." Kay-Si told Moonwatcher.
"Okay. What, father is still in bed?" Moonwatcher asked.
"Of course. You know he takes the day off on holidays." Kay-Si told her 
confused son.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot. Today really doesn't seem like a holiday to me. 
More 
like a nightmare." Moonwatcher said.
"Oh dont be silly, Moonwatcher. Of course it's a holiday." Kay-Si said.
"Well it sure doesn't feel like one." Said Moonwatcher.
Moonwatcher ate his breakfast and headed outside, sitting down on the 
front 
porch, waiting until everybody else was ready to go to that horrible 
cemetery.
And about ten minutes later, everyone else came out. Moonwatcher sighed 
and 
got up, not very excited at all about the holiday.
When they got there, Moonwatcher walked into that cemetery that he 
dreaded 
going to again. He found Lyssa-Ra's grave, and very slowly got out his 
valentine, and sat it gently on the grave. He just stayed there for 
awhile, 
staring into space, then finally, got up and went to go back home.
But while he was doing so, he heard a noise. He turned around and 
looked back 
at the grave of Lyssa-Ra. Then he noticed that the valentine was gone.
How did that happen?! He wondered.
And then he figured that maybe he shouldn't know how it happened. Maybe 
it 
was just better that way;maybe some things would remain a mystery 
forever.
He raced home and then his family had their valentines party and 
exchanged 
valentines. He tryed to have a good time for once. 
Everybody else seemed to have a great time. So he tryed to do the same. 
And 
it actually made him feel better for once. He was actually enjoying 
himself. 
And he was happy about it. It had been a long time since he enjoyed 
himself 
or anything like that.
Everybody got a valentine. No one was left out. Moonwatcher got his own 
valentine, thinking about the happy times him and Lyssa-Ra shared. That 
seemed like Lyssa-Ra's valentine to Moonwatcher.
Valentine's Day passed quicker than Moonwatcher had anticipated. And he 
went 
to bed early that night, a lot was on his mind. He was hoping that in 
the 
morning he'd feel a bit better and more rested than the night before. 
He was 
very exhausted.
He climbed into bed and shut his eyes. He was soon fast asleep.
THE END
I hope you liked that short Valentine's Day fanfic. I will try to make 
more 
Holiday fanfics in the future if you like them. If not, I will just 
make 
regular fanfics. Please, let me know! It would be most helpful. 

  :)
~~SnowPuppy