by faelyn » Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:57 am
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✧ perspective;; elowen ✧
✧ location;; in the past // village -> pirate ship
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i can still remember those street corners.
those gold shades frolicing upon them seemed so alive. fluttering with an energy that seemed almost contagious.
the cadences of chorusing kits were ever-so lively in the heart of the village, and i could see a cluster of them. a flurry of dancing paws.
it was sweet, really.
i wanted to join them.. come and be part of the innocent reality of being a kit. but i could only wish.
because burning into my back was the silent stare of wary eyes.. the shuffle of mothers pulling their kits close. because, the truth is. i am a monster.
i am a beast.. an atom bomb waiting to react.
i am a mushroom cloud in the sky.. a poision to the perfectness of reality.
i am a curse.
and i should know that more than anyone.
but a little ways beyond me, curls of fire and woody dales swished.. unafraid of the curse that shivered from behind. her name.. well.. it’s mila.
because while i’m a curse.. she’s a blessing. a fearless blessing. a friend that had been with me for as long as i could remember. she was everything i wasn’t. bold. brave. passionate.
but together.. we danced upon the streets, and basked in the golden light of the morning. until.. we couldn’t any longer.
because one moment.. we were dancing. the next, we were praying. praying for our lives.
i didn’t see it at first. the fire. for it blossomed like a lily, unfurling.. uncoiling. a serpent waiting to strike. the petals of a deadly scarlet falling all around, setting fire to the streets of sepia and painting it a deep, crimson red.
but within the ribbons of fire, there was a glimpse of blue. of periwinkle. of hope. and for a moment, my heart seemed to race, my lips parting to call for someone.
anyone.
but it was nothing like that.. no, no. it was so much of the opposite.
because around them billowed the darkest of satin hoods.. soft fabrics that piroutted ever-so elegantly within the flames. these creatures.. they seemed immortal in the fire. unscathed and unharmed from the lap of those red coils that curled at their toes.
but i never saw what was next..
for they.. they came for me, only me. spiralling in a silent tango across those golden streets… streets that had decayed beneath the kiss of flames.
they were advancing towards me, wielding silver blades that even the flames seemed to bow before them.
i could see them, now. lit by the glow of the fire. the fire in which they started, it never seemed more clear to me. i had seen them before all of this, seen how they scouted the area and surveyed the souls whose lives would be taken. nothing more than expendable.
how could they?
chaos. that was all i felt.. the burn of it carved into my heart’s core. an elegant carving that froze my still-beating heart.
everything just seemed so.. so distant.
the cadence of hysterical notes. the glint of those shadowy eyes. the ripple of dark satin hoods. it was all too much. but.. they, they were coming.
their eyes locked on mine.
a game. a challenge. a dare to come closer.
but i didn’t.
only because of her voice.. mila’s.
“elowen, we need to go.” her voice was glass. piercing. dividing the symphony orchestrated by the growing chaos with an ease beyond any other. “please.. we need to get you to somewhere safe.”
it was only then when i realized the roses running down my side.. i never noticed it. not in the chaos that stirred at the very heart of the village. but all i felt now was the stinging ache that felt like thorns down my spine - no - it was far worse than that.
much, much worse.
“mila, i-”
but then words were swans, time was a lark.
fluttering far, far away.. ‘til i could reach them no longer. the stinging ache was gone, and i was numb.. my footsteps still adance and the world ablur.
i had been so numb… numb to the voice of mila urging me onwards. numb to reality and the sacrifices that were being made.
“hey, elowen.. i don’t know if you can hear me, but..” there was a pause.. a glimpse of those familiar seas of blues and greens. eyes that seemed to abstract in the shadows. “i’m going back to the village, alright? i’m going to get you some help.. you stay here. got that? don’t let anyone see you.”
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faelyn on Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.