I was walking when it happened; it was so fast I couldn't have been sure it was real. They are still a threat. I am still scared of them. The Raven Mockers.
When things go wrong in life, people react and cope in different ways. Some lash out, try to escape from reality. Some suffer in silence, mull it over, and try to dream the situation away. But I try to concentrate my negative feelings into an activity.
So I went for a walk.
In the woods
Not thinking about what could be lurking there…
Heath. Erik. Stark. Kalona. Stevie Rae. Neferet. What the hell am I going to do? I have tried to just ignore everything. Try and be normal for once, I really don't think that that is too much to ask. Being a High Priestess is so much harder than people think it is, everything is so much harder than it used to be. In my old life...But now, I have to think about every little thing I do, I have to think about all the repercussions of every single action that I ever do. Nothing is ever simple, everything always has a riddle; a code that I alone had to answer. But where are all of the answers. Where in this vast universe am I supposed to find the miniscule answers that could make such a big difference to everyone? How am I going to-
I lost my train of thought. I heard a flutter of wings. Because, perched on the branch of a nearby oak tree, there was… something. It was so grotesque, it's appearance so foul, I could hardly bring myself to look into its dark beady eyes. Framed by the face of a young human man, but different. Where his lips should be, there was a beak. Random patches of feathers covered his body. But to look away would be a death wish. In that split second, I could see the hunger that this creature felt. I knew what it wanted. What it was going to do. It was going to kill me. It would feel no remorse or pain for these actions.
All I can remember are the wings. Those jet black long, pointed and angled wings. Constricting me. Once it swooped down I was engulfed unable to escape. Trapped. Hunted. Burned to my very soul.
Pain was all I knew all I felt. All that I knew. All other senses had left me I was unable to think, I had no idea where I was… who I was.
My life was slipping away from me.
And that's when everything went black.
