Howdy! As you read from the summary, this story is going to be quite AU... However! I will try my best at portraying my thoughts through it, as we make our way through this adventure.
And no, I am not giving up on my other story; Waiting for Change. I am simply trying to get these distracting thoughts out of my head, and what better way to do that, than to burn them out by writing them down! Yeah, that's a way to stop thinking about it.
So, I'll probably have Waiting for change, this story, and two others (Yes, two others) I will update randomly depending on what one I want to work with, or what one people want more. Each story is very... Different.. You'll see when I write them. I'm sure they'll bring new experiences to the table, or at least I hope so..
Well, enjoy the Prologue of this 'Magical' story!
'Thoughts'
"Speech"
-Memories/Dreams-
Prologue
Tiny white lights littered the blackened sky, with a full moon casting luminescent light across the forest trees.
Snap
A branch breaks, showing the culprit to be a small foot print of barely pubescent size, as the sound of light steps travels away from it at a quickened pace.
"Hff.. hff.. hff.. hrh.." A small figure pants, biting their bottom lip to stop themselves from crying out.
It wasn't fair.
They didn't ask for this.
They didn't want to be a freak, a monster, a threat...
Something hated, something feared..
They trekked up the mountain swiftly, a faint cyan glow emanates from their palm, being used as a light source for the thicker parts in the trees that were devoid of the moon's light.
They pause, panting heavily while leaning on the side of a tree.
They were so tired, they just wanted to lie down and fall asleep.
But yells not far behind them caught their attention, making them hastily turn around just in time to see a figure in a strange pose deep within the shado-
klcBFHH!
A sharp pain spreads from their shoulder, causing them to choke up and fall to the ground, holding the wound in shock.
"I got it! Hurry! It's over here!" A deep voice roared, that was then followed by the sounds of more approaching footsteps. 'Why?'
They scrambled to their feet, before taking off up the mountain further as quickly as they could, the figure close behind them, yelling out to them.
The pain in their shoulder was causing a haze of tears to fill their eyes, before escaping down their cheeks as they ran.
They grasped their shoulder, taking in deep steady breaths. 'Breath, calm down.. C-calm down, focus.. Just focus..'
A green aura starts emitting from their hand, which then starts spreading across their shoulder, causing them to gasp in relief when the pain ebbs away to nothing.
"Damn it! I think it healed itself!" The voice spat out like venom, causing a deep feeling of contempt build within themselves.
Though they were used to feelings like that.
The crunching behind them was getting closer and closer, so they done something they only ever did for emergencies..
They looked back, and raised their palm.
Their pupils flickered a lightning blue for an instant.
ZRZZKK!
A nearby tree caught fire, a large chunk of the trunk being turned to ash, as the tree slowly creaked before falling and rising a wall of fire.
"Agh!" The figure yelled, recoiling back from the flames that suddenly appeared, before firing at them blindly.
The shot missed, but they still flinched, shooting a look behind them to see the person reloading their gun.
They turned back in front of them, quickening their pace up the mountain.
They swerve around a particularly large tree, before-
Crrck
They tripped over something, something hard, causing them to fall to the ground.
And if they were to guess by the throbbing pain in their left ankle, they would say it was broken from the confrontation.
With the voices close by and getting closer, they struggle to their feet, hissing through their clenched teeth when they applied pressure on their left foot.
"I think I heard something! Over here!" The voice called, seemingly just on time for their predicament.
They look to see what it was they tripped on, where they saw a random boulder. 'The top can't be much further..'
They turned back up the mountain, pausing when they see a small cave opening hidden behind some vines in the moonlight.
Was this their chance?
They limped over, not taking the chances to heal their ankle when it could alert their hunters, and got down on their belly to crawl inside.
Only moments after they got in, and reorganized the vines to be as hidden as possible, did they hear a group of loud stepping right outside the small cave mouth.
"What the- Where are they?! You let them slip by?!" A rough, deep voice boomed, commanding and forceful.
"What?! No! If anyone let anything slip by, it's you!" Another voice accused, deep but not as rough as the other.
The first voice sounded like it was about to say something, until a third voice cut in.
"Hey, cut it out you two!" The third voice said, "Now is not the time to be fighting among ourselves! That thing is still out here, so I suggest you both quit fighting every 5 minutes like a couple of high school drama queens, and get back to searching!" A few steps is heard, before the sound of clothes getting tightened, probably from a fist around someones collar.
"And we are not safe until it is gone, one way, or another. Got it?" The third voice commanded harshly, and a few quiet murmurs of compliance's are heard shortly after.
"Good. Now get going!" The voice barked, followed by the sound of steps disappearing in the distance.
They released a breath they've been holding the entire ordeal, rolling over on their back while they panted.
They escaped, they actually escaped.
A faint feeling of bliss started to feel them, until they realized it would only be temporary, which caused them to instead be filled with dread.
What now? What do they do?
A few minutes pass as they contemplate this, before settling with healing their ankle first and foremost.
They sit up, groaning from the aches and pains all over their body, trying their best to ignore them to focus on the bigger issue.
They wrapped their hands around the ankle, and slowly closed their eyes as they focused once more.
The green aura returned, and brought with it a steady decrease in pain, until they were able to move it again with ease.
They let out a huff, looking at the entrance once more, before heading deeper into the cave.
They reckon they'll be safe here for awhile, at least..
After a bit of crawling, the cave opened up into a bigger area, where they could stand up to their full height.
They looked around, and aside from the pitch blackness of everything, they noticed a few vines stretching further into the cave.
They followed the vines down, making sure to at least have a faint glow in hand to see where they are going.
What makes them curious about the cavern, is that despite the obvious flora along the walls, ceiling, and floor of the cave, there doesn't seem to be any water on the surfaces.
In fact, its not even damp, just dry.
They thought they read before how most caves, if not all caves, in their region would contain water inside, if not at least a dampness on the walls from the humidity.
Their pondering stopped when they came across a strange black spot on the ground.
Odd, the vines seem to stop growing here.
Maybe it was an active lava flow?
No, that's silly, the vines would be burn-
They realize its a massive hole when they accidentally kicked a small rock onto it, only for the rock to fall into it, and disappear from view.
They paused, waiting for the sound of rock hitting rock, as the stone would surely hit the bottom with an audible thud...
It never came.
They gulped, and started backing away slowly, when a vine grabbed around their ankle.
They instinctively leaned forward to stop from falling down, only for the vine to not let go, and causing them to trip forward, into the hole.
Their eyes shine brightly when they have a sharp intake of air, before a scream rips out of their throat as they plummet into the abyss.
The last thing they see was a bright light when their magic came into contact with something, causing their energy to drain instantly...
Before blacking out.
And that's it. I hope it works? I don't know where I'll be heading with this story (Like always) But I feel like it might be interesting.. I guess we'll just have to wait and see where it takes us!
(Also, this might get updated in the future, I tend to do that a lot... I'm getting better, though! Maybe in a year, I won't have to fix my horrible mistakes! :D)