Hey guys! This is a story of mine that is published on Mibba (My username on there is: Synyster's_Vengeance), thought I'd put it up on here for you to enjoy. I've changed the name a lil bit to the version on Mibba, but it's exactly the same story.
Disclaimer: I only own Selene and the scattered OC's that you'll see in this story. The rest belongs to the awesome writer that was JRR Tolkien.
Her Story Begins - Chapter One
It was a warmish summer's night, the TV was still on, stuck on the menu of a film I had been watching, and long since stopped paying attention to. I had been tossing and turning in bed for an hour or two, when I decided that I wasn't getting sleep that night. I got up, turned the TV off, put on my boots and wrapped a shawl around myself to stave off the shivers before walking outside into the back garden. I lived alone, so had no worries of being missed, I just made sure to lock the door behind me. I walked down to the end of my garden, where a small forest met the grounds of my house, and kept on walking, my only guidance was the pale moonlight, filtering through the trees.
After walking about five minutes, I sat down on the ground, listening to the peace of the forest, I'd always felt safe here. Like nothing would attack me. Sometimes, a little fox cub would be brave enough and come and sit in my lap, curling up and falling asleep while I stroked its fur softly. Birds called to each other and the occasional bark of a fox carried through the trees, hooting of owls echoed around me and very, very rarely, the soft nickering of a horse would reach me. I knew there were horses in the forest, but they had never shown themselves to me. I shuffled until I was leaning against a tree, and heard the rustling of a nearby honeysuckle bush. The little fox cub emerged and came wandering over to me with one of its siblings. They both clambered onto my lap and shifted around, trying to get comfortable. Their soft, sleeping yaps soon sounded, bringing a smile to my face. I closed my eyes, relaxing in the forest atmosphere and thanks to the calming sounds of the forest; I drifted into a soft sleep, my mind bringing forward a dream.
In the dream, something was nuzzling my hair. I reached a hand to bat whatever it was away, when my fingers came into contact with a soft mane, and my eyes shot open. Stood in front of me was the most beautiful horse I had ever seen. Its coat was the purest black, save for a white crescent moon on its forehead. The stallion nickered and resumed his snuffling of my hair, the noise startling the fox cubs awake. I stroked them softly, reassuring them that they were safe with me, while my eyes were stuck on the stallion.
'How are you, little one?'
I looked around in shock, before realizing the voice was in my head. I looked into the stallion's eyes, and saw a twinkle of mischief.
'Yes it was I, little one. I have seen you in this forest often. The animals seem to rejoice every time you appear here. I am known as Mor Dae'
I frowned, not recognizing the strange name. 'What does Mor Dae mean?' I asked.
'It is Elvish for 'Black Shadow' His voice echoed in my head
I stared in wonder at him, trying to figure out why tonight of all nights that he had chosen to show himself to me, albeit in a dream. Then I heard a whinny, from deeper into the forest and Black Shadow lifted his head sharply.
'I must leave you now. Farewell Selene' he spoke to me, nuzzling my hair again before trotting off into the forest, without giving me time to ask how he knew my name. After seeing his tail disappear behind the trunk of a tree, I could feel myself waking up.
As my eyes flickered open, gone was the white-blue light of the moon, replaced with the soft oranges of the morning sun. As I shifted, I realized that the fox cubs were still asleep on my lap. Not wanting to disturb them, I wrapped them in my shawl and took them back to my house, I'd quite often done this to make sure they were safe.
After placing the fox cubs in a small wicker basket, I made sure they had some fresh water and a little bit of meat so that if they woke up hungry, they would have something nearby. I then went up to my room, making sure the 'cat flap' on the back door was unlocked, and went upstairs to my room, sinking into the soft mattress, and drifting off into slumber once more.
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Hope you enjoyed it! Next chapter will be up in a little while
Love
Emma