The material was flaking, cracks webbed across its surface. It hovered there, too fascinated to wonder away.
Finally,with the loudest and first noise it had ever heard, the material shattered,broken pieces falling endlessly down.
It barely hesitated, before jumping through the gap.
It could suddenly feel, and hear, and see something other then the emptiness. And, surprisingly of all, it had a form. A form with wings and talons and a tail. It reared, struggling to use its new tail for balance, and shakily spreading its wings wide. It was in a little cave, a staircase leading up and up and up being the only way out.
A creature was in front of her- what was it called? A human! The human threw his pickaxe to the ground and,with trembling hands, drew out some sort of tool whose name it couldn't recall. The sharp edge and the way it gleamed silver in the dying light of torches made it clear that it was a weapon of sorts. It, still balanced on its hind legs, tried to sweep the human aside with single swipe. The human nimbly dodged, and slashed with its weapon. Pain shot through it, and it roared, before whirling around in a frenzy of beating wings and lashing tails and lethal talons. It could see the human back away from its right wing, and never see the tail coming until it was too late.
With a crunch, its tail flung the human into the wall of the cave. The two legged creature did not get back up. It hissed, baring its fangs triumphantly. It picked up the weapon from where it lay abandoned and examined the tool with a pearly white talon. A sword, it realized. That's what the human was using. With a snap of its sharp teeth, the sword was no more. It then began to pad away, before its talon brushed something. A glance down revealed a orb, filled with the darkness of the emptiness it knew as home. Something told it to take the orb, so it gingerly picked the object up in its mouth and began to search for a way out of the cave.
Shadow's POV
She exited the house just to watch as Rex and some girl she had never seen before came running down the hill and into the town.
Such amazing guards we have Shadow thought as Rex and the girl came to a halt before her. She noticed the panic in their eyes and that they were coated with sweat, and became instantly alert. "Is something wrong?"
"Blizzard. Cloudy. Mobs. Ran away." Rex gasped in between huge gulps of air.
"What?"
"What the dinosaur girl person means," the mystery girl filled in, "Is that the boy with golden eyes and the girl in the black jacket are left with a bunch of... things."
"You left Blizzard and Cloudy with a bunch of mobs while you ran away?"
"Yes." Rex answered.
"YOU LEFT BLIZZARD AND CLOUDY? ARE YOU IDIOTS?"
Blizzard's POV
Cloudy paused, then brightened. "The backpack! We didn't check it for supplies."
"Worth a shot." Blizzard rummaged inside the bag, then pulled out a black sphere with flecks of gray in it. He examined it before determining it wouldn't help and he flung it into the group of monsters. Blizzard shook the bag, then realized that was the only thing in it. He flipped it upside down and shook it again.
Nothing.
"Seriously?" He muttered. The backpacks were usually filled with useful stuff. The one time they could of used something, ender pearls, potions, armor, anything, and there was nothing good. He threw the back pack at the mobs, then yelped as a stray arrow buried itself in his arm. Cloudy dispatched the skeleton who fired the projectile. But yet another skeleton took its place. The mobs were coming closer and closer, as they realized the humans were powerless to stop them.
Cloudy sighed "We're not getting out of this are we?"
"No." Blizzard admitted glumly. He crouched on the ground, trying to catch his breathe.
Another sigh. Cloudy threw her axe into the horde, then plopped down beside him. "Well, it was fun while it lasted."
"Yeah. Wish it lasted longer." The monsters, who had hesitated when the humans had given up, rushed on them, only a few blocks away. "I-"
Cloudy leaned forward and kissed him.
Shadow's POV
Shadow, Raven, and Mystery charged up the hill, the town guards in their foot steps. She tried to focus on her breathing as unwelcome memories ran through her head.
In.
A dark night like tonight, the stars glittering coldly on the scene of devastation.
Out.
The groans of zombies, rattling of skeletons, and hiss of spiders.
In.
Ruby eyes hiding terror as he promised he would be okay.
Out.
He promised.
In.
She promised it would never happen again.
Out.
Looks like promises were made to be broken.
"Look!" Raven shouted, jarring her into the present. A crowd of mobs were huddled together. Shadow's heart twisted when she realized she couldn't see any trace of Blizzard. Or Cloudy.
Raven aimed her bow, and Mystery tightened her grip on her scythe as the guards came behind them, pulling out their weapons of choice. There was a tense moment of silence.
Mystery finally asked the dreaded question. "Are they... are they alive?"
Before anyone could answer, the monsters stirred. Suddenly, they moved away, fleeing in the opposite direction. This revealed Blizzard and Cloudy standing in the valley, seemingly unharmed. Shadow practically flung herself down the hill, ignoring Raven and Mystery's calls to stop. She came to a panting halt next to Cloudy and Blizzard.
"Are you okay?" Shadow asked.
Blizzard gave Cloudy a weird look as Cloudy scuffed the ground with a black boot. "Yeah we're fine."
Shadow couldn't help but notice that they were acting funny. Well of course they are, she argued with herself. They just had a near death experience. But there was a new look in Cloudy's pale silver eyes, and one that she didn't like.
Raven and Mystery choose that time to arrive. Raven cast a concerned glance at Blizzard and Cloudy, then turned to Mystery."Take them to the infirmary."
"I'm not even scratched, and Blizzard just has an arrow to deal with." Cloudy hissed. Shadow scowled at the usually calm girl. Something had definitely happened.
"I'm not risking anything." Raven said firmly, and Cloudy and Blizzard followed Mystery after a little hesitation.
Raven began to scramble up the hill. "Let's get back to the town, I want to search this area when it turns dawn."
Shadow slunk back into the shadows as the town guards went by. I guess I was named appropriately, she thought grimly. Shadow waited a few minutes after the last guard had disappeared over the hill, then began to scan the ground. She had to hurry before someone noticed she was missing.
I updated! Wow! But I do have a reason. I had a yard sale last week.
Guest: Yay! Thanks!
AngelTheSeventh[Just going to put both replies here]: I wasn't sure what to call it other then a prologue, I probably will rename it one day. And I'll stick with sneaked then.
Raiden the OC: Yeah schedules are going perfectly. My birthday is in May, and you just caused me to google it. I guess I'm very hardworking according to a bunch of websites.
That's all. So see you next chapter awesome people!
