*Time skip warning*
It was the morning of their seventh day in the forest.
Slowly Karkat woke up. He was both thirsty and hungry however these feelings were pushed to the back of his mind by the pain from his blistered feet and the aching of his muscles. He looked over at his sleeping companion. John's face was expressionless; a drastic change from the face Karkat was accustomed to seeing.
John's condition worried Karkat. Since the third day John's head had began to throb and he rarely spoke, saying that it made the throbbing worse.
All they could do was push forward, hoping that the exit was close. The trees around them had begun to thin, a good sign. But Karkat was almost certain that they wouldn't make it through this. Even if they found a way out of the forest, neither of them was strong enough to run if angels found them.
Karkat curled back up to John. Around the fifth day the weather had taken a strange turn and left the boys with cold nights and cool days. While it was good that they weren't losing as much water, keeping warm at night had become a problem. All they could do was curl up together and bear it.
Karkat let his mind drift. He couldn't do anything until John woke up anyways.
He dreamt that John was taking him on a tour of Skaia as he has said he would. John was smiling ear to ear. The wind whipped his hair around as they flew between the towers of Prospit. Karkat spread his arms and felt the wind pull at them. John was talking but Karkat couldn't understand what he was saying. John's tone was urgent and his smile looked strained.
Suddenly John stopped smiling and he held Karkat tightly. Karkat could hear the sound of wings growing closer. A hand grabbed John's shoulder. The red trimmed sleeve flapped in the wind. John's arms disappeared from Karkat's torso.
Karkat fell through the air. Above him he could see countless angels surrounding John. He tried to yell but his voice was gone. He could hear John yelling his name as he fell.
Karkat's eyes snapped open. John was leaned over Karkat's curled body, worried expression on his face.
"Karkat we have to go." John whispered, "I was wrong."
Karkat watched as John stood up and kicked dirt and dead leaves over the embers of the previous night's fire. Heart still beating fast, Karkat stood and bundled up the blanket and tied their few belongings into a sack over his shoulder. John grabbed Karkat's hand and pulled him through the forest as fast as he could manage.
"John, tell me what's going on." Karkat said quietly.
"I was wrong when I said that they wouldn't land to look for us." John said quickly.
"Who is they?" Karkat asked.
"Angels." John whispered, "I could hear them walking around after I woke up."
"Are you sure it was angels?" Karkat asked.
John nodded, "We should be close to the end of the forest."
"I think you need to slow down. If we waste all of our energy and the forest doesn't actually end this way what will we do?" Karkat said, trying to slow John.
"I could hear them landing Karkat. They wouldn't land in the middle of the forest, they couldn't." John said.
Karkat let himself be pulled along, a small hope worming its way into his heart.
Its short but that was part of the reason that I knew I could finish it. From here out it gets interesting woo
I don't really know what else to say but I hope you enjoyed this chapter!