Note: Greetings fellow FF writers. I would just like to note that this is to be the last story for this FF for other works have taken priority over this one and plus I've run out of ideas and time for this one so enjoy this one.
Darkness, nothing but that was all Vidia could see as she glanced in all directions; her heart pounding within her chest as if it were a mad prisoner trying to break free from within her into the outside world, her face contorted into one of fear and complete confusion as she surveyed the scene around her. Where was she? Why and how had she gotten here? And most importantly, how was she to get out of here?
"What the…?" she suddenly muttered to herself, feeling wet drops fall onto her cheeks.
Almost simultaneously, as if by the order of some divine will, the darkness around her brightened a little to reveal her standing in mid-air, not flying but actually standing still as if she were on the ground, dark clouds circling around her. The rain hardened in its fall and now flashes of lightning lit up the air like the sun rising at dawn, the rumble of thunder echoing like the boom of a giant drum being played.
"H-hello?!" Vidia called out into the swirling mass of clouds, her voice though was drowned out by another distant rumble of thunder. "Is anyone there?"
All of a sudden, the invisible force that was keeping Vidia standing upright seemed to vanish as she suddenly fell for a few feet before her wings began to flap furiously and kept her from falling to…well whatever was below. The rain began to fall harder as if it were a typhoon and the wind began to pick up, going from none at all to almost hurricane strong gales in a matter of milliseconds, it was so strong that Vidia, through her squinting vision against the thundering rain, was trying to prevent herself from being blown away. Looking behind her, she saw that her wings were in fact still flapping despite being soaked. Something was definitely strange about all this.
What's going on? Vidia thought to herself apprehensively as she once again surveyed the ever darkening clouds around her; another flash of lightning streaking across the sky and was followed immediately by the deafening boom of thunder.
"Hold on up there!"
Vidia whipped herself around and looked up to see a mass of large shapes flying, or to correct myself struggling to fly towards her. As they neared, she saw many smaller shapes sitting on them. Quickly she corrected herself that these smaller shapes were actually figures but they were still too far away for her to decipher their identities. It was clear, however, that they were struggling against the weather that was worsening with every passing second.
"We can't hold out in this weather! We need to land!" a voice shouted from somewhere within the mass.
"Land where?" another, a woman's, shouted back, panic evident within it. "We can barely fly, let alone land!"
"Someone just do something!" another voice, this time a man's, exclaimed in a terrified tone.
They were getting closer now and Vidia, fighting as best she could against the wind and rain, tried to fly towards them, her squinting eyes trying to get a fix on them. As they came closer, she began to make out wings on the large shapes and small humanoid figures on the backs of them, each of them holding on tightly to the saddles strapped onto their larger counterparts or the leaf boxes strapped onto the back of the saddles. They…they looked like…like…
Vidia froze as if she had been hit with some kind of time freezing spell, her eyes as wide as dinner plates, her face contorted into a look of terror as her mouth quivered violently, unable to comprehend with what she was seeing. It was…it was fellow fairies and birds! They…they were struggling in the storm!
As the birds neared slightly, Vidia saw them struggling to stay airborne with the other fairies holding onto dear life. The bird at the front of the mass looked to be on the verge of suddenly passing out, as she could tell by its rapid breathing, hard flapping wings in its plight to stay airborne and the weakening of the eyes combined with sharp drops of the head. Behind it, all of the other birds were doing the same.
"Guys, hold on tightly!" another woman's voice cried out, but this one was one Vidia recognized.
Looking up, an even more terrified look came across her face as she saw another dove struggling to stay airborne, its wings flapping wildly as it was forced back by the ever strengthening wind. Clinging onto the sides of the saddles for dear life was Rosetta, a look of pure terror on her face. Silvermist was trying to lead the bird on in the direction of the others but it was proving difficult because she could barely open her eyes to see what she was doing. Behind her, Fawn and Iridessa were trying to pull Rosetta back onto the safety of the saddle but the rain pounding their faces was proving extremely difficult.
"Guys, wait up! I'm coming!" Vidia shouted out to them.
She flew towards them at full speed, determination running through her to try and stop a disaster from happening. She was about forty feet, if you were going by fairy measurements, from them and was getting closer. Thirty, twenty five, almost there!
Suddenly, her body began to heavy and her wings began to slow drastically, almost stopping her in mid-air. She fought as hard as she could against the failing strength of her wings, but it was no use. It was not working! It was not working! The dove was now moving away, but it was barely able to stay up and Rosetta began to cry out that her grip was beginning to tire because her hand was going numb.
No! Don't let go, Rosetta! Vidia mentally pleaded as if would pass to her telepathically and tried to fly after them but it was getting harder and harder to do so.
"Oh no!" another voice cried out all of a sudden.
Looking up in the direction of the voice, she saw a young, female animal fairy pointing with a petrified look on her face ahead of her. Vidia's gaze followed it and her mouth dropped open, hopelessness flooding her eyes.
One of the doves had suddenly given up and was falling like a stone, the other fairies screaming as they held on for dear life even though it was evident of the state of theirs and the bird's. But as Vidia watched them disappear into the clouds far below she quickly saw others dropping like flies with their passengers, all of them heading to an uncertain fate though to anyone witnessing this horrific situation their minds would resort to the worst likely scenario.
"No! No, no! Don't fail, please!" she suddenly heard Silvermist cry from above.
Oh no! Vidia thought, knowing what was about to happen.
She looked up and, just as she feared, the dove her four friends were riding was suddenly dropping and rising, its wings now flapping uselessly in the air as it struggled violently to stay flying but the falling of its counterparts around him seemed to hit the bird hard and, with a final weak breath, he gave in and began to fall; the screams of the four girls rushing in her ears.
"No! No! NO!" Vidia screamed in terror, watching as the dove with Iridessa, Fawn, Rosetta and Silvermist disappeared into the clouds below and out of sight, no doubt, to Vidia's mind at least, to what their fate was.
Then, her wings began to grow heavy and her body quickly followed. Panic seized her like a giant hand grabbing her and she struggled to stay flying, trying her best to get her wings to flap again but it was no use. It was absolutely no use whatsoever! There was no way she could get through this!
Finally, her body, drained of the last reserves of its strength, gave up and Vidia plummeted like a fly hit with fly spray into the clouds. Her screams were drowned out by the sound of the wind rushing past her as she disappeared into uncertainty.
