Ano...I forgot that I didn't add the last chapter, I thought that I had finished! Well, this is the last chapter, hope you all enjoy it (although please don't read it if you're feeling suicidal - PLEASE).
As for the cartoon - I've heard of it, but I don't have Teletoon. But I saw the picture and I didn't like it. Sorry for all you fans, but Shade looked too heroic-like in the pictures. I mean, he's a runt!
For days Marina flew aimlessly. She'd catch bugs in a daze, and whenever she saw a tiger moth she'd turn tail and fly as fast as possible in the opposite direction.
It was terrible, flying all alone. Sometimes she'd see another colony of bats and fly towards them, but they'd only have to take a look at her right wing before fleeing. She got used to flying and roosting so that the band wasn't visible, but she could only hide it for so long - as soon as she spread her wings there was no way it could be avoided.
Worse were the times when she woke up alone. At first Marina would think that it had been a terrible dream, that she was still with her parents and the colony, and they were headed to their summer roost...and then she'd look around and realize that the nightmare was real, she was alone.
"No...no..." Marina moaned to herself as she flew through the sky. This band...she had tried to tear it off once, but it was like a second skin on her.
This band had started all the trouble...but Marina was glad to have it. She didn't know why, but it felt good, like the feeling of being blessed when she first got it.
However, it was a very small feeling. Marina looked up to see a flash of light, then another, then another...A Human building, with a flashing light on top.
I can identify with that thing, Marina thought, flapping towards the building. Happiness, then gloom. Happiness, then gloom.
She turned to stare at the shoreline she had been following, snapping up the odd mosquito here and there.
I want to die.
Marina's head jerked back at the thought.
I want to die.
What will that accomplish?
There's nothing to accomplish in the first place.
I want to die.
Marina's tears slid down her face, dripping into the air. Without a second thought she plunged out towards the sea, determined to end it all.
I'll do it now.
Now.
Now.
For some reason the sight of those dark waves forced Marina back up and away. Each time she had thought that she had gathered her nerves, tucked in her wings and plunged, Marina still veered back up.
What's wrong with me? It's just water. Cold, dark water.
Marina abruptly pulled away, trying to warm herself up and keep flying. She had looked back only once, and the coast that she had taken off from was long gone.
Nocturna help me, I'm scared.
Marina closed her eyes, seeing the silver waves ripple up and down. I'll do it now. End everything.
She angled her wings and plunged, trying not to see, waiting for the cold to envelop her -
And then she opened her eyes and screamed, flapping hard to pull back from her dive. I'm such a weakling! Marina raged at herself as she regained altitude. I can't do this...but if I don't, then I'll get tired, and die...
She felt herself slowly fall back towards the waves, and she suddenly pulled up, terrified.
I don't want to die!
Marina blinked in surprise at the thought. Why wouldn't I? she asked the thought. I'm tired, miserable
Don't die.
If she could've, Marina would have given the thought a good staring. What was this, strange thoughts flying into her head, like someone was guiding them -
Out of the gloom rose a strip of faint silver, barely visible even in echo vision, let along by her eyes. Concentrating harder, Marina shot out more sound, and in confusion she realized what it was.
"Land?"
Don't argue with the strangeness, Marina chided herself as she pumped her wings harder. They were tired, aching from the endless flight over the sea, but it wasn't that far, when she thought about it, only a few hundred more wingbeats. You've been saved, in a strange way. Who would've thought I'd have found an island?
Nah, I'm not going on to the part where she meets Shade. After all, we all read the novels, right?
...
RIGHT? But besides that, thank you all for so much support!
As for the cartoon - I've heard of it, but I don't have Teletoon. But I saw the picture and I didn't like it. Sorry for all you fans, but Shade looked too heroic-like in the pictures. I mean, he's a runt!
For days Marina flew aimlessly. She'd catch bugs in a daze, and whenever she saw a tiger moth she'd turn tail and fly as fast as possible in the opposite direction.
It was terrible, flying all alone. Sometimes she'd see another colony of bats and fly towards them, but they'd only have to take a look at her right wing before fleeing. She got used to flying and roosting so that the band wasn't visible, but she could only hide it for so long - as soon as she spread her wings there was no way it could be avoided.
Worse were the times when she woke up alone. At first Marina would think that it had been a terrible dream, that she was still with her parents and the colony, and they were headed to their summer roost...and then she'd look around and realize that the nightmare was real, she was alone.
"No...no..." Marina moaned to herself as she flew through the sky. This band...she had tried to tear it off once, but it was like a second skin on her.
This band had started all the trouble...but Marina was glad to have it. She didn't know why, but it felt good, like the feeling of being blessed when she first got it.
However, it was a very small feeling. Marina looked up to see a flash of light, then another, then another...A Human building, with a flashing light on top.
I can identify with that thing, Marina thought, flapping towards the building. Happiness, then gloom. Happiness, then gloom.
She turned to stare at the shoreline she had been following, snapping up the odd mosquito here and there.
I want to die.
Marina's head jerked back at the thought.
I want to die.
What will that accomplish?
There's nothing to accomplish in the first place.
I want to die.
Marina's tears slid down her face, dripping into the air. Without a second thought she plunged out towards the sea, determined to end it all.
I'll do it now.
Now.
Now.
For some reason the sight of those dark waves forced Marina back up and away. Each time she had thought that she had gathered her nerves, tucked in her wings and plunged, Marina still veered back up.
What's wrong with me? It's just water. Cold, dark water.
Marina abruptly pulled away, trying to warm herself up and keep flying. She had looked back only once, and the coast that she had taken off from was long gone.
Nocturna help me, I'm scared.
Marina closed her eyes, seeing the silver waves ripple up and down. I'll do it now. End everything.
She angled her wings and plunged, trying not to see, waiting for the cold to envelop her -
And then she opened her eyes and screamed, flapping hard to pull back from her dive. I'm such a weakling! Marina raged at herself as she regained altitude. I can't do this...but if I don't, then I'll get tired, and die...
She felt herself slowly fall back towards the waves, and she suddenly pulled up, terrified.
I don't want to die!
Marina blinked in surprise at the thought. Why wouldn't I? she asked the thought. I'm tired, miserable
Don't die.
If she could've, Marina would have given the thought a good staring. What was this, strange thoughts flying into her head, like someone was guiding them -
Out of the gloom rose a strip of faint silver, barely visible even in echo vision, let along by her eyes. Concentrating harder, Marina shot out more sound, and in confusion she realized what it was.
"Land?"
Don't argue with the strangeness, Marina chided herself as she pumped her wings harder. They were tired, aching from the endless flight over the sea, but it wasn't that far, when she thought about it, only a few hundred more wingbeats. You've been saved, in a strange way. Who would've thought I'd have found an island?
Nah, I'm not going on to the part where she meets Shade. After all, we all read the novels, right?
...
RIGHT? But besides that, thank you all for so much support!