The rain poured down in heavy sheets soaking the only person daring enough to walk through it without seeking any type of shelter. She looked up through the thin canopy of trees at the dark sky, hopeful to see the moon as a sign that the clouds were clearing, but only the glow of the moon behind thick clouds was to be seen with the occasional lightning bolt.
She gave out an involuntary but weak cough and leaned her shoulder against the nearest tree. She hadn't eaten for almost three days now and her energy supply was dangerously low, to the point where she had already fainted countless times. She pushed herself off of the tree and took a few hesitant steps forward before regaining her steady stride.
A long strand of hair had glued itself to the side of her cheek but she hadn't the energy to reach up and push it aside so she left it and tried to ignore it. Lights could be seen not that far ahead, they weaved their way in and out of her vision. That's where she was going, not to seek company but just shelter from the rain even it that meant staying huddled up near their front door for the night.
She stopped as the deep rumble of a landslide could be heard over the sound of the rain, and flinched as the vibration soon followed. 'That was close' she thought to herself before forcing her body to walk towards the lights again.
The rain falling against the leaves on the trees, and the ones on the dirt path she was following, created somewhat of a soothing sound that kept her going despite the fact that she was frozen to the bone and she had lost touch to any part of her body.
The lights drew closer and the girl suddenly gained a faster gait, pushing her body to it's limits just to find shelter if nothing else. She gasped as her foot sunk into a muddy puddle that had seemingly come from nowhere. She quickly pulled her foot out and went on trying to ignore the sudden coldness that enveloped her already numb foot.
'Just a little more' she told herself and was correct, the house, which seemed larger than your average home, could be clearly seen and the trees were beginning to thin out.
Her stride quickened even more until it was almost a run, her body wanted to give up on her, and she could tell but the girl refused to give up at this point. She was closing in on the building, the trees were now very few and she knew she was in the main 'yard' of the house, if they even had a yard.
"C'mon!" she almost shouted to herself, gritting her teeth and fighting off the darkness that kept finding chances to creep up on her. She listened to her uneven breathing and her pounding feet, she was now only worried about getting there and less about what obstacles lay in front of her.
Her foot slipped suddenly in a mud puddle, sending the girl flying through the air. She released a high-pitched noise that was between and scream and a gasp, before landing heavily in the puddle she had just slipped in. She could feel the mud surround her and felt disgusted by it but still lay.
She wanted to just lay there no matter how disgusting it felt, she honestly just wanted to sleep even, if it meant greeting death, which seemed near enough as it was. 'I can't go on' an unknown voice said. "Yes you can" she answered firmly, her tears of determination and desperation mixing with the mud as she forced her way to her knees, rested, and then to her feet.
Sudden dizziness and nausea overcame her and she was sure, if she had anything in her stomach that she would have vomited right where she stood. Her hand rested lightly against her mouth and she was able to calm herself down. "Let's go" a little motivation was all she had, but still it helped.
She could clearly see almost every detail visible on the side of the home she was approaching and she footsteps suddenly became heavier and less frequent. "C'mon" she said gritting her teeth once more, her body was surely going to give out on her in a few moments and the house was now only a few feet away.
"C'mon!" she said louder this time, drowning out the sound of the pouring rain. She tripped over the first step but managed to climb the next one. She stood for a moment, sheltered from the rain and now at a loss for what to do, before she slipped into the welcoming darkness.
Her body fell against the side of the house causing a large 'thud' sound to resonate into the dining room of the home (in which three of the four members sat eating). She fell to the ground unaware of the six eyes staring at the wall she had just hit, unaware, now, of everything around her except the dark and cold rain.