"Look out!"
Crimson.
I am too late, my words,
could not come out of my choked throat
fast enough.
Iris. Alone with Akoto,
she finds Ecl, finds me where I am lost.
But distracted by her thoughts,
she does not see the blade coming.
Look out.
Gasping, shuddering as she tries to drag in breath,
hopelessly, listlessly,
slipping in her own blood as she blames herself,
and I'm gripping the bars of my cell,
my death-trap,
screaming in my head that I must find
a way out.
And hours later we are free,
at the price of surrender.
Flying through the sky, joy clogging up my veins,
and arrows my companions in the air.
Frightened.
Acelan, don't look back.
"I can't leave Iris!"
You have to.
Dragging him in Demi-Form,
too late once again.
Arrow ripping through his
tender feathers,
and we are falling.
I fall.
Drop out of the sky
As if I forgot
How to fly.
Scattered memories of that storm
so long ago,
flash before my eyes,
and I'm smelling blood while I
clutch
Acelan's slippery hand.
Pain too much to stay awake,
and I don't even try for Ecl.
Fall down, I'm scared but fear is so far away.
Fall, into
blissful
unconsciousness.
A/N: This goes to the end of chapter 36. Please review!