Chapter Three

Runaway

Dar's POV

"I don't care! Just leave me alone!" I scream at the guards, "I stand it here anymore!" One of the guards tries to grab my arm and I swing my arm out and hit his hand away. "How dare you grab at me like that!" I yell, "I'm leaving this god-awful place right now!"

"And how are you going to manage that little lady?" The guard hisses at me, "You can't possible run away from the Castle Of Demons fast enough before someone catches you."

"I'm not running." I say putting my head down to look away from their staring eyes, "I'm flying…"

"You dare awaken you spirit animal?" The other guard says in disgust, "Dar you are one strange fourteen-year-old girl. You won't possibly be able to control it."

"Watch me." I say, and with that I turn from those bastards and start to run. I have been practicing transitioning into my spirit animal when I was ever alone for the past three weeks. I knew I one day I would leave and today was it. I leap into the air and feel my body turn form human to raven. Instinctively I start flying upwards towards the sky; then I come to my senses and fly strait to the direction of the wild forest that surrounds the castle.

I flap my wings hard trying to get as much distance between the Demon castle and I. It feels weird flying; I have never experienced anything like it before. But as times goes by I begin to love it. All my life I have been deprived of enjoying my spirit animal.

It sucks being a Demon; you are never under any circumstances transform into you animal. You must always remain human and keep your body covered. That was all normal to me until now. I have realized what a strange way I have been living once I saw a Spirit wandering out side the castle gates. He was around the age of fifteen and looked amazing in his wolf form. His beautiful light brown fur, stunning hazel eyes, and muscular body. He was sniffing the ground then suddenly turned human. His human body was just as impressive; everything about him was so sexy. The best part was that he was naked… I don't mean to sound disturbing but come on! You would be thinking the same thing if you were me. I tried avert my eyes from staring his you know what. His head turned and he caught my eyes. We held eye contact with each other for a few seconds. Then there must have been a noise to startle him because suddenly he turned back into a wolf and darted back into the forest.

After seeing him I became jealous and wished I could turn into an animal. And then it hit me. I can! It's what I have been deprived of my whole life, but the truth is that I can turn into my lovely raven spirit animal whenever I want! So the past three weeks I had been practicing with my raven body. It was amazing how similar I looked even though I was in a raven's body. As a human I have jet-black hair and piercing dark black eyes. My hair is always messy and in my face and I am shy around people. But now when I look into the mirror I had seen a majestic raven who feather were as black as coal with hard black eyes staring back at me. My feathers were ruffled and when I look at myself I seemed normal.

My body shivers as I remember I am flying in the middle of a cold night. I am starting to get tired and need to find a place to rest. I slowly glide lower to the ground. I see a nice looking tree and extend my claws and grasp the branch as I land. Then I spot an old abandoned bird nest at the very top of the tree. I hop up branches until I reach the nest. It smells awful but I must make due with what I have. I curl up in the nest and fold my wings around my body trying to myself warm.