I woke up inside lovedays small cottage. I was underneath two warm blankets that covered me from my neck to my ankles. I slowly started to remember the events that took place last night. I kicked the blankets off of me and looked in the area of the dog bite. It was bandaged. At least bird boy had some talents. I looked around the room. There was a snake on the floor. I gasped at the sight off it, but soon realized that it was sleeping soundly. There was a single window that provided all the light necessary for the room to be gazed upon.
I looked around the room one more time, and noticed that Robin, my Robin, was no were to be seen. I felt tired, and instead of trying to sleep, I decided to stand up. I stood on my good leg first, wincing in pain from the slight soreness in my calf. I took a step toward the window, and was knocked over by the sudden, burning, sensation in my leg. I lifted my arms out to stop the fall of my body to the ground. But instead of hitting the ground, large, muscular arms wrapped around my waist and but me upright again. Those arms didn't let go of me though, even when I was standing straight once more.
"Probably best If you didn't do that again, princess" Robin said from behind me. I knew his humor all too well.
"Ya, well. Since when do I listen to you?" I said as I freed myself from his arms and took another step.
That plan failed almost instantly. I found myself stumbling over my own feet in a matter of seconds. Luckily, bird boy was behind me, ready for whatever destruction was about to present itself. He wrapped his hands around my waist one more time and motioned me toward the makeshift bed on the floor. I didn't want to sit down, but his hands on my waist, and his slow breathing seemed to put me into a unbreakable trance.
"Do you want to listen to me now?" he said, placing me onto the floor.
"I'll take it into consideration" I replied.
He sat down next to me and pulled my leg into his lap, motioning for me to lay back and to not worry about what the bandage would reveal. He slowly started to unwrap the bandage, stopping every time I flinched. Nice to know he cares. The wound looked a lot better than it felt. The skin was burnt and starting to peal. Not something I wanted Robin to see.
"Why was that animal so, so savage last night?" I asked him.
"I have been trying to figure that out. I went into my sister's library and found a book. A child's myth about mother nature." He said.
"What did it say?"
"Better if you read it."
A long time ago, Mother Nature, like all things in life, was born. She was created by the waters from the deepest trench, the snow from the highest mountain, the rock from the deepest valley, and the leaf from the liveliest tree. Mother Nature was aid to be the ruler and governor of the land of earth. One day, and evil force tried to kill Mother Nature, thinking that with her dead, the world would look to him to take control. Mother Nature herd of his plan and sent three signs to the current moon princess. The first sign, was all the animals slowly turning into evil versions of their former selves. The second sign was the trees and the rivers all dyeing and disappearing. The third sign, was darkness without end. The sun never raised, and the moon never followed. The moon princess heaved the warning, and went to the tree of life. At this tree, she gave mother a new birth, by taking the water from the deepest trench, and watering the tree. She took the snow from the highest mountain and cooled the trees roots. She took a rock from the deepest valley, and rubbed it against the trunk of the tree. Finally, she took a single leave from the tree, and buried it in the depths of the trees soil. Only minutes after, did Mother Nature become re-born and the wizard, banished to live in a land between the living and the dead.
Mother nature was dying. And Maria Merryweather, was the only one left to safe her.