Dani
Who have you chose
to stand as your martyr?
to stand as your martyr?
The sudden expansion of space between Dani and the ground left her head spinning. She was distantly aware of the pressure on her arm, but felt more as though she were being thrown from a dream. "Stop," she choked out, confusion swiftly being replaced by panic. A piece of Dani had never fully believed that Caido wasn't some strange purgatory, and that piece of her began to pry at the fingers that grasped her arm.
As Dani hung helplessly from the too-powerful grasp, she looked back to the glade and searched the three faces she'd so dearly missed for all these years. She cried out for them, and Anden shooshed her with reassurances of her safety, failing to understand that he was the one Dani was hoping to escape.
Until, that is, she saw their eyes. The lively green eyes that ran in her blood were absent, instead replaced by a milky white void. That void reached down into each smile and consumed all the warmth that had once lied within, leaving behind three chilling grins without a hint of recognition or love.
Within that same moment, a chilling laugh sounded above the two friends. The grip that now felt more like a lifeline loosened, and her heart lept into her throat as her body began to free-fall. The world seemed to move in slow motion as the ground pulled her towards it, and her gaze remained locked on the three figures whose eyes threatened to swallow her whole.
One moment, they appeared as her family had when she'd last seen them; malnourished and covered in grime, but alive. The next moment, their eyes were bulging, their faces bloated and skin a sickly shade of purple. The most alarming change however, was the unnatural angle at which their necks were bent, emphasized by jagged bits of protruding bone. As horror filled her mind, Dani felt a foreign pressure rapidly constrict around her own neck.
Her descent was abruptly interrupted, and though she tried to scream, air refused to move in or out of her lungs. She clawed at her throat, but found nothing holding her there. She felt as though blood were pooling into her face, the tears dripping from her eyes doing nothing to relieve her of the building pressure.
And finally, Anden's hand returned to hold her, and the invisible force was gone as quickly as it'd come. Dani gasped for air, and turned to look up at her friend who appeared mesmerized by the voice from the treetops above.
"Run," she rasped.
As Dani hung helplessly from the too-powerful grasp, she looked back to the glade and searched the three faces she'd so dearly missed for all these years. She cried out for them, and Anden shooshed her with reassurances of her safety, failing to understand that he was the one Dani was hoping to escape.
Until, that is, she saw their eyes. The lively green eyes that ran in her blood were absent, instead replaced by a milky white void. That void reached down into each smile and consumed all the warmth that had once lied within, leaving behind three chilling grins without a hint of recognition or love.
Within that same moment, a chilling laugh sounded above the two friends. The grip that now felt more like a lifeline loosened, and her heart lept into her throat as her body began to free-fall. The world seemed to move in slow motion as the ground pulled her towards it, and her gaze remained locked on the three figures whose eyes threatened to swallow her whole.
One moment, they appeared as her family had when she'd last seen them; malnourished and covered in grime, but alive. The next moment, their eyes were bulging, their faces bloated and skin a sickly shade of purple. The most alarming change however, was the unnatural angle at which their necks were bent, emphasized by jagged bits of protruding bone. As horror filled her mind, Dani felt a foreign pressure rapidly constrict around her own neck.
Her descent was abruptly interrupted, and though she tried to scream, air refused to move in or out of her lungs. She clawed at her throat, but found nothing holding her there. She felt as though blood were pooling into her face, the tears dripping from her eyes doing nothing to relieve her of the building pressure.
And finally, Anden's hand returned to hold her, and the invisible force was gone as quickly as it'd come. Dani gasped for air, and turned to look up at her friend who appeared mesmerized by the voice from the treetops above.
"Run," she rasped.
To prove purposeful
in courses uncharted
in courses uncharted
