Anden
The Sun and the Moon
In an endless game of hide and seek
It was Dani's voice that broke him from his trance. Run.
Run where though? Anden had brought them to the tree tops to avoid the figures on the ground. One glance at them explained it all. Their bodies weren't human anymore. Replaced with something from a Childs nightmare. Stretched out and bloated. The only way Anden could recognize they were human was from the holes where he'd assume their eyes once gazed into the world.
"Anden. Won't you come dance with me?"
Anden locked his hand onto Dani's, his grip tightening around her thin wrist. It had to be her. It had to be Eloise. This entire time that he spent looking, spent forgetting she was right her - waiting for him. He was foolish to ever think that even a goddess like The Voice could separate them. Love conquers all.
"Anden. I'm waiting. I have to show you something."
It was a flood of memories all at once. Images of Eloise dancing as leafs drifted and danced around. Or of the time she got stuck in a tree. Or of when they raced through the inn to meet the latest guest.
Her fragile hand reached down through the branches for Anden. His eyes locked onto the outstretched arm. Anden let go of Dani's wrist and intertwined his fingers with his twins.
And then everything was gone.
The ghost of his twin pulled him higher, and higher. Up the tree until they stood face to face at the top of the tree. With every second that passed her face faded. It morphed. It changed. Anden stared on his horror as the once youthful image of his twin hallowed out to nothing but a shell of who she once was.
"Anden. Why did you stop looking? You could have saved me."
This was wrong. It was a lie. Anden closed his eyes, pressing his hands against his ears trying to block out her voice. This was a trick of the forest. It had to be. "DANI!" Anden shouted with all the force he could muster. They had to escape. They had to.
The Sun and the Moon
In an endless game of hide and seek
In an endless game of hide and seek
