Snippet #2075489

I heard low whimpering behind me, and slowly I collected my weapons, whiping the black ooze from the blades on their fur. The third had crawled away with a broken body and my heart ached for the poor thing. I turned and the prey of these dead beasts was alive though fearful, hiding behind the rubble of some sort of angelic statue. Ironic considering the innocence of this young girl. She looked to be about 15 and I sensed the morale strength beneath her. She was a beautiful person. A spectacular person. But she cowered at the sight of me.

In a way, I was. I was on the side that had started the destruction of this world. This girl was why I would die, or be consumed by the fires of the abyss. I cleared my throat and the sound brought her further behind the cover of the rubble.

I said to her with a calm and comforting voice, "I mean you no harm, I managed a crooked smile, sliding into a nonchalant crouch. Fanning my wings to balance me. The feathers in place on the right shining pale blue with the blood from my shoulder wound. The pain had long since subsided. She peeked from behind the rubbled pulling herself up to peer at me. I struggled to make my smile comforting. "It's okay, I won't hurt you." Her eyes were moist with tears and I held a scarred, pale hand out to her. She hesitated.

But rose and walked slowly and healf heartedly to me. He frail, tiny hand grabbed my own. I looked at her with reassurance in my eyes. She was dirty, grimy, her skin was tan beneath the layers of filth, her clothes were ragged. Jeans, her blue t-shirt streaked and worse for wear. Her hair was ragged and clumped together with matted dirt. But her eyes, were clean, her soul, was clean. I squeezed her little hand gently.

I smiled before asking her assertively, "Do you believe in him now?" She looked confused, but a moment later she registered what I was asking.

"Now more than ever, yes," Tears were brought back to her eyes and I reached up, wiping a tear from the edge of her eye gently, carrying dirt with it. "I just don't understand all of this.." I grimaced looking down, she wasn't ready yet.

"Be strong," I told her, with a heavy heart I pulled my hand away looking her in the eyes with a smile. "Learn from your races mistakes." I turned walking a few steps before with a few flaps of my large feathered wings. I was lifted from the ground and carried off..