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"It's been far too long since I've been here last. Far too long.." The Angel murmured to herself again and again as she trekked through the villages scattered about the land. The night was young, the full moon hanging high in the sky and the stars burning bright. The moon cast a silky blue glow over the villages, making up for their downgraded states.
Few villagers could be seen wandering about either taking care of last minute things such as removing ragged clothes from clothes lines, or locking doors to simply wandering. Those who wandered wore blank expressions, not appearing to have an apparent purpose as to what they were doing. They almost looked like they were searching for something. Something they were determined to find until they collapse from exhaustion.
The thought of the wanderer's searching for death came to mind and she shuddered. No, she was sure that wasn't it. And she almost believed herself. Absently she ran her hand along her back where her wings should be but instead brushed past two narrow slits cut into the back of her attire. "One could only wonder what happened here." She said to herself, used to the habit of talking to herself. It was the only companion she had in this world as of now. Had a war broken out over the land or were they simply struck with horrible misfortune? She wished to believe it was simply misfortune, for misfortune has a way of turning around again to luck, but this wasn't the first village she came across like this.
"Things will be right again soon. A bright future and happiness has yet to come." She murmured to every wanderer she passed, but never received any form of reply. Only stares; whether they be shocked or keeping to their blank expressions. It pained her to see humans so depressed over what was happening, whatever was happening.
Finally reached the outskirts of the village the castle could be seen off the horizon. It stood tall against against night, the moons light bathing it in a hazy glow. Why she felt compelled to come here she wasn't sure. To escape the sadness and depression around her perhaps? Curiosity of the strange castle?
In any case, it was a place to go to for the time being. Of course she didn't intend to stay or even have her being there be known of, but she needed a place to rest and the trees surrounding the castle looked fairly comfortable. They were large and broad rather than weak and withering like the ones around her now. "Some rain might do them some good." She noted to herself softly before slipping into the dark and bringing out her wings.
The white feathers tickled her skin as they brushed past her shoulders and spread out around her. With a final glance back in a silent wish of luck the Angel took off for the odd castle in the distance.