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Today's the day. The day I finally escape this prison cage. The young Reaper was finally going to get out, no longer trapped like a bird in this cage. When the door opened for her next meal, that's when she escapes. The chains around her ankles have at last rusted, ready to break at any given moment. The clock stroked twelve, it was time. The door creaked open, an Angel in a bright white cloak walked through the door, their face covered by the hood. They're carrying a silver tray with food, as they went to place the tray on the table by Alexyna. NOW! The girl sudden dashed for the door, the chains around her ankles shattered. She rushed down the coiled stairway, hearing footsteps quickly coming from behind her. Great. Now the Guards are after her. The girl was now running through the garden in the courtyard. She felt herself having just enough power to create a small portal back to the Shadow Realm.
Forming the portal in front of her, she ran through, but not without two or three Guards who were still chasing her. Alex had just enough time to stop and catch her breath. She looked around and saw her Realm half destroyed. Dead Fallen Angels, Angels, and piles of black dust (the Reapers) were everywhere. Buildings, homes turned to rubble. This was not her home anymore. Remembering she was being chased, Alex started running again. She jumped across to a nearby platform, than kept running. She had to lose them, but how?
In the Shadow Realm, each building was on their own 'platform', like a floating piece of land with a building and such on top. If you fell off the edge, then...You'd be lucky enough to land on another platform that might be below. Having nowhere else to go, and with her powers still trapped inside the ruby, Alexyna had to make a decision. Either be captured again or run off the edge and hope for the best. Without a second thought, she ran straight for the edge, once she got closer, she closed her eyes, jumping off the edge.
Desolately, there was no platform below, just a dark pit of nothingness. Falling, the girl screamed, but wait, no sound was coming out! What was going on?!?! She can feel herself screaming, but she's not! Right when she opened her eyes a strange black, red, and yellow vortex spiraled below her. What is that?! It was like a vacuum, it’s sucking her in! She tried to spread her black feathered wings, nevertheless nothing happened. She raised her hand up and shouted. HELP!!!!!! However, there was no sound again. Was this the end of the poor girl? All she wanted was to escape that awful cage and return home. What she didn't know was that this portal, giving her the freedom she so longed for to escape these wars, was taking her to the Human Realm.
As soon as she entered the Human Realm, Alexyna was visible to the humans. Since she was so far up in the sky, she looked like nothing but a little black speck. Upon entering, the brightness of the Human Realm blinded the girl. Covering her vision with her left arm. She was not use to such light; in the Shadow Realm it had always been dark, only lightened by the tinted shine of the Red Moon. The cool air whistled passed her as she fell. What? She's not dead...Well, she didn't disappear? Since you know, Reapers can't really die...Anyways. Her eyes felt heavy, closing slowly. Her arms moved to her sides. It would appear that she had blacked out. As she plunged further down, passed a wall of clouds, it became darker. Her wings vanished, leaving behind a large trail of black feathers following after her. Her clothes started to rip away; each piece of clothing that came off caught fire and burned away. Her hair, turning darker, from white to gray to black, as if her ties with the Shadow Realm were breaking apart.
Each second Alexyna grew closer to the ground. It was nighttime in the Human Realm, so no one could see a girl falling from the sky to her possible death. Tall building surrounded her; the sounds of the city filled the air. Sadly, she plummeted on a building's rooftop, rolled off, and crash landing on the cold stone ground. The girl's clothes have been ripped off, but she was not fully naked. She did have portions of her clothes covering up parts of her body, though even that was torn up. Still, the ruby choker was around her neck, the only thing still slightly in one piece. The black feathers fell around her, as a crow appeared next to the girl. Her whole body was cut up; there was even a crack in the ruby. It's a miracle that she survived such a fall. Quite shockingly, this all came about in front of a young boy who just happened to be walking through the alley.
The second sound was of a girl(Alexyna) falling in front of him, unto the pavement of the cold ground. He would have asked for her condition, but he was reminded, once again, that he could not speak. He would have been embarrassed, if he wasn't worried about the health of the girl. How did she even fall from that high? He thought this to himself, utterly confused as to how she hadn't been completely destroyed. He crouched next to her, and observed her body, looking for any visible signs of damage. The girl appeared to, surprisingly, not have any broken bones or organs. Not being able to speak had given him time to sharpen his senses, but only to a degree. He, unsurprisingly, had quite a bit of strength and was able to carry the girl using both hands. He stood up, the girl in his hands, then headed in the direction of his mansion. The groceries could wait, this was much more important. He still wondered who had sent her flying out of the air, but he couldn't ask due to his disability. He sighed, knowing that he may have just brought himself into a giant mess. At least I might have some fun He thought this to himself, knowing the danger that could be brought upon by a girl who fell out of the sky.
Perhaps the young girl would wake up and tell him what was happening. Oh, he thought, remembering that trauma could possibly cause amnesia. He hoped she would at least be able to remember her name, but he couldn't expect an origin.
Internally freaking out, the girl's head moved, facing the other side now. Her ruby choker then began to faintly shine its red color. The black crow took to the sky, as she was being moved from where she landed, not far behind the Reaper girl. It cawed it’s frightening caw, as it followed. The strange girl's eyes began to shutter open. Everything was a blur, as she only could open her eyes partly. Once her vision was slightly clearer, she saw a dark figure, though she couldn't see any features in the figure. Just presuming that the figure was trying to take her back. She summoned up all her strength to move her body and speak. "L-Let me go!!" She tried to shout, but only came out in a soft spoken whisper. She placed her hands on the boy's chest as she tried to push herself away, but didn't have enough strength to do so.
Her hands fell onto her stomach, not able to keep them up. She tried to focus her vision, it was a boy, she got that, and he wasn't an Angel, they'd be wearing white and have a bright shine to them. Maybe he was from her Realm. "I-I don't want to...go back...Don't take me...back..." She pleaded, closing her eyes again. Her breathing quickened, but she seemed to be passed-out once again.
He watched her hands appear to go limp, thinking that perhaps she had given up fighting. He guessed that she must have been a bit more lucid, but it was highly unlikely due to her fall. "I-I don't want to...go back...Don't take me...back..." She requested of him. There was no reason for him to take her back to the place she was, and he couldn't even if he wanted to. He had no idea where the girl was from, so any attempt to return her to her origins would be short-lived. He approached the gates to his mansion, then he put her slowly against the wall. He went to the gates, got his keys out, opened the locks, then opened the gates. He didn't wonder why his mansion had gates, for the reason was obvious. His family was rich; therefore people would want to rob him.
He returned to the girl and attempted picking her up, in the same manner he had before. He had a smell of someone who recently took a shower, which he had done earlier. He went through the gates and rested her against the inside wall of the brick wall surrounding his mansion. He then closed the gates and picked the girl up once again.
He had reached the entrance to his house, where he knocked and had been greeted by a slightly shocked maid. "Oh my, who may this be?" The maid asked, curious as to who the young master had brought home. He shrugged his shoulder and motioned to his hands, which he would normally use for sign language. She understood. He sat the girl down on a seat, and sat opposite of her. He used his hands to signal to his maid to quickly cook something up. He grabbed pen and paper from his pocket, and wrote in neat handwriting, "Hello. I'm terribly sorry, but I am incapable of speech. Do you have any requests?" Then, he waited for the strange girl to wake up.
That sweet dream she was having, rapidly changed into a horrid nightmare. Houses in front of her caught on fire, Reapers running around trying to put the fire out. “Liam…Liam where are you!!” She called out frantically, running around. Finally spotting Liam in the sky, she quickly ran towards him unfurling her wings. But it was too late, an Angel had shot an arrow was shot, hitting Liam between his wings, he started going down, than poof he turned to a pile of ash. For Reapers with wings, getting hit with enough power between them was a critical weak point, it could kill one. “Li…am…” The little Reaper girl started screaming, crying, than everything went black. The strange girl shot up on the couch, as she was still screaming. She quickly stopped, realizing she was somewhere else. Her heart was racing and she was breathing heavily with tears running down her cheeks. She was wide awake now, frightened and confused on what she just saw.
She took a few deep breaths. Her vision was still a slight blur and she felt dizzy, ready to pass out again. Did her hit that building that hard? Staring down at herself, she found herself practically covered with cuts and bruises. Then she glanced up, seeing a boy sitting in front of her. On the table in-between them was a note that read “Hello. I'm terribly sorry, but I am incapable of speech. Do you have any requests?” She looked back at the boy and shook her head ‘no’.
His mind wandered for a split-second and he found the right question to ask. Perhaps it was time to inquire about the girl's origin. He grabbed another note and wrote, "My name is Daemon" He would have asked one of his servants to translate for him, but that probably would have been strange for the girl. "What is yours?" He finished writing, then passed the note to her, hoping that the conversation wasn't too awkward, if it could even be called that. He sighed, or at least appeared to. It was probably going to be a long,long day.
She stayed quiet for awhile, not really knowing what to say. After all, she was in a strange place. "Wh-Where am I?" She asked, feeling a bit uncomfortable with where she was.
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