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Mon 25th Dec 2023 03:48

Pane

by Zylah Burwitz

I will never forget the pane of this day. Everything has changed. Tristan, Dad, and the rest of our village is gone. Just like that. This day will haunt my dreams. I will never forget the pane the dark lady caused me.
 
The evening was just like any other day on the farm. Ma and I finished with our chores and were helping Dad and Bo cut wood. Until I notice Tristan bekoning me into the woods. I should have heard the danger comeing but I was so focused on the sound of his footsteps and his scent, everything else was far off in the bakground. That was until I heard the sound of his deth.
 
I let the fear/anger and energy flow through me. I piked up the bow next to me and quickly disposed of the creatures that had caused this atrocity. The anger and sadness making my arrows the most acurate and dedly they have ever been.
 
I am familar with every creature in these woods and have never seen anything like these hideous beings. One spills their acidic blood on me, but my body is numb to pane. Next this bitch with black horns appears, I fire the truest shot with my bow and the arrow just crumples as it hits her. She then grabs me with these talons, says I’m “to young” throws me into a tree then vanishes. Who or what is she?
 
I return home and find deth and destruction. Thankfully Bo is alive but she is different. She tells me the dark bitch with the horns took Ma and Dad is dead. She also speaks about Ma and Dad acting “different.” But my thoughts trail off, unable to focus as the adrenaline fades and reality begins to settle in.
 
I head back into the woods to find Tristan’s body, arrow threw his neck. I carefully remove the arrow and strain every muscle in my body to bring him back to the farm for a proper burial. Removeing his necklace to carry with me in his memory. I will avenge his and Dad’s deth if it is the last thing I do.
 
-Zylah