• Her

    Through the tree tops I glimpsed her, watching, her weapon ready. I knew I must flee, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me start from the beginning.

    It all started a few months ago, I was stargazing in the park. I found myself staring at the moon. I couldn’t keep my eyes off it. After a while, I started to see the image of a female face. I dismissed it as my eyes playing tricks on me, but after a while She became clearer. One of my friends snapped me out of my trance and we went home, but I never stopped thinking about the beautiful girl I had seen in the moon. After that night I always found myself mesmerized by the moon.

    One night I saw Her fully for the first time, She wore a veil and a coiled silver tiara. Her hair looked as if it was manifested from wind and moonbeams. She was holding a sword that seemed to be forged from stars and polished with dew. Her dress was made from night-time clouds with stars for decoration and a waistband of silver. She was standing on a cloud, Her hair billowing in the breeze. She held her sword tightly, as if ready to swing. Her eyes were like shimmering blue pools that never ended. I was mesmerized until my brother called me for dinner and I exited my trance.

    Last night I saw Her again. She was holding her sword higher this time and floating towards me. She was singing as if trying to lull me to sleep. She was almost at my window when the sun rose and She disappeared. I knew I must flee before nightfall or She would end me.

    Even now, as I flee through the forest, I can feel Her eyes on my back. I know I will eventually be lulled by Her singing. I can already feel my eyelids getting heavier. I will not be able to run much further, I must find refuge before I cannot resist any longer. There is a fork in the road in front of me, I will go right as She is on my left. I know if I do not escape soon I will be captured.

    I can see her silver cloud starting to envelope me. My feet already have silver casings. My eyes are starting to close.

    I am awake now. She is looming over me. I look down at my body, my clothes have gone silvery and resemble armour. I now have a golden bow and some arrows on my belt. I can feel my hair growing spiky and stiff. I am now one of Them. Who will be next?