Prologue
What does one do when they find themselves literally running from something they should have run away from long ago? Do they keep going even though every fiber in their being is telling them this can't possibly be the right thing to do? What is the right path and how will I ever find where it is? Do I keep running?
As I trudged my way, rather clumsily, through the fog ridden forest my thoughts were stuck on these questions. I was finally free. Or at least I thought this might make me free. It didn't feel like freedom yet though. As my hooves beat against the muddy surface and I struggled to keep my footing I began to feel more and more like the thing I was running from was still there, pulling me down.
I lost my footing when my hoof caught a rock and nearly fell face first into a puddle of mud. Luckily my antlers weren't fully grown yet and I was able to balance myself enough to merely fall to my knees. At that point my eyes began burning and I had to fight back the tears welling up in my eyes. I had been strong for this long, I wouldn't let it get the best of me now.
I carefully picked myself from the mud, my knees down now were covered in the watery brown liquid, and began running as though I'd never fallen. This time my eyes were focused dead on as they looked through the endless fog. I had no idea where I was going, but hopefully I'd know when I got there.
There was a clearing ahead of me, I could tell by the presence of white, and I became curious with the idea of a whole new place opening up to me. The fog wasn't letting up, but the forest was beginning to thin as though the jaws of a monster I'd been trapped inside for years were finally releasing me, giving me another chance at life.
As I made my final steps out of the forest my hooves came into contact with a very new and very hard surface. It felt like cold rock and it would have been very uncomfortable had I not had my mind on so many other things. But even with my mind stuck on other things I was still able to realize the choppy water thrashing against the edge of the narrow rocky surface I was one. The rocky surface sufficed well for a bridge, but it still didn't block the water from occasionally splashing over and soaking me. I mind it too much because at least it kept me more focused on where I was going then what was going on in my head.
The rocky bridge went on for quite sometime and suddenly my thoughts turned to whether or not I'd find the other side or if I should just turn back. And that made me question what I was doing all together. I decided that if this bridge did end in a dead end then I'd take it as a sign that I was making the wrong choice and turn around. Before I even thought about it I already knew that in the back of my mind I was secretly wishing this bridge would end at a dead end and I could go back to what I knew, to what was comfortable to me. I hated going off on my own into this new world, even if it was the best thing for me in the end.
My shoulders shivered as the water splashed up onto my dark pelt and I began to run a little faster pressing my hooves harder onto the rocky surface to gain momentum. I didn't want to believe it, but I could sense the bridge ending and a new land forming ahead of me. This was it. This would be the start of a new life for me.
I pulled myself up the steep muddy incline, latching my antlers onto branches for support so that I could make the dangerous journey up. I tried to make out what was ahead of me, I still couldn't see much due to the fog, but from what I could see the forest was quite different from the one I'd lived in. The trees weren't as big, the ground was a little less green, and there weren't many birds chirping. It was almost eerie and it made me rethink coming here. But I had to give it a try for the sake of myself and my sanity.
Author: I am currently trying to get back into writing as I've haven't written in what seems like forever. I will finish Kairon's Refuge and hopefully get on that soon *crosses fingers*. For now I leave everyone with this prologue I wrote a few weeks ago. It's suppose to be the next part of Saeron's Temple with our favorite characters Dante and Saeron and some new characters and creatures that should make this story more entertaining and exciting to read. Please let me know what you guys think of the prologue so far :) Thanks!