In the Woods of Madness

LOCATION: The west woods.
TIME: 23:30
DATE: 17th of January
SURROUNDINGS: Trees, darkness.
WEATHER: Cold, slight snow.
OUTFIT: Link
TOPIC FOR: @Echo <3
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What a Sunday. She could feel how heavy her eyelids got by the second, it was hard being on the center of attention - she liked meeting everyone, but the aftermath, it was rough and exhausting. Seraphina had asked the driver to let her walk the final miles to Moonlight Falls from the edge of the West forest. Oh she would get shit for it when she returned home, but she could fly if it came down to that. The car drove off and she could see the lights fade away into the unknown. The angel felt like she could finally take a deep breath in and just enjoy the silence. The sweet silence that she had longed for the past hours. Seraphina began to slowly to walk alongside the road, following the path she knew would guide her the way home. Perhaps she should have called her oldest brother, knowing he would drop what ever he had in his hands to come pick her up. However, Seraphina couldn't even remember if she had told anyone where was an event tonight - anyways it would be all over social media in the next hours, a perfect time to disconnect from that reality.

After a while she stopped, looking back where she could trace her small footsteps in the snow. It was cold, and she wasn't wearing nearly enough clothing for this walk, but whatever, she had made her choice minutes ago. Someone made their way through the darkness, yellow eyes and a little smirk on the pale face. Werewolf the angel thought to herself, it was past the new moon, and she could only imagine how empowering it must feel for a wolf to regain their strength after being so powerless. Seraphina however, was a skeptic at heart and meting strangers in the forest  - who hadn't gotten told the tale about red riding hood as a kid? "Stay back, please," she said with a quite dominate tone and looked at the werewolf. He leaned up against the tree shortly, watching her, and she couldn't place his attentions. So she quickly picked up her phone from her jacket, and was about to type her brother's number in, when the werewolf moved closer, faster than she expected - the scare made her drop the phone in the snow. He reached for her which made her scream, powerful enough for her ability to kick in and blast him off with a powerful force of energy. He tumbled around in the snow, and his werewolf features became more clear to her already. Seraphina took a deeper breath in, "I told you not to move closer," she warned a little out of breath, it wasn't desire to hurt anyone.

"You don't understand," he finally stood up from the ground and looked around them. Seraphina was filled with fear, it wasn't easy to come down from, not given the situations. He was a stranger. A stranger with sharp teeth and glowing eyes, and he had reached out for her. Seraphina took a deeper breath in and bowed down to grab her phone, her hands shaking and her heart beating with an enormous speed - she wanted to get out of there. Dead.. the phone was dead from the cold. She looked up and the werewolf was once again making his way closer to her. Seraphina got back up on her feet, almost losing her balance. "You need to calm down," he said but his voice didn't reach her. The angel was terrified, "just go away," she said and took a step back. "It's not s-" Seraphina moved her hand up, almost to show defense in case he would try to grab her again. However, with her abilities lashing out, another destructive telekinetic wave pushed the werewolf back, and with closed eyes - she didn't see the happen before it was too late. He was hanging on a tree, impaled by a branch. Seraphina opened her eyes in shock. "No.. no no no," she rushed over to the werewolf, trying to see if she could find a way to help him down -  to help him survive. "Somebody help!" She yelled out into the empty forest, "I'm so sorry," she whispered underneath her breath as the panic grew even bigger in her.

She was beyond terrified, having this man cough out blood as he looked at her. Seraphina had no idea what to do, and her lips folded tightly together as she tried to place her hand around the branche, hoping it would stop the bleeding - but it was already obvious what was about to happen. It didn't matter what she tried, or her intentions to try saving his life. The life in his eyes went away, and she took a step back and lifted the back of her hand up to her lips almost breathless. She could feel a strong pain in her chest, as the darkness took over her heart and her soul. Spiked it with her new fate by punishing her for the act. Totally caught up in her emotions and thoughts, she barely realized a creature walking up to her. It was when she turned her head to the side that she jumped back in a small scare - who wouldn't? Seraphina had no idea such creature even excited in this time, of course it shouldn't come as a surprise in the end. She looked into the eyes of the creature, her tear-filled eyes almost didn't know what to do. "He is dead," she whispered underneath her breath and looked over at the spiked werewolf, who hanged from the tree almost like Jesus had done on the cross. "I killed him." Her voice was so fragile and low, as she realized what she had done. Her green eyes moved down to her blood covered hands and she shook her head in disbelief. All she wanted was for this to be a bad dream, something she could wake up from. Seraphina was a young angel, and she didn't know anyone who was fallen angels, but she had heard so many stories. "Are you send here to kill me?" She whispered and moved her eyes up to the dinosaurus again. It could be, how would she know. Why else would a creature like that appear? A sharp pain from her back, made her scream as she white wings forced themselves out. It was quite the vision, how the beautiful white feathers one by one, turned in to a raven black color.

They should report it to the police, her father worked there- but he would know. She was way to scared of facing him right now, there had to be another way - she needed time. Needed to just breathe for at second, even through the world came to tumble down on her in this moment. The raptor puffed gently to her cheek, and she tried to forced a little curl in her smile. She looked back at her now dark wings, and how beautifully they embraced the shadows of the night - forever a reminder of the life she had taken. Seraphina couldn't stop her tears from running, and she was alone with this terrible feeling as it took over her heart. It was impossible for her family to understand this, and for the first time in her life - she was scared of them. It wasn't just a fear such as saying the wrong thing, she had fallen from grace and become what they, what she had been against since the dawn of time. How did you explain that? It was overwhelming, so overwhelming she began go feel rather sick and lightheaded. She pulled her wings back in, removing the reminder - at least for a short moment. Her guilt filled eyes looked over at the man hanging, and she folded her lips together. "I have to get out of here," she said in an almost whisper. She couldn't be traced back to this, the truth would come out one day - but tonight, tonight she couldn't handle anymore. It was almost impossible to look away from him, but she took a few steps closer to the raptor. If she had been in her right mind, she most likely would have found it scary or even terrified - but she had no room for that fear, it wasn't big enough to take her mind of her previous actions.

The angel was struggling to figure out the animal's behavior, what it wanted from her. She frowned a bit as it laid down on ground, but remembered the words she just had spoken a few seconds ago. The young girl took a few steps closer to the creature, couldn't believe she was actually doing this. No thing in this evening had really gone as planned. She sat up on the raptors back, and took a deeper breath in. Her green eyes looked over at her victim shortly before holding her lips. "I can't go home..Just to Gaia.. please" She mumbled in an almost whisper. There was no way she was going home, not with blood on her hands and a black pair of wings to follow. "My family wouldn't understand.. they would hate me," her voice broke a bit under the next exhale and it was getting harder for the tears to stop. The creature didn't have to take care of her, she would find a way to take care of things herself. Her face was known most places, it was hard to come by unnoticed - she wanted to stay low till she at least got to accept what she had done - if she ever would

Never had she ever thought she would sit on top of a creature as great as this one. It seemed like she was dreaming, and a part of her hoped - hoped that this was a dream, and she would wake up in the morning and everything would be back to normal. However, the sudden squil made her hold more tight around the creature, and she closed her eyes as they rushed through the forest. The painful howls from the wolves, that clearly had lost a member of their pack. It made her feel even worse. They hunted them. They hunted the creature, what if they caught them? What if they were to punish him for her action? She couldn't let that happen, and she closed her eyes a little bit tighter together - once again praying this was a dream, that she would wake up soon and it would all be over. This had to be over.

She had no idea what was going on, she just knew they had to get away from here. The werewolves came too close, and the raptor tilted over, making Seraphina fall off him. She rolled over on her back, watching as one of the wolves came too close, she crawled back. Scared for her life. Of course the wolves couldn't know which one of them who were the killer in this scenario. Before the wolf managed to even attack the raptor was standing in front of the angel, defending her - even if she didn't deserve it. Seraphina didn't understand why this grand creature would defeat her, not after it had seen what she did. Shapeshifter - it had to be a shapeshifter, no animal would react with such empathy to take care of a lost soul like hers. Seraphina wanted to stop crying, but her tears seemed like a waterfall, endless tears that just kept falling silently down her cheeks. Even if she just wanted to go home, she couldn't. She got up slowly on her feet again, her legs shaking and it was hard to even find her balance again. It was like the guilt tried to knock her back down to the ground. It didn't seem like the werewolves were here to attack without reason, she knew they most likely just wanted to protect and defend their pack. Hunt the strangers away, it was far from all packs that wanted blood as revenge. Howls sounded from deeper in the woods there they had been earlier. It was howls of sorrow, she could feel the sadness deep in her bones, making her heart ache even more. And just like that the wolves in front of them howled back, just before taking a good look at the two strangers yet again. Then they ran off, having hunted the raptor and the fallen out from their territory.