morning

The air was thick and made her suck in her breath as she stepped outside into the dark morning. The heavy rains from the previous two days had created a thick mist that hung in the trees like fake spider webs at Halloween. She hated mornings like this they always reminded her of a Stephen King horror novel she read as a kid.

Halfway home, Jake paused in his walk and stared at one spot between two houses. His fur raised on the back of his neck a low threatening growl emitted from his throat. She turned to see what he was staring at but the darkness was too thick. The hairs raised on the back of her neck and arms as she stared into the darkness.

With a sense of urgency she gently tugged on Jake’s leash and told him to go. They were almost home when a loud crash sounded from behind her, Jake whirled around growling again, and this time his teeth were bared. She didn’t want to look behind her but couldn’t help herself.

The streetlight’s rays came through the trees to shine on a black figure standing in the middle of the road. With her heart pounding in her chest she turned and ran towards the house, Jake sprinting next to her. She could hear the footsteps of the person behind her gaining.

A couple of hours later the earth under their feet seemed to shift, something was horribly wrong. They went and stood out on the front walkway and looked towards Falias. Momma gasped when they saw the black smoke rising from the center. A few minutes later someone came running down the walkway screaming that the UnSeelie the filthy creatures and broken down the Caelestis rock.

No wonder the earth felt funny the Caelestis was what kept Padua going strong, why would the UnSeelie do that? Momma made them run into the house and grab what they could for clothes and food, and then they went to Grandpapa’s and Grandmamma’s farm. It took them more than two hours to get there even though they used the bundle of grass to fly. Momma had to keep putting them back on the ground, because the UnSeelie army was trying to shoot her people out of the sky.

At the farm, Grandpapa sent them into the secret room built into the floor of one of the barns. They had her birthday in secret and Mamma tried to make it as fun as she could but they all had been secretly worried about papa. Mamma apologized for having to give her, her woman’s ceremony indoors. She promised that it would not make a difference to her power.