Year 1884, The middle of nowhere.
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It was now dusk, the sun had met the horizon and I had to get back. I carried the wood on my back that I had just chopped throughout the course of the day.
Summer was coming to an end and I could only hope I had enough wood to get me through this winter. The air had grown colder, it became harder to walk. I had gotten used to walking alone in the forest at night. Oddly enough, the woods were the safest place I could be. Albeit there were strength in numbers, I did not have that option.
I hobbled my sore body inside the old cottage that was falling apart. There was a strong possibility it would fall burring me under while I slept in the night. I slept near the rotted wooden door should it happen.
The cold caused my breath to form a cloud. A frost coated the ground. Howells erupted nearby. Initially, they frightened me. But then, I remembered that animals wanted nothing to do with me anyhow.
A shiver ran down my spine. I didn't have enough material to keep me warm. I longed for a fire but it was no good at night, for I would risk discovery. There was no longer a place in this world for the once well known Lady Katharine Arcane.
My body began to ache from the cold. If the point was in fact survival, I wasn't doing it well. I needed a fire. I lifted my self up from the floor of the run-down cottage, and grabbed the kindling. I set up the logs and chipped away at the flint and steal. I managed to create a small flame on the dried up weeds and twigs I had saved. I lightly blew onto the flame causing it to grow bigger. Then I carefully placed it at the base.
My hands burned from the cold, I placed them near the fire and gradually added wood as it was needed.
Step...step...step. I suddenly heard something nearby. Step...step...step. I shot up, although my tired body resisted sudden movement. I grabbed my small dagger from my waste ban.
"Whose there?" I kept my voice calm. Step...step...step...To be continued...
Author's note: ( I never read these 😅)
Hello my dear fellow weebs! I edited as best as I could but of course true art is never done.
My sister is willing to be my editor, however she is in fact a normie. 😞 Let's make her love anime!
Author: Chloe LaRain
Editor: Liz ( Idk what name she would like to go by)
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Chilling adventures with Katharine Arcane
FanfictionKatharine Arcane is a young woman of title in the late 1800s. She looses her title when her family is assassinated and her life of comfort and privilege comes to an untimely end. Fan fiction of black Butler. Rated pg-13