Scarlet's Backstory - Book 1 ~ (The Dead City Series)

Chapter 12

Katrina

I awoke in the cold mist. Why? Not sure. I sat up, nothing was different. I was in my little hidey hole with my food and water, clothes and supplies.

"Why in the world am I awake?" I asked myself quietly.

It was about 1:00 in the morning. Then I felt it. There was a strange presence in the hunting ground. Or as everyone else calls it, The Dead City. Everything there was dead and barely anyone hunts there anymore. I used to hunt there all the time, but then some powerful magic of some sort took over, killing everything in its path. Yet I felt a presence there. It would be about a 30 minute flight, I'd be able to get there quickly if I went higher. Oh whatever. Might as well do something. I stood up and looked around. The place was quiet. Perfect. I smiled at it. One of the few smiles I thought I would ever do in my life. I sighed, I hadn't eaten in awhile. I had been trying to stock up on food. I looked towards the area that The Dead City was. I spread my wings and flew up, waiting to go above the clouds.

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When I got there, there was a teenage girl laying down, next to a bush.

"So this is the one who made me wake up..." I said dully.

To be honest it wasn't my fault. Everything in the Dead City is dull. Lifeless. Boring. I looked at the girl, with my feet hovering over the tan ground. My wings then folded in, and I landed on the ground with a soft thud. I sighed. Nothing special about this girl. Wait. She had a heart on her shirt. The heart was a slightly-dark orange, my favorite color. It was also a bit cracked. She was bleeding from two visible places. I feel like I should wake her up. So I did.