Annabelle La'Crain - The Prophecy

Chapter 6 - The Stench Of Death

The sun had begun to rise, when Annabelle and Harry finally arrived to the Meadow Of Mystery, which was the border marking The Town Of Delnaer. The rising sun made the cloud of smoke that was rising from the town easy to see. The smoke rose high and clear, like a beacon, or a warning to travelers that the town was one that should be avoided. And as Harry and Annabelle dismounted their horses, leaving them to graze in the meadow, and entered the town, what had happened was clear. From the moment they had entered the town itself they could see most of what had happened, the streets were littered with the bodies if those who had run, the houses had mostly already burnt, probably with many of the inhabitants inside, the streets ran red with the blood of the towns people and the air was rank with the stench of death. As they approached the town square, they saw the message loud and clear, the town council was dead, their blood and organs decorating the once peaceful town square, and right in the center of it all was the mayors son, stomach ripped out, and leaning against the town pillar, as if he had been placed there intentionally, and once they had come close enough to the mayor's son to smell him, to see his gaping wounds and where his stomach had been ripped out, what they also saw, almost destroyed Annabelle. Behind the dead, decomposing body of the mayor's son, was a note, written in blood and set on the pillar above the boys head, the note read; This is what happens to those whose loyalties lie with The Hunter, otherwise known as Miss Annabelle La'Crain. All whom chose to survive shall completely and wholly ostracize Ms La'Crain from their lives and their hearts otherwise this shall be their fate. Let this be warning.

"This is my fault" Annabelle whimpered, falling to her knees, tears streaming down her cheeks. "No its not, this is the Orders doing, not yours" Harry said, gesturing to the sigil of The Order Of The Blood Raiyn, which was clearly stamped, also in blood, on the bottom of the note. "They will pay for this, I will make them pay" Annabelle said, her eyes suddenly hardening, and standing up, stalking away from the scene and back to Nightshade and Twilight. "No one else shall die because of me" were Annabelle's last words, before she mounted Nightshade, rolling up the note and putting in Nightshades saddle bag, and rode away, Harry close behind her.