Dark angel

Chapter 1

872 years earlier

There wasn't a speck of light anywhere throughout the tunnel. No light, no hope, only dark coldness and blackness that swallowed everything up.

Her eyes were wide open and she usually had a good night vision, which was closely as good to a vision of an owl, but it was too dark for her to even see her path. She felt as if she was blind.

Her heart was pounding loudly her chest, beating so loudly it amazed her that the heartbeats weren't echoing throughout the shadows. She gulped in shaky, heavy deep breaths as she wrapped her cloak more tightly around her body.

The temperature was below zero, and her body heat was getting lower and colder each second. Anyone would have been tempted to turn around and ran away, running back to civilization where there was warmth and light.

But she was sticking with her motive: to come into Shadow Hunt and collect what she was seeking for. And she refused to leave until it was finally in her grasp.

Determined, the young woman gulped in a large amount of air, breathing in deeply, as her feet moved forward and forward, further and further away from her last chance of escape and freedom but was getting closer to her treasure.

It was now too late for her to change her mind, but she was too determined to give up now after all this time and keep on walking and walking until she would finally reach it.

The soles of her flat shoes were getting louder and louder with every step she took, loud as an elephant's stomp echoing throughout the entire eerie silent, dark tunnel. Sounds of various whispers, murmurs, and groans seemed to be coming from the wide walls, sounding like a mixture between beasts and people, all saying the same thing to her and was heard quite loudly in her ear, as if they were right next to her and whispering it right to her ear.

Turn back.

Finally she stopped and stood motionless for a second. Her vision was getting blacker and blacker, being a traitor to her as they were failing to see through the darkness. She then cursed herself loudly in her head for being stupid and not being a flashlight, torch, or a candle along with her for the journey.

She wished she asked her sun-powered sorceress friend to accompany her, since her bright powers would be a life-savor for her. But unfortunately, she was on her own and was waiting valuable time standing around. She let out a frustrated breath before closing her eyes and cleared her head of all thoughts.

Clearing her mind from memories or thoughts, and concreted hard on her goal of finding what she was seeking. She cupped her hands firmly together as if she was holding an priceless item in her palms, her lips in a straight firm line being pressed together, and recited an enchantment in foreign language.

She unclasped her hands and watched in slight amazement as an orb of energy in a light shade of green rose from her palms and was hovering over her head, shedding some light on the dark. It was dimmed, though, and nearly wasn't as perfect and bright like her friend's, but there was enough light in it to brighten the black tunnel; just a bit to help her see her path. She saw it was still straight ahead.

The energy orb followed her like a shadow, flying silently over her head like a ghost. Even with the glimmer of light by her side, she was still unsatisfied and getting more frustrated. There was absolutely nothing in the tunnel she could really see, but dark and cold blackness.

The space was unlimited and so wide, she doubted there were even walls in the place.Then as she took another step while she was given half a mind to turn right back as an act of frustrated defeat, the young woman stopped dead in her tracks.