The Darkness returns

8: The Furies

It was cold. The wind was strong. I had some trouble walking. The wind was blowing my way, so I had to walk against it. My cloak was flapping in the wind. I had to squint my eyes to be able to keep my eyes from watering. I looked to my left and ti my right. Everyone had the same issue. I heard thunder. Suddenly the sky started pouring out rain. I walked towards Luna and took of my cloak. I laid it gently on her head. She looked at me and smiled gratefully. I smiled back and hold me arms around her to keep the cloak from blowing away. I saw a flash of lightning. Another thunderclap.
"We have to find shelter!" I said, trying to get above the rain and thunder.
"I agree!" Mason yelled back. We went into the forest trying to find shelter. 
"There!" I heard Priscilla yell. I looked in her direction and saw she was pointing at a cave. We ran towards the cave and got inside. I looked outside while Luna made a fire. Virsorrith came standing next to me.
"You don't trust the sudden change of weather either?" He asked.
"Yes... It is so sudden... This can't be normal. Especially when you consider we are in the middle of August." I replied. We sighed. I leaned against a wall.
"We'll keep an eye on it, okay?" Virsorrith said, trying to comfort me. I gave him a fake smile and walked to the others.

I was sitting at the edge of the cave. It was still raining. I was looking up at the sky. The rain suddenly stopped. The clouds disappeared, revealing the night sky. It was already night? I was confused. What was going on? The weather was going crazy. I felt a soft hand on my shoulder. I looked up. Luna.
"Hey, are you okay?" She asked.
"Yes, the weather just confused me. I can feel that the Earth is upset. I don't know what's caused it." I said.
"Maybe it is the witch, Servillah." Luna looked away.
"Come, we're telling stories!" Luna smiled at me and walked away. I sighed happily. I was just about to stand up, when I heard a loud, screeching sound. I quickly turned around. I saw three winged figures fly past the moon. I took a few steps back. The others were already standing behind me.
"What are those?" Aluxio asked.
"Furies." Priscilla replied.

The Furies got closer and closer. They kept screeching loudly.
"Just stand still, maybe they'll pass." Nox said. More screeching. Closer, this time.
"I think they're here for us." I whispered. The Furies landed.
"Yes I think so to." Nox replied. The Furies came closer and closer, until they were standing at the edge of the cave. The light of the fire shined on them, revealing their hideous appearance: they were grey, like statues. They had big, bat-like wings and tails with a sharp point at the end. Their faces were incredibly ugly. They screeched again and flew in the cave. We all started fighting like crazy. They were big, but fast. Very fast. I gave everything I had, but I kept missing. One of the sharp claws of one of the Furies scratched my shoulder. I screamed in pain and threw a fire ball at it. It screeched and turned to dust. I saw another one turn to dust next to me. I looks to my side and saw Luna fighting for her life. I stood up, but another claw hit me in my leg. I fell to the ground in pain. I heard the last one fall. I closed my eyes and tried not to yell out from pain. I rolled to my back and saw that I wasn't the only one who was hurt. Mason had a large scratch on his right shoulder and Priscilla had a scratch on her leg. Ixeor's hat was torn apart. I tried to crawl forward, but it hurt to much that I had no choice but to scream from pain. I closed my eyes again and heard someone run towards me. It took me some effort to open my eyes again. I looked up and saw that Ixeor and Nessa had came to me. I felt a gust of wind lift me up and lay me down a little further. Ixeor mumbled some words and my wounds started hurting even more, but later the pain went away. Nessa wrapped some bandage around my wounds and I sat up straight. I looked around. I scanned everyone to see if they were okay.
"Is everyone okay?" I asked. Ixeor smile comforted me.
"Yes. They are all well. Only a few battle wounds." Ixeor said. I sighed.
"Thank God. That is good to hear.