Riddle me a secret .

Perhaps we were all right, perhaps non of us were.

Abraxas horses reference

Carnage.

I was running through the woods , my feet barely keeping me ahead. Fear was choking me out more than the pace i kept .
It's after me.
It's after me.
That's all that went through my mind as the ticking sound increased in volume and just behind my back.
As soon as i saw a clearing through the trees i jumped the last length, feeling the jaws snap right behind my shoulders.
My knees buckled when they met solid ground , the momentum sliding me forward and bang on my face .
I could taste blood and dirt in my mouth.
A loud thump echoed behind me and i turned around crawling away from the white mutt approaching me slowly, saliva dripping of its mouth.
My hands quickly shot out to my sheathe only to find it empty .
I had no weapons.
I am going to die.
The mutt ran straight for me as soon as i stood up on my feet.
It's body colliding with mine send a wave of pain through me and the impact send me flying through the air,  for what seemed like forever, before i hit something solid.
A violent crack came from somewhere within my body and the last remaining air whooshed out of me .
Something was very wrong. I couldn't move .
My shadows just kept slipping through my control , more and more with each struggling breath .
The white creature kept approaching, each of his steps making my heart rush.
Those milky white eyes unseeing,  but staring directly at me.
Until it paused , barely metres away from me , it's grotesque head turning to the side.
I felt air whosh beside my face and barely managed to turn my head to the side.
A cloud of shadows stood there . Suddenly a current of magic violently ripped  through me and i coughed out , my lungs seizing .
Blood splattered on the ground , but it looked all wrong.
It was black, not red.
Then suddenly there was silence, like all the world just muffled , an eerie feeling passing through me .
Then a growl,  so guttural and primal it  ripped through the stasis , the sound of it coming right...
Beside me..
Fear yanked on my entire being as darkness swooped over and my eyes closed .
When they opened again i found myself jumping up , my legs hitting solid ground and my body regaining balance.
Red light coloured the familiar room around me , my conciousness slowly bleeding through.
My room. This was my room.
A steady sudden thump made me snap around to find a man in my bed.
Matheo.
Then everything suddenly came aware, my hand shooting out to my temple.
It was a dream.
A nightmare.
Not real.
I am awake.
Fuck me i thought and shook my hands to further confirm i am awake.
This dream was new .
6:15 in the morning, that's what Matheo's watch said , now casually layed on my vanity .
I grabbed it and some clothes from the ground before tip toeing out of my room and into the hallway.
My stomach rumbled profoundly as soon as i started walking down and i cursed in my mind.
Rushing my steps i paused two doors down and found the bedroom Tom had chosen to be empty.
- Bad dream? His voice said behind me and the shadows rushed like tendrils towards the sound. A shield of soft blue light repelled them and gave me enough of a pause to see Tom smiling , his eyes trained above us.
- Remarkable. He mumbled staring at a shadow , currently coiling around his shield.
I pulled all the magic back quickly, the violent current making my hands shake .
- Don't do that. I could have hurt you. I bit out and he looked back to me entirely amused, his shield dissipating into thin air with a swish of his wand.
- I'm flattered you think of my well being little one , but you didn't answer my question. Tom prompted and sneaked a a hand round my waist pulling me closer .
My stomach rumbled profoundly again and loudly,  much to my embarrassment and i pulled away from him and his entirely amused face.
- Sorry i am starving. How about you come down with me so i can eat and i can answer all your questions sound fair?
- After you. Tom replied stifling a laugh and i rushed down the hallway.