Feathers From The Sky

Memories From The Past

(Autor's note) this sign~~~~~ means time skip.
This story contains spoilers so get ready for spoilers!!!!!
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It was windy summer morning but nothing could stop kids from playing outside, not even a wind or hot sun. The man walked around the village looking into the forest, he liked to do that. Man did it every single morning, everyone was asking him why he does it so often and it always was the same answer that escaped from his lips:
‘I am waiting for some one’ and never more than this sentence.

So everyone lost hope to get more from his lips. Man looked 30 years old as 20 years has passed after his adventure, also he was different from others. He had tattoos all over his body. Everyone knew the story how he got them, everyone knew that he shouldn’t been here. He was chosen by the beast when he was child. But probably same beast brought him back alive, they didn‘t knew, but the man did. Trico, as man liked to call beast by this name, have saved him many time, also he ,the little boy by that time, he was only size of the beasts‘ nail, tried to guide him towards big tower and on top of it everything went down. As man got older he has told his story so many times that no one believed him that such hideos and fearsome beast could have saved his life. But as man was brought back by the beast, non of kid was chosen ever again, non beast came back to take another kid from village as man said that he had destroyed mechanism that controlled poor beasts. He still couldn‘t forget the last moment when he commanded Trico to leave and as his friend flew away with spears from boys‘ neighbours in his flesh. The last thing he heard was hurtful scream that echoed trough air.

Man just finished his every morning ritual and headed back to his wife as he noticed kids gathered around the mysterious object lying on the ground. He walked towards them, and noticed his daughter Alrun in the middle of the kids trying to get something off the ground. She was 10 years old had honey coloured long hair, just like her mtohers‘, but her eyes were brown like his own. He placed his tattooed hand on Alruns shoulder and smiled to her, man noticed green, oval looking mirror. He knew it, he has seen and used it before. It made Trico to shoot electric energy out of its‘ tail. Man just stood, he was stoned. Alrun took him by sleeve and looked up at him:

‘Papa, is something wrong?’

Man shook his head and looked down at the new foundation. He bent down and picked it up. It was strongly stuck in the ground, covered with sand, but still he was able to took it out. Kids looked up at him with opened mouths.

‘Is that a thing in your story, sir?’ one little boy, that reminded man so much of himself, asked curiously.

‘Yes it is’ man answered with deep voice of his.

He still remembered how to use it. So man took it in his right hand and shined in the sky, he waited few minutes, but sadly no lightning from behind. He waited some more and then lowered it down. Suddenly wind started to blow, it wasn’t that summer hot wind, but it was cold wind like the autumn one. Kids started to run back to their parents, away from cold breeze. He studied the sky and direction from which wind came. Nothing. Just wind and loneliness.

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Man worked all day with others. They didn‘t even noticed how fast day passed. Man was lost in his mind as others talked about hunting or younger ones about ladies. Evening came fast and full moon rose in the night sky. It made blurry moon light which shined the way home. As they were still working Man was so lost in his thoughts he didn‘t noticed how his beloved wife came closer to him. She put her arm on his shoulder and smiled at him. Man span around and looked at his beloved wife. She was different from others and no one wanted her as wife, she had two different eye colours one blue and other green, because of that she was being called witch, also she was tall, had long honey colour hair, it was braided in one big braid. He hugged her and they started walk home together. Others were starting heading home sooner so they were further ahead.

Wind from morning was becoming more an more agressive. As they were walking and talking about how day has passed, huge silluet covered the moon. The shadow that wass tossed on the ground was big and reminded of huge bird beasts. Man looked up at sky as more same shadows started floating from forest. For the second in the bottom of his heart he hoped it was his friend Trico. But he knew he was wrong. He took his wife‘s arm and quickly ran back to village as beasts started diving in the village. Farms was 20 minutes way from village so they hurried as fast as they could. He needed to find Alrun and hide her somewhere safe. Man was hoping he wasn‘t too late.