The girl who fell

The Fall

Sang

Darkness consumed me as I plummeted towards the earth. My wings, once elegant and pure, curled around my broken body. The edges were stained a bloody red and as I fell I wondered where was I... why was I falling?

The fall seemed to go on forever, my fast plummet towards earth felt strangely peaceful, almost as if it was meant to happen. My wings uncurled and splayed around, feathers ruffling in the wind. As the ground approached, no fear encompassed me, and as I drew nearer I could finally make out the details of the autumn leaves, the prancing deer and the forest floor that my body was soon to meet.

I suppose I should start from the beginning, although as of now, the fall was my beginning. My name is Sang Sorenson and i once was an angel who was pushed from heaven. Pushed from heaven by a mother who never loved me and a father who would do anything to rid himself of the memory of my face. But I need to focus on this moment, not on the ugliness of my past.

Closer I fell towards the forest and as the ground drew nearer I clenched my eyes shut, preparing for impact. My body shuddered from the force of the fall and my teeth rattled as my body slammed into the leaves coating the hard frozen ground. Curled around myself, naked in the chilling wind, i finally couldn't take it anymore. The prickles behind my eyes grew until tears welled and spilled over, a river of emotion running tracks down my face as I trembled in the wake of the fall.

I don't know how long I lay there, shivering, but eventually the forest once more came alive around me. Birds chirped and squirrels could be heard scampering up trees and chasing one another through the undergrowth. I lay in peace, tears still silently dripping down my face as I gazed upon the beauty that surrounded me. It looked fresh, vibrant, colourful and so wonderful to me. Golden and rust leaves calmly float to the ground to join the pools that already surrounded the enchanting trees which stretched up to the heavens, as if they were desperate to touch the clouds, and the remaining leaves rustle and whisper in the wind as they hung to the trees for dear life, not yet prepared to make the fall to the ground.

Ultimately, I decided I cannot lay here forever. Hours must have passed since I fell, yet I feel no compulsion to move from this captivating forest. But, I knew I needed to go. It was time for me to find out where I was and laying down surrounded by leaves was not helping me. My wings, which had been laying behind me, once again curled towards my body and then disappeared, just as I commanded them to. God knows what would happen if a human saw a girl with wings sprouting from her back. Right, back to getting off this forest floor.

Come on sang, you can do this, I told myself. Just sit up and then stand, as easy as that.

Sure, just as easy as that, my subconscious snarked, not like we just fell from the bloody heavens. Alright, so it may not be easy but it has to be done. Slowly I uncurled my body, my muscles protesting at the movement. Hmm, I must have laid there longer than I thought. Then I began the long process of sitting up, it felt as if each individual muscle in my body was being stretched taut as I yanked myself into a seated position. My head throbbed and my blood thudded in my ears at the movement. I groaned out in pain and in a sudden movement stood all the way up. All the way up to your glorious 5 foot 4, my subconscious snarked once again. I just rolled my eyes at myself and stretched my arms above my head, relishing the feel of the stretch. I suppose falling from heaven will do that to a girl, I giggle to myself.

I needed to find clothes, and maybe somewhere to stay for the night I realised as I glanced up to the darkening sky. With my lack of clothing and the coming of winter, I don't think sleeping outside would be a good idea tonight of all nights. Lowering my head and focusing once more on my surroundings, ignoring the sharp stab of pain it caused, a faint rumbling could be heard off to my right. Well, I considered, seems like that's the way to go.

I set off at a steady pace, my feet making no noise as I bound across the forest brush, the ache in my head beginning to pick up. The rumbling grew closer and my legs began to move faster and faster, and finally I leapt into a run, sprinting towards the sound, hoping it meant humans were nearby. I could see light breaking through the tree line ahead and I squealed to a stop, my hands clinging to the bark of the tree in-front of me. My blood was pounding in my ears. Past the tree, through the dimming light of the evening I could see cars whizzing past on a road. I suppose that is what the rumbling sound was.

I knew I shouldn't know what a car was, but I had always been curious, and humans always fascinated me. They created so much but managed to destroy just as successfully, they loved beautifully yet could hate senselessly. I suppose I shouldn't have cared, I am an angel after all, but they were alluring to me. How a meaningless 90 years could be seen as so life changing to these people, and so much could be made and destroyed in such a small amount of time, it was really quite beautiful.

I needed to make a choice. My body ached, my head was throbbing and I knew that approaching the road naked would be risky, but I had no other choice and before I could talk myself out of it I began to draw nearer to the road. The embankment was rough with loose stones and weeds but I continued onward, a few weeds couldn't stop me if a fall from heaven couldn't either. As I reached the side of the road a silver BMW slowed, and finally rolled to a stop beside me.

A door burst open and a smooth voice shouted 'miss, are you alright?' My eyes touched a pair of molten silver before they rolled back and my body collapsed.

Hello everyone, thanks for taking the time to look at my story. Im not really sure if i am actually any good at writing and would love some feed back through the comments! Chapter 2 coming soon!!!