(This is the story of my OC, an orphan who has lived alone since the age of 8, her village was destroyed by a terrible man, one crazy with power. They will be short-ish chapters so it should be quick to read.(If I ever finish it!!) This is her story...
I clung to my mother as she sprinted through the forest, her heartbeat drumming against my chest. My siblings ran alongside her, their footsteps crushing the undergrowth beneath us. I was to scared and shocked to speak, let alone make any noise. Although i couldn't see them, I could feel the energy of the Pixies around us, hiding in the trees and the bushes. Fear....it was everywhere. My brother and sister were still arguing with my mom as we ran, until, all resolve broke, "I don't care if it isn't safe!! I'm going to go help Dad save the city!" My brother yelled at my Mom. My sister then shouted at her too, "I'm going as well, and you can't stop us from helping our people. Keep KK safe!" KK...that was their nickname for me...God I miss it. Heck, I miss them.
My Mom tried to call them back but they had already disappeared into the forest, going back towards the smoke now clearly visible over the trees from the village. She looked at me urgently before quickly going over to a thick group of bushes. She set me inside the bushes carefully, and quickly made sure to make me completely invisible to anyone who would walk by. "Momma, what's going on? Are Daddy, Mari, and Jacob gonna be ok? Why did we run away?"
I'll never forget the look she gave me, her eyes were full of fear, but there was anger and determination as well. She said these words to me,"A bad man has come to take our home away, your father has to stop him. You must stay safe, I'm going to go bring back your brother and sister, stay here, don't move, and don't make a sound, if I don't come find you before sunrise, go to Tarnakk, remember him?"
Tarnakk was like my uncle, he lived up on the mountain at the edge of our lands, his house was easy to get too, if you knew where to go. I was close to his apprentice as well, we would always hang out when he visited, and Tarnakk always told the best stories! I wonder happened to them? I didn't have time to ask my mother questions because she then ran back towards the smoke, unsheathing her obsidian dagger before she fully disappeared.
I sat there....for who knows how long, before I finally heard voices. I felt hope, thinking is was mother returning to come and get me and take me back to the village with her, and that everything was ok, but it wasn't her. It was a man, who had scales all over his arms, armor clad on his chest, and a scaly tail trailing behind him. He was followed by a group of men, but they didn't look fully human, some weren't human at all, they were robots.
The man shouted orders, but I didn't listen, I was to scared to move, let alone think! I just did what my mother told me, I didn't make a sound, and didn't move at all. I prayed he didn't sense, smell, or see me. He looked in my direction with curiosity as his nostrils flared, uh oh, he's got my scent!
He was about to make his way towards me when what looked like a soldier came out of the forest behind him. He looked at the scaled man and said,"My lord, we've found the vault and we've seized the Shard, but the Stone is nowhere to be found. It's possible that it's nearby but we aren't sure."
The man too this in and said,"It may be possible we misread the energy signatures. After all, this Shard is one of the strongest ones there is. Take your men and return to base, I'll take a small group and do a final sweep of the area."
He looked at the bush I was hidden in one last time before signaling his men to come with him. I watch, paralyzed with fear as the last of his men walked away, their footsteps echoing in the now quiet night. Once I knew they were far enough away I crept from my hiding space. Sunrise or not, I had to find my family right now, I knew what they had come for and had to make sure they didn't have the other thing they were after.
I rushed through the forest, towards the smoke that still towered over the city. I stepped on branches and stones, but they didn't bother me, I only had two things on my mind, my family, and the Vault. As I came to the edge of my garden, I noticed the energy of the Pixies that were hidden in the flowers and plants had gone from scared and angry to urgent. They were crowded around a large banyan tree, the biggest tree here, with a small little hollow near the top, my treehouse.
The tree doubles as a place to hide in from invasion. I've only had to use it for that once, but I later learned it was just a drill from my father to make sure I'm ready for this kind of thing. I approached the tree and the energy turned to something like relief. I wondered if they were scared for my sake, or the fact that something important was stolen. I touched the special knot in the tree and a small door opened, revealing a staircase leading up into the tree. I climbed the steps two at a time, spiraling into the sky.
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(AN: To give an Idea, couldn't find good pictures XP)
I reached the top and immediately went to a small space on the wall. I pushed a hidden switch and the wall moved to show a small chest. To anyone else, t looked like a jewelry box, but to me, it was a tiny vault, a vault that hid one of our people's greatest treasures.
My father told me about how this treehouse actually had three functions not two. Somewhere i could play, somewhere i could hide if i needed to, and a place to hide something important...
Turns out not having a computer to work with is a lot harder than I though XP
Will try to write more but I have an issue where I have ideas but don't know how to put it on paper, also have a bit of character development block(is that a thing?)
Also working on a new cover! I have the main character drawn out, just needs a bit of editing and more characters to draw, got a whole crew lined up to be Kat's companions.
Any comments or ideas are welcome, like "Is this story kinda dark?" Cause i feel like this is a bit dark, though then again, most backstories kinda are XP!
Hope you guys like this and I will see you later!!
