Dark Blood

Chapter two: Home

Night time was always a thing that I solely look forward to, not just because it was like day time for people like me, but something about the dark sky filled with stars always made me smile, the way the amount of people who walk the street lessen, the way everything somehow becomes more alive, it was comforting in a way. But as months and days and even years passed, Nights were something I slightly detest, something that widens the empty void in me and made me to see things in a totally different way, it makes me to quietly and slowly piece back the person I once was before but still The night, never seem to loose it powers over it's creatures and it never lost it's control on me. At night, being in bed alone with nothing but my blankets and night clothes were the times I look forward to, because there is nothing to interrupt my thoughts.
So, imagine how I felt when I found myself in the mist of trees and bushes, lying on the cold bare ground. My body stained with sand and sweat, even if it was quite chilly. I loved the woods, it was a good place to hunt but I never had so much of a close relationship with it, to sleep there, and I definitely don't remember walking or even sleep walking to the woods, Heaven knows that can't happen. But when I felt the cold air trail down my spine, sending a chill to my body. That was enough for me to wake up fully from my sleep and face the confusion, which is the woods. My clothe was still on me, which was slightly the only thing that seemed right. But still, that can't justify what I'm doing here.

My body felt a little bit weak as I began to walk and my vision a little bit hazy. something is wrong, I can tell by the way air seem to get colder and colder by the minute and by the way the wind seem to pick up its speed. Everything seemed strange, like this isn't real and still, I'm living a reality. Nevertheless, I continued to push my way forward despite my aching bones and growing hunger and pains that is literally pulling me to the ground. I didn't know where I was going to and I still don't know how I got here but i have knowledge on how to find my way out of forests. And that's what I did, using whatever strength I have left to stumble forward and think of how to get out of here. Strangely, it felt like I was walking on an endless path, there was not a single way of escape. But that didn't stop me from walking any further, even stumbling a few times and that's when i caught a glimpse of red hair.

It was dark, very dark but I'll always recognize that ginger red hair, even without an extraordinary eye sight. Like my heart had eyes of its own, it began to beat and I knew, i just knew it was her. The girl who had made me love those nights, she was here, she came back, for me?
I quickened my steps, walking to where I saw the red haired. I wanted to know if she's really the one, if she actually forgave me and came back and then I saw her. She wasn't far but she wasn't too close either. Those beautiful green orbs stared at me, curiosity written in them and something else... Fear? And that's when I took a really good look at her.
Everything about her was different. The aura she carried, even her appearance. Her eyes didn't hold the shine it once did, it looked sad and frightened, glistening with tears. I took notice of her clothes
They were squeezed and dirty, with a crimson substance smudged on her shirt, which by the alluring smell, is no doubt blood. And finally, there was the burning car behind her that looked like it with combust to flames at any minute. That compelled me to call out for her, to scream at her to get out of there before she gets hurt by the increasing fire but when I did, nothing came out. It was like my vocal cord was blocked, stopping any word from flowing out.
So I started to run towards her, but I only ended up limping my way forward. I still don't know why I felt weak and totally drained, but I do know something is definitely not right.

With each step I took, she coward away and hid her face behind her hair and I could hear few sounds of whimper from her, like she's in pain and afraid to speak. When I got to where she stood, I reached out my hand to her, but she only stared at it and then back to my face. A look of confusion and fright covered her face but I didn't know why, it was just me, why would she be scared of me?