Shadows [On Hold]

Lost in Fear

~Belen~

We have been walking for at least half an hour now. She has mumbled a few things in her sleep. Nothing I can really make out though. The only clear thing she said was 'No... Don't...' before she passed out again.

Now that I think about it, she's pretty light. A little too light. Has she been eating enough?

After walking around for another twenty minutes, which felt like hours, I realized I was lost. It is pitch black out, and I know I can't make it back to Gaia tonight, so I stopped.

I gently place her on the ground, right next to a large tree. I grabbed my ragged blanket from my bag and placed it on her as she slept.

I found some small stick on the ground and created a fire.

~Silver~

I came back to consciousness, and feel I am lying on the ground. I try opening my eyes. I can't see anything. I know my eyes are open because I feel the dry air blowing against them. I hear something crackling and feel warmth. There's a fire. I also hear someone talking to themselves. I can't make out what their saying.

I try standing up, but I feel something on me. Slowly reaching my hand out to it and realize its just a blanket. I quietly take it off, trying not to gain the persons attention.

I stand up and start walking. I feel the warmth of the fire slowly getting colder and colder.

Before I know it, I start falling forwards. Face first, I tripped over a root sticking up in the ground. A small yelp escaped my mouth as I fell. I groaned in pain as I stood back up.

~Belen~

"Who is she? Why is she out in the woods? Why is she alone? Why does it seem like she hasn't been eating enough? Why does she have scrapes on her face?" I've been mumbling random questions under my breath for a while now.

I was lost in thought, when I came back to reality when I heard a small scream. Quickly I turned my head to the tree the girl was sleeping under, and saw no one there. I got up and started searching for her around the area.

I soon found her standing off in the distance, while leaning up against a tree. Her hood was down, and I saw her long brown hair.

"Hello" I asked. She jumped; a bit frightened, and never responded. She stayed facing the other way not looking at me at all.

I walk a little closer and notice she's shaking. I went to put a hand on her to let her know of my presence, but she just flinched, and stayed facing away from me.

~Silver~

I felt his hand graze upon my arm. I flinched. I didn't want him touching me. I don't know who it is, and I'm afraid their going to hurt me, like he did...

I felt tears start roll down my face. I am so afraid right now. I just want my mom. I want to hold onto her and know I'm safe.

~Belen~

Instead of touching her again, I decided to walk around in front of her...

Her eyes are silver and shine bright. She has puffy red eyes, as tears stream down her face. Now I was standing in front of her, about a foot apart as the moonlight shone on her face.

"A-a-are you still b-behind m-me?" she said quietly as her voice quivered.

"No." Confused I looked at her with a questioning expression.

Her face had a little bit of shock as she took a step back. I watched her eyes this entire time. She was looking at the same place without blinking... Then I realized she wasn't looking at anything. "Are you blind?" I asked hesitantly. There was no response.

"Are you blind?" I asked again but in a more stern voice.

"Yea. So what if I am?" She said sarcastically back trying not to laugh.

There was a pleasant smile on her face. At least she wasn't crying anymore, and is not as scared of me as she was before. But I can feel she still doesn't trust me.

~Silver~

From the sound of it, the man didn't seem like he was going to harm me.

"Let me take you hom-" I cut him off before he could finish speaking.

"No!" I said very fast and loud.

"Ok... Then why don't we go back to the camp I set up before?"

"Ok.." I sighed. I didn't want to go with him, but it was pointless to try to go on my own.

I would have knocked him out cold by now if I could see, because of the way he's talking to me.

"Give me your hand." He said.

I groaned as I put my hand out in front of me. He grabbed onto it. I winced as he tightened his grip right on one of the cuts.

~Belen~

Once I grabbed onto her hand, I looked up and saw her wince in pain. I looked down and saw that both of her hands were cut and bruised. There was dried blood all across her hands.

~Silver~

"What happened to your hand?"

"Nothing." I said turning my head away from where I heard his voiced coming from. I couldn't tell him that some of the cuts were from my training, but the majority of them were from me falling on the ground and walking into things.

On the way back I walked into a few trees and stumbled over a few roots. The guy laughed every time. I'm so getting revenge on him for laughing when my sights back.

Before I knew it I heard the fire crackling, and the heat getting warmer and warmer as it touched my skin. He sat me down on a log not too far from the fire, but not so close so I wouldn't burn myself.

"So, what's your name?" he said, breaking the silence between us.

Shit. What the hell am I supposed to tell him?

~Authors Note~
Total 1026 words. Also I do not own the the song or image above.

Picture:
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Song: Lullaby for a Soldier
Credit: Maggie Siff