Azura

Prologue

November 1st 2002 laid a child on the soft Forrest floor , hidden by a elaborate maze of trees . Left to fend for itself , which of course wasn't expected . Left to Mother Nature . Abandoned .

Left to die .

And yet she is very much alive , more alive than you could ever imagine . Always expect the unexpected ...

Rumours say the child was left by a witch to put a curse of the village nearby . Others says she was dropped by a dragon on a cold winters day . Or perhaps she was just abandoned . No one really knows because no one has ever actually had a conversation with the child . She might not even be real . She could be fake . But one things for sure ; the entirety of Daneswood village is frightened of the concept of Azura.

Legend tells us of a savage that lurks in the woods beyond Daneswood . It tells us of a ravenous monster that fools those who dare go near her and tortures them until death . No one has ever gotten close enough to find out her exact appearance and those who did ... well they never came back . Her complexion is apparently olive which compliments her overgrown obsidian hair . Her eyes flicker between the deadliest shade of black and tanzanite blue dependant on her mood . Maybe it's just an old folks tale as what on earth is a girl like that doing in the woods ? Surely she would just leave ? Maybe it's just a hoax to scare the children . Or maybe it's true . Maybe she doesn't want to leave ... or maybe she can't .

Daneswood was traditionally a hunting town . Best known for its succulent meat and extremely high quality wood. The village consisted of brutal hunters that adventured to the beyond to arrive back with deep scars accompanied by miniature pools of blood and a large array of multicoloured bruises to display . But they were all safe . They always came back safe . Until one day , one by one they began to disappear . They'd enter the woods and never return , but they couldn't have gotten lost . No , because they knew the woods like the back of their hand so clearly something wasn't right .Curfews were set in place , barriers constructed to shield the village from what was beyond it and a prestigious award was put in place for anyone that killed the savage.

Since then the citizens of Daneswood feared the woods , even the most ruthless of the hunters refused to adventure into them because once you go in ... there's no coming out . This is where the fairytale arose from , the story of a monster that tortured those who wished to enter her woods . But not just any monster , no , this did not look like your traditional monster from your childhood that your parents would use to scare you into doing as they say . She was human. Well , almost human.

Since the mysterious disappearings no one was brave enough to adventure to the beyond . Until now ...

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Hey guys just a little introduction to Azura for you all . The chapters will usually be longer than this but after all this is just a little prologue to the story . I'll try to update as regularly as I can :)