Adaliah Battle for the Covenant

PART SIX: The Elements

I slowly opened my eyes, I felt like I had slept for hours. My entire body was relaxed and calm. For a moment I had forgotten where I was. I looked back at Ravyn and she too had tilted her head back and dozed off. The sun was directly overhead now. Its must've been around noon. I slowly arose out of the water and looked back at my friend. I was full of mixed emotions. What had we just done. What had I just done. I had never experienced that with a woman before, nonetheless did I think I would experience it with my best friend. I smiled down at her.

Ravyn probably did it to make me calm down. I had never had such a strong release.

I felt refreshed and brand new. I reached down to wake my friend but decided to against it. Ravyn was slightly snoring, and I had remembered that she drove all night to get to this destination. I reached over in the water and put my top bikini piece back on. I started to lie back down in the water to relax for a little bit longer with the quiet peaceful serenity, but I decided to walk the perimeter of the wood line instead. There were so many different types of plants and flowers, I wanted to look at them up close.

As I walked around I wove in and out of the wood line ensuring that I kept a watchful eye on my sleeping friend. I also didn't want to venture to far and get lost. As I was bent over smelling a beautiful indigo flower with red spots, I hear a rustling. I immediately freeze and only move my eyes in the direction of the sound. A small bunny hopped out of the nearby bush. My body relaxed. The bunny looked at me twitching its nose.

"Hey there little guy." I cooed at the bunny "You are so cute."

I sat back on my legs and tried to get as small as I could as to not scare the bunny off. I slowly put my hand out on the ground. The bunny just looked at me twisting its head from side to side. Then as it slowly took a few hops towards me three very small baby bunnies crawled out from the bush as well. My heart instantly melted. When I tried to slowly move forward I accidently snapped a twig, it startled the bunny and it ran off with two of the small baby bunnies following behind it. The last bunny was frozen scared. I saw the bunny dash into hole about 40 feet away next to a tree. I slowly approached the baby bunny, it must've been very new, because even though it was frozen, it allowed me to pick it up without it running away or trying to bite me. I looked back at Ravyn, she still had her head back sleeping. I looked forward at the area where the bunny ran to. Since it was a straight shot, I figured I could just walk there, place the bunny in the hole, and walk back.

When I arrived at the hole I noticed a small clearing ahead. In the middle of the clearing was and extremely wide tree stump. The stump itself had to be about 10 feet tall, but it looked to be about 20-30 feet in diameter. It as huge. I slowly placed the bunny at the edge of the hole and hopped right in. I stood up and looked forward at the clearing, another 15 feet away. I looked back and I could barely see the clearing for the spring. I hesitated. Then before I could talk myself out of it I walked towards the large tree stump. When I arrived at the clearing, the suns rays shone down on me since the tree stump took up most of the space in the clearing, and there were fewer trees to provide shade. I wanted to walk around the tree, so, for me to not lose the spot where I came into the clearing, I took six sticks and made an asterisk where I stood. I turned back and saw the bunnies hole but couldn't see the clearing for the spring, and I thought once I made I back to the hole I would be able to see the clearing. I began to walk to around the huge tree stomp in wonderment. I walked up to it and touched it. There were leaves and flowers still sprouting out the side.

Does that mean it's still alive? I thought.

"Yes." A booming voice said from behind me.

Before I could scream I felt a large body press up against my back and an ice-cold hand cover my mouth, while an arm encircled my waist and lift me off my feet. My eyes widened in panic, my heart began to race, and my body became rigid. In a second I went in to survival mode. I began flailing my arms behind me to try and scratch, punch, pull, poke, hit or whatever I could to who was behind me. But my efforts seemed fruitless. I squirmed and moved my body in every direction. The person did not fight back, but also did not let go. I did this for what seemed forever, then I realized what the person was doing. I was becoming exhausted from trying to fight back. My movements became slower and I was losing the energy to struggle. I was slowly lowered to the ground.