Chronicles of a Love Story

Chapter 1 : Personal Security

"Tah'mihal... if you can hear me... I accept."

A part of me felt like my words were lost in the huge sea of people, spoken to nobody as they fell on deaf ears thanks to the lack of Tah'mihal's presence... I hoped so hard that he had heard me, that I wasn't speaking to nobody. He had said that God's weren't what I thought they were... But I sure hoped they could still see and hear everything that they were, tuned into.

He had wanted my answer after all.

I stood there for a moment, dwelling on the idea of my words being heard or not. My answer though, didn't come from Tah'mihal... It came from the crowd of people that was still rushing through the streets... The crowd who suddenly parted straight down the middle, everyone quickly moving to either side of the street. They were muttering something, their words too distorted by all of the commotion for me to make out anything important.

It came down to me having to take a look and see for myself. I turned, only to see a wolf barreling through the crowd towards me. My eyes grew wide at the sight of the beast, it must have stood no less than six feet tall as it made right for me. One unbelievable sight after the other... what a day this was turning out to be.

I stood in shock, not sure how to react as the distance between the two of us closed. There was something about it though, the serene look in its eyes... It wasn't here in hostility.

I let out a sharp breath of air as the two of us made impact, my arms going for its neck ending with me being swept straight off my feet as I tried to regain my breath while still hold onto it. My hands clutched tightly to its fur, every moment leaving me more and more thankful that the crowd was still keeping their distance, leaving the wolf a clear path to carry on it's charge through the streets towards the southern district.

With a bit of a struggle I finally managed to throw a leg up over the back of the large beast, pulling myself up into a much more secure position then I had before. To my surprise, this seemed to be exactly what the beast was waiting for.

It had caught me off guard, quickly having to adjust my grip without falling to the pavement as the wolf through its head back, an eerie howl filling the street and drowning out the sounds that the hustling crowd was making all around us.

There was a moment or two of nothing... before the sounds of the crowd quickly went from being panicked mumbles, to being screams. A dark shadow washed over the wolf and I, the sound of beating wings filled my ear. I was quick to let out a started shout, hands finding their way under my arms, my hands letting go on the wolf's fur in shock.

Doing so... I quickly found the ground below me moving further and further away.

My eyes were screwed shut, unable to watch the world quickly move away from me as we rose higher. I had only glanced over my shoulder once, my eyes catching sight of ginger hair before closing.

I felt sick to my stomach, the wind rushing past my body making me shake in nervous anticipation, a part of me half expecting to find myself falling back to the ground. Only, the wind around me soon slowed, and once again I felt solid ground below my feet, the hands that had held me releasing their grip and falling away.

My eyes opened, swallowing hard as my eyes scanned the area around me, taking in my new surroundings. We didn't seem to have gone very far... But we had gone, up. From what I could tell, we were on the rooftop of one of the buildings on the street.

Staring at the sight ahead of me I felt my heart sink. The black smoke filling the sky, the buildings that were damaged. From up here, above the noise of the crowd, you could hear the siren once again. It made the sight hard to look at and yet, I couldn't take my eyes off of it. It may not have been my district, but it was still my city.