NOTE | Hi everyone! Hope you enjoy one last tasty treat post-halloween! This is a part of our 'Mysterious Creatures' collab with my best friend @Cupidslittlewings! Be sure to go to her profile and read 'Phoenix' from her 'Fancies' oneshot collection!
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HALLUCINATIONS
PEERING THROUGH THE THIN BRANCHES, you thought about how peculiar the sight before you was, and it takes several blinks to confirm that it's all real. How could someone possibly be swimming in the lake during one of the coldest months of the year? If it even dropped one Celsius degree more, you were certain that the lake would freeze over. Hell, it almost froze the tears in your eyes at the moment. Yet, there in the very center of the lake where the moon shone down, was a person half-submerged in the water, his raven hair completely peppered in snow kisses.
You continue to observe him, your eyes sweeping around his sculpted shoulders and down his chiseled back as it contracts with his movement. You should look away, but you were so entranced that you continued to stare in awe, watching as he tilts his head back and his fringe lifts to expose his forehead. With the way the moon takes special care to caress his skin, it was telling that he is the moon's child.
A devious smile suddenly plays on his lips, sending a shiver down your spine. You didn't expect his head to loll in your direction, but it does. His icy eyes pierce through his tousled fringe, causing you to freeze under the intensity of his look. Your mind instantly recognizes that something is off about him and your gut senses that he isn't good, isn't sweet. Yet, you can't move.
You beg yourself to run but your poor legs just stagger back, and the branch you entrust to prevent your fall snaps.
Letting out a loud gasp, you squeeze your eyes shut as your head crashes onto the cold, hard ground. "Ouch," you groan, your eyelids fluttering to stay open. When they finally do, your attention immediately turns toward the lake.
He's gone.
Was it all an hallucination?
With your heart drumming against your chest, you pick yourself up and cautiously step forward.
You really should've taken the opportunity to run out of the woods, but curiosity only kept drawing you in until you were kneeling in front of the lake, holding your breath while staring down. To your disappointment, your reflection is the only thing staring back.
You were about to accept you were going crazy after all, but a splash coming from your left causes you to jerk your head to look over and capture the mysterious being only a few feet away.
This time, he's leaning back against the edge of the lake with his elbows propping him up as he gazes past you, visibly exhaling into the cold, crisp air. Your eyes widen. Is he messing with me?
Without warning, he flickers his tinted eyes onto you. Again, you freeze. His icy eyes roam down from your face and you feel so cold that you want nothing more than to wrap your arms around yourself.
