"Why is it still open?! I can't still be bleeding..." my heartbroken and distressed yell crumbled into a pathetic mutter. I could barely see past the blood coating my eye. It hurt so badly. Then I heard distant yells approaching. I let out a terrified scream when I glanced around and spotted him. I was capable of such a horrendous and evil act... my scream broke down into sobs as I curled up farther and brought my knees up to my chest. The distant yells approached my position. This is what I deserved. Whatever those people brought with them, I was going to die. I deserved it for that deed. I deserved to die again.

"A short yelp escaped her as she slipped off the edge with a fist full of flowers. I shrieked her name and dove off after her. I grabbed her, hugging her close to me. "What the hell are you doing, Decoda! We're going to die!" She shrieked. "Come on, come on!" I chanted, willing my wings into existance. Fire surrounded me and I opened my wings, appearing almost stationary in mid air only about 20 meters from the water. Before I could move them, a horrid shot of pain ripped through my wing as I fealt it tear. I shrieked and whirled around as my wings deteriorated and hit the water first. A stabbing pain in my back hit me first, then another one in the back of my head, causing my vision to black out."

"I stared into the vast bright sky. As I did, I felt a strange longing to take off into the blue as if I had wings. That urge got stronger as I reached the top of the hill I had been climbing. I walked up to a ledge and stared at the trees below. I sat down, my legs dangling off the edge. I stared into the canopies, imagining the life teaming within them. The sun beamed in through the trees. The birds sang cheerfully and I flopped onto my back. There was an unusual numb pain below my shoulder blades as I landed. Where those... lumps?"