“Traitors to the King! Helping demons into our beloved village! Burn the traitors!” He shouted with a smirk of evil planted on his face.
Inside of the home a women rushed scooping up her child, barely older than five years old. “Avery!” She shouted panic filled her voice sending fear into the Avery’s heart. Her mother ran toward the burning kitchen covering Avery in a blanket to keep the flames away from her. Avery heard a tearing sound then the cover came off and her mother put her into a small tunnel only big enough for Avery, “Quickly dear, go, run and don’t look back!” She cried out. “Never look back Avery! Mommy loves go run!” She shouted as a loud popping sound filled the air and the roof of the house came crashing down. Sealing off the entrance Avery had no choice but to go forward and never look back. Covered in soot and her faced streaked with tears she crawled out of the tunnel.
The man in black was towering over her, his gold eyes met her tear stained green eyes.
“No one can ever tell.” He hissed coming down upon her with a knife.
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Avery shot up in the dark of the night, sweat on her brow making her clothes stick to her body uncomfortably. Her side was burning as she stood up. Her hand slowly reached down and touched a long scar that was along her side from that dreadful night. Every night since the night she had been haunted with the dream of the fire. Tear streaks were on her cheeks as she strolled over to the shed opening, it wasn’t much for her to stay but for her constantly moving and trying to survive she got what she got. She shivered at the night air nipping at her body, and sending her long dark hazel nut hair onto her back. Her hair fell just a few inches above her elbows, and her big green eyes searched the night sky for answers to why it had happened to her.
A loud howl snapped her out of her dreaming and she was quick to draw a small knife from her belt ‘Demon’s’. It was the only thought that ran through her mind as she scanned the area looking for any movement. Her breath became caught in her throat as her eyes fell onto a large figure that’s body was bending from a beast to man. From how far Avery was away, she could hear the bones making a stomach churning cracking. Avery shuddered, and let out a small gasp as she felt the Demon’s eyes fall onto her green ones. Unlike the man who had killed her father, this Demon’s eyes weren’t gold, but more of a bronze color that still shimmered like stars. Avery would have looked longer if the man hadn’t made an approach towards her. With that sign she snapped herself out of the daydream on how this Demons eyes were so mystifying and grabbed her messenger bag, and some boy clothes. She left out the back entrance of the shed as the Demon burst through the front. Avery look off running for her life, she knew she couldn’t outrun a Demon, but she knew she could duck and hide into corners to throw him off. She glanced behind her and noticed the Demon was making no effort to chase after her, it was just watching her. She stopped the wind whipping her hair in front of her face as they almost had a stare off. As Avery tried to make out the outline of the Demon looking at her, his eyes seemed to outline every aspect of Avery
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Michael had had his run for the night and was down by the river. He didn’t expect somebody to be in his territory so changing back quickly not to be seen by somebody seemed like a good option. When Michael looked over he saw a young girl just watching him, as his eyes locked with hers he began to approach her. She seemed harmless but he watched her draw a knife. ‘Street kid, but a pretty one’ He thought to himself. Michael made a small smirk and ran to the entrance of the shed as the girl was going out the back way. Michael took three strides and was already at the other door, watching as the girl stopped to turn around trying to figure out what he looked like. Michael easily saw her figure and her features and was soaking them in. She was a slim girl, maybe not as young as she he thought, eighteen or so. She wasn’t very tall, but she wasn’t short either, her eyes were a very stunning green, and her hair just kept flowing in the wind naturally. Michael didn’t believe that she could see him very well from the distance and the night sky gave him great cover but, he figured she could see his silhouette. Michael had watched as Avery turned and continued running, he thought about trying to chase down the girl and he had no idea why he felt like chasing the girl down. He slowly began chasing her and just felt like he had to catch her, some part of him the way she looked at him.
Her sparkling green eyes had started something inside of him. He watched her run for a good distance before he started speeding up. He knew he could have easily caught her with no effort but he felt like he was having a great time just the thrill of the chase. He couldn’t remember the last time he had this much fun. Michael watched Avery glance behind occasionally and tried to speed up. Michael chuckled and continued picking up speed; soon he felt her hair hitting his chin. Michael was normally used to girls who smelt of flowers or something good in their hair, but this girl smelt just of everyday life, just normal nothing special.
While he was caught in admiration Avery made a sharp turn and he almost ran past if he wasn’t a demon and his senses were heightened. Michael was able to smell the fear and shock that he was keeping up with the girl. He made a small rumbling in his throat that was meant to be a chuckle but didn’t want the girl to think this was just for fun. It seemed to have work for Avery was trying to speed up and dodge him even more, she made quicker turns and took harder paths for a normal person to follow.
Avery made another turn down an ally way and was out of sight for a couple seconds. Sniffing the air Michael latched onto her sent again and found a person that didn’t look the same as the girl he had been chase and when they turned down an ally Michael took his leap. He broke her fall but also turned her back over to look down on the face of a boy.
“Oi! Let me go! What gives you the idea in tackling me?!” The boy shouted struggling to get free from Michael.
“Sorry, I thought you were this girl I was chasing…” Michael said disappointed. The boy smelt like the girl he was chasing but didn’t look like her anymore.
“Do I look like a girl to you mista?” The boy snapped as Michael let him up, “Don’t answer that mista! I know what I look like.” The boy added brushing himself off.
“Sorry…” Michael said confused, his nose said that this boy was the girl but the looks didn’t match. “Um… here is something for the trouble I caused you.” Michael added handing the boy two gold coin.
The boy looked at the money in awe as Michael walked off in confusion into the night.
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Avery was confused out of her mind. One she had lost him for a moment she slipped her boy clothes on just in time when she was tackled. The man was just playing with her the whole time and he paid her in the end. She had used her disguise so many times, but she never figured that she looked that much like a boy. ‘So many years without being me and this is what I turn into?’ Avery thought to herself. She dipped her hands down and scooped the water into her hands splashing it on her face. Dirt and grime dripped off onto the ground as she gazed back into the water still looking at a boy.
“Have I really changed that much?” She asked herself. Avery lets a small sigh escape her lips, removing her hat and her hair fall down. A rough hand throws her against the ally wall and she felt an arm gently against her neck.
“I knew it smelled like you.” Michael hissed in her ear softly.
“Let go of me demon!” Aver pat and struggling until she felt Michaels arm push more pressure against her neck. Once it left she wanted to reach down and grab her knife but her eyes were locked onto his bronze eyes.
“You are a very clever girl. You managed to trick me into thinking you were a boy, but no boy has that are as soft as yours.” Michael teased and ran his free hand along her one of her hands. It sent an electric shock through her whole body it made her shiver. “By the way.” He whispered into her ear, his lips just caressing her earlobe. “Thanks for the fun.”
With a gust of wind he was just gone, lost from her sight. Avery collapsed down onto her knees panting. She couldn’t believe her ear’s, she was scared half to death over some game? “Thanks for the fun!” is what he had said to her. She took out her knife and glanced at her reflection into the blade. Why didn’t she pull it out and just stab the demon, why did she have to get lost in his handsome bronze eyes. He had her pinned against a wall, his body had just been hovering inches away from hers, and when he touched her hand. “Snap out of it Avery!” She scolded herself for thinking about a demon like this. But she couldn’t, it had been a wave of electricity through her whole body when he caressed her hand the way he had. She drew her knife and kicked a can lying around.
“GAA!!” She screamed in agony and the thoughts running through her head. She stabbed the wall and kicked it lightly, waiting for her tantrum to subside. She placed her forehead against the wall and stabbed it two more times before sighing.
“Sneaky, cunning, cute, and feisty. Sounds like a girl I would want for myself.” A voice that made her blood run cold said. Images of fire and her parents burning flashed through her head. Avery’s side began burning as an image of a knife coming down upon her. If there wasn’t an explosion from the house it would have pierced her stomach, Avery ran for her life while the demon stood confused on what happened. Gripping the knife in her knuckles went white as she turned and met the gaze of the cold gold eyes that haunted her forever, “It’s a pity I’ve got to kill you, you really turned into such a beautiful ripe young women.” He said chuckling. His eyes closed with a shrug and a disgusting smirk spread across his face. When his eyes shot open after a few moments of silent and his blood craving gold eyes were on her body again.
(first 5 pages please give comments!! Will be posting the next five in a couple days (much more than 10 pages... is like 30 on computer) )
