Sanctuary II LTH!AU
Black, only feathers drug across the ground. At first, it had been a way to cover her tracks, but now she was simply too tired to try and lift them. She had no idea how long she’d been traveling. Running. Only that her body ached, the cuts from the glass she’d broken through stung, she was tired, and she needed to find shelter. Any shelter.
It was a bird that caught her eye as she emerged from the forest surrounding an odd bunch of ruins. A pidgey cooing from a tree she’d leaned against. Despite half of the hybrid resembling a murkrow, she couldn’t understand Pokemon fully. But the little one seemed concerned, flitting from one branch to the next in the setting sun before fluttering off in another direction. Having nowhere else to go, she followed the pidgey until the trees thinned and she found herself in a city. The pidgey was still in flight, gliding towards a large dome-like structure where it seemed several other bird Pokemon were gathered. An aviary.
She hesitated. Even with the darkness of night covering her, a city meant that she could be seen. Found. Captured. She was about to turn, to go deeper into the forest and perhaps find shelter in the ruins when the growl of her stomach and the low rumble of thunder sent her stepping out of the forest. She trudged to the aviary, all but stumbling through an open back door. A few of the Pokemon chirped and fluttered in alarm, but the hybrid payed them no mind as she found a tree and all but collapsed beside it.
Part of her realized she wasn’t safe. She was out in the open. In a city. Too close to people. But the berries from the bushes beside her were sweet and juicy, and her muscles aches too much to roam anymore. She’d leave in the morning. As long as no one came into the aviary, she would be fine.