It was dark, but the girl was shining with a blinding light. The demon wanted to snuff her out. This one would make the perfect plaything. So terribly happy. A deep hunger rumbled within Evelynn as she stalked from the darkness, watching and waiting and wondering just what she was doing outside her precious walls. "Luxanna!" She called from the shadows, taunting and playing with her food. "Luxanna Crownguard?! Is that you? Please come quick!" Evelynn waited, disguised as a helpless human.
A night like many, in which she practiced and let loose her inner ability in secrecy, hidden away behind the thick brush of the forest. Swirls of light permeated the blanket of darkness, brought on by the position of the moon and the overlapping layers of leaves above her. Starfire was nearby, his tethers tied to a trunk. He snorted softly in the black every so often, watching his friend and “owner” go through her daily routine. Practice delicacy, tricks, and damage.
The girl had a neat smile on her features. It was always a joy to let loose the power that gently nibbled on her every time it ended up being restricted. Born into a world that could never forgive what the girl was, this much was necessary. Her ability and her body felt a great relief whenever she finally let it loose, like it was being smothered and finally allowed to receive a bout of fresh air. She enjoyed the feeling anyways, regardless of her body’s response. To be allowed a brief moment of respite from hiding herself was like being freed from a cage, if only for a few hours.
After practicing a technique for temporarily stealing opponents’ vision, she heard a voice. In a quick motion, her light vanished and she turned around with wide eyes, like a doe caught in the headlights, filled with fear that she’s been caught where she shouldn’t be.
Nobody should know. Nobody should know. What do I do? What do I do?
A panic set in. Her body was almost entirely stilled besides a slight twitching of the fingers. She shook her head, trying to shake the thoughts that it was all over. Surely, it couldn’t be.
Then she felt that familiar darkness, not only enveloping her, but taking an even darker shade off in the direction of the voice. It felt eerily similar to what she had felt when she visited that town near Serpentrion. Blue hues narrowed, trying to search the darkness for whatever there could be. All she could see was darkness. She had no choice but to follow the voice.
“Who’s there?” She called out, setting a normal walking pace towards the voice, a minute trickle of sweat rolling down her temple and towards the back of her jaw. She would resist going any faster for fear of a trap, or until she heard the voice again. She remembered that deadly whisper of the demon in that town so long ago. It could very well be similar, but she didn’t get to hear that voice properly due to the sounds of her light.
All she could do was hope--that somehow her light hadn’t been discovered, and if it was, that she could reason it out, lie if she had to. She could hope that she wasn’t being stalked by one of the demons of the forests, as she had encountered before. She could hope that she would see her family and country one more time.
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