Thread:Abbykurle/@comment-33999335-20180520125803/@comment-32492996-20180528040748

Liliana woke up with a start. “Where am I again...?”

''With us, silly. That’s all that matters.'' Said a voice. It sounded like it was coming from the trees, but she couldn’t be sure. She forgot all about the story she had been telling, and her friends. She trudged, trancelike, into the trees. She could hear Lilac yelling at her to stop, but she couldn’t. Then she remembered, with a jolt, that she hadn’t seen Jetleap, Akurle, it Liam. Firmly, she denied her memory and ignored it. Her eyes flashed furiously. They did that, she knew, when she was in danger. Or when... No.

Cold claws gripped her, suddenly, like icy claws. They encircled her rib cage, almost ripping her cloak. The claws reached for her neck, and she panicked.

“NO!” She screamed. She wouldn’t let this creature take her only connection to her parents.

She didn’t know what is was. She didn’t know why it was there. She didn’t know anything about this place. Jetleap did. And then she had a strong urge to find Jetleap.

And then she didn’t. And, suddenly, she knew. And realized.

And she knew why this thing- no, person was here. She knew what- who it was.

She hated it.