Post by Veata Bane on Aug 13, 2007 20:51:30 GMT
The walk from the doors of the castle to the edge of the Forbidden Forest had never seemed to take so long. V at her rolling stomach with her left hand, her wand held securely in her right. The feeling of the dragon's masterfully carved scales beneath her fingers was comforting, like her father's hand on her shoulder, easing her worries, encouraging her curiousity. Her breathing seemed to be far too labored for the pace she was making, but all the same she slowed her steps, hoping to slow her heart, which beat against her ribcage like a frantic bird in a cage. Why was she so scared? She had been in the forest, if only briefly before. Why did the prospect of entering it at night seem much more forboding than when the sun was up? The same creatures lingered in the shadows now as they did in the sunlight during the day.
When she had awoken with a start from a now forgotten nightmare, she had simply turned into her animagus form, slipping out of the castle the way she always did when she couldn't sleep. Which happened to be very often these days, as nightmares involving her parents and Unforgivable Curses haunted the darkest corners of her mind, waiting to strike the moment her mind drifted into sleep. But, as she padded in her cat form to the place she usually sat at, next to the sky-reflecting lake, she hadn't been able to keep her eyes off the darkness that was the Forbidden Forest. So, in reluctant sacrifice, she had returned to her human form, and set out to the widest gap between the trees she had been able to find.
Now, at the line between moonlight and ultimate darkness, she stood, fear seizing her limbs. What was she doing? She couldn't go in there alone! Something would... find her, follow her, trap her, murder her. Her heart was pounding so fast she could hear echoes of it's beats in her ears. Holding her wand out in front of her, she whispered "Lumos", causing the tip of her wand to light up like a tiny sun. Then, taking a deep breath, V prepared to plunge into blackness.
When she had awoken with a start from a now forgotten nightmare, she had simply turned into her animagus form, slipping out of the castle the way she always did when she couldn't sleep. Which happened to be very often these days, as nightmares involving her parents and Unforgivable Curses haunted the darkest corners of her mind, waiting to strike the moment her mind drifted into sleep. But, as she padded in her cat form to the place she usually sat at, next to the sky-reflecting lake, she hadn't been able to keep her eyes off the darkness that was the Forbidden Forest. So, in reluctant sacrifice, she had returned to her human form, and set out to the widest gap between the trees she had been able to find.
Now, at the line between moonlight and ultimate darkness, she stood, fear seizing her limbs. What was she doing? She couldn't go in there alone! Something would... find her, follow her, trap her, murder her. Her heart was pounding so fast she could hear echoes of it's beats in her ears. Holding her wand out in front of her, she whispered "Lumos", causing the tip of her wand to light up like a tiny sun. Then, taking a deep breath, V prepared to plunge into blackness.