Airborne

A rock drake named Sila was holding the eggs as she walked nearer the cliff. “You never got a chance to live,” she said with tears in her eyes. She crushed a human while walking. She put her flock’s eggs down near the cliff. She cries for a moment. She started jumping. “I can do this! Toka chose me!” She said. She let out a sob, then quickly let it in. “I AM A RUTHLESS KILLER WITH A RUTHLESS KILLER’S HEART!” She said to motivate herself. She put the eggs in one spot. She gave them a push, and they fell off the cliff. She heard splats. She looked down. The eggs were open with rock drakes covered in blood.

When she got back everyone was congratulating her. “Good job,” Toka said. “YOU DID GREAT SIS!” Alliak, Sila’s brother, roared. He beckoned her over and whispered, “I know it was hard for you Sila, but I didn’t think you could do it. Did you make a clean job of it?” Sila nodded. She was about to become the flock’s official killer. The last one got strangled by namelesses. She dreamt of it. But she never knew how bad it felt.

Sila was about to go to sleep when she saw a reaper. “Run, run away and never return, Sim- I mean Sila,”it said. She slashed it and it ran away. She leapt and glided. She got lower and picked it up. She hesitated. “DROP ME!” It said. She let go. She landed. The reaper was covered in blood. “You passed the test. You are a true killer.” It said hoarsely. It coughed out blood. It died. The whole time it was dying Sila’s mouth was open.

-Fenrir