Creatures of Nightmares

Chapter 10

The group of wolves silently ate. No one spoke a word for a while. Until Prince finally realized something.

“Where are all of the mammoths and deer and penguins?”

Astra turned her head curiously. “You’re right..”

Pax, who was closest to Astra, nodded in agreement with her. Prince grumbled in disgust.

The three wolves stopped eating the deer. “Was this the only one you could find?” Asked Prince.

Pax nodded.

The group then split up. Astra went to the water, Pax went for a walk, and Prince was napping.

Astra stared at the water. Then she let out a groan and closed her eyes sharply..

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“I see you..”

The voice echoed.

“Let me show you..”

Astra saw something horrific.

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It was gone in mere seconds. But the image.. stuck in her head. Who was the voice? What did they want?

She trudged back over to the small overhang where Prince slept and huffed. Seeing he was still asleep, she turned and went for a walk.

She tried to clear her mind, to calm down, but the image was burned in her mind.

The animals.. all of them. In chains. Blood.. creatures dehydrated and starving. Even the baby animals. All from the snow biome. Astra couldn’t help but wonder if Shadow, who she assumed had chained them, would attack the forest creatures.

This odd day seemed to get worse as she heard Shadow’s soft voice.

“The girl is only getting smarter. Knowing her powers, and perhaps what I did to her. Does she even know why she has those powers? She won’t find out. We’ll kill her before she knows. Before she knows the strength of her powers.”

And then she fainted.

And fell.. but didn’t.

Laying on the snow covered ground, yet feeling as if she was falling. Deeper. Dark. Nothing to see.

She felt a presence. Was it the voice? Or was it her imagination? After all, she was unconscious.

She didn’t even know that Prince and Pax ran to her. Nudging her, confused. She seemed to just be falling in her mind. But she felt it. It wasn’t just a dream..

Little did she know how long it would last.

Sorry! It’s late. I’m tired. Short chapter. Chapter 11 prob still in direwolf, but will choose new animal to be in soon.

-An-almost-falling-asleep DiploLover24