CORVUS
‘‘Slowly...okay..hold. Steady now. Take a deep breath in, and a deep breath out. There ya go.’’ Sasha leaned in closer, and listened to the very slight beating of the horse’s heart. With her free right hand, she tried to calm the horse down by rubbing its belly. She was not sure why the horses were all suddenly becoming ill. Was it some form new form of pathogens from the water? That was highly unlikely. For it that were true then the folks in the village would have been getting sick, too. But if that was not the case. Then what was causing the horses to be near the point of death? Sasha left the stable, and made sure to leave enough additional water, plus hay, for the horses dinner before she went to have her own. She stopped in her tracks, and raised an eyebrow. The candle lights from the little wooden cabin had been blown off, or had not been lit when nightfall fell. Sasha took off into a Usain Bolt like sprint. She leaped over a muddy puddle, and dashed past the corn field. Her feet had not even landed on the front porch before something grabbed her by her ankles. It wrapped itself around her legs, and then started moving toward her chest. She tried to squirm, and wiggle her self out of the right grip, but the thing continued holding her much tighter, & tighter. Soon she could hardly breathe. Sasha fell onto the ruby sandy ground. Her body started to feel so much pain. She gasped for air, and stared at her foe. With her mind, she pictured her hair saving her. Before she knew it, her hair grew much longer in length, and strength. Sasha’s hair formed a blade, and began trying to kill what was holding her down. She screamed after noticing that she had accidentally cut a part of her leg. Then she pushed herself out of the thing’s hold, and rolled toward the cabin house. As soon as she was close to the door, she heard someone ask, ‘‘Knock, Knock?’’
‘‘Who’s there?’’ Sasha replied.
‘‘You can’t see….’’
‘‘You can’t see who?’’ Sasha asked.
A bunch of silver feathers burst in front of Sasha’s face. Some started piling up in her mouth, and going down her esophagus. She felt her esophagus beginning to bulge like a toad, or frog. Sasha placed her hands around her throat, and landed on her knees. Her eyes started watering, and she felt so much pain around her neck. Before she knew it, she heard something burst, and her hands were covered in a mix of silver feathers, as well as her bio fluids.
It cackled, and then declared. ‘‘You can’t see…that you will soon bite the dust.’’
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19th December, 2023. Toyousday