Chapter 1
I ran as fast as I could as if there was no tomorrow; ironically if I'm not able to get away right now there really won't be a tomorrow, but the chains on my wings were so heavy it made it very hard to go faster and this cursed forest also didn't help, there where so many ground roots it was hard evading and jumping over them.
Behind me I could hear the galloping of dozens of horses following closely although I could hear from miles away it was very hard to concentrate on the sound of their gallops since my breathing was louder than my fucking thoughts. But that didn't matter since the only important thing was to get away as fast as I could.
As I ran further and further into the forest the branches on the ground kept getting bigger making it harder for me to evade which lead to me falling I threw my hands in front of me to soften the fall I tried getting up quickly but my knees and lounges felt like they where on fire every time I tried moving or breathing.
I stayed there on my knees for a few seconds trying to catch my breath before I heard the ragged breathing of a horse no it wasn't just one it was more I didn't have time to count all I knew was that I had to get up before they found me. I winced from the burning pain in my knees and started running again the chains in my wings hurt too I could feel them digging into my flesh making my once beautiful dark blue wings bleed I felt the blood trickling down my feathers and I cried internally how could they, they don't have the right to do this to me to my wings, all for their dark desires.
Those fuckers chained my wings so that I wouldn't be able to use them until somebody bought me so that my new owner had the satisfaction of clipping them, I remember hearing them talk about it outside the cage I was in. Which was one of the many reasons I had to get the fuck out of there before it was too late.
The sound of howling broke me out of my thoughts 'Fuck' I knew I was getting slower; all the years of malnourishment and being locked up were starting to get back at me all at once. I looked back to see if I could spot them and cursed once again when I was able to make out the shilluets of almost 9 of them but then again it could have been more but honestly, I rather focus on running than counting how many of them were close to me.
As I kept running I saw a clearing up ahead and smiled feeling the sense freedom so close if I stretched out my hand I could touch it but my dream soon disappeared after trying to evade a branch but I guess my brain was faster than my body because my right foot got tangled up and I immediately found myself on the hard cold ground once again, but only this time I wasn't able to soften the fall and hit my head of a rock so hard that I started seeing blurry, I could feel the blood running down my forehead and into my left eye it was hard to focus but all I knew was that it was game over.
I heard them yelling and laughing I tried getting up but immediately screamed at the burning sensaciĂłn on my back wings; the cold hard whip made a sharp sound as if it was slicing through the air before coming into contact with the top of my right arm all the way down to my leg making me scream in pain again I held onto my arm hoping it would make the pain go away faster but it didn't stop they kept whipping me until I was laying on the ground to tired to even scream at the pain anymore a tear streamed down my face knowing that I would never have the chance to escape again.
I closed my eyes and then I heard it it was so faint I thought I had imagined it for a second, it was the sound of water but not a stream of water it was bigger, faster, powerful it was the sound of a waterfall, I ignored the laughter and my pain and foucoused on the sound calculating the distance and waited for the perfect opening which came sooner than expected after the general ordered his soldiers to lift me up.
I winced at the pain but clenched my fist and hardened my jaw so as to not scream in pain, after getting back on my feet I took a deep breath knowing what would happen if I actually managed to get to that waterfall but I didn't care anymore I quickly pushed the soldier to the left of me down by throwing my whole body weight on him and kicked the soldier on my right on the crotch before he tried getting a hold of me and ran straight to that clearing, behind me I heard the general scream at his soldiers to capture me I didn't think about the pain I was in or if I would live or not; all I thought about was me jumping into the cliff right in front of me and so I did I jumpedâŚ.Just for a few seconds, I felt it; the dream I had wished for every night on that hard cold stone floor since I was 10 years old "Freedom"