Aya's Curse - Prologue

  • Prologue

    I release my arrow, it flies through the air for a second or two, it makes a connection with my prey, a deer, and brings it down with one hit. I walk up to it and retrieve my arrow from the dead deer and pull out my dagger. I skin the deer and take some of it's meat with me so I have something to eat later.
      I look up at the sky and I feel "No... It can't be night already..." I say, feeling my anxiety rising. I stare at the sky and confirm my fears, I see the dark sky being illuminated by the aurora lights, if I wasn't terrified for what was about to happen, I would have loved to stare at the sky and admire its beauty... I sprint as fast as my legs physically can, hoping to find somewhere safe before its too late... A cave, an abandoned house... Something...
      I see a house in the distance, with no lights on, maybe there... I run towards it, my heart feels like it is jumping from my chest, I have to hold on... Just a little longer...
      I open the door and look around, it looks like it hasn't been touched in a few months ago, it was abandoned... Good. I shut the door and bolt it shut and await my fate. Suddenly I feel unbelievable pain all over my body, it feels as if my skin and bones were on fire. I scream in pain, though I know no one would hear, except the animals.
      I stare at my hands as my nails start to grow and change to a darker color, they become razor sharp claws as black as my ebony hair... My muscles become bigger, causing my clothes to cinch tightly around my limbs. In some places, the seams pop and tear. As if that discomfort wasn't enough, my skin prickles and I itch everywhere as dark fur pokes into the clothing fibers... I feel my teeth change to sharper, more beast like fangs.
      I continue to scream while all of this happens until suddenly it turns more into a howl. I look at a mirror and see my eyes are turning a bright amber rather than my usual brown, in a fit of rage I strike the window and it shatters, yet I feel no pain from the fresh cuts from the glass... A few more minutes of pain pass and my vision becomes more and more blurry... The last thing is hear before I pass out is a growl followed by an animalistic roar...
      I wake up inside the house... Laying down on the floor... I realize that I am naked and try to cover my body in case someone were to see me. I look around and see a blanket, it must have been from the bed, I use it to cover up my body and I hold it to my breast to keep it in place. I slowly look around and see the damage... Walls had claw marks, the furniture was torn to shreds from what looks like bites, the doors were barley still standing, and my clothes had turned into tattered rags...
      My eyes start to water, I look for a place to sit in this wreckage. I see a spot in a corner of the house that was not demolished. I crawl towards it... I can't hold back the tears any longer, and I start to cry... I close my eyes and everything fades out.

    "Why did this have to happen to me?"

Comments

15 Comments
  • DovahSquid
    DovahSquid   ·  August 8, 2013
    It should, you should be able to plug the keyboard in through the front usb ports of your console. I assume it's a wired keyboard with a usb plug? 
  • Bryn
    Bryn   ·  August 8, 2013
    Would my computer keyboard work on a wireless controller (desktop keyboard)
  • DovahSquid
    DovahSquid   ·  August 8, 2013
    Get a keyboard Bryn, any keyboard. 
    It can attach through the usb port and make your life easier. 
  • Bryn
    Bryn   ·  August 8, 2013
    Xbox, it takes almost 2-4 minutes just for 1 sentence... Add that to the fact I can only type with my thumbs... It grows tiring

    I am a slow writer, I need something on me that I can use to write, like my iPad (coming in about 3 weeks :D)
  • DovahSquid
    DovahSquid   ·  August 8, 2013
    What do you get on the site with, Bryn? 
    And what about school or something, you could type it up at a computer during a break. 
  • Bryn
    Bryn   ·  August 8, 2013
    I live no where near any of those things and have no mode of transportation now that my mother is pregnant and always rests. And none of my friends live near me (about an hour or 2 away and they have jobs)
  • Bryn
    Bryn   ·  August 8, 2013
    *get not got
  • Bryn
    Bryn   ·  August 8, 2013
    I was about to release the 2nd chapter in June... But I had to turn in my iPad and it had all of my progress. And with no working computer or that many intrested readers, I gave it up (at least until I got my iPad back in september)
  • DovahSquid
    DovahSquid   ·  August 8, 2013
    @ Ben
    Except some people pull it off better than others. 
  • DovahSquid
    DovahSquid   ·  August 8, 2013
    @ Saryn
    I always found that you could also substitute urgency with anger, as using the pronoun "I" allows you to string together sentences that show increasing hostility or hatred. But not many people see it that way, a lot of people see it as you s...  more