Laughter in the face of death - hope you all enjoy it! :)
'Laughter in the face of Death'
(In the furthest and darkest of forests, they say is where you will can truly find magic, creatures from your wildest dream, demons, angels and what are known to us as, the lost ones...)
“Do you hear that, in the distance?”
-“This laughter, the child is back…”
“She won’t get away this time”
-“This arrow will surly pierce her heart”
The two moves with the wind, jumping from tree to tree, finally with a chance to finish the one who got away, the one who’s laughter made a mockery of the two who no one ever wants to meet, even though you have no choice, even when it’s your time.
The two are known to all, they have been together since the start of time, they are the one and only thing you are promised when you are born… death.
However, the one they chase was one who managed to turn everything the two had ever said, everything they stood for, into fun. The two have never come across anyone who weren’t either scared or just at peace, whenever they had someone in their grip, it was always the person’s final moments… some begged for another chance, some begin to pray and some just peacefully smiled. They are the ones who remind us all every day of our lives that,
‘tomorrow is a hope, never a promise.’
“Come out, come out, where ever you are!”
The girl calls out into the night time air
“She laughs…”
-“She’ll scream…”
There is a light in the distance, trees are burning and the smoke begins to fill the area
“Fate hunts you today”
-“I will chase until its dead!”
The girl skips along the forest, firing a magical burst of fire at each tree she goes past, laughing to herself… The story of the girl is known across the village which is nearest the forest. “The dark child” that is what they call her, no one truly knows where she came from, just that she was adopted as she was left at birth in the centre of the village, with only a single word written on a note which read out “Annie”.
The church took her in, years passed and before that one fateful night, the village folk swear by it that the child was the one who burn the beloved church to the ground. They say she is filled with dark magic and summoned her only toy (a fluffy little teddy bear) into a 7-foot-high standing beast, a beast of fire from the gates of hell itself, a creature so terrifying that you are stunned by just its great presence…
The village folk decided that this was proof of witchcraft and as such, the child was to be burned at the stake, the girl thought that all was just fun and games, the girl was truly innocent minded and unable to see any bad in her actions, to her, it was all a massive play time.
It was at this moment where the two were in the shadows, watching as a new soul had been marked, they were there to take little Annie’s life, or so they thought.
Annie was taken into the forest by the folk and tied to a tree and set alight, in the shadows one lifted the bow to take the final shot towards the little girl, before releasing the arrow, the child begins to laugh… this was not an expression that the two were used to seeing upon one’s final moments alive, Annie notices the two, in the trees pointing the arrow at her,
“You wanna play too? It’ll be fun!- get ‘em, Tibbers!”
Annie shouts for tibbers, the name of her bear, the folk begin to run back out of the forest as the fire demon was once again summoned, and unable to fight against it make a break away from the child.
“Your time has come”
-“Ready or not!”
Fire begins to spread quickly across the surrounding area, unhurt by fire, Annie is freed by the ropes and begins to run, she is excited by the twos appearance and as the two begin to chase after her, the more her excitement in this ‘play time’ gets, meaning the stronger the fire that burns from her beloved toy is, the bear runs along side her, Annie continues to laugh, truthfully never feeling this level of fun in her life, this was what she had been longing for.
“Try to keep up!” Annie yells out, leaving a burning path behind her, the two look at each other,
“Shall we dear Wolf?”
-“Race you there!- Its heart beats fast now!”
“It knows…”
The two race after the child and find themselves in a standoff point as Annie finds herself stuck at the river which divides the dark forest, Annie turns towards the two and begins to laugh,
“This is fun! But, you smell like burning!”
Lamb spots Tibbers taking a swipe towards Wolf from behind, and within an instant pushes Wolf out of the way however taking the hit herself, Annie recalls Tibbers to teddy form and back into her arms, whilst laughing at what had just happened to Lamb, Wolf enters rage, and charges at Annie at full speed, Annie smiles as her right fist begins to glow, she fires a shot at Wolf just as he enters range and both are knocked back, Annie enters the river and Wolf towards Lamb, the sound of laughter echoes as Wolf begins to lose consciousness…
(We return from the flash back to current moment where Kindred is chasing towards Annie)
“Don’t be a scaredy cat!” Annie calls out loudly
“You overstepped”
Lamb and Wolf jump from the tree branch, Annie looks up to see the two coming from the sky, blending with the nights sky and coming downwards, landing perfectly on top of Annie, Wolf holding her down whilst growling fiercely at Annie’s face, Lamb standing over Annie, taking aim… Annie laughs,
“Tibbers!”