Going Out Tonight, She Changes Into Something Red

*Aranea* · 03-08-2021, 12:14 PM

Location: Lazuli Falls

Aranea had been trying to head out more and longer in search of herbs. As Auster experienced the winter and continuous coldening temperatures that came from Boreas, most of the herb plants in the southern continent had been completely diminished and non-existent. They only hid in the deepest of places and it seemed the healers of The Hallows were going to extremes to make sure they gathered them all while they hadn't had time to plant and nurse a lot of herbs yet.

The sun was starting to bring the day to an end through the darkening clouds though Aranea had caught on to the scent of some Ginseng Root in the area. Thick flurries had lightly started to fall, but she would still creep her way around the falls while she didn't want to pass up the opportunity that the plant would be dead by the time she could make it out here tomorrow.

At the top of the falls, she searched thoroughly at the edge, peeking over every so often to see if it was hanging out on a ledge under the falls. The rivers at the top of the falls were nearly nonexistent as they were frozen and she was careful not to crush the ice around the edges so she wouldn't cut up her paws. If she could spot the herb off the cliff side, it would be a little easier to grab while the falls were only just a tiny stream of water, not that the entire task as a whole was easy in the slightest.

She would keep tracking the herb, and at a point her paw pushed against a layer of ice over the stone surface that was covered in a blanket of snow, immediately causing her to slip and fall right over the edge. Her head knocked on a jutted out surface before she could even think she was dying or worse, knocking her out cold. She fell only less than ten feet, not causing any drastic injury other than a few bruises and major cuts, the worst being a large one off her back and down her rib cage from her side cascading off a different jutted surface before she hit a ledge close to the top of the falls.

-Fade-

Her head and body ached as she came back to, the flurries from earlier gone and the sky darker than night. Frost covered her in a blanket, but she wouldn't notice for at first as her body went from nearly dead to alive in a matter of minutes. She shivered after a little time, probably fighting off hypothermia now that she had been laying here for hours. She laid in a small pool of her own blood though it was all frozen and crystallize running off oh her side and underneath her. At least her ice blood helped close the wound. Her squinted gaze had trouble focusing on her surroundings, her legs weren't ready to work. The world was silent around her until he could hear a grunting like a bear nearby but it wouldn't be a bear not that she wanted it to be either. One of those giant monster wolves were stalking around at the bottom of the falls probably now tracking the scent of her blood. If only her head wasn't spinning and she could just peel herself off the ground, she would have enough time to sneak away before it spotted her. But she wasn't appearing to gain any cognitive skills back just yet.

She didn't believe anyone would be out searching for her, Ulric was attending to the needs of his kids the last few nights as they were trying to mend what Ezra had witnessed, not that they hadn't seen each other around the castle. No one else would come around to her room or notice she was missing through out the night. Surprisingly though, her mind set wasn't in a place to think she would die tonight. At least not yet. It would be different if the beast creature was standing over her or even just in view. She was still trying to silently fight to get her body up and moving though, because there would be nothing worse than the extra dire wolf finding her.

Seasonal Bonus Prompt
Total Word Count: 713 words
Word Count Goal: 2500 words

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