I am so proud of myself. I woke up early so that I could post this before my classes start. I didn't want to make you wait any longer. The time change is still messing with my mind, making me think it is earlier or later than it is. Ah, well. Here is Snippet and Shorter Stories number five. Oh, and don't forget to vote!
Dark Tattoo
Witch they called her. Unholy. Demon. Sorceress. Necromancer. Evil. Alanya hugged her body tighter causing the ink trees to rustle. She knew it was the ever-changing tattoos on her body that made people fear her. But, just because she had powers of darkness didn’t make her evil. Just because people could walk in the daytime didn’t make them good. Right?
Alanya stared at the huts of the village that scorned her. She longed to join their community and feel the love of another person. But she knew it would never be. Another tiny crack appeared on her blackened heart as she turned away. Alanya breathed deeply of the crisp, night air. She could smell the sun rising and reluctantly trudged back to her empty home in the Onyx Forest.
She could hear the bats screeching above and feel the silent owls piercing the night with their luminous eyes. A hungry hedgehog crossed her path, searching for small bugs to eat. She picked him up and stroked his short quills. A wolf howled in the distance and Alanya decided she wasn’t alone. Not when she was surrounded by other night creatures like her. And they weren't evil either. The barest half-smile tugged at the corners of her lips as she placed the inquisitive hedgehog near a rotting log, full of insect life and crossed over the Coal River.
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