Trying to squeeze in time to write while being sick is much harder than I thought it would be, the lack of energy from this disease is staggering. I lectured this morning which put a lot of strain on my inflamed vocal cords, not to mention the cough keeping me up all night and I was exhausted this afternoon. I managed to get 1800+ words done this evening though. I hit the flashback portion of the story, where the first secret is revealed, so I was excited to write!
After consulting with my writing muse/friend, I have decided which direction to go from this point forward as well. Going to have her become the hunter, nice strong character development, versus her being the pray/victim. Should be exciting! Hopefully it will come together.
Halfway bonus Story excerpt below!
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Tori dashed through the woods, her hair flowing freely behind her as she ran. Yiva had gone into town. While she had encouraged Tori to come, Tori had politely refused. As usual, Tori had reminded Yiva she was almost two decades plus five, no longer to be a child shortly. It seemed this fight was occurring more and more frequently.
The sound of roaring water began to fill the air as she navigated skillfully through the trees. Around the next bend, she could see the grotto ahead. A rocky cove funneled the water down a cascading falls into the rock pool below. The waterfall was small, only standing twice as tall as Tori. The water trickled out of the rock pool into a stream which would eventually wind its way to the far side of the meadow. The seasons were beginning to change, as evident by the brown, dying flowers surrounding the pool. The dark blue rocks were dotted by pale pink algae which had a soft, fluffy appearance. Tori knew this vision was deceiving as the algae was more like slippery slime, despite its puffy appearance.
Untying her belt, she slipped out of the white wrap around dress revealing a cocoa colored, skin-tight jumpsuit. Daintily, she crossed the rocks, taking great care not to step on the algae. Once she reached the water’s edge, she dove into the crisp pool. A large cluster of glittering fish darted out of her way, reflecting the light to confuse and befuddle any potential predators. A few kicks through the liquid and she surfaced in the middle of the pool. Standing on the bottom, the water came up to her lower chest.
She drew in a long slow breath through her pointed nose. A puff of condensed steam excited her nostrils as she exhaled equally slowly. Closing her eyes, she focused and took a few more slow, deep breaths. Her right hand came up to rest on the surface of the water. Nervously, her fingertips twitched on the glassy water top. Small waves rolled away from each finger as they tapped. Her eyes opened, sparking with determination. Raising her right hand, she looked at the water below it. Her middle finger curved down towards the water and slowly started circling in the air. Her stare intensified as she reached out with her mind. As her finger circled, a small whirlpool began to form as the water started to follow the motion of her hovering finger.
A small smile graced her lips as she watched the whirlpool swirl underneath her moving finger. Her entire hand started circling from her wrist and the whirlpool increased in speed and size. Raising her hand carefully away from the surface, a tendril of water raised from the center of the swirling pool reaching for her still extended finger. Tori’s smile intensified as the long, thin tendril reached towards her rising finger. When her hand reached the height of her arm span, eclipsing her head by another head’s length, Tori’s eyes trailed from the top of the water tendril to her finger. As her eyes moved, the water spiral reached up and joined to her finger. The water column continued to touch her finger and stood perfectly still, defying the same downward force the pulled the waterfall to it’s crashing conclusion in the same pool in which she stood. Tori stared at it with a sense of triumph and pride.
CRACK! A large clap of thunder shook the air. Tori jumped and the tower spiral of water splashed back to the surface. The glassy water top was beginning to be speckled as rain began to fall. A small sigh left Tori’s lips as she dove back under the water and kicked towards the edge of the pond. With the rain, her mother would be returning from the village and Tori needed to get home before her mother did or face deciding between having to lie about her practice session or face her mother’s displeasure. Slipping her dress back on, she tied the black ribbon around herself before running back through the woods as the falling rain intensified around her. The sky flared with bolts of electricity and crashes of thunder as the storm rolled over the woods.
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