• Something pulled Serene back from the dark void within herself... Light...

    "Serene! Are you awake?" Her father whispered... She was struck by a sharp burning within her throat. "Father... get back!" she pleaded through a weak voice. At once he understood. "Here," he said handing her a freshly slaughtered rabbit. She could smell the blood. The pain in her throat became more defined... Without even thinking, she took the rabbit and drained it of its precious blood, losing herself in doing so. When she had finished and could once again think more clearly, she grew disgusted. *Am I one of them? No, It can't be! I'd be better off dead!* "Where's mother?" She wanted to say goodbye, she knew how much this would hurt her. But Serene just couldn't bear the shame. "She's dead! And it's all your fault! You're the one that led that disguisting creature here!" "Where is it?" "He fled! Your mother sacrificed herself to try to save you!" With that, her father kicked her. It stung for a moment, but not as long as the truth of what she'd done...