He tried to just let himself fall, as though he’d chosen to slide down the hill, hoping this would cause him less injury. He was a little bruise when he reached the bottom, but generally intact. He almost got up and started a climb back up the hill until he took a look around. At the bottom of the hill, there was a waterfall.
It was undeniably the waterfall from his dreams. All the details were exactly the same, except for the woman of course. There was no woman, only the bird who now bathed itself in the gentle waters from the waterfall. He leaped for it, but again, the bird flew away. It landed at the top of a very high tree and looked down at him curiously as though taunting him.
He climbed the tree as quickly as he could. It took him …show more content…
He found a small inlet where he could set up camp and not be bothered by the mountain winds that would often come in the night. He built a fire, wrapped himself in a blanket and lean against the bare wall of the inlet. Tired, he quickly fell asleep. He was woken hours later by the pounding sound of …show more content…
What do you mean run?”
“I… I flew away from you when you tried to catch me. But I had to take shelter when it began to rain… and you had a fire…”
“You are talking as if… you are the bird…?”
“It’s… it’s hard to explain.”
“I would appreciate your trying.”
“Nula… my aunt. She believes that if both my mother and I pass… she will be queen. She is wrong. My father hates her. But somehow… some evil way she has cursed me, and turned me into a bird.”
“Did you say… queen? Princess? The princess who has been recently lost? I was supposed to go to your funeral.
“Please, do not call me Princess. I am Raeha.”
“Raeha… Why are you are not a bird now?”
“I am only human when it rains.”
“Why?”
“I do not know. But please, we must go to my father. You say you were going to my funeral, let us go, let us tell my father what has happened.”
“I… I can’t… I need you.”
Raeha blushed suddenly. “What?” she asked.
“I mean to say that… well… I… My father is very ill. I needed the power of the Megarhynkhos Renscura to heal him… but if the bird is really a human I don’t know if it will work
It was undeniably the waterfall from his dreams. All the details were exactly the same, except for the woman of course. There was no woman, only the bird who now bathed itself in the gentle waters from the waterfall. He leaped for it, but again, the bird flew away. It landed at the top of a very high tree and looked down at him curiously as though taunting him.
He climbed the tree as quickly as he could. It took him …show more content…
He found a small inlet where he could set up camp and not be bothered by the mountain winds that would often come in the night. He built a fire, wrapped himself in a blanket and lean against the bare wall of the inlet. Tired, he quickly fell asleep. He was woken hours later by the pounding sound of …show more content…
What do you mean run?”
“I… I flew away from you when you tried to catch me. But I had to take shelter when it began to rain… and you had a fire…”
“You are talking as if… you are the bird…?”
“It’s… it’s hard to explain.”
“I would appreciate your trying.”
“Nula… my aunt. She believes that if both my mother and I pass… she will be queen. She is wrong. My father hates her. But somehow… some evil way she has cursed me, and turned me into a bird.”
“Did you say… queen? Princess? The princess who has been recently lost? I was supposed to go to your funeral.
“Please, do not call me Princess. I am Raeha.”
“Raeha… Why are you are not a bird now?”
“I am only human when it rains.”
“Why?”
“I do not know. But please, we must go to my father. You say you were going to my funeral, let us go, let us tell my father what has happened.”
“I… I can’t… I need you.”
Raeha blushed suddenly. “What?” she asked.
“I mean to say that… well… I… My father is very ill. I needed the power of the Megarhynkhos Renscura to heal him… but if the bird is really a human I don’t know if it will work