(Since Bloodshadow posted Ch 16 before 918273645, i´m assuming my entry will be chapter 18.)
Chapter #18
Flayne
When I could first see, I felt a flash of conscience in my head. The very things I began to see were part of those first
thoughts. But then I began to think. "Is this my Birth, or my Death?"
As I floated to what I felt to be upwards, all I could see was pitch black. My body felt as though it weighed nothing,
as though I were a ghost, a spirit.
After what seemed like hours, as these new thoughts filled my mind, I began to feel a change in my body, I also began to
see rocky outlines all around me. I realized I was floating upwards from below the surface of a terrain.
Soon I began to feel the soft but tiny touch of air, along my body. Then I saw the surface coming towards me, intrigued
by what I would see when i reached the top.
As my head came out of the ground, I was blinded by what seemed like the light of day.
And I drew my first breath, as the rest of my body came out of the ground.
Suddenly I felt what seemed to be the true weight of my body, causing my knees to buckle.
I felt so heavy and mentally wasted. I didn´t know where I was, or what I was.
I tried to take my first steps, one by one, almost tripping every single time. But eventually I stood my ground and finally
adapted to the weight of my body.
I started walking to wherever my new destiny would lead me.
Eventually I found a pond nearby, although I wasn´t thirsty, I was curious on the appearance of my body.
I walked over to the pond and for the first time saw what i looked like.
I saw long black hair, falling far below my shoulders, accompanied with a thin masculine face. I could barely see my
eyes as they were occulted under the seemingly unnatural shadow of my forehead, but I could see the rest of the
bottom half of my face. My skin was a deathly white. As I looked at my slim pale body, i noticed a large black object
following the movements of my back.
It was a black wing, portruding near from my left shoulder blade. its feathers looked very uneven as though they were
ripped and messed up a little. I also saw something portruding from my right shoulder, it looked like some kind of large bone connecting with another, then I realized it was the skeleton of a wing, with no feathers or flesh.
I thought I could see a very faint glow of purple and black shades that emanated from my
body.
As I beheld the deathly figure, I thought "So this is who I am".
After that, I continued walking. I noticed that as I walked passed any plant life, they would wither and die.
I found that unsettling but strangely satisfying. I continued to walk along the barren landscape, I could see tall brown-
red mountains that surrounded the land. Part of the sky was strangely covered in different and strange hues of colors
such as reds, greens and yellows.
It seemed as though the sky itself were a rainbow.
As I began to walk down a slope, I notice a figure in the sky, swirling around, right above me.
I saw it began to close in on me; as it came closer, it took the form of some sort of bird.
It flapped its grey wings as it prepared itself for landing, it was right above me.
I felt its claws pinching my shoulder as it landed on top.
The bird looked at me with black eyes, as though it held some interest in me.
"What are you doing on my shoulder bird?" I asked it.
It continued to look at me until it decided to settle on my shoulder and stay there.
I decided that I didn´t care and moved on with the bird on my shoulder.
As I walked through a long path between two large mountains, I saw a little rodent walking a few feet away from me; as
it came within a range of three feet away, the rodent started to make coughing and gagging sounds until it suddenly
rolled over on its back and became motionless. I suspected it died.
Witnessing the event, the bird leaped off my shoulder and picked up the lifelss rodent and began eating it.
Within a few seconds the bird finished its meal and flew back to where I stood and onto my shoulder with
its white feathery-collar stained with blood.
The moment the bird touched me, I felt a slight surge of energy travel through my body, somewhat giving me a bit
of strength. I thought for a second "If my very presence killed that rodent from just 3 feet away, and this bird is touching
me right now, why hasn´t the bird died?"
I was very intrigued by that realization and as I looked at the bird, I notice It was slightly bigger than it was a moment ago.
"What a strange creature you are, I shall give you a name".
As I kept walking, I thought for a fitting name and found one.
I said to the bird "I shall name you, Condor"
That being dealt with I came upon another realization. "What is my name?"
Once again I began to think of a fitting name for myself.
"Ah...Yes, I shall now call myself, Flayne"
As I mentioned my name, Condor made a squawk sound. "So you like my name eh? Do you like yours?"
Condor made another squawk sound. "I guess that´s a yes".
I continued walking along the rocky and barren landscape with Condor on my shoulder.
After hours of walking I could hear some noise coming from the other side of a mid-sized mountain.
I could hear voices shouting and loud clashing noises echoing along the mountains.
"I Wonder whats going on?".
Curious I decided to walk towards that direction, intrigued by what I would find.
To be continued... 
