by R. J. Ross
“Mushrooms!” both twins said a bit too cheerfully.
Bebe sighed. “I was worried you were going to say that.”
***
The water lapped at the river bank, having calmed after the waterfall. It deposited a small, completely soaked fae onto the rocks, his gray squirrel tail barely tied around his waist and soaked so thoroughly that it looked like a stick. He was unconscious, barely breathing, and already heading toward “the light.” The sound of flapping came from above and a sharp talon landed on his stomach, unwittingly shoving the water out of his lungs.
Oscar coughed, turning his head and throwing up the water until there was nothing left inside of him. Then he looked up, blinking stupidly at the crow standing atop of him. “Gyahhh!!” he screamed, batting futilely at the bird’s leg. “Get off of me!!”
The crow let out a loud caw and promptly stepped off of him, walking away with that little hopping strut of theirs. Oscar took a deep breath, trying to calm his nerves. He hated birds. Birds were the most dangerous predators out there for the fae, especially for the influence ones, since the influence fae usually stood five to six inches tall, at most.
“Gotta… leave,” he muttered to himself as he rolled over and pushed up to his knees, then to his feet. Where there was one crow there were always more, and he doubted the yelling trick would work a second time. “Gotta… leave,” he repeated, stumbling up the river bank blindly, his hands out in front of him since he knew he would fall over again at any moment.
“Gotta… leave,” he said again as he plunged forward, landing on the ground face first, his entire body shaking from fatigue and fear. He couldn’t move anymore, he realized. Even if he did need to leave, he wasn’t going to. He wondered if being eaten by crows would hurt for too long.
Probably.
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~About the Author~
R.J. Ross has been writing since junior high, when she discovered that it could help her keep an A in English Class. She lives in Missouri, where she works as a secretary for the family business and spends all of her free time writing. If you would like to see more of her work, you can find several short stories at http://amazon.com/author/rjross!
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