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Artificial Angel Novel Prologue

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Prologue
Girl with wings

Rain pours down on a tiny girl as she runs barefoot down a muddy path through a field with no grass. She is wearing a dusty brown cloak which covers her face in shadows. In the distance a group of armour clad horsemen pursue her closing the distance rapidly. The horsemen's armour clangs loudly as their horses gallop after the exhausted girl. The leader of the horsemen breaks ahead of the pack and raises a war axe that is bigger then his target above his head. Which is fitting considering his arms are as wide as tree trunks. The horse tears past the girl on the muddy track and the man's axe swings with enough force to chop down a tree in one swing. The tip of the axe narrowly misses it's target but connects with the girls cloak. The momentum of the horse and axe combined lifts the girl from the road and throws her into the field. She lies on the ground as the horsemen gather on the side of the path.

The girl twitches in the mud and begins to stand and as she does so her cloak splits and remains behind. Two magnificent white wings stretch out from the girls back as she stands hunched over catching her breath. Most of the men look at the tiny girl with shocked expressions but the brutish axeman smirks. He dismounts his horse and runs towards the girl who is now only wearing a thin white dress. As he runs her cold silver eyes meet his and he shudders at her lack of any kind of facial expression. The dark rings under her eyes are all too prominent and she yawn confirming her weariness. She begins to beat her wings as the man breaks into a sprint.

At the last second she leaves the ground narrowly avoiding the brutes clutches. Without a second glance the girl rhythmically flaps her wings and ascends into the dark rain clouds above.

A soft white light reflected from the moon illuminates the tops of the clouds. The sea of clouds is so thick that the ground can no longer be seen below. The young girl soars across the top of a large flat cloud at great speeds. She lowers her hand into the cloud as she flies parting it smiling as she does so. As the large cloud ends she shoots out into empty sky. Looking down she can see nothing but dark clouds. She has short ruffled golden hair which she has to constantly brush out of her face. A gold key hangs loosely around her neck from a gold chain and flutters around as she flies.

Aside from the gold chain her clothing looks unsophisticated. She has a white dress which fits perfectly around her small frame. The end of her dress sway ferociously in the wind as she flies not protecting her from the cold in the slightest. A blue stone which embedded in the keys handle glints in the moonlight and draws the girls attention. She looks at it with a frown but then forces herself to smile again trying not to be sad.

The girl tries to keep her eyes open but every time she blinks they stay shut for longer periods of time. She puts both her hands to her face and shakes her head from side to side. Her eyes open widely but soon begin to close again. The girl cannot hold her eyes open and begins to sleep.
She free falls into the dark clouds below until she is awoken by the cold feeling of the dark clouds. She opens her eyes but cannot see a thing. She levels out with a flap of her wings and looks up trying to find the moon or stars. She has no luck and continues further into the dark clouds.  

Suddenly there is a bright flash in the distance and moments later a huge crash rumbles through the night sky startling the young girl. She swoops to the left away from the source of the bright light and flaps her wings twice in an attempt to move upwards but exhaustion show on her face and she remains at the same altitude. Another giant flash illuminates the clouds surrounding her and is followed by a loud crack. A spectacular bolt of lightning shoots out from the top layer of clouds and pierces through the clouds meters from the young girl. Moments later the girl passes over the spot the lightning pierced the cloud. She looks through it but sees nothing but darkness. She flies in silence for a moment and once again her eyes begin to close. However this time they do
not open. She descends into the cloud layer below at an alarming speed.

She is rudely awoken as she reaches the lowest level of the clouds. Rain pours down on the girl drenching her from head to toe. She is pushed around by the strong winds and has trouble  flying in a straight line. A bright flash reveals natural stone pillars amongst the lowest of the clouds. Rain is pooling on the top of each and cascading off the sides into the darkness below. The bright flash is followed by a deafening crash and a bolt of lightning strikes one of the pillars sending rock shard flying in all directions. In a panic the young girl tilts upwards in a desperate attempt to escape the lighting strikes but is met by a blinding white light. The white light swallows the girl for a moment and for split second the girl is at peace. The light is followed by a sickening cry as the girl is struck down by a spear of lightning.
This is the prologue for a novel I am currently writing and hope to get publish once it is finished.

It is currently in a partially unedited state and I know I will be reediting it at some point. I know there is minor grammatical errors but please put up with them for the time being.

I have written over 20,000 words at this stage and hope to have the novel finished within 6-8 months.

The character Cassie which I have commissioned a lot of artwork for is the girl in this story.
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jaeDP's avatar
Wow, haven't had a good read in a while. Very descriptive. Good job!