Chapter 5 In the forest II

Kali sat at the edge of the river, her eyes were yellow. It had been yellow for the past five days. She did nothing but cry over the loss of her best and only friend, Luna. Her hatred for humans began to grow even more.

While growing up, Kali thought she could live in peace with humans if only they knew her better and accepted her, but now she knew better. The humans were nothing but monsters, they called her strange, called her a monster, but the truth was that they were the true monsters here and not her. They only caused harm and destruction.

She grew up in the forests without parents, without a family and her only family, Nyx left all of a sudden. And her best friend, they took her away. Her eyes began to leak again. She knew why her face was leaking. It happened the day Luna died. Her eyes leaked every time she thought of Luna, every time she was sad.

Tears, who knew she would ever cry? Before Nyx left a few months ago, She had tried to teach her little things about humans over the years as she grew. She had always dreamed of living like a normal person amongst the humans and begged Nyx to teach her everything she knew about the human culture. But now, Kali shook her head bitterly, she wanted nothing to do with them. She felt enraged and sad at the same time. She picked up a stone and threw it angrily and it hit a tree at the speed of light and caused a hole in it.

Axel walked deeper into the forest, he still hadn't found any animal to draw and he was getting tired. Suddenly, a little burnt stone landed at his feet and he picked it up looking at it in surprise. He then continued to move forward until found a river nearby and began walking towards it when she spotted huge black feather-like wings. He recognized the wing, it was the strange girl, the one Theo captured. The one who escaped and made the guards fall asleep.

He stared at her, she still wasn't aware of his presence. She was beautiful, one beautiful piece of art.

He got out all his drawing materials and began to draw the strange creature, he drew her carefully, he wanted her to look as beautiful as she looks in reality.

Kali heard some shuffling sound and got alert, she looked around to make sure no pesky human was hunting her down. She sighted one, a young man, and her eyes turned red in anger. She didn't know how fast she went but in a second she had the man against a tree.

She recognized him as the prince who visited her in the dungeon with his sister the night she escaped. She stared at his face. He was... Beautiful with long-lashed and sea blue eyes which seemed to draw her.

"Hey, let go," he said snapping her back to reality

"Who are you and why are you here, are you here to hunt me down and put me in the darkroom again," she said annoyed. She really couldn't get a break.

"No, I'm not" Just then something fell from his hand.

Kali looked at it in confusion, it was a strange thing, she couldn't explain what it was but it had a figure in it. It looked familiar, it looked like...... her.

Kali unconsciously released Axel and picked a strange thing on the forest grass.

"Is that me" her hands traced the wings in the drawing. It looked so real, so beautiful. She wondered if this was how her wings truly looked like. They looked majestic, she looked nothing like the monster humans portrayed her to be

"Yes," Axel shrugged.

"It's beautiful" Kali whispered.

"You're beautiful," Axel said truthfully and Kali flushed. Her lips curved up into a small smile. It was the first time she smiled since Luna died.

It was also the first time someone called her beautiful. Someone other than Nyx...

"May I?" Axel said with a smile and Kali gasped.

"There a hole in your face," She said and Axel chuckled at her naive behavior.

"It's called a dimple" Axel smiled revealing his 'dimple'. And her eyes shone at the sight. She didn't know humans to look this attractive. And the hole on his face when he smiled. They made him look even more beautiful.

"Well, they are pretty," She said

"Thank you" he took her palm and kissed it.

"Oh" Kali flushed again, she didn't understand what he was doing.

"It's a sign of appreciation among royalties" he explained seeing her confused at his actions.

"But I'm not royalty," Kali said timidly.

"That doesn't matter, now may I go back to drawing you please," he said.

"Drawing?"

"Yes that, don't you want to see it complete" Axel said.

"I do," she said and nodded excitedly. Even though she now disliked humans, she was somewhat happy she was getting along with one.

She had always wanted to be able to talk and converse with other people like a normal person. But Nyx had warned against it and Kali couldn't blame her after seeing how the humans had treated her and caused Luna's death.

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Axel hummed as he continued to draw this innocent creature but stopped when he noticed a tear run down her face.

"What's wrong?" he asked frowning.

"Huh?"

"You're crying, why"

"Crying? What's that?" She looked clueless about what he was saying.

He used his hand to wipe her teats and Kali flinched from the strange touch. No human had touched her, Nobody dared to.

"Your tears"

"They come when I think of Luna" she gave a sad smile.

Axel remembered the name, She had been calling the name the night at the dungeon.

"Oh" Axel put two and two together, he immediately understood what had happened. "I'm sorry" Kali shook her head as another tear slipped out of her eyes.

Suddenly, he yanked her and pulled her into a hug as her eyes widened in surprise. She didn't know what he was doing but she liked it

"Pretty girls shouldn't cry"