"Hush m'dear... It won't hurt long..."
"N-No... Please stop... p-please... no!"
The wind struck across the landscape. With poisoned claws, it raked over the horizon. Starvation of a beast consumed the warmth and comfort of the world around it. The trees lay bare. They rooted within the ground as dormant, anorexic creatures. Never could they pull away. They could not leave their shackles, only cling to what little hope they had of finding food. But hope was a fleeting gift. Not the richest of Kings nor the wealthiest of robbers could afford such an expensive treasure.
The branches of the trees bent and swayed with a cry. Howls raped their appendages, robbing them of any further comfort. Spared not of the harshest conditions, they allowed winter's breath to take them. A skeleton of what and who they were would have no flesh to cover it upon this hour. It lay barren and naked. Stripped of clothing by the falling of its leaves, it sank towards the center of the Earth, weeping in its silent suicide.
Envious as the morning, the evening would soon overtake. Ravishing the sky with the seductive blanket, the stars carefully blotched against the navy blue carpet. Coating the atmosphere, the last of the sun was swallowed behind the horizon's face. Moon and sun... Many people found them opposites but they are naught. They are twins, born of the same sire and birthed from the same b*tch. Bred for what not one person shall ever know. Was it to keep the sky claimed? Did such parents covet the stars and thus create both orbs to destroy their beauty?
One must dwell into the human consciousness to figure out such feud between sun and moon. As twins perform within their mother's womb, the two will fight for the sky. Lulled only by the dawn's mantle and the twilight's coverlet, the quarrelling spheres would mold into one another. The moon still visible as the sun peaked, and the lunar globe lurking as the solar circle slept.
Yet, one must lose and one must succeed. The stellar night basked across the sky. Artemis, lovely and fragile in her ever-lasting virginity, looked upon the world. Never deflowered or deprived of maidenhead, nevertheless having children... Such could only be performed by the Goddess.
Thrust upon the ivory-coated scope, a shadow claimed the land. Robbing the purity of the snow with imprints of its presence, it was labeled bandit to the stars. As a ballet dancer the grace presented itself with pride and liquidified motion. The very sea could not mimic such elegance, yet matched the ferocity. A killer came in beauty. Many people may see it as evil. But then... immortality came in an abudancy of splendor. The oceanic surface claimed many lives in her arms. Forever selfish, and claiming the flesh and bones to herself. For she knew, never would she have such things.
The silhouette left behind not only prints, but a droplet of crimson life. Pads curved towards the destination, claws digging into the ground and puncturing such frozen soil. In the center of the forepaw lay stained. Ah blood was cruel when it came from our bodies, but brought us life when we thieved it from others.
Wolf was all that came to the minds of those whom saw it. An occasional rabbit would perk up its head, hiding in its ice-camouflaged pelt to blend with a tundric bundle. It went unseen... for now. An owl, wise with years of erudition, shifted upon his hollow within the corpse of a deadened pine. Needles had nearly fallen, but the windbreak offered sanctuary to him. It's optics turned to watch its pier in predatory skills. Bored, for such a creature had seen all, it went back to munching on its rodent dinner.
The blotches of scarlet liquid deepened. From droplets came globule; from globule rose puddle; puddle became mere; mere became tarn... Eventually, the blood path ceased. It fell upon an abrasion upon the creature's right shoulder. Ebonite fur cluttered round where the wind crusted such warm life. Wound caused by man, for bullet be only servant, it damaged the creature into stillness.
Hungry, weakened, immobile... The eyes of the wolf slowly shut. Cerulean filled irises hid behind fleshed curtains. What would become of him now that such a tragedy befell him? Surely he would heal with the moon's healing light? But should he go on in famine, his body would sojourn its function. And thus, man would claim another beast. For in his desirous slaughter, he rose to the thrown of king of beasts. And in such title he would earn hate.
As he bled, the wolf swore an oath. The blood of a human would avenge the blood he'd been reaped of. And with that thought, darkness consumed his mind and left him with a dumbness of infancy as reality succumbed to reverie...