Through a forest, a serene forest,
Comes a fleeting blast of light.
The light whispers through the pines,
A knife of light in the seamless Cimmerian shade.
Frozen, frozen in the darkness,
Beside the obsidian pool,
The peaceful, mirror pool,
The light bound me.
Into the clearing there strode a man,
A tall, lithe man,
A panther, hunter of the night,
And in his hand a staff.
The staff, unlike anything ever beheld by the eyes of man,
Tall and thin it was, much like its owner,
And resting in a niche on the crest of the staff was
A gem of incredible size and color.
A sinister light appeared to emanate
From the very heart of the jewel,
Disturbing the midnight color of the
Pond.
The water's rocks glittered,
And began to rise from the depths,
Their power seeped through my body, my essence,
My very soul.
And the rocks came closer,
Prowling across the dried leaves,
Sinister in their purpose.
Closer and closer they advanced.
I could not think,
I could not speak or move,
I could only hope for the paralysis
To end.
The figure came closer,
His aura scorching the ground before him,
The beat of my heart,
So fleeting, so fast.