Deimos II - Wolfheart

Deimos III - Super-Surrealism v1

Deimos IV - Aranel

Beyond our sight and comprehension, there is some kind of force at work, guiding our footsteps, watching our every move. Some call it Karma, some call it Fate. Others refer to it as the Divine, the Almighty. It has a plan, but there is no guarantee that plan will have a happy ending… 

Part One: Destiny

The sun glimmers in the tree tops, dancing lazily across the sky as it falls towards its rest. The water sings for it; its lullaby song soft and gentle. She is there, toes in the river, soaking in the peacefulness of the place and never wanting this day to end. As she watches, a dragonfly flits past, and as she loses sight of it, the light begins to fade.
Even the most perfect days have to end.


Part Two: At The River of Tranquility

As the light faded, she knew it was time to leave. That feeling of content peace was draining away rapidly, the darkness drawing in. Without warning, sharp red eyes appeared in the gloom in front of her, a dark shape following them. She turned to run away, but more shapes with blood red eyes were appearing all around her. Fear gripping her, she tried to grasp at some kind of courage, some small lingering amount of peace, but all too soon it slipped from her grasp. The shapes were all around, closing in on her, the only light from those menacing eyes. And she realised… there was no escape.

Part Three - The Demons in the Dusklight

... Or was there? She stamped her feet, and the soft ground gave way beneath her feet. She fell a small way into more darkness. It seemed to be some kind of natural cave; she could reach out and touch what seemed to be tree roots. Moving forward, she could sense the darkness receding; a light had to be coming from somewhere ahead. The cave narrowed into a passage that was tough to traverse, and went on for some way. As she moved, the light grew stronger, she was sure of it. She pushed on, faster, pushing roots and debris out of her way. When she saw it, she gasped, for it was the most beautiful thing she had seen.

Part Four  - Into The Hollow

Under the earth, in the hollow, she stood and saw the Lantern. Impossibly old and somehow made of the roots of the tree itself; the light seemed to gather like water in the midst of it, before shooting from the top and cascading like a fountain down through the room. She moved forward and touched the side, and as she watched, words formed on the side of the Lantern in the same golden light. It read:
“Take heart all who walk here. You stand in the light of the First Light. Let it restore you.”
She felt at peace again, like she was always meant to be here. The light filled her with courage, with raw energy. And so she left the Hollow, and returned to be world above, ready to continue on.


Part Five - The Lantern Anthem

Emerging, the darkness was deeper than before she fell under the earth. Polly didn’t mind though. She kept moving, the light of the Lantern spurring her on. But those shapes with the blood red eyes hadn’t disappeared. They found her and gave chase. Polly ran, as fast as she could, away through the trees but the creatures were just as fast as her. She couldn’t lose them. She thought of home, of everything good in her life, of the pure golden light she had seen, and ran faster than she ever had before.  
But it wasn’t enough.
The shapes caught her, grabbed her leg. Polly fell, hard. Her cries of pain as something punched through her side mingled with the crunch of twigs snapping beneath her. Looking down, she saw it. Even in the darkness, she could see it; the ruby red stain that was growing steadily on the left side of her torso.
This was it. This was where it all ended. 
And oddly, somehow she knew it. Like she’d always known this would happen. 


Part Six - The Rise & Fall of Polly Hall

Even in the darkest night, the smallest light still shines. 

And so ends the journey of Polly Hall, exactly where it should have done, her destiny fulfilled.

The fates are not kind. They are not cruel either; they just are. 


Part Seven - Destiny Fulfilled

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