05-13-2011, 07:40 PM
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The moonlight had drained the flowers of color. They swayed in a midnight breeze, rustling against one another, giving voice to a silent laughter than rang in his ears. He could see them between the cheery faces, flitting about faster than he could focus. He said nothing. He’d forgotten why he was here. Something had lured him, but he couldn’t recall. There was a ringing that filled his sense, distracting him.
A bird took flight beside his head, drawing his fangs from behind leathery lips in an instant—pupils growing to dark pools, flooding out the red. Somewhere nearby an owl hooted, crying mournfully again and again.