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Writing Prompt #1310
You can communicate telepathically with animals. It's a superpower you've had your entire life, one that your parents initially thought was just the result of an overactive imagination. Your sister is insanely jealous of your superpowers. Despite this, you both have gotten along fine over the years, growing up with little to no issues with each other. One day while walking in the forest, a random squirrel tells you that people have been going missing over the last few weeks. You ask other creatures in the forest, and they all tell you that something big is coming. "The forest is dying," they tell you. "The monster is here." You investigate further, asking more questions of the local animals. Eventually, they lead you to the edge of the forest and a construction site where scientists and workers alike congregate over the deepest hole you've ever seen. They leave for the night, but before you can make your way over, you see something crawling its way out. It is large and monstrous. As you watch, it shifts form — from animal to bird and finally settling on a human form. You then realize that it is your sister. Jealous of your abilities, she struck a deal with an entity that fed on her envy, gaining the ability to shapeshift. But this power is slowly killing her. You now have to find a way to free your sister from this creature's influence before it is too late.
“God Damn it, Skye! What did you do to get your powers?” My older sister, Sage, snaps at me. Her words constantly replaying in my head as I’m walking through the forest behind our family house. Why did I get a power and she didn’t? What different about me? Throughout my family history it’s always been the first born girl that gets one or more types of powers. For some reason, the goddess chose not to give my sister any powers. My mother, Sophie, has prayed about it but all she got back was something vague about Sage’s future. The thing is she never told me she was jealous that I had gotten the power to telepathically communicate with animals. Well, that was until last night when she came home drunk off her ass.
‘Skye!’ A higher-than-normal voice yells in my head. I look around and see a squirrel flying towards me. I smile and reach up catching the little squirrel. Racer is the name of this little squirrel. ‘Are you here to help find the missing people?’ He asks
‘Missing people?’ I ask confused. Racer nods.
‘They’ve been going missing over the last few weeks.’ He says as he nuzzles my chin.
‘I’ll try my best to help find them.’ I say.
‘Okay, I hope you find them. I’ll see you later. My mom wants me home before dark.’ Racer climbs onto my shoulder then takes off. I started walking my path again. I then come across a little baby deer and their mother.
‘Can I ask you guys a question?’ I ask them and they look up at me.
‘Sure. What’s up?’ the mother asks.
‘Do you guys know what’s going on around the forest?’ I ask and the baby deer backs away from me the mother deer looks down at the ground.
‘There’s something big coming. Our family is getting ready to leave the forest. It’ll be dead in less than a year if nothing changes.’ She says.
‘Mom! The monster is coming.’ The little deer yells and takes off running away from me.
‘What monster?’ I ask the mother before she can follow after her young. ‘Follow the broken trees and you’ll find it.’ She says and runs after the young. I do as she said to do. I eventually, find a construction site. I notice a few people in white lab coats standing around a hole. I sit down just inside the forest, hidden from the other but still can see what’s going on.
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