The Awakening by Rochelle Southwick

Author:Rochelle Southwick [Southwick, Rochelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2020-06-09T22:00:00+00:00

Nine

The next day passed in a blur I was trying not to let my emotions in. Afraid of what I would feel if I did. We made our way up to the woods to meet Zeeda in silence. I had packed hotdogs and all the fixings and stuff for s’mores in a bag that was in the back seat.

It was dark by the time we arrived I got out without a word and started my way up the hill. “Zeeda,” I called.

She had been up in the air watching for us to appear. She landed in front of me and came to me, she stopped a few feet short and thought, “Bea, what’s the matter you seem sad.” I could hear her, but it sounded like she was far away.

I let my mind connect with hers so I wouldn’t have to admit out loud that I felt hurt and upset by what Jake had asked me.

Zeeda walked in between Jake and me. She wrapped her tail protectively around me, not touching me but close enough that he wouldn’t dare come near me.

“I know Zeeda.” He said. “I screwed up.” He looked down and I could tell he was upset at what he had said as well. He sat on a rock and watched us.

I just needed a minute. “Keep him preoccupied, Zeeda,” I said to her. I stepped over her tail and shifted into a small bird. I had never shifted into one before, but I felt like I needed the wind in my hair.

I flapped my wings and took off flying. It wasn’t long before I was high above the trees. Unexpectedly I lost momentum and energy though, and I was falling fast through the trees. “Zeeda help!” I called, scared of the ground that was quickly approaching.

I didn’t know if she could hear me. I closed my eyes and prayed for a miracle. One minute I was falling, the next I was in Zeeda’s strong clawed front paws. She held me delicately in her paws.

She had flown up and caught me just in the nick of time. She landed and set me gently on the ground.

I shifted back, and instantly Jake was at my side. “Bea! What the hell was that? You could have been killed!” He shouted at me.

“Yeah, I know it was stupid,” I yelled back. “I just needed air and space.” I didn’t know what to do. I felt as though the world was keeping me locked in a cage. “The Elders would have loved that hu? I get it, you would have gotten in trouble if I had died.” I was so upset I was talking nonsense.

“This isn’t about me, Bea. Or the Elders.” He grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me gently. “This is about you. If it wasn’t for Zeeda, you would have died. Hit the ground and I would have been taking a pancake back to your mom.” He threw his arms up in the air. “Don’t you think she’s been through enough?”

Mom, I couldn’t be reckless.

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