Snap! "Nice shot, Aliere!" Aliere wiped the sweat off her forehead, gripping her bow tightly. Her eyes were closed. "How'd I do?" "Better than last time," Talia called. "Come check it out!" Aliere opened her eyes and walked over to the target. She smiled. "Wow." The arrow she'd released was right next to the inner circle. Not quite in it, but very close. "Aliere, that's fantastic! You've got great instinct." Out of nowhere, Aliere spun around, whipped an arrow out of her quiver, nocked it, and released, all in just a second. A loud cry sounded from the direction she'd shot. "Jeez, Aliere, what's with YOU?!" "I-I don't know for sure. I didn't even know there was anything there!" They ran over and saw a deer, with an arrow right in its eye. It was clearly dead. "How'd you do that?!" "I don't know!" Talia took Aliere's hand in her own and squeezed it. "Well, there's our dinner." She grinned at her friend in admiration. "I really hope I'll become as good as you someday." Aliere smiled absentmindedly, then looked back at the deer. She looked bewildered. What did I do?
FN Pixie · Sat Jun 27, 2009 @ 12:27am · 0 Comments |