PART TWO: EMERGING

Thirteen years old

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Alone in the darkness, things snap.

Thoughts. Emotions. Humanity. Without light, they become meaningless. They hold no purpose, no assistance to the survival mode that kicks in, and so, they fade. Instinct takes over, and it's that instinct that drives your actions, your movements. Completely primal, and completely selfish.

Survive.

I don't know how long I was left in that darkness, but I know not all of me left it. There are still parts wandering the shadows of the tomb they locked me in, waiting to see what beast would emerge. A beast of compulsion, of horns and claws and spines, one that they had sorely underestimated.

This wasn't the same kind of darkness. I could still see my hands in front of my face, still feel the sun across my skin.

But this new darkness was so, so much worse.

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A/N - Soooo we're venturing into part two of Pinfeathers. Probably about the same number of chapters as part one, I make no promises about update speeds but I'm hoping for AT LEAST once a week. It depends when I get Indigo back for the next round of edits, but we'll see! 

COOKIES FOR ALL. Especially those who've waited patiently for me to pick this back up XD