Shards of blood shattered through her body as she exhaled, and flecks of sand melted through her yellow hair as the sun expanded with her gaze.

Her hands turned to fists and she raised her stoney glare to the water. It froze over with ice and rainbows shot through the layers beneath in an explosion of blues and turquoise.The creatures beneath felt the warm of the ice and were taken away by the stunning paleness of their surroundings.

Something came at her from behind, she turned. A deer turned to ash and floated away with the tide. The world was matt and faded.

She thought about stopping and taking a rest, she floated above the thunderstorms raging above. She thought about stopping… but the rain clouded her judgement.