[This hasn't been posted to in a while, but a good post should never be wasted :) I hope you don't mind!]
.:Ebony Springfield
The moon was high in the sky tonight, and not everyone was asleep, like they would have been if they were normal. But they weren't. Muted conversations from patrols lingered in the air, and several were still outside- training or just relaxing. Ebony was one of them, another camper who couldn't seem to sleep. But that was okay- she could have plenty of sleep later. For some reason, it seemed too stuffy in her cabin, and the snores too noisy. She ached for the wide open spaces of the outside, anywhere but the cabin.
Ebony wasn't going anywhere in particular, but the girl found that her careful steps led towards the entrance of the stables, where occasional whinnies could be heard. With a light touch, the stable door creaked open and Ebony paused to listen for a sign of a person inside. It was silent for a moment, and that was enough for her. Decisively now, Ebony stepped carefully onto the hay covered floors, feeling the wood creak slightly underneath her bare feet. Then she froze.
From somewhere near the middle back of the stables, she heard the faint murmurings of a boy. Then a surprised exclamation, and a thump of something hitting the ground. Another sentence and a giggle. Someone's here! Ebony froze in panic, unsure of what to do. She should leave, but any movement she made now would seem loud in the stables. If the boy, whoever he was, stood up, he would most definitely see her. Against her will, her body had taken a small step back. The hay beneath her feet rustled and cracked, and Ebony cursed herself for being so loud. Of all the places to be tonight, I had to pick the stables.
Ever since she was young, Ebony had an unexplainable fear of people, and the only one she ever felt safe around was her twin- Ivory. There was also her mother, but she didn't know Ebony the way Ivory did. Her mortal father had once suggested they had her checked out by some doctor, but both her sister and her mother had protested vehemently against it. It, whatever it was that made her so jumpy, was better now, but she still didn't feel secure enough around strangers without her sister.