Love: The Dark Forest

One day as I wandered a path in the forest, I came across a radiant crimson flower. The deep red petals called to me in a way I could not ignore, and as I got closer I began to hear a song drifting through the trees. The melody was haunting and so lovely it made my heart ache with an unknown longing. The petals of the flower were open wide to the sunlight and when I finally reached the place where it grew, the glory of it made my legs weak and I dropped to my knees.

I could not say why the blossom had so enchanted me, but as I sat there in awe, tears began to roll down my cheeks. I leaned in close to share my water with the red passion in front of me and as the first teardrop hit the petals the forest around me was transformed. The song that had been a ghost drifting, was now a symphony. The light became an overwhelming brightness and the very trees seemed to flourish and grow. As it became almost unbearable, a single flute sounded clear and separate from the orchestra. The rest of the music seemed to settle back down to a drifting melody and I turned around to look in the direction from which the flute had come.

At first all I saw was the trees and the darkness between them, until the darkness blinked. It startled me and I became immediatly anxious. I stared hard at the darkness until I saw that the eyes belonged to some being; black eyes, filled with mysteries I could not comprehend. Just as I began to get really uncomfortable and thought about bolting, the thing behind the eyes, stepped out of the darkness and into the light.

For a moment I could not understand what I was seeing. A shimmering shape emerged, alternating between wolf, goat and man. As I stared the being seemed to settle and finally only a man remained; the wolf was in his eyes and the horns a silhouette on his crown. He stepped further into the light and I saw that he was naked but for the flute hanging at his side, his cock stood erect and proud. He moved towards me with curiosity and confidence. I was held motionless by those deep, dark eyes, searing my skin and soul. Only inches away, he stopped and reached a hand up to my face. Gently he stole a tear from my cheek and brought it to his lips. The gesture immediately brought wetness elsewhere and I closed the final distance between us.

Amidst a chaotic lightstorm and the most heart-breaking tune, I was ravished by the Horned One. His desire pierced my skin as the sharpest blade and I was eagerly devoured. Time stopped and the world fell away. At some point I came back to myself and discovered I was lying naked next to the blood red bloom that had first drawn me to this place. I had no memory of removing my dress, or when the affair had ended, but I knew instinctively, without looking around, that I was once again alone.

If it wasn't for my nakedness and the delicious throbbing between my thighs, I would have been convinced it was all a dream. I pulled my dress back on and sat beside the flower. I wanted to call out to him, but I did not know his name or if he even had one. A heavy sadness fell over my heart and I hung my head in my hands. A noise from behind me caused me to look, and once again I saw those black eyes looking out of the darkness. I rose to my feet and ran towards him, but no matter how hard I tried I could not breach the border between our worlds. Finally I stopped, and only then did I see the pain and despair that had filled his eyes. When I looked back at the flower I saw that some of the petals had started to wilt and fall to the ground. The end had come and the devastation it caused those magnificent creatures was too much for me to bare.

I ran away from him, away from the place where we had been, smashing through the underbrush not knowing or caring where I went. Until my mind realized what I was doing and I stopped and turned to look back. Even though I had run quite a ways, what I saw was the same crimson flower, but that was all that remained. The forest had returned to the one I knew so well, and the magic, the music, the passion had disappeared. As I watched the last petal fell, and something in my heart broke. This time I ran away down the familiar path as fast as I could, and not once did I look back.