Cakian hovered over the small village, rising and falling as his wings flapped. He looked hungrily down at the market, focusing particually hard on a vast milk churn behind one stall. He could just...No! He reeled himself back- he would not stoop that low. Sighing, he flew off, not willing to taunt himself any longer. He would eat rats, same as usual, and if he was lucky a rabbit. Raw food no longer bothered him.
Landing at the edge of a forest, he folded his wings. The scent of the air was wild and earthy, and he clicked his beak in distaste. He had always lived in towns, and how anyone could stand this much mud was beyond him. Still, it wasn't cold, and was full of food, so the smell and mud wasn't too offputting. He looked around, sniffing the sky, eyes locking to any movements, when a bush twitched right in front of him, about a hundred metres away. He smiled. He would eat tonight.
He crushed his wings closer to himself, completely silent, getting closer and closer to the hapless thing, pressed to the ground. In a second, it disappear, just like that. Very confused, he sat up and sniffed. The rabbit had vanished. There was no scent, no sound, nothing. He walked closer towards where it had been. Still nothing. He walked closer still, right where the rabbit had stood...
A sudden fog appeared, engulfing him. He couldn't see anything but fog, pale and grey, and smothering his senses. He paniced, and tried to fly, but couldn't, with something solid just above his head. Opening his beak to scream, he let in some of the fog, and choked. Spluttering and coughing, he fell to the ground, forcing the stuff out of his lungs. Just when he thought himself able to breathe, something huge and heavy smashed into his side. He collapsed, out cold.
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