Silas Remembers
Silas’s mother always told him that the forest was enchanted and a refuge to special creatures that resided there. He never believed her. For all he knew, she was just telling stories to keep him entertained. Silas and his mother lived a two-day walk from any other humans. When he was a child, seeing the shadow kill his father felt like a nightmare. He forced himself to keep it hidden because his mother would cry every time he mentioned him. Silas always believed he was a regular human like his mother and the books his father left were just made up stories for kids. Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that the next morning his whole life would change. His mother would often tell him the story of his birth. “It was the middle of the hot season but a storm blew up throughout the day and the moon was full that night.” She couldn’t tell him what year or day it was but he just know it was his birthday soon. This year though, something feels different like he was changing...