It's five days after the escape from the prison and his day was going all the same. The guard-like man would shove food for him to eat, yell and murmur at him before dropping a herb for him to drink which he didn't know about but went with it at the instruction of Selene.
With him alone in the room, he lived in his head not knowing what to do but creating scenarios in his head. The only thing keeping him sane and giving him more hope was the image of his mother in his head and the weird feeling of more strength in his veins.
He wanted to meet Selene so badly however, asking the guard-like a man was like talking to himself so he resolved to one thing. He was going to sneak out and see for himself what was outside these recent prison walls.
Shortly after the guardlike man left and sure there was no sound of his presence, he scrambled out to the door which was surprisingly open. With a newfound determination he left the door but what he found outside baffled and shocked him.
Outside lay a barren land. Running outside to look around the house, he saw the house was in the middle of a desert. Nowhere. Only the house was in the middle like, a wind blew past him almost swaying him due to how strong and fast it was. The sand flowing after the wind.
He drily chuckled to himself, he left a prison to get into another one. So ironic. He left the house nonetheless to search for anything. He was so bored he walked around not knowing where and what to do.
After walking around for hours with nothing to show and no sight of any human being and animal or living plant he decided to leave for home but couldn't find his way back leaving him confused and standing in the middle of nowhere.
He sighed falling to the floor. The plan he had for himself to leave this realm was impossible if his day continues this way. His eyes went to the sun that was going down and his eyes squinted at the sight. A large bird was flying just right in front of the sun covering the horizon and he lifted his body to stare more at it.
A raven? What was a raven doing in a desert? He thought birds were never found in the desert and what they were doing. It continued flying to him and he crawled backwards ready to flee but the sight of the bird flying down and turning into a human being got him standing to stare once more before sprinting away.
The rush of air wheezed past him and he stumbled and resumed running, not looking back. He didn't know where he was going or where the house was but he had to leave. He breathed in hard running and stopped in a clear path slowly turning his head but saw nothing.
With his hands on his knees he closed his eyes, took in a clear breath before standing and walking. Then again, he stood, right in front of his eyes the bird turned into a human being on a black cloak leaving him astounded. His eyes grew and he stepped backwards as the man moved closer to him. His face was hidden behind the cloak.
His mouth opened but no voice came out. He raised his hands pointing at him and looking around. He was scared. A foreign feeling that arose in this foreign land. He gulped the last spittle since his throat had gone dry.
"You…you…what are you doing here? Who are you? And—"
The man guffawed loudly, his shoulders shaking as he stood, his gaze distant though he intently was staring at zayn "you are zayn" he wasn't asking but more like trying to confirm and zayn moved more back.
"Selene never seize to–"he hesitated before gritting out in a strangled voice "leave this realm" the raven guy raised his hand and a purple light shone out from his palm, he raised his head to the sky muttering words and darkness covered the sky like it was nighttime. His hood still intact as he stood like a statue, the purple fire swirling in the dark. "We wouldn't want you dead, would we? Mummy won't like it" he chuckled as he stalked around him peering down at the fire growing alongside the wind zayn hadn't noticed.
"I could just kill you off but…but no" the lights expanded to flames and zayn stumbled backwards. His mother. He can't die now. She can't be alone. He needed to leave this realm.
"I…can't die" he stuttered, shaking his head, his eyes closed and he breathed in the air of the desert and a new surge of strength whether to run or to fight back he didn't know coursed through him "I can't leave my mum. I never wanted to be here. I don't want to be here or concern myself with what is happening here"
The raven guy cocked his head like a question to him. "That has nothing to do with me!!"he struck a purple ball of light to zayn, the only thing zayn could discern was him being hit before he fell into unconsciousness.