The Undying Star
The man’s eyes fluttered open. Bright light flooded his caked eyelids, brilliant purple cascading down his lashes. If he wasn’t so exhausted, he wouldn’t have been able to move; the sight before him was too magical. The man slightly raised his head to regard the world before him. A dull pain flared quietly in his neck, and he moaned hoarsely. Shocking lilac streaks peaked from thick foliage, filtered from large leaves. Stabbing light drew shapes into the man’s eyes, as he disorientedly gazed around. He was lying on the bank of a small inlay of raisin coloured water, eddies swirling around contentedly. Tall dark trees circled the small pond, casting a shadowy pattern of purple and magenta. It was all too bright and too dark at the same time. Splintered rocks; prickly edges all over its surface jutted out from the alien water, glistening with pastel pink. Enigmatic blue lined these flavours, a line of sky bordering the purple reflection. It was all too much. The man tried to sit up....