Just Another Day

The barrel sat innocently enough in the hull next to the galley. The lid was half off to reveal many preserved fish waiting to be served. Shanku stood there with her hips on her hands and stared at the fish closest to the top. It looked back at her with its blank, dead stare. She stood there for several minutes, she and the fish staring at each other until final she grabbed her ears and stomped off.

I just cannot do fish today! Shanku shuddered and went back on deck. She spread her wings and flew off the ship. It was the sixth day since they had emptied the hull and the captain was still buying things to fill the hull back up with and having minor repairs done to the ship. Shanku and some of the crew were fairly free to come and go as the pleased so long as they came back to the ship often enough to know when it was time to load up and go back home.

Shanku glided over the beautiful forest below. Trees with long, broad leaves created a thick canopy below her and what little she could see of the forest floor was covered in vines, ferns, and colorful plants. She saw a break in the canopy where a tree had fallen some time ago, and there happened to sit a rabbit in the sunshine! She wasn't that fond of rabbit after having had to live on it so long when she was first exiled, but by this point, a rabbit was much better than a fish. Shanku pulled her wings in for a dive and streaked down toward the rabbit.

The rabbit squeaked as Shanku snatched it up off the forest floor. Then Shanku shrieked as many jolts of electricity flooded her body. She landed with a crash and tumbled across the ground.