Everything looked black and white in the dusky twilight, like a badly edited photo. It was only just edging towards evening, but the sun was already long gone, disappearing behind the clouds. The sky had twisted itself into piles of angry-looking storm clouds. I laid myself down on a gnarled log, and watched the castle in the distance. With every passing second, it seemed to move slightly closer, until I could make out windows; empty, darkened windows.
Ignoring the birds that were noisily squawking above me, I focussed on the rolling waves. Each one crashed into the shore with force greater than the last. The pebbles that the foaming waves brought in scraped against one another, creating a sound more unpleasant than nails on a blackboard.
The scene was so beautiful. But unnerving. It was loud, but still silent. The castle, drifting silently closer to the shore, had got so much closer. I grasped a branch of the tree trunk I was laid upon. The noise cut out. The birds shut their beaks and disappeared from the scene. Each wave stopped in unison, the ocean suddenly still and unmoving. In an instant, everything was much scarier than it had been. And it was deathly quiet.
Ignoring the birds that were noisily squawking above me, I focussed on the rolling waves. Each one crashed into the shore with force greater than the last. The pebbles that the foaming waves brought in scraped against one another, creating a sound more unpleasant than nails on a blackboard.
The scene was so beautiful. But unnerving. It was loud, but still silent. The castle, drifting silently closer to the shore, had got so much closer. I grasped a branch of the tree trunk I was laid upon. The noise cut out. The birds shut their beaks and disappeared from the scene. Each wave stopped in unison, the ocean suddenly still and unmoving. In an instant, everything was much scarier than it had been. And it was deathly quiet.
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