Birds chirping as they fly across the forest. A river flowing can be heard nearby. Trees are all huge compared to a regular person. The grass is also green, smooth to step on. The forest is very peaceful with only the swaying of the tree’s leaves can be heard.
The sky is almost dark, the sun is almost gone. Soon, it will be dark with no light source around the forest. Complete darkness will surround the entire forest. Only then, creatures that hunt only at night can be heard running swiftly and howling across the forest.
A footstep can be heard, with the boy walking aimlessly, not knowing which the sound of the river comes from. Alejandro has calmed down yet his eyebrows are still frowning. He heard yet another sound of someone or something running around in circles. Yet, this boy is as calm as an interrupted water.
“I need to get to the village, I need to refill my stomach.” the boy mumbled to himself as he continued to walk aimlessly, holding the dagger in his hand.
Suddenly, a wolf with two faces appeared right before Alejandro. This wolf’s face has two faces, one is of just an ordinary wolf face, the other resembles a moose. Its size is just the regular size of an adult wolf. It seems this creature saw the young boy walking aimlessly and does not know where to go, plus the wolf does not sense any magic aura around this boy, making it an easy prey for him.
“I am hungry too, I haven’t eaten since the bread I stole from mother. If I kill you first, maybe I won’t be hungry anymore.”
Alejandro made a stance, his left side of the body is at the back, while his right side of the body is at the front. He pulls up his right arm with him gripping the dagger. The dagger facing the wolf’s face.
Alejandro is a mere child, making his size the same as the wolf. If he was a little bit older, he may be taller than the wolf.
The wolf prepares to run into Alejandro as it makes a stance that means it would attack at any moment and devour its prey.
Alejandro realized that, even though he had not encountered any creature yet, he still knew that it was about to come after him at any given time.
This wolf is like me or any other human being, when one is about to attack and charge its opponent, one must make a stance that will put their body into fighting mode.
The wolf suddenly sprints onto Alejandro, opening its mouth and showing its sharp fangs that could easily rip apart a human’s arm off. When the wolf began to sprint onto Alejandro, the boy then made his move, also sprinting to the wolf.
Alejandro could have thrown his dagger onto the wolf, dealing damage to the wolf. However, he knew that if he threw his dagger onto the wolf, it would only deal a little damage to the wolf. Hence, he chose his decision to run onto the wolf instead, even if it risks his life, he knew that gambling in this decision is much better than just throwing the dagger onto the wolf.
The wolf and the boy finally clashed together. The wolf jumped into Alejandro, however with such reflex, the boy managed to dodge it and simultaneously he was able to slit the wolf’s throat. The boy and the wolf exchanged their original position when they first met, however this time, the one that can be seen left standing was Alejandro.
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The prey and the hunter exchanged their original position, making the boy the hunter, while the wolf is the prey.
“AWOOO!!!” shouted the wolf as his last words. Calling its companions to kill the boy as it failed to hunt its prey.
Alejandro doesn’t know what the wolf is doing, he thinks the wolf was simply crying because it was about to die. Naturally, this boy does not know nor saw any creature up until now, hence he does not know what the wolf was howling for.
He would just stand there and look at the poor wolf, unable to stand and kept howling until its voice faded away and died.
Alejandro was about to leave the dead wolf in the middle of nowhere and continue on his search for the river, however four wolves suddenly appeared right before his eyes.
These wolves were not happy after seeing their dead companion at Alejandro’s back. They growl at the boy, their saliva dripping out of their mouth. Sharp fangs can be seen as they continue to growl at Alejandro.
The boy felt fear as he watched the wolves preparing to jump onto him and devour his entire body. If it could have been another one wolf, he would be confident to kill it again. However, four wolves is just out of one’s mind!
Even though the boy was trembling, he had no choice but to make a stance too. He puts his left side of the body at the back again and his right side of the body at the front, facing the bloody dagger into the wolves.
In the blink of an eye, the wolves' throats were slit and their blood gushed out covering the whole area with a pool of blood.
Alejandro was shocked and confused as to what just happened. He did not move a single step from his location yet the wolves were suddenly dead. He calmed down and approached the dead wolves, wondering how were they killed and by who?
“What happened? Their throats were slit in the blink of an eye… Who did this? Wait, what could this be?!”
The boy saw a dark red dagger that was left behind in one of the wolves' throats. He picked up the dagger and investigated it. It is a dark red dagger with an unreadable language written on it. It was the same size as his dagger, yet it is slightly heavier. He compared it to his dagger and he noticed that the edge of the red dagger is also sharper than his dagger.
Alejandro looked around his surroundings, hoping he could see the owner of this dagger. However, the entire forest is very dark, he struggles to look around as there is no light source.
Alejandro knew that if he stayed longer, there would be another pack of wolves that would appear. He could not afford to risk his life once again, thus he ran away with him carrying the red dagger that he found.
Who could have done it? Was their intention to save me? If so, why? I have so many questions right now, but it would be unwise if I don’t find the river soon. At least I have two daggers now, and this dark red dagger is much more magnificent and sharper than brother Raphael gifted to me!
While the boy was running, he did not realize he was smiling. Who could blame him? Any young boy that has been gifted a fascinating dagger would be joyous!
After running and finding the source of the river sound, Alejandro finally found the bridge with a river under it. The moon shines at the background of the bridge, at long last, giving Alejandro a light source, making his anxiety stop.
The bridge was magnificent like it was built just now. The sound of the river is the only sound that can be heard right now. The boy calmed down after finally finding a peaceful area with no creatures lurking around.
Then, Alejandro began to slowly walk towards the bridge, leaving the forest full of deadly creatures. He sighs of relief as he continues to move forward, hoping he could rest and eat soon in the village his parents mentioned in the letter.
Yet again, the mysterious shadow figure can be seen at the top of a wood, looking silently at the boy. “Good.” the mysterious shadow figure mumbled to himself then suddenly disappeared.