AUTHOR'S NOTE : so I'd like to apologize for the long wait between the last chapter and this one, I've been in an environment where it is hard for me to write as I had a lot of other things to attend to and not been home for weeks, and but will probably get home within a couple of days though.
This will mean I'll be able to release chapters more often in the future I'll try to get out at least 1 chapter out ever week but try to make time for writing more when I get a better feel for writing. Hope you guys enjoy the chapter.
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The human spectators along with the pack of wild beasts stare in silence at the unyielding child in his mad rush towards the two wolves as their lives of the hang in the balance, the scene seems to be going in slow motion as the pack leader is but inches away from the proud, protective and wounded mother, and the frightened child as it continues to cower in fear in the custody of his mother... The frenzied child has not even closed half the distance towards them yet, it seems like a futile situation as his expression slowly changes, eyes that were filled with such distaste and disgust slowly turn wide open and sorrowful, his forehead cringes turn from rage fueled into hopeless fear as his brows turn slightly upwards facing each other in an arc, even his exposed teeth showing all of his vengeful emotions become covered by his lower lip, in a matter of seconds he's turned from a painful expression into a truly more despairing one...
As predicted by the warchief the child was not able to make it in time to defend them. The pack leader has already made his way to his defenseless victims, the child abruptly stop in his tracks as he crunches down while digging both daggers into the ground beside him to stop his forward momentum, the pack leader makes a sound that can only be described as a laughter with nothing but malicious intent as he tilts his head down from his height position to take a gander at the emotionally defeated boy, with his neck standing proud the bleeding seems to have seized from his wounds and his pain dulled by the adrenaline he feels from his mighty position as he has complete grasp of the battle within his paws.
“Father why did he stop in his tracks? Isn't there anything he can do to save them!?” Axe'rin screams out with utter distress looking upon her father hoping for a change in the situation.
“I honestly don't know but he bought time for them at least, seeing as the pack leader is defiantly a sadistic and vindictive one, it will defiantly torment the young boy and make the most of his position as he holds the life of both the mother and cub...” The warchief says as he lets out a brief sigh looking straight into the ground as he doesn't have the slightest clue how to rectify the situation.
“...” not being able to muster any words Axe'rin's eyes seem to lose the light in her eyes as she turns her attention back to the stand-off in a daze looking almost lifeless.
As the proud and sadistic beast continues his gaze towards the child, he lets out a roar to show his superiority, the boy can do nothing but lower his head with the optimistic hope that they somehow will be spared if he surrenders to his will, the pack leader grows a wide grin as he feels empowered by the submissive nature of the child that has had the upper hand during the entire fight, but in a moments notice the mother wolf in a last ditch effort lashes out and attempts to retaliate with a lunged with an unhinged jaw gathering the very last force she can muster she grabs hold around the neck of the beast digging her canine teeth as far down into the flesh of her mortal enemy's neck, a screech of pain is heard from the pack leader, as the boy hears the scream of his nemesis he lifts his head, seeing the situation he immediately lifts the right dagger trying his best to help the exhausted near dead mother wolf in her attempt to slay the beast he throws the dagger with all his strength as the dagger is heading in a true coarse towards the pack leaders jugular, in a sudden show of strength the pack leader attempts to turn his body towards the right, the mother wolf refusing to let go continues to hold the grip around the neck of the beast but without any strength left in her legs she is flung along with the motion, the dagger still flying towards them with great force does not hit it's intended target as it pierces the lower ribs of the mother wolf...
The dagger has pierced the lung of the mother wolf the immense pain makes her lose the grip in her jaws as she lets out a scream of pure agony as she falls to the ground... The boy screams out in tears seeing the bloodied body of the mother wolf seeming to lay there lifeless on the ground panting weakly, the tears continue stream down his face not being able to muster any strength he falls down to the ground pounding his fist over and over again into the grass clenching his fists so tightly he draws blood with the nails of his fingertips, continually screaming and crying in despair thinking that he has killed the very one he was trying so hard to protect...
“how is this the reward for all his bravery!? He put everything on the line to save her, this is not fair father why must he suffer this much? He's stronger and more skilled than the beast he does not deserve this outcome...” Diarge screams out to his father in a fit of sorrow and anger towards his father with face contained with anger.
“He did what he could my son, if he hadn't thrown that dagger the beast would've defiantly killed the mother wolf, I don't think there was anything more that he could do but throw the dagger with the hope of striking down the beast on the spot... He truly does not deserve the outcome we see before us but the world is not just my son, there will always transpire tragedies like this all we can do is try to avoid similar situation in the future and try to gain the strength to indefinitely defend our loved ones, the truth is just that there was nothing to be done here, Diarge, Axe'rin, do your best to become strong and learn from this and protect our home and our loved ones when no one else is able to.” The warchief proudly said with a stone face but deep inside his eyes you could see the will to pour tears for the boy that most likely has lost his mother to the injustice of the natures law of kill or be killed...
“I still can't accept this father, but I will do my best to prevent tragedies like this in the future I will train diligently for the chance to prevent every sorrowful outcome I'll be able to stop with my own strength.” Diarge proclaimed with a proud yet saddened face as he turns around towards his sister.
“Axe'rin?” Father Axe'rin is not with us! Diarge shouted as he noticed the vacant spot where Axe'rin stood only moments ago
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“Where could she have gone!?” The warchief shouted frantically looking around to find his daughter.
“Behind that rock!” One of the warriors of the tribe shouted as he pointed towards a rock beside the pond.
During the commotion Axe'rin decided to sneak around the rocky path that leads around to the backside of the plateau in an attempt to try to help out the mother wolf, but she was too late and arrived seconds after...
Looking over she sees the fallen wolf laying in the grass gasping for air by the paws of the pack leader. The pack leader starts uncontrollably laughing in a fit of madness twitching around after witnessing the child dealing a fatal blow to the one he so desperately tried to save, this event made the boy snap out of his crying and screaming once again awakening his rage as he looks towards the beast with a vengeful heart gearing up to once and for all slay the monstrous beast before him, noticing the change in attitude of the child the pack leader stops his laughter and gears up for the finishing blow as he raises his front right leg and in a sudden fierce motion he digs his stone claws into the ribs of the downed mother wolf, as the mother wolf screams out in pain but a few seconds into the painful screaming it abruptly stops...
There is no more doubt she's dead, cruelly killed in a most painful way by the sadistic beast in a fit because he had lost the one on one duel with nothing but a human child, he quickly grabs the neck of the bloodied corpse that was once a proud mother protecting her child, with a swinging motion the monster throws her into the pond as a last display of distaste towards the child that had wounded him, the corpse hits the water flinging some water up into the air in the process as you hear the body hit the water, slowly sinking as the pond slowly turns from a tranquil blue into a deep dark red color becoming more and more diluted with the blood of the mother wolf...
The screams are heard from both the cub and the boy as they both screech out in pain, one with only sorrow from losing his mother as he has just been born into this world, while the other with a mixture of concentrated hatred and painful grief... The cub then does something unexpected he musters a weak yet fierce howl and turns from a scared newborn into a pillar of strength and fierce anger as he starts barking over and over again staring into the eyes of the killer of his mother, not perplexed at all by this show of courage the pack leader walks towards the cub with the intent of finishing him of as well to spite the human child that tarnished his pride.
Grabbing the last dagger out of the ground the child rushes to protect his newborn brother, in an all limbs sprint hunched over he runs towards the stoneclaw lion with the hopes of saving him... But once again it doesn't seem like he'll be able to make it, and the cub is too weak to be able to survive a strike from the vicious beast before him, as the child runs with all his might towards the defenseless cub while bracing himself for the almost inevitably demise of the wolf cub...
“Father he won't make it, will there be not one but two horrible tragedies that will befall the boy this day?” Diarge said with a fierce expression not wanting to see the death of yet another courageous soul...
“It pains me but that seems to be the case Diarge close your eyes if you must, this is too painful to watch... A newly born life ends within moments of his birth... How terrible nobody is able to save the cub now.” The warchief proclaimed while no longer sporting his strong stone cold face, biting his lower lip with teary eyes.
As the pack leader once again raises his claws to strike down yet another defenseless victim, he starts his swing, the human child is still too far away and not willing to chance landing yet another dagger into the flesh of his family he opts to not throw his remaining dagger, embracing that he will most likely have to take revenge for not only his mother but also his newly born brother. The claws are closing in on the wolf cub... Only mere split seconds from reaching... The claws slash through flesh spraying blood into the grass, a scream is let out, yet it's an odd scream, it sounds feminine, the claws did not dig into the flesh of the cub but instead into a female human child...
“AXE'RIN!!!” is suddenly screamed at the top of the lungs of both father and brother as they see her slumped over on the ground hugging the wolf cub tightly to protect him from the villainous beast.
The frenzied child suddenly realizes what just transpired and to his relief he sees the head of his brother sticking out between the arms of the human girl, but the pack leader is not pleased at all with what just transpired, in a fit of anger he gears up for yet another slash, he stands tall on his hind legs mustering up yet another swing the monstrous lion strikes again, but in the corner of his eyes he sees a flash being momentarily blinded the beast feels a great force pushing through his throat, piercing through the throat is none other than the frenzied boys dagger, filled with his feelings of injustice, more accurately his rage sorrow and the strong drive for vengeance, it does not just lodge itself in the monsters throat, no it had much more force than that, it pierced right through leaving a gaping hole in the throat of the monster, flying a great distance the dagger finally stops as it lodges itself into the roof of the cave, as a yellow crystal drops from the ceiling onto a ridge at the far side of the cave.
After a grueling conflict between the human boy and pack leader of the stoneclaw lions, a victor has finally been decided, even as revenge has been fulfilled there is not a true victor in this conflict as the so called victor has gained nothing more than the death of his own mother, pained by this there is no feeling of joy as he has slain the beast...
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AUTHOR'S BASEMENT : hope you guys enjoyed the chapter this chapter finishes up the first segment of the saga, I wanted to write something interesting for the first few chapters to get you to get a true feel for the story, and not the average start where you introduce the characters I wanted to give the readers a chance to form their own opinions on the characters and let action talk more than "words" hopefully you enjoyed this style of writing, if you have any critique or thoughts on the story as I've finished up the first segment please feel free to express them in the comments PM's or any other way to reach me, looking forward to writing more and letting the characters grow with every sentence I write, thank you guys for coming along with me on this journey.