Tuesday, January 4, 2005

First Day Over
Well, it was hard as ever I have to say, no difference what so ever, but, that dosn't really matter, at least it is now over, yeah?

I am home now, went to a friends suring last period and watched .Hack//GIFt, that was shit funny, I have never seen anything as funny as that, the animation is all off, Poor Balmung, lol

I also wacthed the last episode of LIMINAITY, that was a good one, I enjoyed it, very muich the best one so far ^^

Well must run, here is noahter part to my story, hope you enjoy

Chapter 3 – Revenge

Richard awoke quite suddenly to the calls from several people all around and the rustling outside, Richard got up and sat at the side of the bed, he had no idea what was happening, he heard calls from outside, jeers of that must have been the other inhabitants of the Village. Richard tried to get up, but his wound still prevented this, he looked around and could not see Lorna anywhere, in the last 2 days him and her had been talking a lot about the worlds, he had learned a lot of the people’s hate for humans, and how they would rather repress there human side than turn into one, even for a night. Suddenly as Richard tried to get up, 2 tall Lupines entered the room, he had seen various other Lupines through his time, various ranging from children who were curious, to warriors who wanted to asses the threat he posed, but this looked like no one else he had seen.

They approached him and then looked to each other; nodding to each other and then focusing there eye sight on Richard. They grabbed his underarms and then began to drag him outside, Richard called out to them “Stop that, please, that hurts” he had a sense of fear in his voice again, he felt a coldness spread over his body, he had no idea what was happening, Lorna had not told him anything like this, it frightened him, and as they dragged him towards the door, he heard the calls outside get louder, the jeering become more apparent, the two whom were dragging him said nothing, but just continued to drag him.

Once outside he saw what was happening, a path could be seen ahead of him, looking as if it lead to some kind of central area, like a Village Square of sorts, around them lining the edge of the path were jeering Lupines, calling out various insults to him, he could not make any out, there was too many, but he could sense by the atmosphere it was hostile, extremely so, and this was no social occasion, he called out “LORNA” several times, and called for help ,but his calls were drowned out by the crowd, and he could not make anything out, he began to weep, a tear ran down his cheek, he did not want this, and with this, his sense of death was creeping up on him again he felt this would be his last moment, these people hated humans, and it looks like they would act out there Dogma.

Ahead of him, raised slightly off the ground by wooden planks, was a platform, with a large wooden poll coming out the centre of it, then the thought crossed him, they were going to tie him to it and torture him, Lorna had told him about these rituals, whenever they caught a human they would do this, so that they could get there own form of revenge again the human species, for all the hurt they have caused them. Richard didn’t want this, it was the last thing he wanted, he did not condone the actions of what the humans before him had done, in fact he found then grotesque and sickening, but, they would not listen to him, to them he was another human, but he did not blame them, it was there belief, and if it made them feel even that bit more safe, after all that had happened, then so be it. He was finally dragged and then dropped onto the podium, one of the Lupines which had been carrying him gave a swift kick to his torso, the exact same spot where he had been injured, the sharp pain rose up in his body, and he feel to the floor in pain, agony covered his face, and then he looked to see another Lupine walk up to the podium, silence followed this as he waved his arms on the air, and he began to speak, loudly, and with a sense of authority.

“Fellow Lupine Clansman and Women, we today have something which I all know we hate, they kill us for been different, and for ‘sport’, well, today, we may once again prove to them that we are the ones that are superior, we shall punish them for what they have done to our kind, we have all suffered at the hand of a human, whether a child has been taken from us, a husband, wife, friends, we have all lost” he then stopped and walked over to Richard, grabbing him by his left underarm, and held him up, his feet barely touching the platform, Richard could feel the pain in his gut swell, he began to become light headed due to the pain, it was immense, he could no longer feel himself fully, but only saw the stares of the crowd all around him, he looked to the Lupine, who looked at him back, with a scowl, and continued to speak as he carried him to the post and tied him to it. “Well human, you shall pay for your kinds ways, blame them, not us for what we are about to do” Richard felt scared, more so than ever before, he began to breathe heavily, and the feelings from the forest hit him again, but this time it was a 100 times worse, the thought that continued through his head was ‘Where is Lorna?’, he wanted to call out, but, the pain had stopped him, he could do nothing but be tied there, not even struggle, he could see a smirk on the other Lupines face as he prepared his claws, but, as he was about to strike, a call from behind was heard, Richard could not make it out, but, it appeared to make everyone around fall quiet, and begin to disperse slightly. Richard could see what it was as it approached the stage, and heard the voice of what seemed to be an old man say to the Lupine on stage,

“Regas, what are you doing?” Richard was still in pain but then felt the ropes around his torso loosen, he could not stand, the pain was still too much for him, and he fell to the stage, but was caught just as his knees hit it, he looked up, his vision still blurry and out of focus, but, he recognized the voice immediately saying to him

“Richard, please, answer me, please, are you alive”, it was Lorna, he felt her hold him tight, her fur rubbing against his body, creating a warmth in him, and making the pain in his wound seem to dimmer. Lorna rested her muzzle on his forehead, he then said to him, under his breath, with all the energy he had left to say a word.

“Lorna” he fell quiet and then closed his eyes resting, he felt her grip get stronger and heard her say to him, quietly, but enough for others to hear.

“Richard, I am so sorry, I didn’t know, please, forgive me” she continued to hold him as the old Lupine came on stage, firstly he walked over to Richard. Richard had attempted to open his eyes, and looked as he saw an old, shaggy Lupine walk towards him, aided by a knotted staff, he heard him say to Lorna.

“Is he ok Lorna?” he had an old expressed tone, very dignified and calm, but also a sense of anxiety was in his voice. Richard felt her nod and shake her head in a way to say he was fine, but he is in a terrible state. The old Lupine walked towards the other one that had been on stage that moment, and then Richard heard as he talked to the people, while he saw him looking to the other wolf. “Regas has mis-understood, this human, is not what you think he is” The Lupine was then cut off by what Richard had now assumed was Regas, who said to him

“I understand elder Kelk, but, he is still a human, and as a human, he has to be punished” he said this with smugness, as if to know he was right and that his actions were justified, the Elder Kelk, shacked his head in disagreement

“Regas, look at him, you see a human that must die, but I see a Human Child, who may yes be guilty of been human, but we cannot hold that against him, he is still a child Regas, and if you were to kill him, you make yourself no better than the hunters who try to kill us”. Richard felt himself been picked up as Lorna held him in her arms, and then she turned to Regas and said to him, quite strongly, with a power he had not heard before.

“Regas, this is no normal human, he had the spirit to save someone who was in need, he rescued me when our human form struck us, he saved me from a danger, a fate of death, if he was ‘Evil’ would he have bothered to do this?!” Lorna stepped forward, Richard was still drowsy, hanging in her arms, and could only just hear, all he saw next was Regas looking at the elder with what seemed like an eternity of a prolonged glares, he then simply stormed off the stage, and left, the crowd dispersing along with him.

After everyone had gone back to what they were doing, the elder walked over to him, he could see his as Lorna helped Richard stand on two feet, he was still taller than him, even though he was hunched back, and old, he heard him say to him, quietly and softly “It is ok Human, no more harm will come to you here, I am sorry you had to experience that” he looked to him, and Richard looked up, he gave what both could recognize as ‘Don’t worry about it’, the elder smiled and then said to Lorna “Please, take care of him, he shall be our guests, I am glad you told me Lorna about this human, maybe this will help us finally beat out this old Cliché that all humans are evil” he then paused and looked towards something else “If you will excuse me” he then began to walk off, towards somewhere else, meanwhile, Lorna helped Richard back to the tent as he limped, he could feel her paws on his back, trying to keep him straight, and her other on his wound, to stop the bleeding. They walked into her tent, and he laid down on the bed again, it was a welcome change to the pole, and as Lorna worked on him, he heard her mumble about various things, he heard the name ‘Regas’ in it quite a bit, until he dozed off again, from the ordeal, he passed out, and rested as Lorna continued to try and stop the bleeding which been dragged along the floor, had restarted wrapping him.

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