Friday, January 7, 2005

Plannings
Well, I had a good night last nihg,t not too bad, I hope everyone else did too.

Diod some drawing last night, I seem to have problerms bringing the pieces together, I can draw eyes, Ears and the noses ok, but when it comes to putting it all together in a face, now there is my ifficulty, and then also having the mouth on, it never loooks right to me, so I will practice them until I am happy with them. When I stay with my bro tonight I am sure h will be able to give me a few tips on how to draw it, I am doing it in the kinda anime style, not to make the person looks as 'Reality' as possible, that would be mundane, and plus, dosn't seem my style.

Well, other than that, night went well, Adam and Lee stayed once more, but quite surprisingly we stayed up only got a shoirt time, and were asleep by about 1AM, which, is quite early for when they are around I have to say, but, I did need my sleep non the less, it is gonna be a busy day.

*sigh* Now the hard part comes, we are haing a nicly *Windy* day outside, it is blwoing the gal,e winds are strong and will only get stronger, so anyone who lives in the North Of EWngland, dresss well, and DON'T WEAR A SKIRT! :)

Well, thats your friendly weather warning done with, and since I didn't post this yesterday, I will post it now, since I may not have the chance to post another one before I come back from my bros, I shall post a second one tonight as my main post, I won'yt have long tonight, so I wish you all the best, and havea good one, shoud be able to visit ya all at my bros, so have fun :)

Chapter 5 – Hunters

It was now mid-afternoon; the morning had passed much without incident it had appeared that his wound was mostly healed now, and now, he could stand just about straight, and would be able to walk, but, still had to use a form of aid, a stick that Lorna had stored, a quite well made cane that he used to lean on, and help him walk. He sat in the chair next to the furnace, he could feel the heart emanate from it, and watched the embers jump from it and quickly burn out on the floor. As he did this Lorna entered the tent again, she was wearing a smile, Richard had learned she was actually one of the Aides of the Elder, and so she held a good amount of power in the Village, respected by a lot of people, as she walked over she said to him. “Well, you are looking good, I told you that tea would be good, you should be fully healed in a couple of days” she sat down in a chair opposite him, picking up a piece of fluff that had been on the corner of it, and letting it drop to the floor, Richard suddenly felt a question he had to ask, and then looked to Lorna and said it, quickly,. And with urgency, hoping she would hear it, but also in a way that she wouldn’t.

“What is with this ‘Regas’ guy, why does he hate humans so much?” he then looked down towards his feet, seeing his bare toes on the padding, and dare not look up, in case he had asked a question which he shouldn’t had, but, he heard a slight shuffle from Lorna’ chair, she seemed to be moving quite un-usually, as if this was not a comftable topic, Richard then said again with the same haste, to try and make her feel more comftable, and relax her “I am sorry, please, forget I asked” he then looked to his side, back to the fire, where embers still jumped from it, she then said to him, her voice seeing different, a more serious tone behind it.

“You really want to know” she sighed slightly and then lent forward, resting her elbows on her knees, the creaking of the chair could be heard, quietly, as she then took a breath, and began to say slowly, but, with a monotone “Regas, he is one of the Villages most proud warriors, he is well respected in the Village for actions he has taken, and protecting us, he was not always like that was though” she paused slightly, and then continued, her voice becoming more serious as she said her words “His family, were, killed by humans, they were in the forest, his wife and child, wondering the forest when some hunters found them, and then, well, you know” she paused then and looked downwards, the story pained her to tell, and Richard could understand this, it must have been a horrible incident, he understood Regas’ determination now, and his actions towards him the day before, to lose the ones who you loved most to the most despicable humans that existed, he looked upwards to see she was still looking downwards, he could see her eyes had sadness in them, and he looked to her, leaning forward to put his hand on her shoulder, and then said, softly, trying to reassure her

“I am sorry Lorna, I didn’t know, I should not have asked, it must have been horrible, I understand him now” Richard then looked at her and said to her, with a slight regret “Maybe he should have killed me that day” he looked to the roof, tying to hide his own sadness from her, but as he said this she suddenly looked her, hiding her own sadness, and said to him, with the most serious tone he had heard her use.

“It is ok Richard, you deserved to know, really, dieing out there would not have helped him, only the lose of another innocent human would have been killed, enough blood has been spilled” she paused and grabbed Richards hands with hr paw, engulfing it so, and masking it in fur, he looked to her, and she was now looking straight back at him “Don’t worry, you shall be safe” she then stood up and walked over to the furnace, the embers had started to burn slightly out, and she sighed “Just like our ways need to be” she stood up after giving this slight whisper, and walked to the door, signaling to Richard, he didn’t know what she wanted at first, but then she waved to him, he had a feeling he wanted him to move over to her, and so, grabbed the cane that was situated next to him, and leaned against it, slowly walking across the room towards the door.

“What is it Lorna?” Richard asked, he was quite perplexed why he has been asked over here, he did not understand this at all, why would she bring him to the door, she simply smiled and pointed outwards towards the Village, he still did not understand until she put his cane next to the door and took him by his underarms again, and said to him, quietly

“Common, I will show you around, it is getting darker now, most people are in there own homes at the moment” She then walked slowly forward with Richard in toe, as they walked into the Village area.

Once out there, he could see it fully for what it was this time, it was no longer a blur of people and branches like he saw it last time, but in fact it was entirely different. Above him there was the tree canopies, covering the whole Village apart from what he could see was the central square area, that was canopy free, and light flooded into it with a passion, creating a circle of light. As he walked he could see various tents, of the same design, all of various sizes, inside he could hear the bustle of work, and the conversation of the other Lupines inside them, but, he was too far away to hear what was been said, but from what Lorna had told him, he was the hot topic at the moment. He felt her fur rub up against him as he walked along the path, been held up, a few of the other Lupines were still about, but all they did was stare at him, and made no change or movement towards him, but, as they reached the Square, Lorna looked around, and then said to him “I need to leave you here a second, I have some business to attend to, I won’t be long, don’t worry, no one will touch you” she helped his lean against one of the various posts in the square and she walked off along another path, more than likely to see some of her friends and perhaps family?

Richard stood there, daring not to move, he looked as a few of the Lupines moved away from where they were stood, and some moved away, other towards, it was a young Lupine, who could not be barely over the age of 10 that approached him first, and tugged at his trousers, for a child it was still quite tall, about half his height, the young Lupine then said to him. “Are you a human?” Richard turned around to look at the young one, and gave a slight smile, and nodded his head, trying not to speak, he didn’t ant to offend any of the others what were watching from around, the young Lupine then said to him, in quite a child way, as to hold no guilt, and not knowing exactly what it was saying, “My dad says that humans are evil, and we should kill then all”, the child did not seem to understand the exact emotions he would provoke by saying this, and the others from around him moved slightly forward, as if to expect a retaliation, but, Richard, just looked down, and then back at the young Lupine, and said, quite calmly and quietly, but loud enough so those who were around could pick it up, using there Lupine ears

“That may be true, and if you wanted me dead, I would understand, I would understand if you wanted to strike me down where I stood now” Richard looked up slightly, he could see the sun as it raced below the canopy, and began to darken the sky, and he heard various of the others around him begin to talk, he could not make out the words which they spoke, but, they were quite a fluster, as if confused by what he just said, and as they were about to approach even closer, a loud sound came from the bushes, a gunshot, and suddenly, the flustering talk ended and then they began to move quickly, shouting the word “HUNTERS!”

Richard turned quickly to see 3 men come from the bushes, all brandishing shotguns, fully laden and ready for a fight, dressed in very much camo wear, such in a way to hide in the bushed and the foliage around, they moved around the Village Square area, Richard stood at the post, and as he did he could hear one of the men say to the others, “Take them all, kill em all”. Richard looked as one approached him, but not exactly him, the child, Richard looked as the man took aim, and came close to him, and looked at him, but only for a second, and then said to himself “Say good night doggie”, and took a final aim at the young Lupine he had been talking to, Richard saw as the man got a smile on his face as he got his final view, and reached for the trigger, Richard could not stand here and watch this happen, he saw that others had started to come out there tents, and they watched as this hunter took aim at the child. Suddenly without even thinking about what he was doing, or any sense of his own safety, he lunged at the hunter, ramming him with his shoulder, and knocking him to the floor, the mans finger slipping on the trigger, the loud ‘BANG’ from the shotgun echoing around them, the shots fired upwards into the above canopy, knocking some of the leaves down. Richard then began a slight struggle with the man, and after a struggle on the floor, of which the on-lookers looked upon confused to what to do. Eventually after rolling around several times, he was able to grab the Shotgun, and struggled to stand with it, he did not realize at the time, but he had severely damaged his wound, and the bandaging around it had begun to fall off and blood begin to trickle down his side, but at the time, he did not notice, all he did was hold the Shotgun to the hunters chest, and then breathed heavily, looking to him, Richard struggled to walk around him, still holding the Shotgun to him, and then a call from the distance could be heard, one of the other men called out, with a confused tone,

“Eddie, what is going on” the other man was behind the one shouting, they came from behind one of the tents to see there friend on the floor, been held at gun point, and Richard holding the gun, Richard turned to the other men, and then fired a shot at there feet, the dust rising up. The other men then reached for there guns, but saw as other Lupines were approaching, armed as well, and ready to fight, but also, the fact that Richard had fired another shot and got a direct hit one of the hunters legs, he slightly fell to the floor, and Richard said to them, as they stood there in the darkening light, with a serious tone of voice, spreading to his face

“Leave now” he added aggravation to his tone, and the men seemed to understand they were not going to win this one, and began to walk away slowly, leaving there guns on the floor, Richard followed them with the shotgun until they had disappeared, forgetting about the other man behind him, who was still sat there in a state of shock. As he stood there he heard Lorna shout from the distance, her voice been heard all above the others.

“Richard, are you ok” she ran over to him, taking large strides, a sword hanging from her side, beating against her legs. He looked towards her, and then the realization of his wound hit him, the pain spread over his body, but, before that could take full effect, he heard another shot, another sharp pain spread through his body, and he looked down, and then to his stomach, he had been shot, blood spurted from the wound, the deep crimson red returning, he looked back to the other man, who was still holding a pistol in hand, and still aimed where he had fired, the smoke rising from the chamber, and creating a mystic wisp. Richard held this other wound, dropping the gun he had held, it hitting the floor, falling to his knees, and then said quietly, as Lorna came to him, and held him in her arms, holding him tight, looking at the wound that had been ripped through him.

“Lorna, I, am sorry” Richard feel to the ground then, and could barely keep his conscious, and heard Lorna move, putting him gently on the floor, the blood pulsing from his wound, creating a red pool which Richard felt creep up his body, going cold as it did, feeling his life slip away from him, a light ahead of him, and all he could hear was sound, and heard Lorna say to the man on the floor, he heard her growl, and snarl and said through this, he barley heard it, but he definitely heard right

“Leave now, or I WILL kill you, you hear me, now get out OF HERE and NEVER RETURN” he heard the man quickly moved to get up,, tripping over himself as he heard the bushes move, he assumed that the man had ran through the forest as quickly as he could, meanwhile, Richard lay there, and he heard Lorna move towards him, and felt himself becoming lighter, or was he been picked up, he felt fur on his back, and suddenly, he opened his eyes. Above him he saw Lorna, he saw her like he had never before, she had tears in her eyes, and she was looking straight down at him, he eye filled with tears. Richard lifted his arms with what strength he had left, and stroked the side of her muzzle, she grabbed his hand with her own paw, and then with all of a sudden, she howled, the howl was like nothing he had heard before, It echoed through the trees, reverberating through the Square, and suddenly, after she had howled, he heard several others begin to howl, and then, it seemed that the whole square was alive with the sound of howling, Richard gave a slight smile, and knew, at this moment, he had made his first real friend in this world, this place he had come to know, he felt suddenly his arms going cold, and lost all feeling in them, and drifted off, a deep sadness came over him, but it wasn’t because he was dying, but it was because he could not have learned more, but, he felt himself smile as he began to lose touch, a smile for what he had experienced, and as suddenly as he thought this, he saw the darkness, and slept. As he did, he still felt Lorna against him, and her howling, for him.

(I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I put a bit of work to get this one right ^^)
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