Before I get into anything, i'd like to say that this is my first fanfic i'm putting out on this site, and I hope it goes well. At any rate, enjoy and let me know what you all think! Also I don't know everything about Monster Girls and its world, so if I get anything wrong, then i'm sorry.
Chapter 1: My Family
The smell of iron is deep within my nose, but as I come back to my senses, I see the corpse of a deer in front of me. With a deep sigh, I pull my blade from out of the deer's rip-cage, and wipe it off quickly, then put it into my sack. As I begin to pull on the deer's back legs towards my village, I can hear the snapping of branches nearby. I slowly drop the legs, and pull out my bow. As quickly as it's out, there's an arrow already pointing in the direction of the sounds. With a deep breath, I let the air hold deep within my lungs. Focusing on where the rustling was heard, but before a single arrow can be shot, I hear a familiar voice.
"John, John. . .Where are you? Dad says we have to be home soon, before it gets to dar- " they pause quickly, seeing the head of my arrow pointed right at them. I give off a simple laugh under my breath, realizing it's simple my little brother, Tim.
"Yea, I know. I'm just trying to get dinner back. Give me a hand, will yea?" I say with a soft smile looking up, as I notice that the sky had already darken. "John, don. . . Don't scare me like that! Your hood makes you look like you're about to mug someone!" Tim nags as he slowly walks over to me, and then grabbing the dear's front legs.
"So did you find that sly fox?" Tim asks looking at me as we walk through the forest. "Uh. . .Hmm. . ." I stop for a second, realizing I hadn't finished my goal for today. "Aha, oh well. You'll get him tomorrow I bet!" Tim says with a soft sigh. "Yea, well maybe next time I go, you should come. Always good to get use to this forest, and a bow." I say with a smile. Tim reacts with a large grin across his face. seeing it, i'm unable to hold back laughter, but i'm stopped slightly, noticing Tim's smile looks more, and more like mom's as he gets older.
We quickly end up back at the village, with Tim out of breath. Simply trying to carry more of the deer's weight than me. I give it a soft laugh, hoping he wouldn't notice, but he does, and gives me an angry look. "Hey!" He yells, noticing my laughter getting louder. As we get closer to our house, I notice father outside chopping the last bit of wood ready for the fire. He gives us a big smile with eyes saying 'Welcome home.' We carry the deer inside, and softly set it down on the butcher-counter in the far side of the kitchen. Dad comes in, soon after setting the wood over by the fireplace, and some by the stove.
"Can you help me skin this, Tim?" I ask with a soft grab on his shoulder. "Uh..I guess so.." Tim says with a shaky voice. I know he hates getting his hands dirty, and even more when it's blood. It's still good to learn how to do these things as you get older. As we start, dad gets everything else ready for the prep, and lets the neighbors know of our prize. Usually a full deer is more than enough for us so we give a decent amount of it away to friends.
As Dad enters back to the cabin, we get a large amount of the work done enough to were Dad can take the meat, and starts cooking. After he's finished cooking our meals, dad keeps cooking as we take our dinner, and begin to eat. "This must be your...What? Third deer this month? Haha." Dad says with a smile, turning his head in my direction. "I think so, but it's always a pain getting it back." I say slouching in my chair. "I guess it is, but it's always nice to help feed some of the village. I'm giving a bit of the meat to the family with that nice looking red-haired girl. What's her name? Alice? Hmm?" Dad says with a smirk, as he goes on with his business knowing full well, I get shy when women are spoken of.
Tim starts to laugh, noticing me get red all over my face, but stops quickly as I give him a quick 'love-punch' to the arm. "Oww..." Tim whimpers silently. Dad just laughs, as he finishes the rest of the meat, he puts them all into little holders, and then into a basket. As quickly as he finishes the last one, he's already out, and in the village with a smile. He's always talking about how good I am at hunting. I can never tell if he does this because he's proud, or to simply embarrass me. Either way, I don't care much, it's just Dad being Dad.
Me, and Tim laugh hearing Dad's foolish stories, explaining how the deer was a demon or some-sort. We soon finish our meals, and begin cleaning of the mess, with what was left of the deer on our counter. We clean all that we can, even though there's always going to be stains on the wood. We never cared though. Most of the time the house was a mess, at least ever since Mom was... At any rate, our chores were done for the day, and we both sat down next to the fire place. We started getting it ready, and lit for the night. As we were just finishing putting the logs in, dad came back with an empty basket, and a look as if someone died.
"Dad? Did the old lady throw the meat at you again?" I said with a soft, but laughable tone. Father simply stayed quiet, and sat next to us after he put the basket on the shelf. He looked at both of us, and sighed deeply staring at the ground. "Dad? Is there something wrong...?" Tim asked with a whimper. Dad just stayed quiet. I could tell from the face he was giving, it was something far worse then we could imagine.
Dad sighed once more, and spoke. "I met the village Elder. You...You boys are to take part in the 'hunt'." My heart sank, and from the look on Tim's face, I could tell his did also.
I hope you like the first chapter! :D I know it must of been a bit boring, but I hope you enjoy the next ones. ;3
