trekking through the misty forest with nothing but the soft crunch of leaves beneath my feet. i constantly scan the area which is a habit of mine. i ook up at the sky; "huh full moon, must be my lucky night" i grumbled to myself. in reality the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and i get anxious. i know i shouldnt be out here on a night like this. i pick up the pace deciding to leave the forest, although a good cover, is menacing. thats when i heard it the snapping of fallen branches from a previous storm. freezing in place i feel adrenaline coursing through my veins. its begun theres no turning back. theres a possiblity that it was a small animal or just my paranoia getting the best of me but considering my kind of luck its not. i hear breathing...its not mine, its heavy like from the nostrils of a bull. i look down at my hands as i see my body preparing for a fight. the energy a bright lava glowing in my veins rising to the occasion. i remember a mantra that i taught myself.

"breathe" i tell myself. in between each breathe i count down.

"5".breathe.

"4" breathe. clenching my teeth against the cold tendrils of air that slip down the back of my neck.

"3" breathe. readying my body for a fight...friend or foe?

foe.i decide hearing a deep guttural growl...better to be on the defense rather than caught off gaurd.

"2" breathe. realizing I've come to one much too impulses...feeling my heart rate quicken my body starts to burn.

"1!" my body starts to tremble. the leaves around my feet give way turning into ashes. turning to face...

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