"Smithy! Can I get the full armor yet?" I ask.

Smithy shakes his head, "I'm afraid not yet, Sam. You still need one thing. A Rathian Plate." I stand there for a bit, thinking of how I'm going to get one easily. I could hunt numerous Rathians, but that'd take too long.

"Can I at least make a Rathian bow?" I mumble. He shakes his head and points at the list of materials I need to bring him. I sigh and he hands me a piece of paper.

Prominence Bow I. I have the materials needed for it as well as the Zenny. It looks to be a Rathalos bow. An idea clicks into my head, 'This could be really symbolic. A mother protects her children, and the father would fight for their safety. So the Rathalos Bow could be the father, and my armor, the mother.' I nod my head and he forges it. I look it over, liking every detail.

I walk towards the Gathering Hall. I just have a few quests to finish and then I get my liscence to take on High-Rank quests. One problem: I don't have good armor. I'd get killed. I have Rathian Armor, aside from my Jaggi coat. I need the Rathian Coat to have good defense and cool skills. I look over the quest board and sigh. There is another Rathian quest posted. I take the slip and run out the door with some other hunters.

We arrive at the base camp. I open the supply box and grab some empty coating vials, a map, first-aid meds, some rations, and an antidote. I run after the others as they sprint off.

"Wait up!" I shout. I hear a Rathian screech and fighting. I take out my bow and notch an arrow. I see the Rathian in view.

Wait, it looks different. It has black gas around it's mouth and it is a little purple. I try to ignore it and shoot my arrow at it. When it hits, a small flame erupts from the arrow. This thing is so cool. It pins the hunter with some Rathalos armor and I fire off a power shot, resulting in a level 4 shot. The Rathian flinches and a hunter strikes it's back in mid-air. An insect glaive user jumps on the Rathian's back and stabs it until it falls over.

I come to a sudden realization. The frenzy virus is being spread.

"GUYS! GET OUT OF THERE!" I shout, "IT'S INFECTED." The a Charge Blade user throws a flash bomb and runs away. We run back to the base camp while it is stunned.

"What're we gonna do?" I sigh, putting my face into my gloved hands. All the hunters sharpen their weapons.

"We kill it. Simple. A small virus won't hurt us." A dual blade user mutters smugly. I clench my hand into a fist and slowly stop.

"Can it, Kolat." The Charge Blade user grunts. The man named Kolat flips him off. We converse for a bit and I meet James (Charge Blade) and Al (Insect Glaive). Kolat is the Dual user.

"Well. We could message the guild. They could send the Aces." I suggest. The blademasters look at me like I'm crazy. I sigh and take off my helmet.

"Sittin' on our asses isn't doing anything, Let's go!" Kolat yells and runs back into the field.

"You idiot!" James shouts as he sprints after him. Al runs after the two. I walk up and look around, admiring the plains before I die. I see some mushrooms and I examine them. Wait… are those… I get an idea and pick some. I pop open a phial and place the mushroom in, shaking it up.

I pop the phial onto the coating rack, my next few shots will be powerful. I run into the field and see the three hunters laying on the ground… not moving. The Rathian looks at Kolat's body and bites into it, eating his corpse. I almost vomit at the sight. I bite my lip and look at my bow.

Well… I'm gonna die. I might as well go out with a bang. I think to myself, sliding my helmet on. I notch an arrow and charge it up, the Rathian sees me and shoots a fireball as I shoot. My arrows are vaporized. Well damn. I roll to the side and charge forward yelling out something. The Rathian makes a bitch move, she stops and slides towards me. Here's the fun part. She bites sideways. Sideways, right where I thought was safe.

My left arm is in her mouth, pain searing through my body. As I feel a sudden urge of bloodthirst the pain stops. I take out an arrow and shove it into her eye, plunging it deep into her skull. I feel it puncture the brain and I feel a relief as I fall over.

-1 Day Later-

I awake to find my Felyne laying by me, asleep. There appears to be a female hunter sitting in the chair across from me, also asleep. I look at my arm, or the wrapping of my arm.

"G'mornin' Rainbow." I moan. My Palico's eyes open, his eyes a brilliant blue.

"Meowrnin' boss… Boss!" He shoots up and stares at me and jumps off, rushing to the female hunter, "Annie. He's awake! He's alive!" Rainbow jumps onto her lap and taps her face. I get a good look at her, sky-blue hair and a pale skin tone. Odd. A pale hunter. She wakes up and stares at me with very good looking green eyes.

"Good morning, Samuel."

-End of Chapter 1-


Hi There, writer here. This was written in like a month because I got the first part done and then finished the rest today... It's 1 AM when I finished this. So Review if ya want, just don't be too mean