Welcome! So to give you all some overall understanding, this is my first fanfic. This is actually the first time I've written any stories, so please bare with it. Additionally, I do not have a lot of time to write, but I've been working on this for a couple of months and finally decided to post it instead of just keep it to myself. I'm going to go ahead and apologies for the irregular updates.
Generic Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Fairy Tail is the creation of Hiro Mashima.
Breathe. Relax. Hold it. Focus. Now! He released the arrow, watching it soar between the trees heading towards its mark. Suddenly, a tree branch came out of no where smacking the arrow to the ground.
"Damn ents" he muttered as he quickly grabbed his quiver and retreated from his cover hoping that the ent wouldn't pursue him. The sound of earth being uprooted and branches snapping, made the young archer curse under his breath as he increased his pace. I need to get to the cliffs! SHIT! He yelled in his mind as a stray root caused him to trip and tumble across the forest floor. He could hear the sound of moving roots get closer with every second.
I was careless, if it wasn't for my stomach I would have spotted the ent before risking the shot on that deer. Scurrying to his feet, he continued to move through the underbrush, forcing the rising panic out of his mind. Can't panic now, panicking will only get me killed. Come on, the cliff is only another 500 meters.
The sound of snapping branches constantly grew louder, he was sure that if he looked back now he would see trees toppling over behind him. As the protector of the forest, ents sure caused a lot of damage to them, he mused in his own thoughts as he burst forth from the forest and onto the rocky cliff side.
Only losing his momentum for a second, he scanned the cliff for his extraction gear. Spotting it at his 10 o'clock, he hurried towards it, no time to waste as he knew the ent would be on him within seconds.
He grabbed the arrow out of his kit, this one was different than his regular wooden shaft arrows, the tip and shaft was one piece of steel. Stringing the arrow into his short bow, he pointed the arrow down towards his feet. Releasing the string, he was satisfied with the sound of the arrow lodging itself into the cliff top. Grabbing the rope attached to the arrow, he threw it over the cliff and started to lean himself backwards over the edge, right as he was in position a massive tree broke through the edge of the forest and into the clearing. The ent paused looking for his prey, but the young man didn't want to wait and be spotted as he quickly jumped off the ledge and began his rappel down the cliff face .
He wasn't more than 10 feet down when a giant branch like hand brushed across the man's head. Looking up, the image of the ent swiping its giant branches at him was enough to cause his heart to skip a beat. Shit, these things are hideous up close! At least I'm outside of his reach. He continued his rappel down the 100-or-so foot cliff face. He assumed it was 100 feet since his rope was only about 100 feet long and it stopped a couple feet from the bottom.
Crack!
What was that? He looked up just in time to see a tree hurling down towards him. "What the fuck!" he shouted as the tree shot passed him, and he watched it as it splintered apart against the rocky shore below him. "Did that bastard just jump off the-" he was interrupted as a boulder zipped past him, he's throwing stuff at me!
The trapped climber tucked himself under a small jetting in the rock face, hoping and praying that it was just large enough to protect him from the thrown projectiles that were being hurled down from above. Is he ever going to run out of stuff to throw?! Just as that thought passed though his mind, he noticed nothing was zooming past him anymore. "Huh, it's almost as if I willed it away with my thoughts."
Again,right on clue his head hit the overhang he was hiding under and he bounced off of the rock face. Am I falling?! he thought as his heart stopped, No! I'm not falling, that bastard is pulling me back up!
He struggled for his knife, I need to cut myself loose! It was too late though, he was now swinging just in front of the ent's face, staring into its abyss like eyes.
The ent released a deafening roar. Lifting the rope over his head, he swung the rope with his prey and brought the man crashing down onto the top of the cliff. The man instantly went limp. The ent lifted the rope again, but this time threw it over the edge and watched the lifeless man fall into the bone chilling water below.