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Chapter 1: The Hunt

Tristan sneaked through the woods, being as quiet as he can so he may here any brushing of leaves against hooves on the forest floor, he was out hunting for his and the other knights dinner. Saoirse the hawk, is out catching her own dinner, and the other knights were back at camp, as he left their camp Bors yelled out to him, "Oi Tristan, get us a large buck would ya, for I am starving." He said while rubbing his enlarged stomach. Tristan shook his head as he left. He has been gone much longer then he anticipated, Bors would certainly not be happy thought Tristan.

Then he finally heard it; it brought him out of his memory the ruffling of leaves. He saw them, a buck and a doe; they were grazing in a small clearing. Tristan got behind a tree and grabbed an arrow from his quiver and placed it in his bow and took stance. Tristan breathed in through his nose and out through his mouth then took aim. As he was about to release another the buck raised its head and looked directly at Tristan, but before either the buck or Tristan did anything another arrow in the opposite direction went straight between the buckeyes, then it collapsed on the ground with a loud thud. The doe took off but before she could get any further another arrow came out and struck her in the neck and she took a few more paces then collapsed herself.

Tristan was just standing there in shock, the buffs of smoke coming out of his mouth lingering around his face. He lowered the bow and arrow. Tristan took one step forwards then was paused in his place. A wolf bounded out of the opposite end of the clearing and sniffed the air and walked over to the large buck and began to sniff. But that wasn't what made Tristan pause.

A girl came out of the throng of trees, she was young and also very beautiful, her hair was a deep curly brown it whipped around her face like the puffs of smoke that is hanging around Tristan's face now. She wore very little protection to the cold, she had boots that came up to her knees, long pants something you would ever see a women wear, long shirt that covered her arms but both her hands and neck were bare she had a thick leather strap around her waist it looked to hold two knives. She had a bow and quiver on her back and was holding a big round wooden shield with strange patterns on it.

She walked straight to where the wolf was huddled near the buck. I took another step, about to warn her to stay away from the wolf until,

"Gyda här," the women commended. The wolf stopped sniffing the buck turned and walked to her.

The women then turned and walked over to where the doe lay. It was still alive. She then knelt down and pulled out one of the knives, she put the knife to the sky and proclaimed, "Ta detta erbjuder min herre, Odin för att ge mig lycka i vinter och kan du äta med familj i Asgård" she then lowered the knife and stabbed the doe in the heart, killing it instantly.

As Tristan kept watching what was happened, he didn't here the padded paw of the wolf coming up behind him. The wolf snarled at Tristan's back, he then jumped and turned to face the beast with his arrow aimed straight between the wolfs eyes, he then heard a snapping of sticks behind him which made Tristan hesitate, which gave a good opening for the wolf to attack.

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English Translation:

- Gyda here

- Take this offering my lord, Odin for give me good fortune this winter and may you dine with family in Asgard