Andro

*BEEP BEEP BEEP*

"Shut up!" I shouted at my alarm clock as I got out of bed. I opened my window and felt the cool spring breeze on my face. "Maybe I should go for a walk in the forest today. It's nice out!" I said aloud as I got dressed in my signature outfit: a pair of blue denim jeans, a white shirt, and my black leather jacket. I grabbed a small box from my closet; this box was given to me by my grandfather, along with the knife inside of it. I reminisced on the memory for a few moments…

*****FLASHBACK*****

"Andro…" my grandfather had whispered, straining to talk on his deathbed. I moved closer. "...take the box on the table, there…" He barely managed to muster the strength to point to the end table next to his bed. Grabbing the box, I opened it and pulled out the knife that my grandfather had put in there; it had a 10-inch blade, making it useful if I ever got into a fight, or if I ever wanted to take a walk through the forest. This was his, though. I shot him a look that said, "Why are you giving this to me?"

"Andro…" my grandfather whispered again, the life beginning to fade from his eyes. "Use… it well… You are… the only… Huron… left... " His eyes glazed over, and his head fell back down on the bed. His hands went limp over the edge of his mattress, and the heart rate monitor went from a slow, dull pulse to a constant drone.

"Rest in peace, grandfather…" I managed to whisper through my tears as I walked out of the hospital room. This was it, I guess… I was the only Huron family member left… I had to extend the family legacy somehow… I got out of the hospital and immediately ran home, never looking back…

*****FLASHBACK END*****

"Good memories… I guess…" I thought as I grabbed the knife, with it's leather sheath, and attached it to my belt. I also grabbed a bottle of water and a blueberry muffin as I went outside, following the trail to the forest. I got to the forest and entered, ignoring the sign with a skull and crossbones next to the entrance. "Ha, I'm not afraid of anything this forest has to throw at me." I muttered.

Once I was in the forest, I continued to follow the trail until I got to a clearing that had a picnic table. "This looks like a good place to sit and take a short break." I said aloud as I set my backpack on the table and sat down. I grabbed my bottle of water and took a few sips before looking around at the scenery; lush green grass covered the ground with the exception of the trails, which had a rocky dirt texture. The trees were tall and had plenty of leaves about them. The pair of red eyes staring at me definitely added to the- Wait, red eyes?

Without thinking, I unsheathed my knife and shouted, "Who's there? I'm not afraid of you!" The pair of red eyes continued to stare at me, until they vanished a few seconds later. "That was weird…" I said aloud, but shrugged it off as I put on my backpack and continued walking down the trail. The sky was a light grey, but I ignored that, too, since it wasn't supposed to rain… was it?

The sky quickly continued to darken, so I decided to hasten my speed a little bit. It had started to rain, but I trudged on, raindrops assaulting my face as I stepped in mud puddles. I heard a rumble of thunder in the distance, and saw flashes of lightning in the sky. I went faster and faster until I was in a full-on sprint, hoping there was shelter of some sort at the end of the trail.

I had gotten to the end of the trail when lightning struck a tree about fifty feet away, blinding and deafening me temporarily. "I need to get the hell out of here!" I shouted as hailstones pelted the top of my head. Suddenly, I heard a voice in my head.

Over here.

?

There's a human over there, I thought to myself as I continued to watch him get assaulted by raindrops and hailstones. Half of me was inclined to leave him there for dead; the other half of me wanted to call him into the cave until the storm stopped. Finally, my good side called out and I called out to him.

Andro

I looked around for the source of the voice, but failed to find it. "W-Who's there?" I shouted, shivering from the cold and shuddering in fear of what would happen if I didn't find shelter soon.

In the cave to your left.

I looked to my left, and there was a cave there, along with the pair of red eyes that I had seen earlier. Gusts of wind slowed me down and almost blew me over as I turned towards the cave and began walking towards it.

Nature had other ideas.

Lightning struck the trunk of a nearby tree, causing enough of the bottom to fall off so that the tree began to fall over on top of me. I realized that I had stood still too long; I leaped to my left, but it was too late. The tree still fell on my leg with a sickening THUD, followed by a CRACK and some nearly unbearable pain in my leg; It was broken, for sure. I managed to lift up the part of the tree that was on my leg just enough so that I could get myself untrapped.

I couldn't walk to the cave, so I had to crawl without using my broken leg, which proved to be quite a challenge. I had just gotten to the mouth of the cave when I heard a rumbling sound from above. Fearing the worst, I looked up and saw a lot of rocks falling off the edge of the cliff. This is it, I thought. This is where I was going to die.

?

This human was going to die here, I thought to myself. I had to do something about that, so I grabbed his neck with my teeth and dragged him into my cave.

Andro

I felt a pair of teeth grab me by the back of my neck and drag me further into the cave, into safety. I wanted to look upwards to catch a glimpse of my savior, but I couldn't until they let me go. I had no choice but to allow myself to be dragged and look back at the entrance to the cave as it slowly got smaller and smaller in the distance, until it vanished completely, leaving both me and my savior in the dark.

Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and there was a fire nearby, I could feel it. Finally, I felt my savior drop my neck, and I wheeled around to catch a glimpse of my savior.

An Absol stood there, staring me down.

"T-thank… y-you…" I managed to say weakly, before the damage took it's toll and my vision slowly faded to black.

You're safe here… I heard before I completely fainted.