By Day I Cry, By Night I Howl
By Unicorn13564 (Kim)
Chapter 3: Slaughter Of The Cattle
Horo's eyes flickered open as he woke from his slumber, only to feel bloated and exhausted. He shivered as he felt a cool breeze and quickly realized he was half naked.
'Why is my top missing and my shorts tatted?'
Horo looked around and realized he wasn't sat on the small rock like he last remembered, but curled up in some sort of cave. He slowly got up, but felt a rush of dizziness so sat back down. It was then that he smelt the foul smell of decay and felt something sticky and dry all over his face and hands. Horo raised his hands in front of his face and saw them covered with blood. He felt like he was going to be sick. The smell alone was enough to make someone gag, but the blood- that was it. The confused shaman got up, despite another rush of dizziness, and made his way to the daylight that flooded the entrance to the cave. As he entered the light, he had to shade his eyes from the rays of the sun, as he hadn't had enough time to adjust to the light. As he did so, the smell began to get stronger and stronger, until he tripped over something rather large. Horo scrambled back in shock as he looked at the carcase of the cattle. Flies had gathered on the remainders of the deceased beast, but that did not worry him. What worried him was the fact that the cattle's body was mauled in several places, and some of the flesh had been devoured. He wondered why whatever had done this, had only eaten a small fraction of the poor creature, but he quickly got back onto his feet and started walking through the forest, trying to figure out the way back to were he and Ren had set-up camp. As Horo walked, his memory started to flash.
He saw cattle mooing and a farmhouse, then the sound of a gun shot and the blur of the trees as if he was running through the forest.
Horo stopped and put his hands on his head, trying to remember more, but failing.
'Why am I seeing these things? If that really did happen, then why are they in black and white!'
Horo quickly focused his attention on something laying still in a patch of thorns… another cattle. Horo could yet again smell the foul smell of decay as it flooded his system, and as he neared the cattle, he saw that it was not alone, for another one was placed next to it. Horo began to run, he ran through the woods, trying to escape the smell that followed him. After a few minuets, he soon began to see the reason why the beast had only eaten a small amount of the cattle that was outside the cave. It was because it was full. Horo had run past two more dead cattle's, each had their bones stripped of their meat.
Ren was startled when Horo came pouncing through the bushes, panting heavily. Ren looked at Horo, his top half was completely naked, and his body was full of scratches and grazes; then saw that Horo's hands and face was coated in dry blood.
"Were have you been, are you alright?"
He didn't answer. Horo only walked past Ren and collapsed outside his tent. "Do you want a doctor?"
"…No."
"Are you hungry?"
Seeing the dead cattle and hearing the word food made Horo want to vomit, besides, he wasn't hungry. "No."
"You know," said Ren, kneeling beside Horo, "You shouldn't go off exploring like that… your bandage came off."
Horo looked at his arm, Ren was right, the bandage had come off. On his arm, was the bite mark. It had done some healing over-night, but it still needed checking out for infections. As Ren re-bandaged his arm and saw to his cuts, he began to bring up a subject that scared Horo.
"…There was a killing last night…"
Horo's eyes widened, "A killing… really…?"
"A heard of five cattle's went missing last night, and the only thing they have to go on, is the footprints left by the beast."
Horo began to feel unsafe and frightened, "What was it?"
"Are you ok, you don't sound too good." Commented Ren; looking at a pasty Horo.
"Yeah, fine. So what was it?"
"Apparently it was some sort of wolf creature that lives up in this forest, some say it's wolves… others say it's a Lycan."
Unicorn13564: Damn it, I hate torturing my beloved Horo like this T-T Ok, if that wasn't an interesting chapter, then I don't know what is. Please review, even if you hate it, review and tell me you hate it. I NEED REVIEWS!
