By Day I Cry, By Night I Howl
By Unicorn13564 (Kim)
Chapter 4: Bloodlust
Horo and Ren walked down the muddy trail that led to the village. They were going there to get Horo some assistance with his wound, as even though it had done some healing over night, it still had to be looked at encase it was infected. Horo had gotten another shirt on and clean bandages for his arm. He had also washed off all the blood that his body had been covered in, in a near-by ditch. He hadn't cared whether it was murky water or not, just so long as he'd gotten the retched blood off. Horo and Ren walked in silence, until a question found its way into the ice shaman's mind- one that he had to ask.
"…Ren…" began Horo.
Ren glanced at Horo to show that he was listening.
"…How'd you know about the rumours of the missing cattle?"
"It's simple really. A man came up to the forest with two others, warning the people that camped up there, but we were the only ones that had camped in this forest for a long time."
"…Oh…" replied Horo, and they carried on with the rest of the walk in complete silence.
As the two entered the village, one of the first things they noticed was a crowd of people that were gathered round a man who was standing on a brick wall. Horo and Ren walked casually towards the man as he shouted his vow to the people. The man claimed he would track down this so called beast and kill it, but he demands the price of £500,000 as a fee of its death and the expense it would cost for weaponry. Ren was suddenly sidetracked from the man's so called vow when a conversation between two other villagers caught his attention.
"It was horrible I tell ya, blood everywhere!" said one male villager in a low voice to his friend.
Ren walked up to the two with Horo behind him and asked what they were talking about.
"It was horrible!" repeated the man who obviously wanted attention as he spoke louder, attracting more people's attention.
"What was? What happened?" asked Horo, himself being interested in what was going on.
"Ok… you wonna hear about it? Then… I'll tell you what I saw…"
FLASH BACK
The man shot up in his bed, being woken by a loud howling noise coming from outside, followed by a distressing mooing sound- his heard. He quickly ran out into the blackness with his shotgun, firing in the air to warn off whatever it was disturbing his cattle; but as his vision became clearer as his porch light flickered on, he soon realized that only one out of five cattle's were left.
"Oh no, were are my cattle!"
He ran into the barn to see if they had gone back inside for the night as he leaves the barn doors open for them to access food and water, only to be greeted by the bloodstained floor and walls, and the odd bit of flesh. He then saw three long claw marks that scratched the wall, and he heard a moo and ran outside. He guarded his last cattle, scanning the black nothingness for any signs of life, but found none. Then, all of a sudden, a huge hairy figure ran circles around him and the cattle, and then it came out of nowhere, a high-pitched howl. The man closed his eyes and shot at the alien figure, then, in a quick second, the last remaining cattle was dragged off into the night, and the mooing ceased to exist. The only thing left of his cattle that night was the blood, the flesh, and the memories.
FLASH BACK OVER
Horo stiffened. There had been five cattle missing, and there had been five dead carcasses, belonging to five cattle's.
"…Were all the cattle found?" asked Horo in an uneasy voice.
"No." the man simply replied.
"Well- are all the cattle gone? There might have been another cattle in a different place at a different time."
"No… all the cattle are gone… although… I do have Bella…"
"Bella?" asked Ren, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, she's a calf of one of the cattle's." he announced, and as if on cue, a young calf immerged out of the barn.
Horo was unconscious of his glaring when his pupils narrowed, his eyes turned a yellowy colour and he began to growl. Ren nudged Horo to tell him to stop, but he didn't, it only provoked him and made him growl louder and fiercer. Ren watched Horo for a second, his eyes narrowed and growling, Ren then grabbed Horo by his bad arm, and clutched it gently, but hard enough for it to sting. Horo winced and looked at Ren, his eyes back to normal and his growling stopped. Horo shoved Ren hard.
"Why'd you squeeze my arm!" he demanded, but Ren said nothing, turned his back on Horo and walked off.
As Ren walked, he wondered what had come over Horo, but whatever it was, he swore he'd find out.
Unicorn13564: R&R PEOPLE! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TOO! Oh, and if it doesn't view the chapters and it says it has them… like if it said this story had 12 chapters and it only viewed up to chapter 11, at the top it will say blah blah blah and there will be a number (eg/11/), alls you need to do is change that number to which ever chapter you wonna go too. (eg/12/) then click enter on your keyboard and it will view it. I learnt that of a good friend of mine. Hi Nirah! (waves) Bye Nirah! (waves)
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