CHAPTER 3

"Maybe I'll finally meet some people", Leonardo excitedly thought as he manuevered through the trees in the direction of the smoky scent.

After ten minutes of travelling he came across what seemed to be a path leading up to a gateway, this would have normally brought joy to Leo however...

"Those sounds"

Screaming,shouting and growling could be heard from behind the gate as the scent of smoke got stronger.

" Whatever is causing that smoke I'm sure that it isn't a camp fire"

Quickly snapping out of his daze Leo vaulted himself over the wall and into a nearby tree. What greeted him on the other side was chaos.

Corpses and debris littered the ground while thick smoke clouded the air.

"W-what the hell!?Who-or what did this!?"

The answer came to me in the form of howling and beastly roars. All around me were those strange monsters. Some were eating corpses while others were aimlessly wandering. I was sick the sight in front of me was gut wrenching. I wanted to vomit however it did not come.

"AAAIIIEE!"

I was drawn from my thoughts by the sound of screaming. Looking around I saw where it originated from.

A little girl maybe 7 or 8 years old. She was bruised and ran with a limp, behind her were three wolf monsters and 2 bear ones. She was running with all her heart however they were gaining on her. Then she fell. Wasting no time two falchions formed in my hand as I dashed towards her. I was determined to keep her alive.

? POV

"I'm scared..."

"Mommy...Big sis someone please..."

The monsters were going to eat me so I closed my eyes. I waited and waited however they never I felt something touch my shoulder so I screamed and tried to escape but it did not let go. Opening my eyes I saw a boy looking at me with concern. He was older than I was and had snow white hair. His eyes were red and slitted so I wondered if he was a faunus. he was extremely pale and seemed kind of cold.

"It's gonna be fine...see the monsters are dead, they can't hurt you."

He whispered comforting words to me and soon I found myself crying while he hugged me. Soon darkness took over my vision and I fell asleep.

"Damn...this kid is gonna be traumatized for life. I should probably check for survivors."

As I was prepared to hoist her upon my back. A screech from the skies took my attention. In the sky was a gigantic black bird who seemed to focus on us. With a flap of it's wings a hail of feathers came flying at us. A quick blood shield protected us from the feathers.

I could'nt fight with her in my arms so I gently placed her on the ground and with a quick thought the shield became a dome that protected her.

Walking out of the dome I narrowed my eyes at the oversized death crow in the sky.

"C'MON YA BIG BIRD WHY DON'T YOU PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE!"

It responded by dive bombing towards me. I created two daggeres that I threw at it's eyes.

"SCREEECH"

With a smirk I ran towards it brandishing a blood red long sword. A quick thrust to the chest had it screeching.

"NOW BURN!" With a shout Hellfire flooded it's body quickly turning it into a torch slowly the screech died out and only motes of black dust remained.

Looking back I realized that the dome was secure and nothing was going near it. I quickly did a search of the village and confirmed no survivors. I grabbed a bag and started putting things in that were important. Food, water, a map, some weird looking crystals and some books. I then went back to the girl and put her on my back with the bag in front.

Making sure she was secure I made my way out of the burning village.

Exams are finlly done. Enjoy :)