Thrid P.O.V
*Within the cottage *
An elder man around his late seventys sat inside his coozy cottage house that was located in a meadow five miles away from the nearest town. It was still,settle and quit. The elder man was in a rocking chair in a dazz of bliss. Nearing complete sleep until an ubrupt nosie startled him. Raising his head, he focused in on the sound. Immediately he identify it as an animal on top of his roof. Though one that was big, with claws and seemed to be struggling. Paying more attention to it the elder man heard a thud.
Now aware the creature is no longer in his roof I rose from his chair. Shuffling across his oak floors he made it way to the kitchen which had back door leading outside. Before going to open the door he peered out the window, just incase the thing on his roof wasn't something that could harm him. Seeing nothing that could do harm he made his way to the door. With a shaky elder hand the man twisted the door nob opening it to his backyard. And with wide eyes he spotted the animal.
" A Phoenix? " muttering to himself as he pulled his rob around him before exiting his house. Cautionshly approach the bird the edler man examined it.
At a safe distance for the man and Phoenix both,the man saw it's was injured. " You poor thing..." shaking his head in disappointment to see such a creature like this laying injuryed in his back yard. " Who could do this to such a magnificent being? " with a potting face the man then heard the ruckus in the distance coming from the in coming hunters.
Turning around to face his house the elder man sucked his teeth. Now knowing what was happening. As a man of old tradition, he though hunting was necessary for survival not for games. Not something you do to pass time, or use as an excuse of any sort to just fire a gun. It was something you do to provide for your family,protect you and if you do hunt, kill the animal in a respective and humane way. Nothing like what he was seeing today. With a sower face, the elder man glanced over his shoulder. Seeing the Phoenix sprawled bleeding and unconscious. Yet still breathing lightly. See that the elder man took into his responseablitly to protect it.
Slowly and gentle he picked up the limp creature. Carrying it into his house. Surprise to see how huge it really was. As he carried it he kept his arms and hands around the torso of it. Which was about the size of his. It's head dangled along with it's wings and tail feathers. Which the elder man carefully tries to not step on. Heavily breathing after lugging the Phoenix into the house through the kitchen all the way to the living room. Where softly the Phoenix was placed on an ottoman.
Afterwards he walked to his front door to see four men walk up his path. Each one armed with guns and a hound at the side of the oldest one. All had sumg grins on their faces and chatted with each other. Cutting his eyes he called out. Soon the elder man was sided by a fuzzy mass of fur. That stood higher than his waist. It was an old hunting dog that lived with the man. Waiting until the four men were on his porch. He opened the door.
" Good evening, I'm - "
" Please step down from my porch. I don't want you here. " cutting the older hunter. " Well if ya just let me explain why we're he- " cutting off again the elder man waved his hand. " I know why and I won't have it! What type of man hunts a creature for game? Especially a Phoenix! "
Unable to responsed to him the older hunter stepped back. Though his three sons didn't.
" Hey! Why should it matter to you? "
" Your nothing but an old man living in the middle of no where! "
" Boy ya better watch ya mouth! " grunting out side stepping to expose the huge animal that bearer it's teeth. Stepping back just as their father did the boys hung their heads. Though it was four to one, they men didn't not dare cross the elder man. For they where well aware this man was much skilled than them and had the upper advantage. " We don't want any trouble we just want what's ours. "
" Nope landed on my property. Mine now,if your a hunter y'all respect the code..." at a stand still with each other the group of men sucked their teeth at him. But eventually that got the message to leave or else.
Sure enough they were off the porch and down the path they follows up. Though they said they be back in do time, and what's rightfully theirs, they'll take. Snorting at the fact they where finally gone the elder man closed his door. His old dog panted lightly following he my into the living room where the Phoenix was. Approaching it and crouching beside it the elder man placed a hand on the back of the bird. Which slowly moved up and down from the hazzy breathing of it.
" Poor fella, D.O.G go get the first aid kit! " the man waved the dog off to go fetch a medical kit for him. It left and did what it master told it to do. " Don't worry I'll fix us right up buddy. "