It was terrible. People were running and screaming, and houses were burning. Some residents went in their homes, some fled. Then a deafening roar. A crashing sound activated an alarm. Evacuation.
I shot out of bed. It was still dark. My bed was soaked with sweat. It was a dream. My Felyne lay curled up asleep in a make shift bed. The chief had gotten him for me as a present for becoming a hunter. Musashi was the cat's name. He had a white stomach and a white spot on his head. The rest of him was either black, or dark gray. I sit on the bed trying to regain my thoughts. It seemed like hours before I started to fall asleep.
I grabbed a nearby citizen to see what was going on. Another, louder roar. The man's face went white. He started twitching a jerking furiously, and his face contorted into impossible shapes. Then he slid to the ground. Limp. In horror I ran away from the piercing roars, and out of the village.
This time I awoke to sunlight pouring through the window. Musashi had made breakfast. "Good morning Gastronome" he said, welcoming me to a new day. "How did you sleep?" he asked. "Not very well" I sighed. "I had a terrible dream." "Would you like to talk about it?" Musashi purred. "No, I'm fine." I said. I really wasn't fine, but I didn't want the cat to worry. I finished breakfast, and gave him a Pin Tuna. Now was time for his breakfast.
I pulled on my velociprey armor. I had salvaged parts from my Velociprey battle earlier. I loved it. it made me feel so professional. I sheathed my Viper Bite, and walked out the door.
I stepped into a sunny day in the village. People were bartering at the market, the blacksmiths were making armor, and the two guys at the picnic table babbled on about the stupidity of one another. As I turned to wave to the market lady, I tripped on a stone, and fell flat on my face. She stood there giggling. I hurriedly got up and walked swiftly to the Guild Hall. I wasn't experienced enough to join, but the chief was always there. I greeted him good morning and asked if there were any quests he wanted me to do. I looked at the list. "Get rid of the Velocidrome" said the flyer across the top. "It can't be that hard, I had slain six Velociprey, surely this thing couldn't add up to that." I exclaimed. I paid my contract fee, and started off to the forest.
As I walked, images of my dream projected in my mind. What did it mean? Was my village in danger? No, the lookouts will report any danger. I tried shaking the images from my head, and tried to think about my upcoming battle with this "Velocidrome." it didn't seem that hard. I crossed a streambed and rounded the corner. Then I saw the most magnificent sight; a vast valley with a small river coursing through it. Behind me was a large forest. I stood there taking in the spectacular sight.
I decided to explore the area to learn my surroundings. Hopped across the stream, and climbed up a swirling path of vines to the top of a cliff. I stood on top of the cliff. I could see everything from up here. It was fantastic. The huge land stretched out before me. i could even see the smoke from the chimney of the Guild Hall. I set up camp, and headed off towards the forest.
The forest was also quite large. I sit down on a log, making several Melynx that were hiding in the log blast across the forest floor in surprise. I checked my weapons and items. I had some herbs, whetstones, rations, and a flash bomb. I had never used a flash bomb before. "I had better save it." I said to myself. As I started to trek further on,, a blue figure caught my eye. It was a velociprey, but bigger, and an orange crest set on its head. Huge claws curled up. "There you are" I said quietly, sneaking up to it. "It's just you and me, one on one" I stepped on a dead leaf making a defined crunch. The beast looked up and spotted me. My cover was lost. I ran towards the blue creature, my sword gripped tightly in one hand. As I ran ever closer, the beast just looked at me, and screamed in the air several times. In unison, dozens of velociprey ran forth from their hiding places.
I skidded to a halt. I had never seen so many blue in my life. They started to close in on me, I turned to run, but they had me blocked in. I threw caution to the wind and ran at one of the beasts. I ran up, and cleaved through it. Jumping over the falling body, I ran for dear life. I could tell they were following me. Dozens of thumping footsteps pounded the ground. My clumsiness caused me to trip over a rock. They walked up to me, one of them stepped on my arm, digging its foot claw into my fore arm, I screamed in pain, and dropped my sword. The scream apparently stunned the blue creatures. Now was my opening, I grabbed the sword with my good arm, and swung upward; Cutting one across the face. Blood sprayed from the monster's neck, all over my armor. I had hit an artery. The others were confused, and started jumping all over the place, sometimes hitting their own. I navigated my way through the hysteria, when one of them pounced on my back. I had my sword held with the blade to my back, in turn of knocking me to the ground, the prey had jumped into a razor sharp Viper Bite. It lay there, dead; its heart had been punctured.
In the distance, the Velocidrome was coming. The remaining ten velociprey had gained their senses, and were coming for me again. Now was the time. I thrust my hand into my bag and pulled out the flash bomb. as the drew ever closer, I flicked the wheel, striking the flint. I threw it to the ground, and covered my eyes. Even through armor, I could see the blinding flash.
When I looked up, and Velociprey all were dazed and stumbled around aimlessly. I immediately went for the Velocidrome. I ran up, and thrust my sword in its stomach, swing around over its back, I came down again slashing down its side, breaking a few ribs. The monster squealed in pain of the broken bones, and stumbled over; its head fell onto my unsheathed blade, impaling it. I had killed it. "But what about the others?" They had regained most of their sight, and were slowly walking towards me.
A huge red wyvern landed on the ground in a deafening crash scattering the monsters. As it slid across the ground, recovering from the landing, it swerved around and gripped one velociprey in its jaws crunching every bone in its body with one bite. Its tremendous tail whipped around and clubbed some of the blue creatures into each other, creating a mass of dead bodies. I grabbed the dead Velocidrome body by the tail and ran. The huge wyvern noticed the moving blue target, and chased after me. Each booming footstep shook the ground as it ran, making me stumble several times. With a roar, the monster dove for the meat, as I dodged to the right. Carrying a huge body, added a lot of weight.
The monster stumbled towards me, quickly, still dazed from the impact. I came upon a narrow path; one side was a steep hill, leading down into the valley. It chased me down the path, and dove again as I threw myself, and my trophy, over the side. I hit the ground, and slid down the slope, barely holding onto the tail of my kill. I stuck my legs out, and pushed off a tree. I flew through the air, in a front flip, and landed on the steep hill. Finally, the slope ended, and me, and the dead Velocidrome body tumbled into the creek bed.
Back at camp, I put the body in large bag, not knowing what to do with it. "What a day" I mumbled as I looked up at the vast night sky. I didn't want to fall asleep, fearing the horrible dream might come back again. I couldn't stop my self though, and I drifted off to sleep.
I awoke the next day. my fire had burned out, and it was now sunny. I had slept well. No terrible dreams. I grabbed my supplies and the bag, frustratingly climbed to the ground while holding everything, crossed the stream, and headed to home.