Gah, i forgot how many days its been since my last update... .-. that a bad thing? whatever, its been long enough. XD Thanks for all the reviews and follows... etc. they make me happy :3 i love you humans :D sorry for the shortness and the suckiness of these chapters, it'll get better from here on out, promise, k? ideas are still welcome, i need plenty of fluff and random crap happening XD dunno if this is gonna be romance or not :/ if it is, dont expect any sappy, mushy stuff AT ALL. im not too much of a romance person, so if this IS gonna be romance, its not gonna be until near the end or something, and hardly anything noticible :I no lemons either... NOT EVEN REAL ONES! stupid lemons, i eat them too much that its destroying my teeth... :I lemons are evil... every villain is lemons... READ ON MY MINIONS AHAHAHA!
I mounted Ruthad again and walked him back out, the wood sled still on him. Snow was coming down harder and already it was up past Ruthad's ankles. Foalen, now with us, jumped through the snow after us as we sped up to a slow gallop and disappeared into the forest. We could hardly see anything around us, our only light being a lantern on each side of Ruthad's saddle that I'd put on before we'd left. The wind had blown my hood off and my hair flew out behind me, clumping with all the snow going in it.
Finally I saw what we'd come out here for. Jumping off the horse, I pushed through the snow and pulled back the tarp to reveal a large wood pile. I picked up as much wood as I could possibly carry at one time and set it on the sled. I kept doing this, trying to get as much wood as I could when suddenly I heard a thud behind me. I froze when Foalen started to growl deeply. Slowly turning around, I screamed as a large figure started stomping towards me. I didn't know who or what it was, but it scared the shit out of me. It walked and stumbled clumsily, like it didn't even know where it was going. My vision flashed white for a moment, and the next thing I knew, I was on the ground with a flaring pain in my chest area. I looked back up at the 'guy' and saw him clumsily running towards me again, taking out two scythes that were at his waist.
I flinched and waited to be sliced open but suddenly Ruthad neighed loudly over the deafening winds. He lashed out with his back legs, catching the unaware figure off guard. One of his hooves struck the side of it's head with a sickening crack and it flew sideways into a tree, now unconscious.
Frantically, I put one last pile of wood on the sled before jumping back onto my mount . We were about to leave when I stopped and looked back at the fallen figure. Already the snow was covering him up. He'd die if I left him here. Quickly sliding of the horse again, now with the snow up to his knees and my waist, I trudged through the mushy white stuff to the guy. Not really paying attention, I tried to pick him up but he was too heavy. I tried slinging him onto my back, but that also didn't work. Foalen seemed to snicker beside me and I glared at him.
"Oh just be quiet and help me out you lousy mutt!" I snapped. Finally, I just resorted to dragging him, and with the help of Foalen, we got him slung over Ruthad behind the saddle. My arms were burning from the work, but I still managed to climb back on Ruthad and slowly gallop back towards the house, Foalen leading the way so we didn't get lost.
My face had gone numb by the time we reached the cabin, and I sighed as I knew there was still a lot of work to do. Stopping in front of the door, I hopped off again and put all the wood inside in the living room. Afterwards I dragged the man off Ruthad again and into the living room also, dropping him onto the floor with a 'thump'.
Then I led Ruthad back to the stables and saw Despair standing near the other opening.
"Scared of a little snow, eh?" I teased while I took off all the equipment from Ruthad, earning me a growl from the undead horse. I led Ruthad into his stall and put a cover over him before getting another one for Despair. Though as I approached him, I noticed something a bit off. It took me a moment to realize what it was.
"Despair, where'd your flames go?" The green flames had completely disappeared, showing the insides of the gashes. It slightly grossed me out. Despair just shook his massive head and turned away. Sighing, I pat his muzzle and threw the cover over him, though he seemed uncomfortable with it.
after checking on their food, I closed both stables doors and struggled to do the other chores before getting back to the house. I sighed in relief as I lit some wood in the fireplace and felt the head was over my stinging face. There was a choked groan behind me and I suddenly remembered the guy I dragged in.
After taking off my boots and gloves, I went to the kitchen to grab a frying pan before shooing away Coda and Foalen, who were both growling at him. Why have the frying pan? I wasn't much of a fighter, nor was I brave, and I was clumsy as a one legged clown on a unicycle. If the guy woke up, hitting over the head with a frying pan was my only option, or else I was screwed. Staying a safe distance away, I looked him over and was mildly surprised. This guy looked worse than dead. His skin was paler than mine, almost a shade of blue, and was ice cold (I felt proud that I had gone over and poked him before running back again). Well, he was just in a blizzard with nothing on but boots, gloves that looked like skeletal arms, and armor and garments to cover his lower section. Really he looked like someone you would see in a metal band. I used to listen to that kind of stuff when I was younger. He had shoulder length black hair and a bone/skull like mask, not to mention he was really buff.
He was also injured. Blood was trickling down the mask and covering his eyes, and I knew that wasn't from Ruthad's kick. Something green, glowing, and rock like was embedded in his chest. Plus he looked like he was in a lot of pain.
After deeming him out cold (no pun intended), and after putting the frying pan back, I acted quickly and went to the closet at the side of the room that was also the bookshelf, pulling out the thickest blanket I had. I dragged the dude as close to the fire as possible before draping the blanket over him and setting his head on one of the pillows from my bed. I raised an eyebrow when I remembered this guy had scythes. Where were they? He must've dropped them in the forest. I'd get them later when the blizzard eased up, though perhaps it was better that he didn't have them now in the first place.
I got a wet rag from the kitchen and began to clean the blood from his mask and the wound from where it was coming from, which was surprisingly already healing itself. Out of respect and fear of how he'd react when he awoke, or if he ever did, I didn't take the mask off. I respected privacy. It wasn't something to be trifled with.
Once I was done, I looked at him and thought. This guy was way to big to be human, that was obvious. Again, his upper body was nothing but bulging muscles, with strange markings on his shoulders. I sighed. Something told me this would end badly, I just didn't feel like listening. Human or not, this guy needed help, whether he wanted it or not.
Getting up finally, I set on some boiling water before going back to my room. With Foalen guarding the doorway, since there was no actual door there, I slipped on some thick pajama pants and another turtle neck, along with wool socks that werent soaking wet from the snow that had gotten into my boots. Once done, I took my bed quilt back out to the living room and laid it on the couch before making my green tea with the boiling water. I sat under the quilt and Foalen came over to curl up beside me while Coda came and sat on my lap, kneading the quilt and purring. I wasn't sleeping with a stranger in my house, not even with my two little animalian body guards with me. This guy definitely looked dangerous, so I couldn't be too careful.
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