Back again! And this is how I do it. I write chapters in a day and post them all at once! Probably the WORST way to do it, but when I have a day to write I CAN'T STOP!

Here we are at a turning point in the story. Julia had just been befriended by a monster, a Blessian giant (by the way, I guess the giants are otherwise known as trolls in the game, but I like calling them giants better, so yeah). Just when the human girl and Lon are beginning to get the hang of the whole "breaking the language barrier" thing, their newly formed friendship and their very lives are threatened by the arrival of four hostile giants, led by Grok, a thirteen foot tall monster that has decided to challenge Lon for the possession of the human girl. Julia isn't sure what is going on at this point… But she will know soon enough. Enjoy!

Chapter Four: In the Heart of a Giant

Lon's POV

"Jool nah tabaga. Jool… Put put. Jool, please don't run away. Jool… Stay." I could hardly believe what was happening. The sun hadn't even moved from the place in the sky it had been in when I first stumbled upon this Ut-mah female, this human, when she was being attacked by the goblin filth. If the Ut-mah had been a male, I would have taken the pleasure of destroying the Ut-mah himself, which was also my responsibility and honor as a Gara'amahni. But when I had frightened away the stupid bati, the goblin pirates, and saw that it was a female, I stopped.

I had never seen an Ut-mah female up close before.

And it didn't take long for this female, this Jool, to capture my attention and interest. She was tiny, and pale, and helpless. Her skin was soft and looked very prone to being burned by the sun, and easily broken by tooth and claw. The jungle was no place for such a creature.

And yet there she was, cowering before me in fear. I had been shocked; not many creatures cowered before me. I was not known to be a terrible creature.

Quite often I was ridiculed because I was different… Smaller, weaker, prone to such weaknesses as sentiment and compassion. It was because of my mother, who was not only a dangerously curious female and a witch, but also an Ut-mahshahvran— a human lover. She had left the jungle to live amongst the humans for many years. While she had been gone, she had become mate of a Gara'amahbagi— a giant that had allowed itself in weakness to fall prey to the Ut-mah and become a slave and pet to them. After a short while, she gave birth to me and my sister Lana'ana.

The Ut-mah that had stolen our father away from the jungle then stole away my sister and sold her to a Malamalahindig— an Ut-mah slave trader. Adamo, my father, flew into a rage when he discovered what had been done. Before becoming one with my mother, Gamiga, he had never had a desire to have a family. But when their only daughter was taken away, something in him changed.

He attacked the Ut-mah that had raised him since he was a babala, and killed him. In turn, its family hunted us down and destroyed my father. My mother took me back to her home and hid me deep in the jungle, where I learned the ways of the true Gara'amahni. I learned to not trust the Ut-mah. Until I saw the Flame-headed Ut-mah…

He often would come into the jungle and grow things. He would take from the jungle— fruit, stones, grasses. And yet he would always give back to it. He was generally indifferent, although at times kind to the docile monsters that lived here. Any hostility was met with a deadly self defense that always ended with the hostiles being sent back to the Forest of Beginnings.

Many of the Gara'amahni had been sent back by the Fiery-one. When I saw that the goblin horde had emerged from their dark slime pits, I assumed that it was because the infamous Ut-mah was on the island.

I was wrong.

It was Jool. And Grok and his Omagagaramahni were determined to take her and take out their pent up lust on her. It was the time of Shahvrana, when the mature Gara'amahni fought to obtain mates of the Gara'amahna… The females were scarce, and their affections and loyalty could only be attained by show of brute strength. That was another reason why my mother was despised among my people; she was weak, and mated with a Gara'amahbagi.

Shahvrana only takes place every twenty years, for each new generation. My people mate for life, and so this is a time of great importance and of great stress and danger. Often the males will go crazy if they cannot attain a mate fast enough, and they will fight over anything and take out their lust on various other creatures that are unfortunate enough to cross their paths at the wrong time. My best friend is the result of such an incident.

Boulder is half-tortoise half-Gara'amah. He is a dumb creature, and more animal than most of the Gara'amahni, but he is a good friend. We are outcasts together. He has been busy chasing female tortoises around the beaches as of late, due to Shahvrana. I have tried to win over various females, but most of them are taken already, and I haven't met one that really seemed like one I could tie myself to. My desire to find a female with a good heart overwhelmed the lust that most males of my kind were controlled by.

The Gara'amahni are some of the cruelest and most erotic creatures you could come across, I am ashamed to say. And I was raised by a mother that taught me of the importance of love, and of being merciful instead of cruel.

When I saw Jool, I was reminded of my mother, who let her mate's murderers live instead of killing them, who let love come before lust, who let heart come before physical strength. When I saw Jool, I saw a gentle, innocent creature. I was drawn to her.

And I couldn't let Grok and his brutes destroy that.

I called her friend. And it sounded like she replied in my language, telling me she claimed me as her love. I'm not sure if that's what she said or not. But something is happening to me right now. I don't know if it's love, lust, or both…Could it be possible for a giant to love a human? I don't know. I don't understand any of this… But I do know that I want it.

And I am going to fight for it.

I was originally going to just go into the fight and write from Julia's perspective, but then this chapter happened... I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. Please review and let me know what you think!