Hi, I'm soooo tired. I'm on vacation and just got back from the lake. Chilling by the pool now. Relaxing time to write. Anyways, enough A.N, here is chapter 3 of Ranger and Wolf. Please enjoy and as always R&R.
"Oh yeah, if you don't R&R you will be cursed by my demon witch best friend. Bwahahaha!"
Will-"I think she has finally gone insane, save me!"
Halt-"Hmph" Turns and walks away.
Me-"You're all so mean, well, on with the story."
The woods were quiet, and birds were nesting down for the night. The silence was marred by the sudden yell of a child. Inside a small cabin an old lady was trying; unsuccessfully, to put a young girl to sleep.
"Pretty please with cherries, berries, and syrup on top!" The young girl cast a pleading look at the woman glaring down at her.
The old woman continued to glare at the child before answering her. "No, you are old enough to go to bed without me sitting with you and telling you stories until you fall asleep. My goodness Rin, you are already eight; you can handle sleeping without a story!"
The child's eyes began tearing up and her lips began to tremble. "Mommy!" The child whined. Her eyes became huge and no one could resist the look Rin gave. Add to the puppy dog look the fact that she actually had ears and a tail and the effect was adorable yet heartbreaking.
With a sigh the woman gave in and sat on the edge of the bed. "What story would you like to hear tonight?"
The child's frown immediately disappeared and she started bouncing up and down. "Tell me about the Rangers and Half Breeds!"
With a nod and smile, the woman settled down next to the girl and began the story."Long ago, before the kings of Aruleun, the world was very different. Creatures and humans roamed the land together. Some of the humans fell in love with the creatures, and thus, the Half Breeds were born. These creatures were different from any other creatures alive. They had bodies of mixed parts from their parents. Some were beautiful and others were horrors to behold. When the humans heard tales of these grotesque creatures they quaked with fear. The humans believed these Half Breeds were horrible and gross creatures. The hatred grew among the humans until they began attacking and killing any Half Breed they could find."
At this point the child clung to the woman and looked up at her with confusion and fear clear on her face. "Why did the humans hate the Half Breeds? What did they do wrong?"
The woman seemed surprised by the child's interruption, but answered anyway. "The Half Breeds did nothing wrong. You see, humans have a tendency to fear what they do not understand. The Half Breeds were something they had never encountered, so their instincts made them fear the new and unknown."
Rin seemed to deem this a reasonable answer and nodded; telling the woman to continue.
"Since the humans attacked all the Half Breeds they saw, there were less and less Half Breeds alive. After many years the humans advanced and soon the kingdoms were built. Few of the Half Breeds survived the rise of the humans; those who did lived in constant fear. When the first king took the throne, he assembled a group of men with extraordinary skills and banded them together to form the Rangers. As you have heard, the Rangers know everything going on in the kingdom. It is their job to hear what normal spies can't. The original Rangers heard talk of the Half Breeds and went in search of them. When the Rangers found the Half Breeds they realized the horror stories were lies."
At this point the woman stopped and looked down at the child to check that she was still awake. Her eyes were met by large green eyes and ears that stood at attention. With a small grin at the child the woman continued.
"The Rangers accepted the Half Breeds and were able to convince the King to protect the Half Breeds. The humans did not like this idea, but since it was the king's decree they could say nothing. Behind the King's back, groups of haters secretly began to kill the Half Breeds. This caused the Half Breeds to go back into hiding. The King had not loved Half Breeds, so he ignored what was happening. In the following years the Half Breeds were not seen and the stories of the Half Breeds were dismissed as old wives tales. Now the only people who still know of the Half Breeds are the Rangers. Even now the Rangers will protect any Half Breed that comes to them."
As the woman concluded, she looked down on the child and smiled. Rin's head was on the pillow, her eyes closed in sleep. The woman leaned down and kissed the small girl before tucking her in. As she left she whispered good night and closed the door behind her with a soft click.
Well, how was chapter 3? It was my longest yet. Hope to write some more real soon. School starts next week so I may not update much after this weekend. Sorry to the readers. I will try to update as much as possible on my vacation. Please R&R and thanks for reading. ;)