Breeg quickly drew his hand-and-a-half longsword. It's blade gleamed in the light as he stood and looked further up the river. His vision was blocked by trees and rocks along the river bank that quickly grew into a forest. He crouched down and started making his way further up the river, keeping low and stepping lightly.
It didn't take long before the river grew red with the blood he had tasted before. After a bit more, he began to hear something. He stopped and stayed low. After verifying the sound wasn't getting closer, he crept on, trying to be as quiet as possible. After moving forward for a few more steps, he smelled blood heavily in the air. He looked through the bushes and saw the carcase of some kind of animal on the opposite bank. He listened and didn't hear anything. He cautiously stood up and looked around... Nothing.
He began to wade through the bloody waters toward the carcase, being ever watchful, and listening for anything, but all he could hear was the sound of the water flowing, and he didn't see anything but the surrounding flora. He couldn't smell anything but blood either.
He quickened his pace as he crossed the river. As he reached the other side, he began to look over the carcase. After a quick examination, and still having no idea what animal it used to be, he grabbed it by what he thought were ribs, and dragged the body out of the water as best he could so the blood would stop flowing into it. After he saw the water was clearing up quite a bit more, he began to walk away. But after he had taken a few steps, he suddenly stopped, his ears tightening. He heard something behind him. He didn't know if it was a threat or not, so he slowly reached for his sword hilt. Just as he laid his hand on it, he heard something that sent the hair on the back of his neck on end; A low growl. He slowly turned his head, and out of the corner of his eye, saw a wolf.

"... I need to time this just right." He thought as he watched the animal out of the side of his vision. He could see it was pacing in front of the carcase. He knew Breeg had seen him, and Breeg knew he was assessing him. But this mutual truce didn't last long, as the wolf suddenly charged toward him. Breeg remained composed for as long as he needed, because he knew the opportunity he was looking for would come. The wolf continued his charge, but then jumped. Breeg smiled. This, is what he'd been waiting for. In one fluid motion he unsheathed his sword, spun around and sliced the creature across the neck and chest.
... Or so he thought. The wolf fell to the ground, but Breeg could see his sword had done next to nothing. He quickly realized he was facing a steel wolf. Breeg had heard of them and their impenetrable hides, but he was never quite sure if it was true.

"I guess I'll just have to find out." He thought with a grin. The wolf charged again, and Breeg was ready for him. As the wolf lunged, he spun around to the side and jabbed his sword straight into his rib cage. It was ineffective beyond knocking the wolf off it's trajectory. The wolf stumbled when it landed, but quickly regained composure. Breeg could see fire in it's eyes. It was clearly infuriated by it's prey now.

"Ah, but who is the hunter, and who is the hunted, little wolf?" Breeg thought as though to speak to the wolf. The wolf continued to stare at him with his fiery eyes. Ones that soon turned to blood lust as he prepared to charge for a third time. Breeg saw this and prepared himself. Once the wolf charged, Breeg waited for him to lunge.

"I can go like this all day, wolf. I will find a weak spot on you."

As the wolf lunged he ducked and sliced at it's underbelly. Just as hard as the rest of his hide. The wolf lunged again, and Breeg side stepped and sliced backwards at it's hind legs. Nothing. Again the wolf charged, open mouthed and teeth bared. Breeg moved aside and just held his sword out. He suddenly heard a yelp from the wolf. And when he turned around he could see it was bleeding from it's mouth where his sword had cut his gums. Breeg smiled from under his mane. "Found it."
The wolf finally realized it was getting nowhere with lunging, so instead it decided to do a fake out. He ran forward and halted as though he were about to lunge, and he saw the human prepare for it. "Got you now", the wolf growled to himself. Instead of jumping he continued his charge and tried to take a bite out of the human's hand. But the human was faster than he anticipated, and he pulled the nasty, shiny stick in the way. But the wolf still hit it as hard as he could, and he saw it went flying. He was now in between the human and his stick.

"That's not good." Breeg said aloud. He noticed the wolf made a sound like it was laughing. Breeg prepared himself for the next strike. The wolf charged, and so did Breeg. As they ran toward each other, Breeg waited until he was close enough so the wolf couldn't counter react. And when that moment arrived, he leaped over the wolf. the wolf tried to bite him as he flew over head, but he couldn't reach him.
Breeg hit the ground rolling, but he got back up on his feet and ran towards his sword. The wolf saw this and began to run after him. Breeg heard him behind him, and knew the wolf was faster. But he continued to run, and focused only on his sword. As soon as he was in range he dove for his sword, grabbed it by the handle and swung it around to face the wolf. But as soon as he did he heard the sound of steel cleaving flesh. He focused on what he was looking at, and he realized he was staring into the eyes of the wolf. He backed up a little, and saw his sword hilt and the hand attached to it protruding from the maw of the wolf. The wolf just stood there. Astonished it had been defeated.
Breeg pulled the sword out of it's mouth and the wolf fell over, staring at it's slayer. And then it suddenly spoke, in a low growling voice.

"Well done, human." It said while panting. "I have faced many of your kind in my life, but none have been as impressive as you."

"Well done yourself. No one has ever made me lose the grip on my sword before." Breeg assured the wolf, a little shocked it could speak.

At this the wolf laughed. "I see. You must be a fine warrior indeed. I am not ashamed of being defeated, if that is the case." He continued between breaths. "In honor of this battle, I wish to leave you with something. An enchantment for your sword."

"What kind of enchantment?" Breeg asked.

The wolf smirked. "A magic warding spell. Whether or not this will be of any use, depends on you alone."

"I understand." Breeg responded.

"Good. Now, present your sword in front of me."
Breeg did so. After he had, the wolf let out a low howl that sounded like a song, and a flowing light poured forth from it's maw. He watched as the sword glowed brightly as it was bathed in the creatures magic.
After the wolf had finished it's song, the light faded, but Breeg saw the sword was noticeably brighter than it had been before.

Breeg picked up his sword. He examined it, then asked "How will I know how to use it?"

The wolf chuckled. "That is for you to discover for yourself."

Breeg nodded to the fallen creature. Suddenly he noticed the wolf's breaths were growing further apart and his eyes began to grow dim.

"Is there anything I can do for you in exchange?" He asked the wolf earnestly.

"Only let my body lie in the dust of the Earth. I was born of the Earth, now let the Earth have me."

Breeg nodded, and then stood up. He waited in reverence as the wolf's life ebbed away. Breeg left soon after, respecting the wolf's wishes to be left alone. But before he did, he pried a tooth loose from his mouth, as a reminder.
He continued on out of the forest at a quickened pace as he continued his journey Eastward.

Homeward.

Fairy Tail, and all of his friends, were waiting.

Hey Guys, Light-Sound here. You may have noticed I posted these first three chapters all in one day. I'd like to say right now this probably isn't going to happen often. I just had a good flow of story, so I just wrote. So there may be days I post several chapters, or it may be days before I post. It depends on how satisfied I am with a chapter.

But anyway, thank you so much guys for reading this, I hope you enjoy and keep reading, because there's still plenty more to come. Reviews are welcome, I 'd like to hear what y'all think so far.

Until next time, cheers guys! ;)