Snippet #1705386

How dare they harm one of their own! Their society may not have been made up of affectionate bonds but they did have a strong survival instinct and when one of their own is threatened, their entire species is threatened. So when a youngling had drug himself back to the clan after his first hunt near the village, all members were enraged. He had spouted nonsense about a shadow but surely no shadow did this, it must have been those filthy soft skins. They caught the young one off guard and then proceeded to torcher him and send him back as an example. Well, if those foolish beings didn't realize by now, they held little fear of any creatures and such a bold act was going to cost them. This is why they marched toward the village now, many strong warriors came as they planned to leave no one alive. Finally they had a reason to wipe out the pathetic humans and take the land as their own. Of course some would be kept, if only to breed more of their weak race to feed themselves. This was the perfect plan that Erak, leader to Disir's old clan, had in store.

Their footsteps filled the night air as did their angry hisses and growls. Silence wasn't their intention, after all it wouldn't matter what these soft skins did because they were doomed from the beginning. However instead of them surprising their prey, it would seem it surprised them as a young female suddenly burst from the brush and stood frozen in what he could only assume was fear. Scrunching his battered face in a glare, he hissed angrily as he approached the human. His one working eye seemed to glow bright yellow in the darkness while the burned and scarred half of his face only made his appearance all the more menacing. "Soft skin has stumbled into trouble it seems." His group of warriors chuckled at the dark sarcasm as they watched with hungry eyes what their merciless leader would do to the stupid thing. "Come looking to explore, yes? Give you more than that." Snapping his arm forward, he grabbed the girl's small limb in his powerful hand and squeezed as he roared in her face, fin flaring, just to horrify her more before he brought her a painful end.

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Disir huddled himself in his corner and glared at Songrose as she conversed with the human. Why did she continuously try to encourage them to befriend him?! He's nice once you get to know him? What was she trying to do, ruin his reputation?! He didn't want soft skins coming from all over to befriend him or more correctly oogle at the ugly beast. Huffing loudly to make his displeasure known, he then turned his head to glare at a bare wall. Although he'd never admit to it, his angry silence could be compared to a youngling pouting because it didn't get its way. His invisible fortress he had made in the corner didn't last long however as a faint scent he caught caused him to bolt upright. That was unmistakably his kind's scent, more procisely his clan's scent. They must be on the move and they had to be close. What were they doing approaching the village?! Of course he knew what they were doing, the only thing they ever did when they moved in mass, kill and eat. It must have something to do with the blood of his own that he smelled earlier. Shifting his eyes to Songrose, he realized he didn't want to bring her into this. He could deter them himself. So moving swiftly across the room, he exited the shack with a resounding bang from the door before he slinked off into the darkness without his cloak.

As he was now outside the smell was more clear and it was obvious there were more than he previously thought. Maybe this wouldn't be as easy as he had hoped. No matter, he could at least slow them down and surely Songrose would sense them soon then come to help. After all she had done for him the last thing he wanted to do was ask her to put her neck out on the line and push away his people. Of course she'd probably do it anyway to keep these ignorant humans safe though.

Coming to an opening in the thick brush, he paused before entering. Despite usually rushing into things with only the thought of bashing it senseless, he realized that perhaps a more planned out approach would do in this situation. What could deter a large group of hulking, hungry beasts? A light nearby caught his eye and he realized what he needed. Fire! Yes, all of them had a fear of fire because no matter how strong you are you simply can't rush head first into flames and expect to come out unscathed! It was the one thing that all his people shared in common, especially Erak. The leader had felt the pain of fire himself and would never travel anywhere near it. With this plan set in his head, he grabbed a lantern hanging from a nearby house and took it with him.

He moved as swiftly as his large form could muster through the thick brush and branches. The lantern light was turned down low and he could smell them clearly, could hear them now and oddly he heard Erak's voice speaking towards someone. Furrowing his scaly brow in confusion, Disir carefully approached and peeked through the limbs to see his brother torchering a young human female. In an instant Disir's blood boiled with rage as he remembered his friend Teaghan from long ago. This female's life would not be ended as hers had. Quickly he positioned himself as close to Erak as he could while still remaining hidden before he broke the lantern over a dry limb and watched as it was enguled in flame immediately. As expected his brother dropped the human and stumbled backwards away from the flames with a yelp. The rest followed his lead and began to move backwards in mass. Taking the opportunity, Disir lunged forward and grabbed the human. Tossing her over his shoulder he took off back towards the village as the sounds of squawks and yelps sounded in the night. He knew that small fire would only deter them for so long, they would gather themselves and put it out before it got out of hand and certainly his scent would be left for Erak to follow. For now though he came to a hault on the outskirts of the village and plopped the female down on her feet then glared at her. "What think you're doing?! Going into forest at night! Stupid soft skin! Ah! Come, not safe here!" He moved off quickly and fully expected the human to follow as he made his way back towards the shack.