Ilidan Rainmoon

Running through the Ancient Forest at night, in hindsight, wasn't the brightest idea. But you couldn't let down a dare, could you? What would your friends think, if you'd come out of there empty handed?

After all, it was just a flower. How hard can It be to find a simple flower, that glowed in the dark too?

If only you knew, what dangers lurked in the dark. Eyes that spies, shines with glee, and hunger, mouth watering at your sight.

You could clearly hear them. Rustles in the leaves. And see them, shadows running behind the trees. You're not alone, and the full moon, shining above you, didn't help with its light, that just gave the ambient around you the right amount of eeryness.

That's when you felt it. A strong hit, on your back, making you fly away, and hit your chest on a tree. You felt your ribs ache, and your back getting wet. You look down, and ripples of blood started to form underneath you.

Turning to your back, you could see what just hit you. It was large, dark and on its all fours. It walked slowly, almost crawling, just centimeters from the ground. It's eyes were yallowish, just like it's fangs, that dripped with saliva and anticipation.

You closed your eyes shut. This was it, the end. But, right when you thought you'd feel it's maw digging into you, you heard a clear, masculine shout. You didn't know the lenguage, but it sounded completely foreign to your ears.

You opened your eyes, to peek at what was happening. The first thing you saw, was a flash of green light, glowing around the beast. It turned the way where the voice came from, and started to snarl. You tried to turn too, but the pain coming from both your ribs and back, made it difficult.

You heard the the deep voice one more time, before actually letting go of you conscious, and faint agasint the tree you had behind you, the last thing your eyes saw was a blurred vision of your savior.

You didn't know for how long you slept, nor if it was a dreamless sleep or not, but when you got back to the realm of the living, the first thing you felt was pain. You flutter your eyes open, trying to make out of what happened while you were down, or your whereabouts.

From what you could see around you, it looked like a simple cabin. The floor made of wooden planks, while the walls were built using tree branches and pieces of logs. The roof was formed by a circle of huge leaves, covering the whole round cabin.

You tried to get up, but it was nearly impossible, as you felt your chest and one arm constricted by a set of bandages.

"ahh. You w-woke up..." said the man who saved your life, presumably. He was tall, around 3m, but it was hard to tell, since he was sitting by a warm fireplace. The flame inside, rather than being red and orange like usual, was a bright blue, and it didn't emit light at all.

The man's face was weird too. His nose was big and red, just like if he had a cold. His ears, instead of being round or pointy like an elf, looked more like a cow's, folding downward. His eyes were emerald green, and his hair and beard were a bright shade of red, same with the fur on his ears. His clothes were simple, just like the cabin. A pale shirt, a leather belt over it, and a pair of dark, brown pants, baggy and loose. Around his neck, he was wearing a necklace, adorned with a string of carnivor's teeth, and a big, green gem in the middle of it, almost the same shade of his eyes.