Wise Woman

Chapter Four

The wind blew softy through the night causing the tree's leaves to rustle and to fill th night air with a slight chill. When the man in dressed in black and his companion cloaked in white, came into view of the Sahora demon tribe's survivors everything quited. Even the man who had been yelling had silenced himself. It was like a slient comand had been sent through the crowd telling them to be quiet.

The two men led their horses to the front of the group of demons. The man in black, scanned the group from underneath his mask, as if he were searching for something. The man felt an uneasy feeling in his stomach as if some one was watching him from afar but quickly dismissed the feeling.

"Where is the wise woman?" The man asked camly but it was layered with a coldness that suggested the demons should tell the truth.

The man watched as a older man with wings of an humming bird made his way to the front. The man in black, suddenly wondered why the old man hadn't flown off, until he saw that his left wing was missing an essential feather that let many birds fly. When the older man made it to the front he glared at the man in black and asked. "Why do you want our wise woman? To kill her? As you did to our brothers and sisters? Or is it something else entirely?"

The man cloaked in white snapped at the older man with a calm voice.

"We have no reason to tell you. Just that we do not wish to harm her and that if she shows herself you all will be spared."

Before the older man could speak, some one from deep in the group shouted.

"Our wise woman is not here! Your men slaughtered her!"

The sound of gasps and sobs filled the air from the Sahora demons and some tried to run but the men cloaked in black blocked their escape. Fear and anxiety and sadness filled the night air along with a hidden anger that was about to show itself.

The man in black looked at his men then back to the demons. His jaw ticked in fury underneath his mask. He would make sure the demons were telling the truth and if they were all his men were going to be punished. He thought just as he spoke in a harsh tone.

"If what you say is true then I have no need for you."

He looked at his men and gave a nod of his head before turning his horse around and slowly headed to the forest. He could hear his men loading up their arrows or readying their weapons. The demons started to scream and cry for help. Some tried to push their way through the cloaked men but were only injured in the process.

The man in black clenched his jaw in anger when he heard no volunteers of being the wise woman.

The man in black heard the first arrow be released before everything went silent. He turned his horse around only to see a woman standing on the side of the crowd holding the arrow in her palm as blood poured from it.

She had red hair that stopped midway to her waist and green eyes that glowed with hatred. She was average hight for a femle her age and wore a bloodied deerskin dress that slightly clung to her body along with leather lace up boots. Her nails were long and she had red wolf ears and a tail coming from her body. Her skin was pale and covered in mud and dirt.

The man in black snapped out of his awed state when the girl let out a low growl. Then spoke.

"As wise woman of the Sahora demon tribe I accept your offer to go with you and in exchange you let my tribe live" Her tone was harsh and cautcious and her ears were twitching as if listening for one of the men to strike her beloved tribe.

Her tribe let out gasps and shouts of protest before one of the men yelled at them to be quiet.

The man in black watched as the girl let go of the arrow she had in her grasp and turned to her people.

"As your wise woman you will respect my decision. My goal is to protect all of you, so please dont go against it." The girl said emotionlessly as her eyes scanned the crowd, before stoping at a young girl demon and a male demon. But quickly looked away.

The man smiled under his mask. She was defenty the wise woman, he could tell by how the demons looked at her with so much love and respect.

None of the demons said anything and the female demon nodded before looking at the man in black with a harsh hatred in her eyes, not bothering to hide it.

The man nodded and looked to his men.

"Remove her weapons and bind her legs and arms put her on one of your horses."

He watched as two of his men dismounted their horses. One removed the girl's weapons from her body while the other man binded her feet and her arms. Soon she was on the back of a horse of one of his men's. The demons had given shouts of protest and some had tried to get to the wise woman but after the girl gave a sharp growl they stopped.

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They had gotten away from the tribe without much trouble but the man could still feel the anger in the air as he led the men in the direction of the border of the demon country.

Terra's head was pounding. She could feel the effects of the Waff setting in. She was surprised that the men havent given her the antidote yet. Though they could be doing that on purpose. Terra held back a cry of pain when the horse stumbled a bit causing Terra to jousle her side.

The man who was in front of her steering the horse,cursed under his breath.

Terra could feel herself sweating like she was in a steam bath. Her head felt like some one was using it for a drum. The world spun in front of her eyes and also started beating like a heart. A sick feeling boiled in Terra's stomach and her breathing grew heavy and ragged.

Terra slipped from the horse and she heard a yell in the distance and right before she hit the ground she was greeted by darkness.