The Lost Elf Warrior

Chapter One

CLARITY

The trees that blow past my hair, the grass I feel on the bottom of my feet; I belong in the forest it calls for me. I belong to run in these trees that make me feel like home.

But I don't fear what everyone fears is what hides behind the forest.

The creatures that has killed most of us and we fear when the next one will happen. But I will not hide in the dark by these monsters, I need to know what kind of creature is tearing our village people apart.

I always carry a bow when I walk in those woods never have, I not left it while being on a hunt for food or any danger.

The forest calls me it's as a part of who I am. Always when I was a little girl the forest always calls out my name and make me followed into the trees.

All the different noises I hear like the birds, the breezes, everything. It's a part of who I belong.

But there is always a dark side in these woods, the side that gives me a cold shiver down my back as someone would be following me most of the time. Like a shadow is always drawn to me.

Since the day I was little I have been trying to survive all my life, ever since my mother disappear all those years.

I know she will come back for me she always comes back; every mother would come back to their child. But I think she needs more time.

But to be without your mother for years does make you change into a hunter that I have been called.

Clarity Riverwood the hunter is what everyone seems to call me in this village.

They were right, I was never like other female women's who pick flowers, dance around in campfire night. I always find myself playing sword fights with young men always seem to get in trouble most of my time and most of the women here think of me really different, they think I'm a freak, weird, never seen to fit in between others. Maybe that's because I seem to be hang around young men most of my life.

But being a freak does not make me weak; it makes me stronger I learn to do things on my own and I am not afraid to be in these woods.

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I see a deer right in front of me I have always hunt different meat that I have brought home. As I have my bow ready to shoot my violet eyes keep looking at the deer and as I was about to shoot it, it seems something jumped on it.

I stumble back in shocked as I watch the creature eat the deer up. It look human like, but I can see it has pointy ears like a monster.

I still have my bow in my hand in case it comes at me and as this thing stands up it turned around and look directly at me.

My heart felt as it is beating out of my chest, my palms was sweating. I could not move I could not run.

My mind was telling to run but if I ran it will follow.

I close my eyes taking a deep breath and as I reopen my eyes the thing was coming closer to me. I got my bow and arrow ready and as I was about to shoot. A young male jumped in front of me.

Not any male would do that. But this male was different, strong in away.

With long blonde hair to the shoulders, it stops at, and a body build of armer.

The young male push me back making me stumble and fall flat on my ass.

I watch as the young male drawn, he's sword and stab the thing. But instead of the body falling dead on the floor it vanish into black dust.

My mind was fall of questions, shaken in fear and stockiness, on how I even got into this mess in the first place. The young male turn around to face me, our eyes meet.

Violet and blue.

He's eyes look like it tells a story while mine seem to always question myself in life.

"Are you hurt?" He asked.

He's voice sound so soft and even like the trees was called for him. Never in my life I meet a young male like him, so brave to even risk there life to a pathetic girl like me.

"I'm fine, I can take care of myself" I spatted out not meaning to sound mean as I stand up of the soft grass.

"Thank you for saving my life by the way" The young male said sarcastically to me. I look at him blankly with my arms crossed.

He cannot be serious at this moment.

I just seen him killed someone that looked like a human and vanished into thin air. I must be going crazy or worst sick!

"You just killed someone!" I said starting to freak out. Nothing is worst to see someone die.

I killed animals before but that was only to survive for myself. But seeing someone like human like die is something new you don't see every day.

"That thing was already dead" He said pointing to the space where the thing was.

This male is crazy, he just killed someone or something and he could kill me next. My gut told me to run but something else is holding me back and I don't know what.

"How come you can see me?" He asked after a breath of silence.

I don't know what he means by how can you see me? It's like he thinks no one has seen a pale skin, blonde hair young male who just killed someone thirty minutes ago!

"I mean you are standing right in front of me, of course I can see you. I bet the whole village can see you!" I said throwing my arms in the air. The look on he's face tells me another reason I don't know what, but it seems he's not meant to be seen or something.

Like he must be hidden into the darkness.

Darkness can be cold and lonely, just as I feel when I go back into the village to be face with all those faces, I wish not to see.

The darkness that drags me down when you realize your mother is not here to see you. I know deep down she is alive unlike what everyone tells me and one day I will find her in my arms again. I just have to have hope in everything.

And things that bring me out of my darkness is the forest, the trees, the river, the grass, the breezes, everything about the forest brings hope.

The young male move he's blonde hair behind his ear, then I notice he's ears.

They are pointy and different, not like human ears but like monsters you heard as a child in legends and all.

The male must of notice and the next thing in my head told me to do was run and that was what I did.

I don't know what he was but something about him draw me towards him.