Quest for Cerberus

Chapter One: I Got Chased Endlessly by a Dog

Trevor Addams had literally been running all morning. This morning, he was woken up by the sound of loud barking. The next thing he knew, he was being chased by a hound dog as huge as Bengal tiger through the thick trees of the Sterling Forest. The dog didn’t seem to be getting tired even though Trevor was almost out of breath.

He looked back to see his pursuer and slowed down a bit to catch his breath. He noticed that the dog caught its hind leg on something. He turned slowly and zoomed in his sight on the dog's leg, then he saw a skeletal hand grabbing onto the beast's leg.

"Oh crap!" Trevor shouted as he ran, panicking after what he saw. But he knew that he couldn't run forever; he needed to get this persistent hound off his trail.

Trevor ran further into the forest, thinking that he could lose the dog. He ran as fast as he can, not minding where he was going. But as he glanced behind him, he surprisingly saw the hound dog.

"Aw, gimme a break already!" he said as he ran. "Can't you at least give me some time to rest?"

The huge dog bared its razor sharp teeth and barked loudly at Trevor as it continued chasing him. With this, Trevor got even more frightened. The only thing he planned to do was to run until the dog got tired and left, but a part of him wanted to face the dog and end this tiresome chase. Unexpectedly, Trevor stopped and turned to face the hound.

"Alright, you mutt! You want a piece of me?" he gestured the dog to come closer. "Let's end this crappy chase! I ain't got all day!" The dog growled as it slowly walked closer to Trevor. "That's right, come closer!" Trevor said as he held his ground.

He bent down and slowly reached for a branch to be used for defense, but he was too late. He screamed in fright as the huge dog pounced on him. He struggled and tried to escape, but all he could do was scream.

"HEEEELLLP!!!" he pleaded, as he tried to push the dog's head away from him.

Then suddenly, the skeletal arm from earlier pushed its way out of the ground. Soon, what was standing above him and the dog was a 6-foot tall skeletal body dressed in a World War II military outfit. The skeleton wielded a sword on its right hand and a round shield on the other. The dog turned its back from Trevor and faced the newly arrived opponent. Trevor watched the skeleton as it tried to strike down the huge dog. The dog dodged and pounced against the skeleton, breaking it into pieces.

Trevor stood and ran and started yelling, "What the heck was that?!"

As soon as the huge dog overpowered the skeletal warrior, it went back to chasing Trevor. He ran as fast as he could to escape from the dog. But as the huge dog closed in on Trevor, he tripped on a tree's root.

Trevor looked up and saw a beautiful teenage girl with blonde hair and golden brown eyes. The girl stood confidently as she held a bow pointed at the huge dog. Then she spoke firmly, "I'll take it from here."