The Lost Heir

Chapter 15 The Beast

The room completely dark save for the lantern near Samuel's bed. Samuel woke up to a noise coming from the darkness of his room. "What who's there?" Said a sleepy Samuel as he yawned. "Percival that you?" Said Samuel. "Come on answer me this isn't funny at all." Said Samuel as the noise got louder. "P PERCIVAL C COME ON YOU KNOW ITS N NOT P POLITE TO S SCARE P PEOPLE!" Said Samuel completely terrified as he grabbed his lantern. Then he heard a low growl coming from the noise. "WHO'S THERE!" Said Samuel. Then he saw the gleaming red eyes staring at him, growling at him.

Samuel's lantern went out and the glowing red eyes lunged at him. Percival who was outside standing watch was approached by julie. "Percival?" She said. "Huh? Julie what are you doing here? I thought I told you to go to sleep?" Said Percival. "Yeah I know but..." suddenly Julie was interrupted by Samuel's blood curdling screams. Percival and Julie rushed to his room and swung the door open. "WHAT THE HELL!" Exclaimed Percival as he looked at the gruesome sight. There was blood splattered on the walls and floors. Samuel barely alive was covered in claw marks that were bleeding and splattered in blood from head to foot. "WHAT HAPPENED HERE!" Exclaimed Percival. "Th the... beast... a horrid... sight... red eyes... black fur... moved faster than a horse..." Said a very weak Samuel.

T-card has awoken and walked to the door way. "Whats going on guys?" Said T-card as he rubbed his eyes. Then he shrieked in terror. "SAM WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!" Exclaimed T-card in a worried tone. "He was apparently attacked by a beast that had red eyes, black fur and moved faster than a horse." Said Percival. There was a growling coming from downstairs. "Sounds like it didn't leave. T-card. Julie. You two stay here and tend to Samuel's wounds. I will deal with the "beast." Percival ran down the stairs into the main lobby of the abandoned inn. "Alright don't worry Sam your gonna be ok." Said T-card as he began to clean and bandage Samuel's wounds. Samuel grunted in pain. "I'm sorry if I accidentally hurt you Sam but we have to clean the wounds can't have them getting infected." Said T-card as he finished cleaning the wounds.

"It's... alright." Said Samuel weakly. There was a lot of noise coming from downstairs. "I'm going to go check and see how Percival is doing." Said Julie. "Ok I will stay here and keep Sam company." Said T-card. Julie rushed out the door. The Percival was fighting the beast. "Percival are you ok?!" Julie shouted. "Yea I'm fine!" Shouted Percival. The beast unleashed a sinister howl at Percival. The howl sent out a shockwave of sound.Percival was knocked into a wall from the sound blast. The wall creaked loudly from the impact. Percival grunted from the pain as he hit the wall. Percival got up."sonic howl that's a nice ability. Got anymore tricks?" Laughed Percival. The beast walked towards Percival slowly its gleaming red eyes fixed on him. Percival looked back at the beast staring right into its eyes.

Percival began walking towards the beast placing his hand on its head. "I see so you were once a proud and normal wolf huh?" Said Percival. The beast nodded its head like as though it somehow understood. "So that dark sage morgrim turned you into a hellhound to do his bidding. Is that right?" The hellhound once again nodded its head. "You escaped though and you thought we were some of his troops looking for you?" The hellhound nodded its head again. "How would you like to travel with us? Maybe if we defeat morgrim you will return to normal." The hellhound licked Percival's face. "Looks like we have a new member of the team." Percival laughed. The night slowly began to turn to dawn as the sun rose.