War Hog

Wild Child

In an unusually muddy field, a large Buck stands alone desperately trying to escape from the mud it's trapped itself in. It knows fully well that if it doesn't, something will come along and eat it. Quite a few trees surround the field giving off a feeling of isolation.

Not too far away, soft oinking can be heard. The source of the piggish noises lifts it's head once it hears the cries of the buck and makes it's way over to it. Despite it's behavior, this creature isn't a pig, but rather what looks to be a young male human. About 16 years old to be exact. His hair is long and cover most of his face except for his eyes. He's wearing no clothes except for a small, muddy skirt made from animal skin. It's torn in a few areas exposing parts of his body any normal person would gag at. His entire body is filthy and smells fetid. He is very thin due to lack of proper nutrition.

He now sees the buck and with a wild, high pitched squeal he charges on all four limbs. The buck starts struggling harder than ever and swings his antlers back and forth, trying to knock the boy away. The boy jumps at the buck's neck and bites down with surprising force. The buck screeches with pain and it isn't long before it falls to the ground lifeless.

The boy proudly squeals after his kill and greedily tears the meat from bones. He hadn't eaten in awhile so this felt glorious to him. Blood was soon added to the dirt and mud that covered his body.

The boy stops eating when he hears a squeal behind him. He spins around to see an actual boar coming to take his meal from him.

The two of them stare each other down and squeal, trying to intimidate the other into backing down.

Finally, the boar charges the boy. The boy jumps to the side and lunges, narrowly missing his attacker. They stare each other down again. Suddenly, the boar looks behind the boy and squeals in fear, running in the other direction. The boy spins around, but looks up and also squeals in fear. What he saw was something impossible for mortals to understand. It knocked him to the ground, which gravely wounded him. What the thing does next, I shall not say. The boy passes out.

It was not long after when we found him.