The Tales Of The Troublesome Three

David and Goliath

A tall man in a suit walks twards them in the midst of blood soaked snow and a war like scene. The man was charming in a way that it was hypnotic. He was quite intimidating in a way.

The man reached the party and stood next to Tom. "You, my friend," he places his slender like arm aroun Tom's neck. He takes it off immediately, realising the amount of blood on his clothes and body.

"Have made a mess." He points around the valley. Blood painted buildings here and there. The area looked like as if the revolutionary war took place here. It was a mess.

"And, you ruined our children." The man points to a group of children hiding in a nearby playground. Their eyes were wide and tainted with fear.

"Alright alright." Tom says. "Who are you and who will give me my gold?"

The man smiled. "The name's Zack." Zack pulled out three small pouches full of gold coins. "But you did save this town, so." Zack tosses them each a pouch.

And with that, they are ushered out of the valley and arrive back at the forest.

They enter with the souls out so Tom could see. The forest was dark and gloomy. The party had a feeling of being watched. They could feel the silence whispering and dancing in their ears. The silence wasn't your nice silence, nor was it an awkward one. It was more of a dreadfull silence and it left knots in the party's stomach.

Shadow has stepped out of Tom's back pack and juped on Tom's shoulder.

After a few hours of wandering the forest, the party did not spot any beasts or creatures. As they were about to leave, they saw a shadow run across them.

The party followed it carefully. The beast stopped in it's tracks and looked directly at Alaya. Alaya stood there in a state of shock. Panic flowed through her head. The beast took a step in to the light and you could see it's skull like head, his bony back and large paws.

The hell hound's back arched and a flame started on it. It opens it's jaw at Alaya when all of a sudden, it closes his jaw and looks the other way.

The hell hound's fire burnt out and it went the other direction. Alaya breathed a sigh of relief and continued following the hell hound quietly.

They followed it to a small clearing in the dark woods. The clearing was different from the rest of the woods, the forest in general was dark whilst this clearing was awfully bright. The hell hound continued to leave the clearing into a small path. The path shown bright with the sunlight. The cobblestones almost glimmered in the path.

The party followed along, silently.

They stop in their tracks and hang their jaws wide open at the sight. In front of them lay the sight of a lifetime. It was the oasis of this nightmarish desert of death.

It was an oasis of rocks and caves, with one large pool of water in the center. There were a meriod of hell hounds all doing their own things in their own little universe. There were a few hell hounds taking a dip in the pool, Some cubs racing their way to the tallest boulder. Older hounds lay in a cave sleeping and enjoying each other's presence.

The party gawked at the sight. An elder hell hound popped out of the largest cave. It looked like the leader of sots. The elder looked around the oasis and landed it's eyes on the party.

The party stiffened. A few seconds later, the hell hound turned around and went back to it's cave. The party sighed in relief.

"Let's discuss our plan someplace else." Alaya whispers. "Yeah." Tom agreed.

They quietly crept back to the light circle. Tom sat on a rock on the ground. "So?" Hugo asks.

After a few minutes of discussing their plans, they hear a shuffling behind them. The party's chatter stops and they all go quiet.

The shuffling could be heard all around the circle.  Six hell hounds popped out of the darkness all around them. They were cornered.

The hell hounds started to slowly corner them. In pure terror, the party stood, frozen and silent. Hugo, out of pure instinct, pulled ot his gun and shakily shot at one hound.

The hell hound fell to the ground, whimpering in pain. Hugi shoots it untill it lay limp on the ground. The rest of the hell hounds look at them with anger filled eyes. Even though they got one down, they were still out-numbered.

Hugo kept shooting at the hell hounds. Alaya pulled out her sword and started stabbing, being carefull not to slash anything for they needed the beasts to be in one piece.

Tom pulled out his signature daggers and jumped on a hound. He stabbed it's neck, killing it in one swift move when a hell hound knocked him off, making his daggers go flying in one direction.

Alaya, getting distracted by Tom, put her guard down and shifted her focus to Tom. Another hell hound took this oppurtunity to knock Alaya off. Her sword hoes flying at the same direction Tom's daggers went.

Hugo took his pistol and shot at the hell hound that pushed Alaya. The hell hound falls and dies.

The last remaining hound snarls. It corners the party to one large orchard of inter wining trees, making it impossible to escape.

Hugo aims his pistol at the hell hound. His brows furrowed as he was about to take his kill. Time goes by like slow motion as ue comes to pull the trigger.

He misses.

Hugo, in his panic, cocks his pistol and shakily shoots a few more times, to no avail. He ran out of bullets.

As the hell hound inches closer, the party was panicking.

Shadow, the almiraj, without Tom's knowing consent, krept out of his open bag and ran off somewhere.

The hell hound inches closer and unhinged it's jaws, revealing hundreds of sharp teeth. The party at this point has given up in trying and is willing to die. All hope was lost, yet, the tiniest sliver of hope remained in Tom.

As the hound was about to close it's jaws to the huddling party, they hear a slash of something stabbing through meat.

The hell hound's eyes widened. It stumbled back and fell to his sides, revealing a large whole in it's abdomen.

By it's side, stands a proud Shadow with  it's proud smile and bloodstained fur and crooked horn.