The Spider Sin Of Deceit

Jess

14 years ago; The night of the attack

I remember that night so vividly like it just happened yesterday. The smell of burning torches, the sound of angry mobs marching straight for the hut. In this town of Liones, anything that is remotely different get's snuffed out. How unfortunate, I was the target. I was only three, yet my powers at the time were so strong, I could already shapeshift into a small wolf pup. It happened at random too. That was the issue with my powers, I couldn't control them, or control myself when I turned. I guess the only thing that stopped me from fully mauling someone, were my parents. They were the only ones that knew how to change me back. That night, that terrible gruesome night, changed that town forever, changed me forever. I was in the middle of sleeping when I had a nightmare. The town was on fire and I was trapped in the hut with no escape. Smoke filled the room, ashes were being carried through the wind. I could hear screams, so many screams. Through the window, I could make out figures. At the time I didn't know what those figures were. I heard stories as a child, but now looking back there was no doubt about it. Lesser demons filled the night, red, grey, green, brown. They were attacking the village, looking for doomed souls. My parents told me to hide. Being a scared kid I did what I was told of course. A matter of 15 minutes passed, but things just got worse. I heard beams of lasers, smelled charred flesh, felt the vibrations of the ground as the demons walked. They were only getting closer, and closer. Five more minutes passed with no change, then it happened. The roof of the hut tore apart revealing the red and yellow night sky, and a face. A terrible looking face, so goddamn ugly, I swear it took the prize of ugliness. The demon laughed as it looked down on my frightened family. Then with a huge red hand, it reached in and pulled out my mother. My father screamed as so did I. I was so scared I didn't know what to do. But like magic, it happened. I turned. I turned into a spider. However, I was no ordinary spider. I was much bigger and stronger. That was when I lost control in my dream, and that in real life. I was sleep walking. I attacked the demon with my venom filled fangs. I dealt some pretty gruesome damage. However I was doing a lot more damage in the village. They said that I took off into the night, and ran rampant in the village. Knocking down doors and sucking the blood of children in their sleep. There was no real evidence of course, but fear brings out the worse in people. I only remember when I woke up. I was on one of the beaten down paths in the village, my parents standing right in front of me. They were scared and I was scared. Not of what I did, cause I had no fucking idea of what I did, but scared of the mob that was closing in behind me. With haste my parents took my bloodied hands and led me back to the hut. They shut the door, and started arguing. The only thing that I actually remember from their argument was that from my mother, stating to my father that they couldn't keep me. As they argued the mob grew closer and closer. But that's all I remember. I've heard rumors of that night. Rando's say that they killed that baby were it stood, others say that the parents just handed the kid over, many others say that I was taken away from my parents. Two out of three make sense, i mean I'm still alive after all. The only thing I don't get is the tattoo on my chest. A tattoo of a red spider. I thought it was pretty cool. Others however didn't see the appeal, especially the holy knights. Speaking of which.....

Now

I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. I was made. A bunch of holy knights were behind me, shouting their lines of attack. I was too quick however, and dodged most of their abilities. A few got the better of me and knicked my shoulder and legs, I screamed in pain, but I had to keep running. My life depended on it.

it felt like miles, but I realized I was near the edge of town. I checked my surroundings, looking for a place to go and hide. That's when I found it, a tavern up on a hill. Why did it have to be on a hill? I groaned, and ran like hell. They were still after me.

"Over there!" I heard one shout.