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Rain pulled Bell's hand as they ran behind a house. He stopped Bell from running into view. Then he took a look himself. He held his mouth from what he saw. The village he grew up in, his home. Was now ablaze. As he watched the knights' movement something caught his eye. Something golden, and there was only one thing in the entire village that was gold. Feya's hair.
Feya was a half-elf, the only one in the village. Her, Rain, Anreum and Bell would often play together. Rain pulled Bell though the homes that once was their friends'. Crawling under windows, Rain shielded Bell's eyes from what was in the rooms they pasted. The stench that came from the rooms was almost unbearable. They had to stop to let Bell vomit, Rain did a few time too. Slowly but surely they went from home to home as to avoid the Knights attacking the village. they past the home of the baker that would give Rain and his sister bread. they were going to pass Anreum's house but Rain stopped and went in. he took Bell and hid her in the kitchen. then he looked around the home of his friend.
the house was already ransacked, anything and everything was everywhere. he waked into the main bedroom. but before he open the door he stopped, he could smell something it was something that was in the air all day but whatever was behind that door had the most nauseating smell. something was yelling at Rain not to open the door. Against his better judgment, he reached and grabbed the door knob. turning it slowly till he heard a click. he pushed the door then quickly covered his mouth to stop his scream as tears flowed down his cheeks fell on into the liquid on the floor.
Anreum and his parents were beast-kin, beast-kin were a race of magic creatures made by Mages. Just about all humans thought of them little more then an servants of man. However, there will be someone who hates someone or some race more then anything else. such a man found Anreum's parents, He thought of them like animals, so he treated them like it. Rain had loved them like an aunt and uncle he couldn't take it and fell to his knees. his body tried to vomit but nothing came out since his stomach was already empty. Just pain, both physically and mentally as he tried to stand but he fell again. He crawled to Anreum's room, praying, hopping he wasn't dead. when he got to the door it was already open, not sure if he could take another sight like before he hesitated but forced himself to look. The room was destroyed but Anreum wasn't there. it was empty, no blood, nobody, just empty. Rain didn't know if Anreum was dead or not. but he couldn't just sit on the floor. he managed to stand again if barely.
walking back to the kitchen he stumbled every now and then, he got Bell and then left. Rain had to keep wipe his tears often. the only good thing was they were close the wagon, also just about all the knights were out of sight. They carefully walked to the wagon. Feya wasn't moving, she just laid there. Covered by a red cloak. She told Rain she was 33 this year but since she was a half-elf her mental age and physical appearance were that of an 11-year-old.
"Feya! Are you ok?!?"
Feya didn't even flinch, Rain raised up her shoulders and her head fell back. Rain was sure she was dead, Bell who was behind Rain was trying not to scream or cry. Rain remember something Eris had taught him it was only a small thing that hardly could even be called a memory. But Rain tried it not even knowing what it is. Rain put his pointer and middle finger on Feya's neck. He didn't know he was looking for, at least he couldn't remember what he was looking for. He felt nothing, he tried moving his fingers, then he felt it. A beat, a pulse, it was weak but it was there. She was alive, Rain felt overjoyed.
"There! Captain I think I found them!"
Reality struck Rain in the gut along with a stone from a knight's sling. Rain hadn't felt this kind of pain before. The only thing that was close to the pain he felt was when he had fallen out of a tree and hit a large rock. It was an lingering pain that wouldn't fade.
"Idiot! Don't hurt them!"
One of the knights shouted to one who had just used the sling. Bell was on the verge of tears, Rain wasn't crying for Bell. He knew if he cried again they couldn't get away. The Knight was getting closer. Rain picked up Feya but couldn't hold her without almost dropping her. He put her on his back and took bell's hand.
"Run!"
Rain cry out to Bell, but the knights also started to run after them. Just about all the knights had stopped what they were doing and turned to chase them as well. Gritting his teeth and holding in his tears. He kept running, only looking back to make sure he still had Bell & Feya. They were almost there. Rain could see the forest, so he ran even faster. His vision started to fade, it got darker and darker till it went completely black.
"RAIN!"
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