{"sf1_id":1702960,"sf2_id":"V1Y2w4xe","title":" The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 21)","author":"Oliver_Hart","words":1055,"posted_at":"2021-04-04T17:59:24.000Z","tags":["Adventure","Alternate Reality","Anon","Boy","Brother","Bunny","Classroom","Couple","Emo","Fight","Girl","Green text","Greentext","HMOFA","Halloween","Heterosexual","High School","Hmofa/","Human","Kissing","Plot Development","Rabbit","Siblings","Slow burn","Young Romance","anthro/human"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1702960-the-leaves-of-fall-act-3-something-that-matters-part-21","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/V1Y2w4xe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/a6/f0/a6f0b6a0-d46c-4829-b9e8-fa13cfde70b3","description":"You've never really 'fit in' with the heavily divided Ranchview High School crowd. Jock, Goth, Prep, Cheerleader, Nerd... you were never any of these. But as Halloween approaches, strange things start happening, and a dark ritual begins with the finding of a curious red book. It's a race against time for you and your friends to stop a group of students from ushering in an age of darkness, and to also figure out just what the hell is wrong with that rabbit.  \n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  \n  \nAbout this version: originally, The Leaves of Fall was split into two pastebins to compensate for the length of the story. Given that pastebin has chosen to censor this story for ambiguous reasons, it will forever be stored here and on AO3. This new version contains spelling, grammar and content fixes. Please understand that the content is all the same as the earlier versions minus some sentences being changed and fixed up. I cannot stress this enough: no new content has been added. It's my hope that this is a cleaner, easier-to-read version of the story.  \n  \nCover: [https://imgur.com/a/vZS4Q](https://imgur.com/a/vZS4Q)  \nSam (drawn by Akella of /hmofa/) [https://imgur.com/a/nk3t1wT](https://imgur.com/a/nk3t1wT)  \nFan art collection: [https://imgur.com/a/SCCSIQv](https://imgur.com/a/SCCSIQv)  \nAccompanying playlist (WIP): [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9aXlzDRA49QKxgYsOV2JuDd410\\_nI-0J](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9aXlzDRA49QKxgYsOV2JuDd410_nI-0J)  \nAlternative link: [https://www.sofurry.com/view/1479078](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1479078)  \nTotal word count: 147,552 words","content":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxBiDoRtUMk\u0026list=PL9aXlzDRA49QKxgYsOV2JuDd410\\_nI-0J\u0026index=15\u0026t=0s  \n\\\u003eYou are Mike MOTHERFUCKING Sapone  \n\\\u003eAnd-  \n\\\u003e\"Looking tired, baby,\" Lydia snarls, so annoyingly cocksure  \n“Shut the FUCK UP, Jesus!\" You reply  \n\\\u003eBlood runs down your clawed up arm and drips onto the floor  \n\\\u003eYou pump another blast of water at her, which she dodges with the fluidity of… well… water?  \n\\\u003eShe claws downward across your already burnt chest, shredding your jacket and shirt  \n\\\u003eThree ribbons of blood blossom where her claws scored your skin  \n\\\u003eYou wince, but issue a deafening blow with the butt of your super soaker, clapping Vanessa across the jaw  \n\\\u003eThe lion is dazed, but there's not enough time for you to pump another round at her  \n\\\u003e\"Good hit baby, but you think that little bit of plastic is going to stop me?\"  \n\\\u003eShe throws her head forward  \n\\\u003eHer skull crashes into your skull  \n\\\u003eLight flashes in your eyes  \n\\\u003eBlood threads down from the top of your skull, blinding you  \n\\\u003eAnd then you feel your nose crumple as a tight, closed fist collides with it, sending you to the floor and you onto your back  \n\\\u003eThere's another explosion of salt and iron in your mouth as blood sprays from your nose  \n\\\u003eYou peek through the blood stinging your eyes and catch Lydia halfway in the air, her arms wide and ready to rip into your neck  \n\\\u003eOh god, you're getting pounced on  \n\\\u003eYou roll  \n\\\u003eHop to your feet  \n\\\u003eAnd blindly pump another spray of holy water at her…  \n\\\u003e…Which catches her in the leg  \n\\\u003eThe minute the spray touches her JNCO jeans she starts roaring with anguish  \n\\\u003e\"Mike you cunt!\" She screams. “My mom just bought me these!\"  \n\\\u003eShe stumbles forward  \n\\\u003eYou frantically pump another spray at her, this time aiming for her head  \n\\\u003eBut thanks to the blood in your eyes, your shot only manages to melt her ears  \n\\\u003eHot steam POURS off the lioness as her flesh starts to disintegrate  \n\\\u003e\"I swear to fuck,\" she growls, shambling forward, “this time I'm not going to miss.\"  \n\\\u003eShe swipes you with her claws  \n\\\u003eWeakly, you hoist your water gun in front of you in some pathetic attempt to keep her from cutting open your throat  \n\\\u003eAnd contrary to her earlier dialogue, she misses  \n\\\u003eHer claws rend your water gun in half, soaking her all over with the reserve tank of holy water  \n\\\u003eParticularly in the face  \n\\\u003eSome of it splashes on your hands  \n\\\u003eIt's worse than boiling water — it's like having your hands coated in molten metal  \n\\\u003eAnd yet  \n\\\u003eIt's exactly what you need  \n\\\u003eLydia collapses onto her knees, clawing desperately at her melting face…  \n\\\u003e…Which is now shedding skin and fur like a coat  \n\\\u003eThough your own hands are starting to burn and melt, you only managed to catch a few drops  \n\\\u003eYou can only watch through your blood-stung vision as Lydia's face literally melts off, all her piercings sloughing away with the rest of her fur and skin  \n\\\u003eDesperately, she tries catching them in her paws  \n\\\u003eIt's actually… pretty disgusting  \n\\\u003eStill screaming and coughing blood, the bones of her snout now exposed, she tries mashing her melted fur and piercings onto her face  \n\\\u003eIt accomplishes little  \n\\\u003e\"MIKE HELP ME!\" She shrieks  \n\\\u003e\"OH GOD HELP!\"  \n“I-\"  \n\\\u003eOh shit  \n\\\u003eYou might have actually killed someone  \n\\\u003eYou leap at her, unsure what to do, only knowing that you want to help  \n\\\u003eThe lion grabs you by the shoulders, choking and gagging  \n\\\u003eHer claws dig into your skin  \n\\\u003e\"YOU STUPID ASSHOLE!\" She gargles. “I'LL KILL YOU!\"   \n\\\u003eShe yanks you against her  \n\\\u003eHer jaw falls open  \n\\\u003eShe pulls your neck into her mouth like you were a chew toy  \n\\\u003eThe horrible gagging noises and chortling fill your ears  \n\\\u003eYour eyes instinctively slam shut  \n\\\u003eYou can't believe you fucking fell for her bullshit pity move  \n\\\u003eGod DAMNIT  \n\\\u003eWelp, you fought your hardest  \n\\\u003eAnd your future is over anyway  \n\\\u003eTime to die  \n  \n\\\u003eBut the sharp pain never comes   \n\\\u003eHer grip on your shoulders relaxes…  \n\\\u003e…As she falls backwards, face practically gone  \n\\\u003eHoly shit  \n\\\u003eDid she just…  \n\\\u003eIs she…  \n\\\u003eDead?  \n\\\u003eBreathing hard from the adrenaline, you look down at Lydia's mutilated and ruined form  \n\\\u003eHer face is practically skeletal  \n\\\u003eYep  \n\\\u003eShe's gone  \n  \n\\\u003eYour brush with death makes you appreciate the chaos of the gym right now  \n\\\u003eThe heavy spotlights now rapidly pan between Alex's battle with The Behemoth and Gloria  \n\\\u003eAnd Jenna, still fending off the vampires, dropping another one with a well-placed shot  \n\\\u003eYou cough hard and a spattering of crimson blood comes up onto your partially melted hands  \n\\\u003eFuck  \n\\\u003eYou're a complete mess right now  \n\\\u003eYou can't breathe through your nose  \n\\\u003eYour vision is blurred  \n\\\u003eYou're probably not thinking straight from that blow to your head  \n\\\u003eYour arm is shredded  \n\\\u003eHands partially melted  \n\\\u003eChest bleeding  \n\\\u003eLegs bloody and wounded  \n\\\u003eYou're ruined  \n\\\u003eAnd so is your life  \n\\\u003e\"Mike!\" Jenna pokes her head out from behind her barricade  \n\\\u003e\"Get to Anon! We'll hold them off!\"  \n\\\u003eAlex, who is fighting his own battle with The Behemoth, Stella and Gloria, concurs as he dodges a stomp from Gloria  \n\\\u003e\"GO COMRADE! ONE TIME FOR ALL TIME!\"  \n\\\u003eYou stare placidly, slack-jawed, not sure what Alex means, and especially not sure what you're going to do next  \n\\\u003eIs there still hope?  \n\\\u003eThe whole school rumbles as The Behemoth shrinks away from Stella's flying claws  \n\\\u003eIt issues a challenging roar and leaps forward into the badger, rending her fur  \n\\\u003eThey're right  \n\\\u003eThis is your chance  \n\\\u003eYou haven't laid yourself to waste for nothing  \n\\\u003eAt the very least, you can get some revenge  \n\\\u003ePutting all of your resolve and hatred into your quivering legs, you jog towards the equipment room doors  \n\\\u003eAs the sound of pitched battle explodes around you  \n  \n\\\u003eThe ground shakes and trembles as if a switch was suddenly thrown   \n\\\u003eAnd your heart sinks when you realize what probably just happened  \n\\\u003e…The ritual was set in motion  \n  \n\\\u003eThe Behemoth raises its head to the ceiling and issues a triumphant, victorious roar, and then blinks out of existence  \n\\\u003eThe sound of raised car alarms fills the gym  \n\\\u003eIt must be in the parking lot now  \n\\\u003eA bloody Stella flinches and skitters backwards at the sheer volume  \n\\\u003eEven to your ears, it's sharp like broken glass against your eardrums  \n\\\u003eYou don't slow down  \n\\\u003eYou don't look back  \n\\\u003eYou throw open the door leading up into the tunnels  \n\\\u003eAnd dive right into the darkness","series":{"name":"The Leaves of Fall","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1701289-the-leaves-of-fall-act-3-something-that-matters-part-20.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1704156-the-leaves-of-fall-act-3-something-that-matters-part-22.json"}}