War of the Immortal Beasts-Chapter One:Wulfka Returns
War of the Immortal Beasts...
War of the Immortal Beasts Rain pours down on the pack gathered in the field. A pack member is on their knees waiting for their judgment. A young pup steps forward placing a rose near her alpha. This alpha rose to the head of his pack through deeds and heroism in the Pack Wars not through inheritance like most. He stands at seven feet, four hundred and fifty pounds of pure muscle. His fur is midnight black with scars from countless wars and battles all over his body. How do I know this? That's simple my friend. The alpha I speak of is me and this is my story, my legacy, my life...my name is Wulfka.WELCOME TO MY PACK The rain pouring on my fur is like ice, the wind slicing through my fur like a knife driving the rain on. I look around at my pack seeing love and respect for me in their eyes. My eyes settle on the werewolf on his knees with his head bowed. "Raise your head, boy" I growl emphasizing the word boy. My voice deep and filled with a dark power not of the mortal world. He raises his eyes and stares into mine freezing him in place with the intensity of my stare. "Today you are judged before your family and pack mates," I growl each word" They deemed you to be guilty and for the severity of your crime..." I stop talking for a moment while his head hit's the ground and rolls a few feet away. "Is Death." I see the looks of amazement and fear from many of my pack because of my speed and ferocious power. The rain washes the blood from my claws as I pick up the rose that was left by my feet. I then walk towards the parents on the young cub. Fear is clearly displayed on the face of the parents knowing that the punishment for disturbing a judgment is death with no exception to age. "Please my lord don't-" I raise a paw and the father immediately falls silent. I drop to one knee to look the young one in the eyes expecting terror and despair but instead I find only love and a sympathetic stare. The duties of being alpha demand that I kill the cub and her family. "You know the Sacred Laws?" I ask softly knowing she'll nod her head. "You looked so sad Lord Wulfka that I wanted to see you smile so I gave you my best rose of my garden "The cubs voice is filled with a child's innocence. "I know you have to punish me now but please don't hurt mommy or daddy" My paw drops down on her head drawing a sharp breath from both parents and my pack. I run my claws through her fur, the rose in my other paw. I smile at her and whisper in her ear "No little one there will be no punishment" I hold the rose up to look at it. "This is a very beautiful flower thank you very much, in return I have a gift for you" I reach into a compartment in my cloak taking out a small necklace. "If you should ever need me shatter the black stone and I will immediately come to your aid but use it wisely because as you can guess it can only be used once." Her tiny arms wrap around as much of my neck as she can get which is less than half. It takes me by surprise but I hug her back gently, smiling. As I let her go I stand up and order a feast to be prepared for my return. "Remove the body and tell our pack mates to prepare for a full blown feast" I order and the pack member immediately rushes to follow my command. I take large strides to get to my home or should I say my massive castle.
No this is not the dark ages and no we don't live in caves. Our world is a mirror image of yours only in this realm things that go bump in the night isn't your imagination acting up.
After I walk through the door I take off my cloak and lay it on the floor. I tense as a sound catches my attention but before I can react a massive beast tackles me and a drooling mouth descends towards my face and then.... "God damn you Nicco I know I've been gone five years but you don't have to crush me" I growl out around my huge war dogs licks.
Nicco isn't a human world dog he's an Anubis dog I'll explain more soon my friend, worry not.
I push Nicco's head away and scratch behind his ears because in truth I've missed my friend as much as he missed me. "Welcome home my king" A throaty voice calls out as she comes down the stairs. Immediately after hearing the voice I have missed for so many years it awakes in me parts that only she has ever found. My eyes start to shine as I leap up to my feet and take two large strides towards her sweeping her up in my arms. "A very welcome indeed my beautiful goddess" I reply kissing her passionately.
My mate has fur of a deep, snow white. Her eyes are the deepest blue of the ocean filled to the brim with love but that love can turn into a fury like no other and is truly a terrible sight to see.
Nicco pushes his head between us looking up at the two of us" Master how was your hunt" Nicco ask in a growling voice.
Anubis dogs weigh nearly as much as me. They can talk and are extremely intelligent. Only the mightiest of warriors can befriend an Anubis dog. Nicco has black fur with a red stripe down his back. Nicco is the strongest Anubis dog born in the line of the species being born of royal blood.
"Very successful I found the weapon I sought and brought you both mighty gifts" I reply resting a paw on his head" First though I must catch up with Kelai." I smile as I kiss her again holding her close. Her eyes take on a mischievous glow as her claws trace one of my many scars, this one a moon shaped scar on my neck. Nicco suddenly goes rigid and growls deeply. I force Kelai behind me and crouch into a battle stance determined to meet this threat head on. "Leeches, my master, they are invading your lands" Nicco growls to me and with a vicious snarl I run from the castle nearly taking the massive gate off its hinges when I rush through. My vicious howl cuts through the night and all over the pack drops their decorations and food and the males rush to pick up weapons as the women and children rush to my castle. No sooner do I come to a stop then the first wave of "leeches" come pouring through the trees on all sides.
"Leeches" are vampires who have been exiled from vampire society for forsaking their rules. They've gone insane from blood overdose. Their bodies have mutated because of this diet and have taken on a red glow and their form have become twisted and mutated to look more like a monster than their vampire counterparts. "Leeches teeth are almost always crooked and sometimes broken.
The first leech is cut down with ease by my sharp claws. Two of the beast rush me on both sides. My paws wrap around their throat with enough force that their feet leave the ground. I squeeze one hard time and rip their head from their shoulders taking their spines with them. In a move that would put any of my ancestors battle arts to shame I throw the broken spines into two hearts of the next two leeches before the horde swarms me. No sooner am I blocked by their bodies than flames of the darkest black blow them away. I stand amid the flames covered in my enemies blood. The flames swirl around me before searching out their next targets. The night air is filled with the cries of battle. All around me "leeches" fall to the ground dying or mortally injured. A pack mate goes down beneath over whelming odds but before any of the beasts can harm him I rush into the group tossing them aside like children and crushing skulls. After that all I can remember is a flood of blood and bone flying around me like a storm. Several hours later I drop the final "leech" corpse onto the pile of dead creatures. "Nicco" I call to my faithful friend" Light the pyre and wipe this filth from our lands." The black flames come again from Nicco's mouth igniting the pyre into a full blaze filling the air with the stench of burning bodies. I stand tall and proud staring intently into the flame but with my mind in another day and another time.
A sharp knock on my head brings me back to my focus" Pay attention Wulfka" A deep voice admonishes. I look up into the hard eyes of my father. "Yes, Father I apologize for my foolishness" I reply softly. His eyes soften for a moment before becoming the hard eyes of a warrior. I duck under a sudden lighting quick blow immediately going for his legs only to be met with a vicious kick to my ribs. I absorb the impact blocking the pain in order to grab his foot using my own feet to yank his other foot from under him. I roll forward, straddling his chest, bringing my claws in for the killing blow. Instead I find the club against my throat. I make a suicidal move throwing my weight against the club. As I hoped my father twist the club to match me but at the last second and at the sacrifice of my arm, I throw my weight back to the left snapping my arm but I am rewarded by getting my claws onto his jugular vein. I look up panting and see my father grinning. "Well done my son not only have you passed your test, becoming the youngest of our kind to become a Guardian, you have beat your unbeaten alpha, and proud father" He says to me embracing me hard being careful of my now broken arm.
My attention snaps back into the present. A light touch at my shoulder makes me look over my shoulder. Kelai stares into my eyes knowingly. "Your father would be proud of you for what you've done" Kelai whispers softly so no one else can hear. "Stop tormenting yourself." Instead of an answer I pry an axe from a dead "leeches" skull. A sound of bones snapping resounds sharply in the silence. "My father is long dead and gone from this world" I reply sharply. Before she can respond Nicco runs over. "Master, do you wish me to search for their main Horde?" He growls out the question clearly filled with battle rage. "No my friend," I reply in a deadly soft voice. "Prepare the defenses." Even has I say this a foul smell even more ripe than the smell of the burning flesh rises in the air. "The Horde is right outside the clearing" I growl. Magical defenses set long ago for just such an occasion are primed and ready while my pack gets into battle formation. I push Kelai behind me standing in front of her as the horde of "Leeches" swarm the clearing but one of the traps opens up before the first few lines dropping them into the Worms pits.
As im sure you guessed these aren't ordinary rooms their massive and carnivorous I caught them long ago and raised them from when they were still small. I have many such pets that I love as deeply as Nicco you'll read about them all in this story so don't worry.
Screams of pain and the sounds of flesh being ripped away rises up from the pits. The sound is music to my ears hearing my young pets tear apart the enemies. The rest run around the pits like I knew they would and the next trap is sprung spears coming up out of the ground ripping through body after body as they fly through the air. I howl viciously into the air to signal to one of my other pets. Seconds later several dark shapes come running by my pack and seem to disappear but then reappear right beside me shifting back and forth in place covered in blood but the pack doesn't see who's hurt until the Leeches begin to fall apart piece by piece.
Night stalkers the fastest pets I have and very deadly. Their weapon of choice is seven inch long claws on each paw. Their skin is a dark black with cold black eyes. Most of their body is covered by a black aura.
Kelai yells 'Wulfka in the trees". No sooner does she warn me than a whole rank of Leeches leaps from the trees only to be intercepted by a massive tail that seems to come from no where. I roar with laughter as Ragnarok lands beside me.
Ragnarok is a dragon I saved when he was a whelpling or a baby dragon in other words. His scales are a luminescent black that shine with an otherworldly aura. He comes from a shadow realm in our world and with my magic I can call him when I need him and he always comes no matter the circumstance.
"Hello old friend" I say to Ragnarok as I rest a paw on his huge scaly head. Then something surprises me as the Leeches stop just outside our range which shouldn't happen because their mindless. Then I know why as a scream comes from behind and I spin to see an entire army rushing towards my pack. "Where did they come from" I growl in anger and roar at my pack "RUN ALL OF YOU GRAB YOUR FAMILIES AND GET OUT OF HERE THERES FAR TO MANY" My pack hesitates but then start to run towards the castle to get their families. Kelai stays with me. "Run Kelai you have to go" I growl at her "No not without you Wulfka" She growls back. "A Alpha lays down his life for his pack and his loved ones now go Kelai" She refuses to budge an inch. Nicco runs over to stand beside me and my pets along with Kelai. I pull Kelai close hugging her tight and whisper in her ear " I love you Kelai forgive me for what I am about to do" Then with a sharp blow to the back of the neck knocks her unconscious and I gently place her onto Nicco's back " Go Nicco get her and yourself to safety "No master I cant leave you not like this" He replies anger in his voice from fear for my life. "As your master I command it Anubis Dog you cannot break your vow to me now OBEY THE ORDER" I roar making Nicco obey though he struggles as long as he can.
Once an order is given an Anubis dog must obey. This is the first time I have ordered him to do anything and I don't want him or Kelai hurt so I ordered him away to face the armies of Leeches alone to buy them as much time as I can.
Using magic I send my Night stalkers back to their realm and Ragnarok back to where I called him from determined to let none of my friends or loved ones die here with me. I howl in a battle rage as the Leeches swarm over me but are blown away as a weapon magically appears in my paw. _____________________________________________________________________________________ The pulsing dark scythe I hold is the weapon I spoke of earlier. it's a god like weapon and you shall know why soon.
With every sweep of my scythe a dark blade of magic pulses through Leeches all around me. The scythe's blade and the magic continuously pulsing out takes down more and more of the Leeches but I know it will only last so long before I am swarmed. A sudden pain lances through my side and I look down surprised to see a dart sticking from my side. Another follows and I drop down to one knee as a poison unlike any I have ever felt races its way through my body. I look up to see a vampire general before me. "Well the mighty Wulfka can be killed after all with the demon queens poison" The vampire says laughing and then I realize where I know him from. "Jarka I thought you were sealed away" I growl each word out through labored breaths. "Your brother cant contain me anymore now that he's gone HAHAHAHAHA" Rage floods through me and I surge to my feet wrapping my paw around his throat. "MY LITTLE BROTHER WAS A THOUSAND TIMES THE VAMPIRE YOU COULD EVER BE ON HIS WORST DAY YOUR PATHETIC BASTARD" I roar into his face ready to rip his head clean from his shoulders, but another dart slams into my chest dropping me back down but not before I saw the fear in the generals eyes. "To bad Wulfka not even you could stand this much poison" He laughs "Join your brother, foul mutt" He growls bringing a blade down towards my skull. The last thing I remember seeing is my little brother racing towards me and I smile as the blade comes down believing I truly am joining my brother and he is rushing to welcome me. T he last thing I hear before everything goes dark is metal slicing through flesh......