A lone fox [Flashback] (Solo)

[Niera]

29th day Autumn, 509 AV

It was Dark, a full moon momentarily showed light through the trees only to be enveloped by shifting clouds. A small fox lay in the middle of a clearing; it was young and moved slowly. It shivered as a breeze went past, cold and hungry the foz found a small hollow under a tree away and lay there waiting for some form of creature to pass by. Slowly her eyelids began to fade, the images she had just witnessed stayed in the back of her mind making her jump. She could smell the smell of thick smoke, fire arising from the burning house, blood all over the floor and the sight her mothers face implanted on a stick that stood from a pile of people she knew, her friends. Her father dead over her, shielding her from the outside horrors, she silently crept away from the warmth of her father's arms that were now becoming cold, the smoke was getting thick. She ran, tears running down her face and an expression of fear. Bandits, thieves and murders had come to slay her family, why? Niera cried, her heart had been torn, broken. But even in this state she ran...

Running, running, she quickly jumped back as a log hit the ground she backed away. There was a window, it was her only chance. Transforming into a fox Niera used the stone table in the middle of the cottage and leaped onto the window, only just making it Niera used her paws to haul herself up. Her golden eyes looked back into the flames to take one last look at her parents before she left. She Jumped...

A Bandit saw her "Look! There’s a little fox, it must be one of those Kelvic!" she turned around in fear, watching as three men went after her. She ran with all she could. Niera found a small pile of crates and jumped up onto them one by one, trying to get onto the roof she kept jumping but she could only reach the tarpaulin of the small shop. Even so she jumped onto it, it was difficult to run on because her pawns kept slipping on the cloth and sending her back down she didn't understand it but tried her hardest. Two of the bandits cut off cloth after sabotaging the shop and put a rope around the top, to make sure she couldn't get out. Niera was stuck, having no idea where she was she woke up in her human form to find herself in the back of a wagon within a strange city. They all looked at her with a drained look and she looked back at them with curiosity and wonder. "Where am I?" she asked. A woman with brown eyes and blonde hair answered "You are now in Sunberth, a city of corrupt government and crime" Niera looked around curiously getting up on her small feet she looked at her hands they were tied with tough ropes that rubbed against her skin...

[Niera]

Then remembering her parents’ death Niera huddled up in a corner, wrapping her arms around her legs. A boy about her age came to sit next to her "Are you okay?" Niera just sat there and shook her head slowly from side to side without a word. Suddenly one of the bandits opened the flap in the cart "Here y'are boss, these are the ones we picked up." the Bandit looked in, inspecting the slaves. The leader's underling yelled at them "Line up, the boss wants to inspect one of you, to join in him in his quarters...to...entertain, you. You filthy rats should be thankful! Now get to it!" the boy took Niera's wrist and pulled her up into the line next to him. She sneered at the man "Rats? how dare you address me like that, learn some manners, Stinking thug!" The man grabbed her holding her with his bulky, sweaty arms. She sunk her sharp fangs sinking into the mans flesh and tore at it, he howled and backed away in horror as blood seeped out of a large flesh wound, the man's face in rage. The leader stopped the man and smirked and looked at her bare naked body with a perverse look; she returned his look with a glare. "This one will be good, she looks feisty" the man pointed at her and the other slaves looked at her with shame. She snarled at them "What's wrong with you people, don't you want your freedom?" the leader smiled at her wickedly "Girl, are you trying to put my slaves to shame? good girl, you might be a girl of power one day if I train you well" she just glared at him "I'll listen to you, for now." the man laughed "I like you, take the woman. The rest can stay" the slaves looked in horror at the reaction the woman got, they thought they would be whipped for saying such things but to their surprise this girl was able to talk to the leader like that. The leader took her fragile little hand and she didn't resist walking beside him. The guard close the sheet and the slaves looked at her with surprised eyes as she glared at them "Stupid people" she whispered. The man looked down at her with a smile holding her hand she took the girl to his quarters...

Niera woke up in a double bed of silk and satin sheets, bare, naked and sore. It wasn't anything unusual for her to be naked but she found herself next to the thieves’ leader. She couldn't remember much of the night before apart from the man next to her holding her down while trying to stop her from struggling aginst him.Ropes pinning her hands down, he had forced her. Niera let out a quiet groan, she hurt all over. The maid had come in and left tea on the table for her while she was asleep, it tasted vile but she didn't care, thirst took over. She drank the whole cup, not knowing it had herbs to prevent pregnancy which had sides effects of hallucinations and slipped out of the bed, the man next to her was snoring. Quite loudly, she found a silk gown which had been left for her. The leader had obviously planned for this; she took the gown and wrapped it around her. She couldn't go undressed, her face was pale and she was freezing. It was still dark, she watched some thieves drinking around a fire. They smelt of rum it made her feel sick, she quickly covered her nose and ran as quickly away as she could, but she could feel something following her she turned around to see the image of a large wolf growling and running at her.Crap! She quickly slipped most of the notice of the drunks but there was another man here, he was thinner than the leader he had a beard and a shady look his green eyes looked down on her as he smiled and blew on his pipe. She backed away slightly and snarled at him "Run you idiot!" she whispered the man laughed at her "What from?" he looked over to see what to run from she turned around quick to see the massive wolf still making it's way to her she looked back at the man "There's a giant great big wolf right behind me trying to come after me, it'll probably kill you too! now move!" The man blinked at her for a second and laughed "There's nothing there" Niera stopped for a moment and looked at the man, he smelt awful. There was no time, she punched the man in the temple and knocked him out, quickly grabbing whatever she could find from his pockets before she ran away, the wolf was gaining on her. She stuffed the items into her hands and ran like she never had before, the wolf was gaining on her it's large teeth showing, fure rustling as he ran his smell..... smell? she couldn't smell any wolf. What in the world was going on? why couldn't she smell him? she stopped and stared at the wolf for a moment. It stopped after her and stared at her with open eyes "Who are you?" she whispered to the illusion of the wolf.