Demon

[thedookienut]

The village lay in ruins. Fires blazed along the town. No building had been left standing. The snow covered wooden walls and stones that had once been a peaceful village. Nothing was left. No one could have survived. Smoke rose into the sky, clouding the winter air.

One man rode swiftly towards the village, desperation in his eyes. He pushed the horse faster, trying to reach his home as fast as he could. The remains of a goblin raid showed everywhere. Ash had fallen 400 meters before the village. The once white snow was now a sheet of black dust.

Samuel gasped with shocked as he got closer. The pulled the horse to a stop, dismounting and walking towards the wall. He gazed in sheer horror at the wasteland. His bright blue eyes darting in every direction.

Quickly, he reached for his sword and ran inside, desperately searching for any survivors. He sprinted to his home, now a pile a rubble. He pushed through the door frame, silenced by the shock. He turned back out and begun searching again.

[laraine]

A figure draped in a cloak that covered the face from view stared at the village before it. It had traveled for a long time and now the village was in ruin. Teeth showed as it bit its lip.

"This isn't good." The black hooded figure grasped the reigns of its horse and jumped onto the back, riding down towards the village which seemed to be engulfed in flames and dark energies. It finally slowed to a stop near the front, it dismounted and removed the hood from the head hesitantly. Long pink hair spilled from the black fabric, as well as purple eyes. She gazed around her at the destruction. She quickly looked around the area,putting her cloak back over her head, trying to find any survivors.

But if she did find any, they couldn't see her, they couldn't see her pink hair and purple eyes. That would certainly be her death sentence. She had hoped that the Wanted posters of her didn't reach this far, but she knew better than to hope for anything. She ran around, looking at each house carefully.

"Is anyone alive in there?"

Listened, only silence answered her. She cursed.

She moved to the next house, almost stumbling over her cloak as she did. It was hard to run in the long and obstructing fabric. But it was the only way for people not to know her identity. She went to another house and called inside. "Anyone alive?!"

[thedookienut]

Samuel pushed through another wreck, throwing bits of stone behind him.

"Anyone there?" He called between coughs. He lifted long beams, trying to uncover what looked like a body. He couldn't recognize it. Its face had been badly mutalated. He felt its cold hand and let go.

He stepped out the ruin, his eyes sunken and depressed. Only when he heard the sound of another voice did his emotion pick up.

"Hello?" He called back, not too sure whether he'd actually heard anyone or not.

[laraine]

She heard another voice, but it was from behind her. She turned around and ran towards where she heard the voice. But, before she could reach it a piece of flaming wood appeared in her path and landed before her. She jumped back a little, so as not to be burned and looked around for another way out.

"Hey!" she called. "You still there!?"

[thedookienut]

"I'm not hearing things." He muttered to himself. He span around, running in the direction he had heard the voice.

"I'm here! Where are you?" He yelled, placing his hands around his mouth to make himself louder. He rushed down what used to be a road, following the voice.

[laraine]

"Im behind the burning wood! Are you okay? Do you need any help?" Raine called back, still trying to find a way beyond the wood. She bit her lip and tried one direction to no avail.

[thedookienut]

Samuel spotted the wood and hurried towards it. He took a few steps back and kicked. It moved a little.

"I'm fine. Your going to have step back a bit more." He shouted through a small gap between the wood. Once again he kicked, this time knocking the plank down.

[laraine]

Raine moved back as he kicked the wood. She watched as he kicked it down constantly until it collapsed to the ground. She smiled and walked carefully over to the man she heard the voice from. She still hid her hair and eyes from view. "Thanks for that. Are you okay? I saw this village was burning down and came to see if anyone was still alive." She looked around the area frantically. "Is there anyone still alive?"

[thedookienut]

He pushed the remainder of the wooden down before stepping away. "I'm fine." He replied, smiling a little. Though it soon disappeared. He shook his head gravly. "There's no one left."

[laraine]

Raine closed her eyes and sighed. "If I had just gotten here sooner." She shook her head and jumped as another piece of wood nearby shifted, the crackles of the flame edging closer to both of them. "We have to get out of here before we become like them. C'mon. " She grasped his hand into her own and started to lead him out of the village.

[thedookienut]

"To think how many of the people I knew coulc be alive." He muttered, shaking his head. He jumped as a large section of roofing fell down behind them. The heat from the flames were intense.

He nodded, gripping her hand tightly and sprinting towards his horse.

[laraine]

Raine continued to run and saw him start to match her pace towards his own horse, which was next to hers. Apparently her horse met a friend. She smirked and they made it through the burning village without being hurt. She stopped and turned around as she held the reign of her horse, towards the village as it burned to the ground.

"I'm so sorry about the village." She sighed and looked to him. "I'm Raine, by the way." She held out her hand towards him and studied his look a little. She still hid herself behind the hood. She couldn't trust anyone to not report her to her family. After all, she was worth a lot.. alive or dead.

[thedookienut]

Samuel raced towards his horse, turning abruptly as the crashing sound of the village falling filled the air. He sighed, bowing his head in remorse. He noticed her hand, shook it and replied.

"Samuel." He quickly mounted his horse, unable to look any longer. "It won't be long before the foul creatures who did this return to see what they can find. And my the looks of it, there were a fair few of them."

[laraine]

"Right. Where should we head to?" Raine blinked as she asked that. It had been a while since she asked someone, a complete stranger no less, that particular question. She licked her lips hesitantly and got onto her horse, suddenly hesitant.

[thedookienut]

"I don't know. Possibly somewhere were we can rest. There's another village not too far from here." He said, turning his horse and nudging it forwards. He noticed her suddenly hesitation.

"Are you all right?"