Mountain snow: colder than steel

Chapter 1

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A new mornings day, it was bright and sunny, the Cardinal's call echoed through out the frozen valley forest, this call was a hopeful one in nature, asking out to the expansive valley for a mate, that maybe, one day, the Cardinal might find. His voice resonated into the ears of animals big and small, the song then reached the eardrums of 9 year old Dominic, as he played in the forest,below his mountain town. He did not care for the Bird that sang off into the distance, for he was to infatuated with a poorly made snowman troll.

Dominic swung his mighty sword at the beast, or at least thats what he thought. In reality he was smacking the snowtroll with a cedar tree branch. occasionally, he would shout out at the troll with a mighty battle cry, jumping and dogging, huge imaginary fist as he bobbed and weaved.

whiip!

POOMPF!

the sound of his "sword" whipping though the air and making contact with the snowtroll's head was like music to his ears as he watch the head of his fallen foe roll to the ground in a satisfying *PLAP*

"I have killed you mighty beast!" said Dom in a triumphant voice.

he turned to a nonexistent crowd behind him,

"Don't worry everyone, defeated is the monster! by non other than your hero..."

pause for effect.. he thought

"DOMINIC MOVCHEK"

He threw up his hands and rallied the imaginary crowd.

"Yeeeeaaaahhh! Wooooo yeaaaaah!" Whispered Dommas he imitated a large group of people chearing him on.

Out of exhaustion of his fight, he lazily fell down backwards into the snow, giggling at his own antics.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

The audible sound of rumbling resonated through out the forest, and Dom's own body. It wasn't just a noise, it was something moving. Soon the trees shook as the sound grew louder,

thump

THump!

THUmp!

No, it didn't grow louder, in fact it was getting closer.

Dominic sat up and turned around to the sound behind him, he was currently playing on the bottom of a small hill that lead up into the high mountains above. He looked up towards the top of the hill, only to see a large, lumbering figure, just about 1,000 feet away from him. The creature was looking around, sniffing the air as if it was track its prey. Dom knew all to well what this thing was, so wasted no time whatsoever getting up and hidden behind a tree. There,he started hyper ventilating, it might of well been 12 feet away from how he was reacting. Even though he knows this creature has poor eyesight, he still was scared out of his mind.

Then the unthinkable happened,

it smelled him

The creature whipped its head around to the little boys direction,

WAAAAARGEGG!

It wailed as hit started to make a galloping gate towards the tree Dominic was hiding behind. Instantly Dom screened and bolted from his hiding place, making a run for the open valley field.

ARRGEERG! The creature shouted as it smack the tree Dom was hiding behind in two

SMRACK!

The tree shattered, raining splinters on the now fleeing Human boy.

Dominic was running for his life. Or at least hobbling, the snow was 2 feet deep, and Dom had to fully lift his leg up and out of the packet snow to move. He was almost out of the forest, he could see his town above,on the side of the mountain. behind the tree line both hunter and prey where running at top speed, each had one goal in mind,

home

food

Just as Dominic was about to pass the tree line, a large gust of freezing air push him forward, tumbling head over heals in to the snow field below. The creature, had blown magic wind at him to slow the boy down, little did it know it would completely stop him  in his tracks. The creature stood at a terrifying 18 feet tall, right above the grounded child, It looked at him with cold black eyes, snarling in pride at his newly caught dinner.

RRRWAARG! it shouted triumphantly

Dominic, frozen by fear and snow, was crying silently at the creature. He had no were to run, no were to hide, and none to help him,

Or so he thought.

zzzzZZIMPH

The whizz of an arrow cutting through the air and hitting its target surprised little Dominic. The creature wailed in pain as it looked at the newly acquired arrow, lodged in its neck. Painfully, it ripped it out with a sicking tearing noise.

GRAAAAH!

it roared in anger at the five men, standing out side of the forest tree line, of these men, 3 where wearing hunting attire such as deer, elk and heavy caribou pelts, another with chain armor and a chest plate, and one, holding a bow that just recently shot an arrow at the beast. He was wearing a heavy, dirty, navy blue hoody with jeans and snow boots. He was also carrying a large backpack and a short sword, most of the group had swords, but only the armored one had his drawn. The man with the bow drew another arrow from his quiver that was attached to his pack, he pulled back and aimed again at the beast,

"Get the fuck away from my nephew you piece of Elk shit"

"Uncle Chess!" Said Dominic, finally with the courage to speak.

Dominic was about to run to his Uncle when he was stopped short by him speaking,

"Dom, don't you dare move" he said, without his eyes leaving the ugly creature

"Go into town and tell grandpa what happened."

"But uncle!" Protested Dominic, he didn't want his Idol of an uncle to be harmed or injured.

"No buts! Or you'll wish that this thing was going after you instead of me" he said as he kept his eyes in a locked staring contest with the beast.

With that Dom took of running towards town, not even looking back, scared that his uncle might be angry at his actions. But through the sound of his heavy breathing and crunching of the snow as he ascended the mountain path up to his town, he still could hear the sound of battle as his uncle and his fellow hunters attacked the beast that almost took the life of the one,and only child in the Movchek family.