The cold night air rushed past me as I sprinted across a dense forest, the dirt pounding against my boots, the sweat pouring down my body and the stinging pain of three cuts pulsing across my chest. I had been running for god knows how long, I was running from some weird lion thing that I came across while searching for my friends.

"Fuck... Where the hell am I, this is not the place I grew nor is it the right planet!" I shouted breathlessly but continued to sprinting. "Gotta find Jay and Jackson but I don't even know where to start, they could be anywhere.... ooooh how did such a great day turn so shitty!?"

(Hours earlier)

It was a bright sunny morning, the birds were singing and the sun was shining. The day seemed almost perfect... Almost.

"Thomas! The hell happened to you?'' My friend asked, he was a Hispanic man with short black hair and brown colored eyes. He was 6', wearing a white and red long sleeve shirt, black pants and new running shoes.

"Ah you know, the same shit as usual" I said, I was a tan Irish man with messy dark brown hair, toothpick kinda body, dark green eyes and a small scar on my chin. I was wearing a light tan shirt, faded blue jeans and worn down running shoes my brother had given me. "I'm fine Jay, ugh, really" I said holding in the immense pain of the beating I took earlier from two assholes.

"Was it those dick heads beating you up again?" Jay asked with concern.

"What? Pffft, naaaah.... yeah… I swear I almost got away, it's just the damn jump up to the rail" I said and lifted my shirt up slowly, showing him more bruises. "Listin, Jay, I understand you wanna fight these guys but seriously, if I wanted to deal with them I would've by now"

"Oh no, today was the last straw, Ima call up Jackson so he can help us deal with these bastards" Jay said, getting his phone out of his pocket, I sighed and just let him call Jackson. I knew he would help since he was basically like another brother to me, same with Jay if I'm being honest. "Hey Jackie, Thomas needs some help with a certain situation and I was hoping you could help... alright, we'll meet you by the football field"

"What'd he say?" I asked.

"He's down to help, just gotta meet him at the field" Jay said and we began walking out of the school to meet Jackson, it was a long and very painful walk to the football field, but when we actually got there, I immediately sat down on the bleachers.

"Dude... fuck pain" I said, panting and sweating from that long walk.

"Hey I see Jackie, he's heading over" Jay said, I looked around and saw the man walking towards us. He was a pale caucasian man with brown buzzed hair, wearing black glass, a white shirt with mario, black pants and shoes. He was the same height as me but not as skinny, he had some muscle on those bones.

"Hey Thomas, heard you got beat up by the twins again" Jackson said and sat down next to me. "Missed the jump?"

"By. A. Mile" I stated and laid down on the bleachers. "So what did you guys talk about, all Jay told me was y'all were gonna beat them up as well" I said.

"Well, not exactly, but in a sense, that's the jist" Jay said.

"What I have in mind is that we challenge them to a one on one, me and Jay vs the twins, if we win, they stop bullying you" Jackson said.

"And if they win?" I asked and they looked at eachother and gave me a shrug, I groaned at the response and then sighed. "Alright, fuck it, got nothin else to lose" I said.

(Two hours later, the football field)

Jackson had met up with the twins and challenged them to a fight in two hours at the football field because I didn't want to move. They accepted and almost jumped Jackson on the spot, luckily he was able to slip away just in time.

Now we were waiting for the twins to show up, I had gone to the nurse and she patched my wounds up so now I had bandages over my arms, legs, chest and small ones on my fingers. "So... it's been two hours, think they chickened out?"

"Better not, they're gonna get what's coming to them" Jay said and continued waiting.

"They will, but don't expect a fair fight just be ready to jump in if the other one tries anything" Jackson said as he tightened his gloves he got from his dad. They were black padded combat gloves.

"Still cool how your dad let you have those, why did you need them again?" I asked as he finished.

"Oh, well I wanted to feel the punching bag a bit to see how hard I would punch, with the boxing glove it doesn't really tell me" Jackson said and then snapped his head as he heard laughing.

"The dash twins" Jay spat as the two walked up with a small bunch of people, probably at least twelve. "As ugly as I remember you dicks"

They both had light tan skin, short black hair, yellow eyes, both 5'11, and they both played football, so they didn't really give the impression of being pushovers. "So the pussy needed some help from his friends?" Daniel said, Daniel wore a black shirt, grey pants, blue teeny shoes and a green jacket

"Man that's pathetic, couldn't even handle the beating we gave him earlier so he got jackoff number 1, and thing number 2" Francis said. He wore a red shirt, black pants, grey hightops, and a blue jacket.

"Fuckin idiot, should've just said thing 1 and thing 2 dumbass!" Jay called to them and they glared at him. "Oooh, I think I pushed a button"

"Alright, let's calm down... why'd you bring a crowd guys?" Jackson asked them and grew a bit uneasy.

"What, it's just a little audience so they can watch and spread how we kicked your ass" Francis said, making Jackson snort. "What, you think you can take us?"

"Yup, cause you aint shit" Jackson said making them even more angry. "Alright, rules are simple, first one to forfeit or get knocked out loses, got it?" He announced.

"Whatever, let's get this started you accident" Daniel said and I shot to my feet hearing those words.

"Oh... you are so fucked" Jay said we saw jackson take off his glasses and put them in his pocket.

"Alright, first match... Me vs Francis" Jackson said, his tone cold and full of hate. Francis just smirked and took off his jacket, he walked up to Jackson leaving a few feet and put up his fists. Jackson followed and got ready.

"And... fight!"

Francis took off towards Jackson and went for a wide swing to his face but Jackson easily dodged it and smacked Francis across the face. He staggered from the hit but shook it off and aimed for his face again this time with a more of a jab like punch, but again Jackson dodged them like they were nothing.

"Hold still damn it!" Francis snapped at Jackson and tried throwing his fists faster. Miss after miss, Francis grew more and more agitated and aggressive with Jackson, but Jackson kept his cool and continued dodging.

After a few minutes Francis looked outta breath and his face was red, his movements slowed down dramatically but still threw punches. Jackson saw his opportunity and switched from defense to offense, the second Francis threw a punch, Jackson smacked it away and delivered a hard right to his side.

Feeling the heavy punch connect, Francis fell to the ground with a hard thud and held his side for a few minutes. He slowly got back to his feet and was met with two heavy jabs aimed at his face and a wide left hook to his side again. Francis stumbled slightly on his feet and already looked banged up.

"C'mon Francis you can still fight, show that bastard what's up!" Daniel shouted, Frnacis gave a small nod and stumbled his way back towards Jackson. He fell on the man for a second, dazed and beaten, he pushed back and went for another punch but it was caught by Jackson.

"Next time..." Jackson started and shoved his fist in Francis' stomach then slammed his right fist against his face, knocking him out. "Think twice before messing with Thomas"

The crowd stood in awe as Jackson walked away from the unconscious boy and sat back down next to me. I had never seen Jackson that angry, or hit that fast before, must've hit a big button.

"Damn Jacky you knocked that asshole out, but guess it's my turn" Jay said and began walking out towards the fighting area. They had dragged the boy's body back to the group and to their relief he was still breathing.

"I'm gonna break that damn face then I'm gonna break that damn bastard's arm as pay back" Daniel said cracking his knuckles. Jay cracked his knuckles and got in his stance, he basically grew up in those bad neighborhoods near the center of town so he knew two things.

Study his opponent and take advantage of it... also he knows mixed martial arts, or as he calls it, the bruce lee methods

"Well c'mon you pansy, gonna make a move or not?" Jay taunted Daniel, the boy became riled up and charged towards the man. Jay quickly studied his movements and dodged the moves every so often, but took a few jabs to the chest. Daniel was an idiot but he was fast, which was dangerous because if jay falters in any way Daniel will take advantage and beat him to a bloody pulp.

As Jay continued dodging, he began parrying the punches somewhat knocking Daniel off balance. At this point me and Jackson knew that Jay was just playing with Daniel, he could've easily landed one punch to his jaw and knocked the idiot twin out.

"Jay, c'mon stop playing around already!" Jackson called to the man but it fell on deaf ears. Jay cracked a smile as he grabbed the boy's hand, keeping him in place then jabbing Daniel in the gut a couple of times. Daniel staggered back holding his gut, jay bounced lightly and chuckled to himself a bit.

"That's all you got, thought you'd put up a challenge" Jay mocked Daniel and laughed. While he was laughing Daniel knew he was going to lose but I saw him look to the group behind him and nod his head. The group look at eachother and began moving to the side, Jay and Jackson looked on and waited to see what happens.

"You know what... that's not all I got, you really think I'd give you a fair fight?" Daniel said and out of nowhere, somehow one of the kids got behind Jay and jumped on him. Me and Jackson sprang to our feet, Jackson sprinted towards jay and tore the kid off his back and tossed him to the ground.

"I knew something like this would've happened, we gotta get out of here" Jackson said and looked around to see the group and Daniel was trying to surround them.

"We need an opening... wait where's Thomas?" Jay asked.

"Well boys, this is the last time you try anything like this... any last words?" Daniel said and felt a tap on his shoulder.

"I got some" I said, I forced the kid to spin around and I slammed my fist in his face breaking his nose and probably my hand. "Go fuck yourself" I said and I continued to repeatedly punch his face until I was grabbed by the boy who looked beyond angry.

"When did you get the balls?" Daniel asked, well, growled.

"Right about now, you son of a bitch!" I said and punched him dead in the eye. He screamed bloody murder and let me go, I quickly pushed him to the ground and ran towards Jackson and Jay grabbing them on the way and telling them to run.

"Get those cock suckers, and fuckin kill them!" Daniel shouted and the group began running after us. We quickly ran out of the football field, sprinting through the halls of the school then busting out through the back door.

"Jesus Thomas you fucked him up, when did you get the balls?!" Jay asked as he climbed over the wall, he kneeled down and helped me and Jackson up.

"I told you, if I wanted to deal with them I would've done it. Now let's get the hell outta here, we can get to my place faster if we cut through the woods" I said and we began trudging through the trees.

(Hours later)

We all stopped running and took a break after running for an hour or two through the woods. We lost the group of people awhile ago but that doesn't mean we couldn't be too sure.

"Everyone ok?" I asked as I leaned against a tree, out of breath and out of energy.

"Yeah... thanks for the save Tommy, if you hadn't slugged Daniel, well we'd probably be in the hospital" Jay said sitting down.

"We need to get home guys, it's starting to get dark" Jackson said and we all agreed. A few minutes later, after catching our breath, we began our journey out of the woods.

As we walked the sun had gone down and we brought out our phones to use the flashlights. The night air blew past us and the forest seemed to be getting... darker.

'Why are you three here?' I yelped suddenly as I heard the chilling voice whisper in my ear.

"G-Guy's... did you hear that?" I asked and they stopped to look at me confused.

"Hear what?" They asked.

I stood there for a minute and listened carefully to the silence. Waiting. But no voice and no chill down my spine. "Sorry... must've been my imagination, lets keep going" I said and they shrugged it off before continuing our trek.

The walk seemed strange, and longer than what I remember. We should've been out by now, but it only seems to be getting longer and darker. Jay and Jackson also picked up on this, but we continued.

'You three really are strange, coming into these woods at night, trying to get home... but I know what you three really desire... let me... help you with that' The voice said again, this time it sounded like it was right behind me. I spun around only to see the darkness, nothing more.

"What the..." I muttered, I continued to look for a moment before turning back around only to run into someone and fall on my rear. "Ah! What the hell?" I groaned and regained my senses, that's when I noticed the paws of a lion and when I looked up I saw the lion but it had bat wings and a scorpion tail. "WHAT THE FUCK?!"

The Lion thing roared at me and I quickly stood up to run away, but as I was about to turn and run. He slashed my chest, shredding my shirt and sending me flying against a tree.

The fight or flight reflex instantly came to my instinct and the adrenaline rushed through giving me the power to choose flight. I booked it down the other direction of the dark trail.

(Present time)

"Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck!" I repeatedly shouted and continued running, during my sprint my boot got caught on a root from a tree. I fell hard against the floor and rolled a bit and found myself falling down a small hill, gettings cut from the broken branches and thorny bushes.

When I reached the bottom, I was covered in cuts, dirt, and barely had any on my clothes left. I groaned softly as I felt the pain skyrocket through me, I tried to get up only to yelp at a sudden pain in my arm and drop back down.

I looked at my arm and noticed it wasn't facing the right way, my stomach began to churn and I almost threw up at the sight. Swallowing down my lunch, I laid their in the pile of dirt and leaves.

I was cold, and the sweat and blood wasn't helping me either. Feeling my heart beat start slowing down, I felt panicked, my eyelids grew heavy and my vision blurred. I shakily raised my other hand and balled it up then limply struck my broken arm.

I screamed bloody murder when it landed on my arm, tears welled in my eye but that didn't matter. I was fully awake now, the Adrenaline pumped through me with just enough to keep myself awake.

"J-Jay... Jack...son" I croaked out. "Help... me"

"No one is going to help you, they don't even know you're gone... well no, that was a lie, they're dealing with their own problems right now, but not as bad as what I threw at you" A voice said.

"P... please... w-who... ever you are... help me" I choked out to the person that was talking. But all I heard was a laugh. I suddenly felt warm, the cold was gone but the pain was still their only... bare able.

"I like you, your like a puppy asking for food... alright, I'll help you" The voice said and I was lifted off the ground, I hissed at sudden movement but it felt better than the ground. "Come, I shall take you to my castle... or what is left of it, I will heal you and save your life, but you WILL owe me something"

"D-Deal" I hoarsely answered and with that I had passed out, not before seeing the person holding me. It was a tall, light skinned woman with a dark blue horn and wings. She wore a navy blue hood, silver armor and wore a light blue helmet with a crescent moon on it. But the most notable things about her was her long, night sky hair flowing in the wind and her pale blue cat like eyes.

" I'm going to have so much fun with you" She said with a smile, she spread her wings with me in her arms and took off.

Author's Note

Im not dead, I really hope you like this sorry if it seems strange to what the original was like. Had to get back into writing so heres the story I promised.

Again hoped you like it, stay frosty
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