Broken

Absentmindedly it wanders the forest floor as if lost in thought. There is a glazed look in its eyes as it seems to be preoccupied amidst something else. What's going on inside its head is unexplainable, but one thing is for sure, it's going to hit a tree if it doesn't move.

As it moves, it bumped its head onto the trunk of a tree and groggily sat down. Dazed and lost, it awoke from its absentmindedness. Shaking its head to rid of the thoughts in its mind, it rubs its growling belly. Using its sense of smell and hearing, it doesn't seem to notice anything of the extraordinary. Getting up on its hands and feet, it begins to wander as its buttocks hang high into the air.

Wandering the forest floor in a pleasant and joyful mood picking up nuts on the ground and munching on them, it continues its aimless trek with no end. As the sun hung high in the sky and the temperature rose, it decided to lay under the shade of a tree as its body was sweating. Throwing one nut at a time from its bundle of nuts, it cheerfully munches them. But, unbeknownst to it, a pair of eyes were sneakily watching it as it ate. When it finished its bundle of nuts, it took a slight nap.

As it took its nap, the figure behind the tree began to emerge. It was exceptionally small as in comparison to the tree it was hiding from. A body of pure white which seemed to turn into an oversize dress as it reaches the bottom end. Its thin white arms lay beside it as its head of green covers its eyes. Two flat red horns lay upon its head: a larger one on the front and a smaller one at the back.

As it inched ever so closer while cautious of stirring the dormant beast, it stopped a couple of feet away for a hasty retreat if necessary. Tilting its head to the side, this definitely is a mysterious being it has not seen before. After some time of observing, it left in the same direction it came from.

Moments after it left, the beast awoken from its slumber. Scratching the side of its head in confusion as it views its surroundings, it yawns and began scooting away. As it moves towards the water's edge for a drink, it notices that although noises were everywhere, it does not encounter anything.

As it neared the stream and dips its head for a drink, it hears the snap of a twig along with the rustling of leaves. Quickly pulling its head out, it surveys the surroundings. It hears a low growl but mistakenly took it for its stomach as it slowly dips its head back down for another drink. As soon as its head was below the water's surface, a figure jumped out from the bushes with its fangs bared.

With a sharp rawr, the beast latched onto its arm and began thrashing about. Hit by the sharp and torturous pain, it raises its head and releases a horrendous howl while punching and kicking the beast. With a yelp, the beast released its grip and began pacing around its injured prey.

Blood poured from its wound as bones shone through the ripped skin. Fear enveloped its face as it turned as white as paper. Holding onto its bloodied arm, more and more soon appeared before it. Various growls soon surround it as it backed away. Fortunately or unfortunately, as it took a step back, its foot landed onto the air as it fell into the rushing stream. Its last moments whereof a group of furred beasts looking down on it as the stream pounded onto it.

Feeling the cold touch of the water enveloping its body and being thrown everywhere, it blacked out. As the crushing stream carried the body down and into a gentle flow as its body was pushed onto an embankment. Its right arm was so badly injured that nothing could explain it. It laid there for an unknown amount of time before being discovered.

As it laid there, its body started to change. Its wound started to heal at a visible rate as the flesh began coming together and closing up. This continued for some time until the wound was completely healed. It even left no scars behind.

As the sun sets below the trees and a warm glow came through the trees, a rustling came from the cattails and tall weeds as a man came out. Shocked and mortified at such a sight, he quickly unloads his package of chopped wood and gently as possible pulled the body onto land.

Checking the body for any obvious signs of injury, he was surprised to see none. Taking off his outerwear and putting it onto the body, he took it and his package and quickly ran back where he came from.

As the man neared his settlement, he shouted with exhausted breaths, " Call the village Elder! "

Upon seeing the man and the body in his arm, the guard quickly took off with his partner. Soon, more and more villagers surround the man as they question and talk among themselves.

" Darling! What happened? Are you hurt anywhere? "

It wasn't until a woman broke through the crowd and spoke up did the man raise his head.

" Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. But, this little guy here, I don't know. "

Talking through heavy breathing, he manages to say what he wanted to say.

" Ohmaigawd... What happened to him? "

Covering her mouth with her hands, an expression of despair filled her face.

However, before the man could reply, an aged voice came from the entrance of the village, " What's happened here? "