7 Stained snow

The warm breath of Raziel slowly comes to a rhythmic pace, his heart like a drum can't seem to hide his nerves. The snow starts to fall even harder as his eyes dart around waiting for the wolves to start their hunt.

As I waited for what time I thought they would arrive. I slowly got more and more fearful as I kept spinning around wondering where they will attack. after a few minutes, I hear the howls of the wolves, they seem to be everywhere as their voices seem to echo through the snowy land.

I feel eyes lock onto me as my head spins to the right seeing the faint figure of a wolf in the snow. As its body seems to disappear and reappear because of the snowfall hiding them. My Bow shakes as I try to keep my body under control.

It takes 2 more minutes of waiting for them to start. With a single howl that seems to plant doubt in my head, rings out and so does the pitter-patter of footsteps in the snow. 1 wolf from my front and back charge me. their speed is explosive as I pull my bowstring back the one in front of me is now 20feet ahead of me.

In these few seconds of movement, I'm about to be jumped on my arrow is let loose. the shaft of the arrow bending with the wind slicing the snow as it flys through. The tip strikes the wolf into its neck digging into its shoulder.

The wolf losing its speed and control of one of its legs falls to the ground. still alive but lacking mobility and bleeding from its wound as it can't seem to get up. The one behind me is now 10feet away as it growls its voice rumbling from the depths of its body.

Turned around placing the bow in one hand and the dagger in the other. I wait for a second for the wolf to lunge at me its jaw ready to break my brittle bones with a single bite, as its legs bend ready to attack I hear 2 more footsteps running from where I downed the other wolf. the wolf in front of me now jumps back.

taking a glance behind me I now see the large wolf that saw me first with a smaller one that wast one the hunt before. seeming to now circle me after I used my arrow, from what I can tell the alpha is waiting for a moment of weakness to strike.

The now 3 wolves circling me charge me and then back off as I react looking around my mind trying to think up a plan. as I look around, My voice rises as I start to shout, bark, anything I could do as I attempt to intimidate them.

I have arrows lining the ground as so at any moment I have a weapon to use. the wolves circling me are 1 huge alpha slower than the others but much stronger and wiser for his age. the other 2 seem younger. I take a moment to take an arrow and place it onto the bowstring.

As I do so the dagger loose in my grip seems like the moment the pack was waiting for. The alpha starts to dash towards me with the 2 younger ones taking longer to react but taking over with their youthful bodies.

the arrow knocked I pull back as I run towards the one I'm shooting at, letting loose a few steps away right into its skull, trying to sidestep its large body now ragdolling towards me. Trying to sidestep to dodge its front but the back seems to spin mid-air hitting my chest, Sending me to the ground.

Not letting up, I twist my body on the ground as all my planning seems to go out the window. my body froze as the young wolf now 4 feet in front of my face its jaw open ready to devour my head whole. I try to lift the bow still in my hand to block the bite. the moment of shock leads to not being able to lift the bow fast enough.

my eyes open wide, my mind working at a lighting speed looking for any way out. the idea of dying again. the thought of leaving this new life. every doubt seems to cross my mind, WHY ME, FUCK, FUCK, letting the bow go as I raise my arm in front of my face. the image of it coming off crosses my mind as hope comes to my mind as I think what about my semb...

*CREAK* blood covers my face as now biting onto my broken arm is the wolf, The pain sends a bolt of lighting through my body as a spark seems to flicker in my body. before it can start to rip my arm off its mouth passes through my arm snapping shut from the force.

I feel a cool feeling covering my body, while at the same time like a light starts to grow as my body is covered by a golden light. As my aura starts to leak out into a shroud my body feels light as it takes but a light pushes off the ground to float to my footing.

my eyes sharpen now feeling the aura of the wolves in front of me feeling eyes locked onto me. As the wolf again jumps towards me I push off the ground over the wolf floating mid-air going back into a tangible state as I grab the dagger in one hand trying to use my broken arm to no luck I bare my fangs.

Landing on the back I bite into the thick coat using that to stay hocked. I start to stab like a madman my legs tensing onto its ribs as to not fall. the alpha is around 20feet away charging into the fight. not before the wolf, I'm attached falls down with multiple stab wounds line its body and its throat cut open.

As the alpha stays on the ground it goes to bite my back. Seeming to pass through me as I go intangible again turning to the alpha to strike. the wolf knowing of the attack backs off as it starts to wait me out the blood leaking from my wound as my aura starts to plummet.

With my usage right now I'm like a lightbulb using 300% of my energy to gain the effects of 1 use of my semblance. with no mastery of aura, I keep using way over what I should be using. Looking around my bow 15feet away from me 1 more use of my semblance and my dagger in my left hand. I grab my snowboard with my mouth and start to walk towards the hill I was at before.

Both staring each other down, one waiting for the other to bleed enough to finish off. The other wants the other to charge in to use its attack against it. a small trail of blood forms as Raziel walks towards where he took his first shoot, where it all started.

Raziel's eyes go dimmer and dimmer as his vision blurs every so often. with a light seeming to shine in his eyes as his mind focused elsewhere, he jumps onto his board with his back turned to the wolf as it starts a chase. The wolf slowly gaining on Raziel. just before he reaches him he now stands in front of the ram's body.

Falling down next to the horns Raziel lays with no movement. The wolf walks towards Razeils body as the old wolf now breathing heavily. Raziel flips his body, with the knife no longer in his hand now his fist stretched out like food on a plater his light in his eyes feint. the alpha opening its mouth ready to take the whole arm off with a single snap of its jaw.

The feint voice of Raziel seems to echo around them "Check.. mate" the wolf bites down. as he does so Raz opens his fist blood lining his fingertips as a light blue gem sits inside of his fist as a smile blooms from his lips as he goes back into an intangible state.

The gem falls through his hand, as does the wolf's jaw after a second the crunch of the gem breaking as the wolf feels fear in with quick reflexes tries to back away, not before its whole head is encased inside a block of ice.

Trying to scratch it off with his claws it slowly runs out of air to breathe after it struggles for seemingly minutes. the cold air no longer affects Raz with his aura keeping him warm he climbs into the body of the goat-like creature, to keep him warm, using his scarf to cover his bleeding wound. he falls unconscious inside the beasts belly.