Chapter 3: Marcus Judiah

I've been starving for a few days. Smike got his leg broken while running. Nobody has found us. But, I can still feel that monster coming after me. He must be picking up my scent. How can a I be in this situation. I am just 16 years old. On my planet that is 1837 Sliparu milidays. Which are about 3 months each miliday. My brother,Smike is just 7. I got up and looked for something digestible. When suddenly I saw a person. " Hello? " a man said. I felt relief. This torture will be over. It was an out of shape man. Noticeable crooked teeth. And big long puffy red hair. He looked friendly. " What are you 2 tikes doing here? " He said. I responded, " A creature killed my uncle and me and my brother fled from it. ". The man said sorry about my loss. To be honest I didn't care. I just wanted to find that creature and kill it. The man told be his name. It was Marcus Judiah. He took us to his cabin as shelter. Marcus made us a stew. It was made from Tariq meat. I never tried it before, and it was so delicious. I saw Smike wander off and explore Marcus's house. A few minutes later, I saw Smike with a white as a ghost expression on his face. " What happened? " I asked. Before Smike could tell me, Suddenly, Marcus told us a story.

There once was a little boy playing in a lovely pond

With all the little birds that were very fond

The boy loved to swim and run

The boy never wanted it to be done

Suddenly, His father came to tell the boy that he was too tough

And that it was time for him to Die Very Rough

Suddenly, Out of nowhere he turned into a lion. The same one that killed my uncle a few days ago. I grabbed my brother's arm as we ran out of the cabin. I had grab my brother since his leg was still broken. "There is nowhere to run! " Marcus yelled. As I ran on fear with my brother in my arms, I saw the a flashing leap. I tripped, dropping my brother on the hard ground. I ran to Marcus, But ended getting scratched on my leg. I fell to the ground with agony. Smike tried to crawl to safety. But, I watched as I was him get ripped to shreds and eaten by that monster. His last words to me were, "

Help me! Terant! Help! ". Sirens came and Marcus leaped and disappeared in the air. I just sat there holding the pieces of my little brother as I sobbed uncontrollably.