This is my very first attempt at writing a real story. It's far from done as you can see that this chapter only covers my main characters birth. Please be constructive with your comments and point out what you liked or didn't like ^_^
The sun rose in a glorious conflagration of red and yellow. The light drove the shadows away and slowly it revealed details of what had happened during the night. Game trail could be seen in the snow yet it was faintly worn and in some places non-existant. The snow had covered a lot of it. Not only had the snow deleted parts of the trail, it had also covered small pools and rivers which were completely frozen. Even though the game trail was nearly invisible, one could see that the game had avoided a certain area. The trail circled around it as the animals were scared of the fire that had burned there during the night. Next to the remains of the small fire sat a man who had just finished his poor breakfast. He was looking around, trying to find a deer or wild boar to kill and keep its meat for the coming days. It had been snowing for a few days now and food was scarce. Suddenly he heard snow cracking on his right and he saw a small doe running towards a group of trees. Jon slowly stood up and grabbed his bow as he shuffled after the doe. He slowly strung his bow and drew an arrow. The doe walked towards a small stream of water and bent over to drink. Jon almost laughed out loud to thank the gods for this opportunity, if he was able to kill the doe he and his wife would be able to eat and survive. He crept closer and aimed, one well aimed shot and the doe would fall down and Jon would have to run towards the it to finish it with his knife. He took a steady breath and released the arrow. As soon as the arrow hit the neck of the doe, it fell to the ground and Jon rushed towards it and jugulated it. He bound the doe's 4 hooves together with a thick rope. When he arrived at the camp he cut the corpse in pieces and made a small fire. He then removed the doe's hide carefully as he may need it later and hung the meat above the fire in order to smoke it. Once he was done and the meat was smoking, he walked over to his wife who was still sleeping, wrapped in some hides, and laid his ear on her stomach. He could feel her stomach moving and smiled. "At least you are having a good time. Don't worry little one, when you will be here with us, your mother and I will do everything to protect you." he said.
After a shock of pain she opened her eyes. She had been moving in her sleep and must've hit a stone with her wounded leg. As she turned around to lay on her side she saw Jon walking away with his bow. She smiled, it was a gift from heaven that she had found such a loving and caring man. Her hapiness ended rather quickly as she groaned after another sock of pain. The wound must have opened again after hitting the stone. A light gust of wind blew through her hair and she inhaled deeply, they were free now she thought. But for what price? Pondering on her thoughts, Yuni sat straight with her legs in front of her and she carefully unwrapped the bandages from her right leg. She did her best to do it as fast as possible as she couldn't stand the sight of her wound. The lower part of her leg had become slightly more blue than last time she took a look at it. Around her deep, and yet again bleeding, wound there were some green scabs. As another shock of pain went through her leg, she shakingly stoop up with her left leg first. She then hobbled towards the small pond Jon had removed the layer of ice from and carefully got on her knees, the wound hurted immensely as she sat down in that position but she wanted to endure it for Jon and her baby. After the bandages were cleaned she hobbled over to the camp again, sat down on the hides and wrapped the bandages around her leg again. The bandages were soaking wet and ice cold, but that distracted her a bit from the pain. Yuni could hear a soft "twang" followed by snow being cracked as something fell on it and she knew that Jon would get back soon so she layed down again and pretend like she was sleeping, she didn't want Jon to worry about her wound as he had so much worries already. When Jon got back, she felt his head against her stomach and heard him speak to the baby.
The sun had reached its highest point as Jon and Yuni were travelling through the forest. Melted snow was dripping from the leaves and every now and then a small patch of grass could be seen. The winter was ending and you could see nature waking up from her long sleep, it was time for new life to start. Yuni had been hobbling the whole time yet every time µjon asked if there was something wrong with her wounded leg she'd shake her head and smile. As they were crossing a bridge Yuni suddenly stopped walking and let out a short cry after a short shock of pain in her stomach. Fear struck her as she realized that the baby wanted to get out and that she would give birth to a baby in such poor circumstances. "Jon! The baby is coming! Why now?! Why here?!" She barely could restrain her tears as Jon rushed towards her. "Don't worry, just tell me what to do and I'll help you. I know there could be better circumstances for our baby to be born but we can't do that much about it can we?". Afte Yuni had told him what to do Jon made a fire and hung a bucket with water above it in order to make it boil. When the water was boiling, Yuni walked over towards a tree and undid her pants. She laid the pants on the ground next to the tree together with some hides and layed down on them with her head against the tree and her legs spread wide open with her feet standing on the ground. Jon kneeled down before her legs and handed Yuni his glove. "Here, bite on it. It will help you handling the pain." Yuni let out a loud cry as the pain started to take effect and she bit with all her strength into the leather of the glove. She started pressing and even though the pain was immense she kept on pressing. The pain kept on growing and growing as she could feel the baby coming out of her. And suddenly the pain vanished and she let out a final cry as she let the glove get out of her mouth. She had some snow under her nails as she had been digging into the snow in order to get distracted from the pain. Then she relaxed and a quiet cry could be heard. It kept on getting louder and louder untill the whole forest was filled by the sound of a crying baby which was being welcomed by the world. Jon kissed the baby on its forehead and gave him to Yuni. "It's a boy." he said with tears of joy in his eyes. Yuni had been crying already due to the pain, but those turned into tears of joy now that she saw her baby. She wrapped the baby in some hides and she kissed Jon as she never had before. Their kiss came forth out of hundreds of emotions. Joy, relief, hapinness and most importantly, love for each other and their baby.
It was getting dark, the birds got quiet and silence took over the forest. Jon and Yuni had been sitting next to their newborn child who was sleeping peacefully. "I don't know how to feel now..." Yuni said. "Something tells me I should be happy and crying with tears of joy. But something deep inside me tells me I should be crying with tears of fear...". Jon sighed. Not because he was disagreeing with her or annoyed. No, he sighed because he felt the same as she did. "I should have neve talked to you. I should have stayed away from you when I fell in love with you. This would have never happened to us... you, if I had would have thought logically." Yuni knew that Jon was in pain, because of his bloodline they had been foreced to live a quiet life and no they even had to run to save their lives. "It isn't your fault, what can you do about the fact that people are so blind and don't want to see you as one of them?" she said with a calming voice. Jon smiled. This was why he loved her. She had accepted him and even allowed him to step into her life.
Suddenly a loud howl could be heard. The howl was followed by several barks and in the distance a man's shout could be heard. "Snow had picked up their scent! Follow him!". A bunch of loud voices followed and through the trees Jon and Yuni could see light approaching. Their eyes widened with fear and Yuni's got filled with tears. Jon immediatly stood up and pulled Yuni up. He then picked up the baby and handed it over to her. Their eyes met and the message was clear. "Run!" Jon shouted as he grabbed Yuni's hand and started running.
As Jon grabbed Yuni's hand she felt that it was ice cold. With dismay she realized that he was getting ready to fight, that he was gathering his ice cold chakra in order to freeze the dogs and men following them. Tears streamed out of her eyes as she thought of what could happen to them. Being teared to shreds by mad dogs and burned by fools, what kind of death could be worse? Again, the leading dog howled and this time it was closer. They could hear branches being cracked as the dogs ran over them. Despite all the tumult and noise, the baby kept sleeping peacefuly with a smile on his face. Suddenly, Yuni felt Jon's grip loosen as he stumbled and fell on the ground. "Run! Save yourself and the baby! I'll hold them off!" he shouted with pleading, yet determined eyes. Yuni didn't know what to say and turned around. She kept on running, she would save herself and her son for him. She would fulfill his last wish! Jon let out a wild cry and immediatly afterwards the air became cold. The dogs hesitated for a short moment as they didn't know what was happening. "Aaargh!!!!" one of the men shouted as suddenly a spike of ice rose up underneath him and pierced his head. Confusion and fear struck both the group of dogs and the group of men, but it was immediatly replaced by their bloodlust again and they attacked Jon. Jon froze each and every one of his opponents who got too close and managed to fend them of. He was doing this for them. It was his last act as the father of a little family. It looked as if he was going to survive the fight as the amount of dogs and men diminished. Jon was able to drive them back untill suddenly four paws hit his back and pushed him on the ground. The dog which had been leading the others had circled around him without Jon noticing it and attacked him from the back. How ironic Jon thought, being killed by a dog named Snow. The dog howled yet again, but this time out of sheer victory and opened it's jaws to show two rows of white, sharp teeth. Good luck, son. was the last thing Jon was able to think as the dogs teeth sunk into the flesh of his neck and teared it apart. The remaining dogs attacked too and the still standing men cheered.
The sun rose in a glorious conflagration of red and yellow. The light drove the shadows away and slowly it revealed details of what had happened during the night. Game trail could be seen in the snow yet it was faintly worn and in some places non-existant. The snow had covered a lot of it. Not only had the snow deleted parts of the trail, it had also covered small pools and rivers which were completely frozen. Even though the game trail was nearly invisible, one could see that the game had avoided a certain area. The trail circled around it as the animals were scared of the fire that had burned there during the night. Next to the remains of the small fire sat a man who had just finished his poor breakfast. He was looking around, trying to find a deer or wild boar to kill and keep its meat for the coming days. It had been snowing for a few days now and food was scarce. Suddenly he heard snow cracking on his right and he saw a small doe running towards a group of trees. Jon slowly stood up and grabbed his bow as he shuffled after the doe. He slowly strung his bow and drew an arrow. The doe walked towards a small stream of water and bent over to drink. Jon almost laughed out loud to thank the gods for this opportunity, if he was able to kill the doe he and his wife would be able to eat and survive. He crept closer and aimed, one well aimed shot and the doe would fall down and Jon would have to run towards the it to finish it with his knife. He took a steady breath and released the arrow. As soon as the arrow hit the neck of the doe, it fell to the ground and Jon rushed towards it and jugulated it. He bound the doe's 4 hooves together with a thick rope. When he arrived at the camp he cut the corpse in pieces and made a small fire. He then removed the doe's hide carefully as he may need it later and hung the meat above the fire in order to smoke it. Once he was done and the meat was smoking, he walked over to his wife who was still sleeping, wrapped in some hides, and laid his ear on her stomach. He could feel her stomach moving and smiled. "At least you are having a good time. Don't worry little one, when you will be here with us, your mother and I will do everything to protect you." he said.
After a shock of pain she opened her eyes. She had been moving in her sleep and must've hit a stone with her wounded leg. As she turned around to lay on her side she saw Jon walking away with his bow. She smiled, it was a gift from heaven that she had found such a loving and caring man. Her hapiness ended rather quickly as she groaned after another sock of pain. The wound must have opened again after hitting the stone. A light gust of wind blew through her hair and she inhaled deeply, they were free now she thought. But for what price? Pondering on her thoughts, Yuni sat straight with her legs in front of her and she carefully unwrapped the bandages from her right leg. She did her best to do it as fast as possible as she couldn't stand the sight of her wound. The lower part of her leg had become slightly more blue than last time she took a look at it. Around her deep, and yet again bleeding, wound there were some green scabs. As another shock of pain went through her leg, she shakingly stoop up with her left leg first. She then hobbled towards the small pond Jon had removed the layer of ice from and carefully got on her knees, the wound hurted immensely as she sat down in that position but she wanted to endure it for Jon and her baby. After the bandages were cleaned she hobbled over to the camp again, sat down on the hides and wrapped the bandages around her leg again. The bandages were soaking wet and ice cold, but that distracted her a bit from the pain. Yuni could hear a soft "twang" followed by snow being cracked as something fell on it and she knew that Jon would get back soon so she layed down again and pretend like she was sleeping, she didn't want Jon to worry about her wound as he had so much worries already. When Jon got back, she felt his head against her stomach and heard him speak to the baby.
The sun had reached its highest point as Jon and Yuni were travelling through the forest. Melted snow was dripping from the leaves and every now and then a small patch of grass could be seen. The winter was ending and you could see nature waking up from her long sleep, it was time for new life to start. Yuni had been hobbling the whole time yet every time µjon asked if there was something wrong with her wounded leg she'd shake her head and smile. As they were crossing a bridge Yuni suddenly stopped walking and let out a short cry after a short shock of pain in her stomach. Fear struck her as she realized that the baby wanted to get out and that she would give birth to a baby in such poor circumstances. "Jon! The baby is coming! Why now?! Why here?!" She barely could restrain her tears as Jon rushed towards her. "Don't worry, just tell me what to do and I'll help you. I know there could be better circumstances for our baby to be born but we can't do that much about it can we?". Afte Yuni had told him what to do Jon made a fire and hung a bucket with water above it in order to make it boil. When the water was boiling, Yuni walked over towards a tree and undid her pants. She laid the pants on the ground next to the tree together with some hides and layed down on them with her head against the tree and her legs spread wide open with her feet standing on the ground. Jon kneeled down before her legs and handed Yuni his glove. "Here, bite on it. It will help you handling the pain." Yuni let out a loud cry as the pain started to take effect and she bit with all her strength into the leather of the glove. She started pressing and even though the pain was immense she kept on pressing. The pain kept on growing and growing as she could feel the baby coming out of her. And suddenly the pain vanished and she let out a final cry as she let the glove get out of her mouth. She had some snow under her nails as she had been digging into the snow in order to get distracted from the pain. Then she relaxed and a quiet cry could be heard. It kept on getting louder and louder untill the whole forest was filled by the sound of a crying baby which was being welcomed by the world. Jon kissed the baby on its forehead and gave him to Yuni. "It's a boy." he said with tears of joy in his eyes. Yuni had been crying already due to the pain, but those turned into tears of joy now that she saw her baby. She wrapped the baby in some hides and she kissed Jon as she never had before. Their kiss came forth out of hundreds of emotions. Joy, relief, hapinness and most importantly, love for each other and their baby.
It was getting dark, the birds got quiet and silence took over the forest. Jon and Yuni had been sitting next to their newborn child who was sleeping peacefully. "I don't know how to feel now..." Yuni said. "Something tells me I should be happy and crying with tears of joy. But something deep inside me tells me I should be crying with tears of fear...". Jon sighed. Not because he was disagreeing with her or annoyed. No, he sighed because he felt the same as she did. "I should have neve talked to you. I should have stayed away from you when I fell in love with you. This would have never happened to us... you, if I had would have thought logically." Yuni knew that Jon was in pain, because of his bloodline they had been foreced to live a quiet life and no they even had to run to save their lives. "It isn't your fault, what can you do about the fact that people are so blind and don't want to see you as one of them?" she said with a calming voice. Jon smiled. This was why he loved her. She had accepted him and even allowed him to step into her life.
Suddenly a loud howl could be heard. The howl was followed by several barks and in the distance a man's shout could be heard. "Snow had picked up their scent! Follow him!". A bunch of loud voices followed and through the trees Jon and Yuni could see light approaching. Their eyes widened with fear and Yuni's got filled with tears. Jon immediatly stood up and pulled Yuni up. He then picked up the baby and handed it over to her. Their eyes met and the message was clear. "Run!" Jon shouted as he grabbed Yuni's hand and started running.
As Jon grabbed Yuni's hand she felt that it was ice cold. With dismay she realized that he was getting ready to fight, that he was gathering his ice cold chakra in order to freeze the dogs and men following them. Tears streamed out of her eyes as she thought of what could happen to them. Being teared to shreds by mad dogs and burned by fools, what kind of death could be worse? Again, the leading dog howled and this time it was closer. They could hear branches being cracked as the dogs ran over them. Despite all the tumult and noise, the baby kept sleeping peacefuly with a smile on his face. Suddenly, Yuni felt Jon's grip loosen as he stumbled and fell on the ground. "Run! Save yourself and the baby! I'll hold them off!" he shouted with pleading, yet determined eyes. Yuni didn't know what to say and turned around. She kept on running, she would save herself and her son for him. She would fulfill his last wish! Jon let out a wild cry and immediatly afterwards the air became cold. The dogs hesitated for a short moment as they didn't know what was happening. "Aaargh!!!!" one of the men shouted as suddenly a spike of ice rose up underneath him and pierced his head. Confusion and fear struck both the group of dogs and the group of men, but it was immediatly replaced by their bloodlust again and they attacked Jon. Jon froze each and every one of his opponents who got too close and managed to fend them of. He was doing this for them. It was his last act as the father of a little family. It looked as if he was going to survive the fight as the amount of dogs and men diminished. Jon was able to drive them back untill suddenly four paws hit his back and pushed him on the ground. The dog which had been leading the others had circled around him without Jon noticing it and attacked him from the back. How ironic Jon thought, being killed by a dog named Snow. The dog howled yet again, but this time out of sheer victory and opened it's jaws to show two rows of white, sharp teeth. Good luck, son. was the last thing Jon was able to think as the dogs teeth sunk into the flesh of his neck and teared it apart. The remaining dogs attacked too and the still standing men cheered.
