Keeping his eyes on his prey, Anwar waited patiently for the stag to start eating the grass around it. Today, he had asked his father to go hunting one more time despite his previous failures but he was unfazed and on the contrary, you could say he was looking forward to it more than ever. Once Fendrel gave him the OK, he immediately picked up his jacket and dashed to the door, [b]"Anwar, aren't you forgetting something?"[/b] his father asked while holding Anwar’s dagger in his hands, [b]“I think i won’t need that today dad”[/b] he said with a faint smile. That was something he would later regret saying.

The stag didn't put on much of a fight. Once it became distracted with eating, Anwar lunged at it from behind the bush, caught it by the antlers and jumped over its back, twisting and breaking the stags neck in the process. Because of his poor sword skills, he had to come up with other methods of killing his prey and after a trial and error period, he was finally able to kill his first deer. Proud of his success, he tied a rope on one of the stags’ antlers and walked back to his house.

What he witnessed when he came out of the forest was something he would never forget. Everything was in ruins. Their stable had collapsed and he could see under the wreckage his father’s horse. Their lettuce and carrot farm was ruined and the nearby trees had caught fire but the worst of all was that their house’s east wall was completely destroyed. [b][i]“What in the world happened here”[/i][/b] Anwar thought while running toward his house. [b]“Dad?Mom? Is anybody here?”[/b] he shouted again and again as he was nearing his house, fear shooting through him like a bolt of electricity. 

The inside of his house was completely destroyed but that is not what caught Anwar’s eye at first. His father was lying on the floor severely wounded. In an instant, he ran beside his father, raising his head from the ground, [b]“What...who...why?...”[/b] where the only words that came out of him mouth. Fendrel opened his eyes on the sound of his son’s voice. [b]“I’m sorry...i couldn't do anything...they were so fast, these...monstrosities...I've aged, i could not reflect their blows…”[/b] Fendrel said. [b]“Father don’t talk, you are going to be alri---”[/b] he couldn't finish his sentence as he saw his father raising his hand and pointing in the direction of his parents room. [b]“The beast...it chased your mother after it dealt with me...save her..i beg of you…”[/b] he said with his dying breath. Instant tears came to Anwar's eyes as he saw his father’s eyes closing. He wanted to stay there and cry until his eyes dried up but he had to move. His father’s last wish was to save his mother and that was exactly what he was going to do. 

Anwar stood up, wiped the tears from his eyes and started walking towards the bedroom door. Suddenly he heard a woman's scream coming from inside the bedroom. It had better not be what he was thinking because if it was, whatever was in there was going to pay dearly...