Beast Kingdom

Catch me if you can!

Violet's POV

"You really think she went this way?" One of the male voices speaks

"If she did, we would have found her." The other says

"There is no way she will make it tonight if we don't find her. Let's keep checking." The other male says

I try not to make any noise so that they can't hear me. I started to walk toward a big tree and decided that was up was the best way to safety right now.

"Don't go that way either." I hear the same voice as before.

"What? Where are you? You've been following me this whole time?" I asked out loud.

"Don't be so loud, they will hear you." he says back softly.

"Will you help me or not?" I asked back.

"It depends if you are worth it to me," he says back, laughing.

"Maybe I should just let them capture me. Maybe they can tell me what is going on here." I said back.

"Females are very rare to show up in this territory. Are you someone that could fetch a good price?" he asks me.

"Price? For what?" I asked nervously.

"You must not be from around here. Your clothes are weird too. Maybe I should capture you and reap the rewards." he says back, and I can tell he's grinning.

I started to stomp near the voice I heard and try to catch up with him when something jumped out in front of me.

"There you are. The chief is going to be happy that we found a beautiful beast like you here in our territory." A man said to me, grinning.

This is one of the cult guys! He looks so scary. I give them props for the costumes. They look so lifelike.

"What do you mean, beast? And why would you want me? I have my own free will!" I shouted back at the man who was moving closer to me.

"Free will? That is new. Take her and let's go back. It's getting dark." he shouts.

I see maybe 4 men come into view closer to me. They are all huge like before! And they are half naked! They look like cavemen from back in the Flintstones days but way less on clothes.

"Don't run, female! You will just make things harder for you. There is no way you can outrun all of us. So just come and let's go. You will just make things worse for you by putting up more struggles for us." he yells back at me.

There is no way I am going to them. They do not look like they have good intentions for me and I don't know what they are planning for me. I start running in between the trees and start climbing up.

"Get her before it's too late! Once she is up, she's no longer ours." One of the males screams out loud.

I see them all start running towards me and then it looks like they all shift into wolves? Am I high or something? Did they just turn into animals? Better yet wolves! A game-like notification pops up before me.

"System: Choose your destiny and complete the quests for reincarnation. Who will you choose; The Wolf Chief, The Lone Panther or the Raven Prince?" What the heck is this? Am I in some virtual reality game?

"This can't be real, I must be dreaming" I whispered.

"Nope, not a dream and yes, this is all real. Now it's my turn to take you." That voice from earlier says and it sounds like he is close.

Too close, but why can't I see him?

"You can't take her, she is in our domain now cat!" I saw a bird-like man come by and yell at the voice

"What the hell!" I shouted and started climbing back down the tree.

"Technically she's not yet. She's still in mine. So I will take her." The familiar voice says to the birdlike figure.

Now I know where this voice is coming from. A handsome cat-like man came out. He has a black tail with green emerald eyes. He definitely has some sharp teeth with black catlike ears. He's gorgeous but looks super scary.

"She's above ground, she's mine!" The birdlike figure says and swooshes down to try and take me.

The cat-like figure, which is way bigger than a cat, is hit by the birdlike man and they start fighting. I debate if I should get off the tree or go up more, but it seems like either way isn't a good option. Below are the men waiting for me to fall down. Where I am at, I see both the catlike and birdlike men fighting and above it looks like, well, I can't see anything above. So what to do? I try to jump to the next tree to get away from all of them and I miss the branch. I see both figures stop fighting and run towards me. I start falling and there is nothing I can catch. Is this how I die? I hope I can wake up from this dream.

System Notification: Choose now; The Wolf Chief, The Lone Panther or the Raven Prince?"

Choose what? I have no idea? I don't know how to choose and which is which? Who is who?

System Notification: A choice will be made for you in 7,6,5,4,3 okay okay, "Raven Prince!"

I feel a pull and the birdlike creature lifts me up before I hit the ground. He saved me!

"Your loss catman!" he says to the cat figure and laughs while flying us up towards the trees.

I see the cat figure pissed, trying to reach to the top of the tree to get me jumping back and forth between each branch, but it's too late. We are too high. When I stare back at him, I realize how upset he seems. We went higher and higher into the trees and set forth towards a mountain. All I could see in his eyes was sadness. Maybe he would've helped me. Now I don't know where I'm going. We fly higher and in the distance I see more wolves joining the men that followed me earlier. A huge white wolf runs to the edge of the cliff and watches me leave. He howls so loudly as if he's lost something. What a beautiful wolf. I wish I could pet you.