The Princess and her Wolf

In the middle of a chaotic battle and turmoil, there was a distant voice that pierced through the smoke and flying destructive magic as undead hordes that were constantly popping out of the ground in rapid succession from nearby necromancers and sorcerers at the edge of the tree line. 'Conri! We can't hold them off for much longer!' a nearby werebear exclaimed, brushing off the undead as they climbed on top of him. 'We have to hold them off for just at least a few moments longer!' Conri—a twenty-five-year-old, semi-burly fighter with raven-like hair and a small nick on the right side of his cheekbone from earlier battles—yelled back, 'We cannot let them take this land! Hold your ground, clan!' As chaos consumed the battlefield, hordes of undead, sorcerers, werewolves, and werebears fought with flying dark. As Dark magic whizzing past the were clans' faces as they were ripping, shredding, and tore through the undead horde as more and more popped out of the ground in unfathomable numbers. Conri, who had not transformed just yet, stood with his sword and shield in hand and noticed, off in the distance, a tall, shadowy figure with long reddish hair breezing against the wind, standing back against the tree line. "I think I see their leader!!!!" As nearby werebears and werewolves looked towards the figure while they passively slaid the undead, one werebear exclaimed, "We see them!!! To me!!!" Gathering their strength in a few numbers, a werebears bellowed, "Charge!!!!!!" "No, wait!!!! Stop!!!" It was too late, as four weres banded together and charged into the fray. Naani, the little sister of Conri—a cute, fierce warrior maiden of eighteen years with whitish silver braided hair—ran up to him but, in the corner of her eye, noticed the small advancing group. "What in the nine hells are they doing?!" Conri and Naani watched the small charge of weres plow through the undead, dodging unrelenting spells from nearby sorcerers as they pursued the leader. "Fucking berserkers, they never fucking listen, and they're going to get themselves killed!" Naani angrily watched as the small pack of weres got hit with dark sorcery and were hurt the closer they got to the tree line. "I've got to get to them," said Conri as he started to run, but Naani caught him. "Don't be a fool, brother. There is nothing you can do for them. They disobeyed a direct order and paid for it; they knew the cost." Naani, fuming, yelled, "I CAN'T LEAVE OUR BROTHERS THERE TO DIE!!!! It's not our way as a family!!!" Conri angrily yelled back, "You get near that tree line and it's the death of you, brother." Naani exclaimed. Conri pondered and was beside himself, looked around at the devastating destruction and chaos of the war. "FORM RANKS, CLAN!!! SIDE BY SIDE!!!" Hearing the order echo from nearby weres yelling it back, "Are you crazy, Conri? You can't possibly…" as his sister looked at him, appalled but worriedly holding his arm. "We are getting our brothers and sisters back, Naani… pull yourself together, war maiden, and form the ranks." Sternly looking at Naani, he yanked his arm from her. "But—yes, sir," as Naani paused and agreed, but walked away angrily and joins formation. "FORM RANKS!!! WE ARE MOUNTING A RESCUE TO GET OUT BROTHERS AND SISTERS AWAY FROM THE GROVE!!!" "FOR CLAN AND FAMILY!!!!!" Conri looks to his left and then to his right of all his were clan gathered in staggered numbers, who roared in unison "FOR CLAN AND FAMILY!!!!" then to his little sister Naani as she yelled too in unison and looked at Conri angered and worried, nodded. "CHARGE!!!!" Conri yelled as he took off sprinting towards the tree line, and in unison the clan rallied and followed Conri into the clouded abyss of colorful smoke and fiery embers. The charred grass, the dirt, and bones of the undead quaked and vibrated beneath their feet. Conri ran as fast as his regular human legs could take him and when all the werewolves and werebears of the clan caught up with him, he transformed into his albino wolf form as the human skin was shredding away from his body and flew into the wind exposing his pure white radiating fur with a red tint highlighted by the sun. His paws had black, shadowy stripes that came to his legs, as well as underneath his pearlescent, crimson eyes that would pierce the very soul of any onlooker. The Were clan looked to their future leader and roared in loyalty and in companionship as they tore through the undead. As the final charge took place, the ranks were as of a spearhead from an aerial point of view, with Conri charging in front with his 6 white tails brushing the war-torn air like a canvas as he cantered head on into the league of undead; such was a sight to behold. There was ripping, tearing, gnashing of teeth, swords clashing against the skin of weres, undead bodies accumulated more and more underneath the clans' paws while the necromancers were hard at work. There were other weres in the clan who were behind ranks still in human form as they were specialized into pulling the bodies away from the fight and taking them back to the med tents in the clans' encampment. Suddenly, Naani yelled "I see them too!!!" Conri roared back "Who?!" while fighting, clashing and throwing the undead around like toys, picks up a zombie by his mouth distracted by his sister as the rotten flesh and bone in his teeth pierces through his nose spits out one of the zombies in disgust, "blehk" continuously spitting on the ground "Luna save me, it's in my mouth pleh, pleh, pleh" "Quit, mucking about Conri!!" replied Naani "We need to push in more!!! Did we grab our clan?!?!" Conri asked "Yes!!! But we need to leave!!!" answered Naani. "You leave; I'll push on ahead." Conri yelled "What?! You can't do that, not by yourself!!! I'm coming too!!!" replied Naani "This is not up for debate sis!!! Fall back now!!!" Conri argued "Ugh, Fine, but you better bring your fat ass back home, Dad is going to want to know what's going on." replied a joking Naani at his order "Hey, I don't have…." replied Conri "This isn't up for debate!!" replied Naani smirking back at Conri "Asshole" Conri shakes his head and he finds a slight opening and heads towards it. Suddenly, he heard his little sister take charge, and roared "FALL BACK!!" as the other members echoed the order across the battlefield. He kept pushing further into the forest, dashing into the dark brush as his fur began to blend and shift its hue, dodging dark sorcery over his head. Feeling sneaky and stealthy, he pushed past the tree line, his fur, now the shade of the deepest smoke- plumed ash; he hasn't been detected yet. Finally, pushing past the tree line and into the dark grove's bulkier inner depths, he looks around him in wonder as magic filled the air, glowing plants he's never seen spewing magical spores into the thick air, as the humidity was dense. Looking up, there was a thick canopy overhead, but the trees that once supported the canopy was laced with dark magic he dared not touch. Thick bunches of plants, faunas, flowers, and fungi were surrounding the forest, as it engulfed it from the inside out with a sudden frosty mist covering the ground. "Whoa" he muttered, "Chiroyli, Shunday, Emasmi?" a whispering voice said cutting through the dense forest sending chills down Conri's back and tail "Huh? Who's there?" he asked as his ears perked up, but his hair was standing on end. "Beautiful is it not?" the voice said plainly this time. Yeah, Yeah, it is, I guess it's all new to me, never seen anything like this before, so much beauty and magic; It's actually quite impressive." Suddenly, the magic dissipates and the veil was dropped, strung up corpses were weaved into the very fabric of wooden trees, dried crushed bones were on the ground as insects moved and scattered over it, everything surrounding Conri was decayed, rotten and dead, including the once blue pond next to him was as blackened as still water. Conri deeply disturbed by such atrocities became at once became alerted "Hozir-chi? The voice asked. Still deeply disturbed by his surroundings "I-I- I don't know your language, heh" gulping as he stuttered and backed up slowly "My apologies, young pup. Is it still beautiful?" The voice asked. "Absolutely not, who are you? What have you done to the forest?" asked Conri "I am, who you want me to be. I can be your enemy or your friend pup and seeing firsthand how you and your clan have been fighting against my force's days on end, I can tell you are very capable warriors; I'm in need of such warriors." A dark silhouette appears creepily behind a tree as two deep yellow eyes appeared staring at Conri. Immediately Conri jumps at the sight "This is not a fucking game, damn it!!!" its laughter consumes the forest "Answer me this, have you come here alone dear pup?" asked the voice "Yes, I came here to fight you and the darkness that spawns from this forest!!" answered Conri defiantly. The voice cackles devilishly but entertained that someone came and challenged it. The silhouette jumped excitedly from behind one tree to the next so fast that Conri lost track of it; and eventually, he backed up against a tree as the shadow continued to cackle. It came up behind the tree Conri was backed up on and he felt a cold gentle tap on his back, as he turned around, the voice screamed "Boo!!!!" and continued cackling from tree to tree. Conri petrified, scrambling to run but couldn't get traction on the mudded mossed ground, his fur suddenly begins to continuously change colors as his heart rate rises as he stopped running. The shadow stopped cackling and noticed Conri's colors fluctuating "Well, well, hello? What is this?" said the shadow as it looks in midair, suddenly it came down and then transforms into a dark dryad that looked young twenty-one years with reddish hair flowing down to the ground covering certain attributes, it walks over to Conri on her, now legs. "What is this indeed?" Watching his fur shading into different hues of color... "so beautiful just like…" she reaches out to touch his fur, but Conri snapped at her hand and began standing up on his hind wolf legs regaining his strength and courage. "Tsk, tsk, shouldn't have done that, pup" In clicking her tongue the branches moved from the corpse ridden trees and its roots started to bind Conri as it was lifting him upside down, as he tried to resist. The dryad cackled and then taps on her chin with her back turned towards Conri exposing her backside but still covered in hair "Now what should I do with you?" as she begins to think "What did the others call you? Conner? Conrad? Conan?" snapping her fingers trying to remember "Conri" in a stifled, strained voice as the roots wrapped around his neck. "Oh, yes…" as she smiled devilishly "A dog." The Dryad motioned the branch to throw him against a hard rock near a waterfall of sludge where he landed, as his face dipped in it he tried to suck in air, but the sludge choked him, she then motions the branches to grab his legs and flung his body meters away as his back hit one of the trees hard, completely knocking what little wind he had out of him again. The dark dryad walks towards him seductively inspecting her hand he snapped on previously "That hurt, dog. See what you've done?" Holding her hand in his face where she was nipped. In his hoarse, coughing breath he looked at her hand, trying to regain his breath he replies, "I could do plenty more than that, is that all you got witch?" She then gets in his face and tilts her head as she creepily smiles and mockingly teases him, "Aww, you think you're a big strong protector, don't you? You know nothing about the forces of darkness child." but then her demeanor changed as she remembers him calling her a witch. "Although, I admit I've been called much, much worse, and I absolutely love a challenge." she casually flicked his snout as Conri winced and let out a brief whimper which surprisingly melted the dark dryad's heart, but she didn't let him take notice. "But that's enough for tonight, as I will hold you as my prisoner until the morning rise and figure out what I'm going to do with my new pet, now that you are here." she began swaying her hips purposely as she walked away elegantly "You will pay for this!!!! My clan and I will burn this whole forest to the ground!!!!" Conri barked as the dark dryad continued to walk away from him, noticing her hourglass physique, but still visibly upset "Its already been done a thousand times before pup!!! I'm not threatened. Not now, not ever!!! So until morning... Xayr!!!" A tree branch lowers to the ground for her and began carrying her back up to the canopy where a casual makeshift treehouse crafted by a hundred branches that hung in the air. Conri watched her go inside as he was still held down by the dryads dark hardened roots. Both his legs and paws were bound, outstretched so he couldn't get any ideas of escaping through slight of hand and was suspended a few feet in the air with the thought of no help would come for him. He tried transforming back into his human form, but it was of no use, for the vines and branches only got tighter while he was in human form, and with death and decay surrounding him and in pain, it looked hopeless. A few minutes goes by as a small patrol passed him which consisted of orcs and dark elves, even a few humans in dark robes talking in a language he couldn't make out. "Psssst!! Hey!!" a small whisper was coming from below him at his feet, it was his little sister Naani in her wolf form looking up at him royal black with a cloudy white snout and paws with deep abysmal blue eyes "How's it hanging?" she smiled "Really? At a time like this, your going to pull jokes?" Conri said in disbelief while rolling his eyes "Hey, I'm not the one who decided to go be an idiot and get themselves in a bind." Naani snickered "oh shit…" Naani's ears perked up as she sniffed the air "Someone is coming… I'll hide and wait till they're gone." The small patrol moves closer towards Conri. An orc, a dark elf, and a human both in their strange, foreign attire "Qarangler, bolalar, u o'zi uchun bittasini oldi.." The orc exclaimed "Ha, liking bu hali ham nafas oladi, lekin uzoq vaqt emasmi, unga dam olishiga ruxsat bering." The dark elf said in response. The human now looked up at him curiously as he had a thought "U tugashi va tugashi bilan. Biz uning jasadini bu shohliklarni qo'rqitadigan va ularni tiz cho'ktiruvchi so'nggi o'lmangan hayvonning gibridi sifatadi ishlatamiz!!" "Sog' bo'ling!!!!" as the orc, sorcerer, and dark elf the necromancer cheered and laughed in regards to what the human said. As they start walking off to their tents close by, the human was still looking up at Conri, who was confused and just exhausted "You have no idea what you gotten yourself into, do you cross-breed?" Conri remained still and ignored the foreign human response "You will, in time cross-breed… you will. In time, we are attacking all five of the kingdoms one by one." As the human cackles at Conri while thumping the vine and branches that's holding him. The vines and branches had reverberated back to Conri as he winced in pain "She got you good and tied up; which, has me curious as to why? She could have killed you like the others you know." As the human changes the topic, seeing no response from Conri "Oh by the way, what we are doing and who we are…. Is wickedly unorthodox by your kind's standards? Because, I have heard it from your clan mates, before they drew in their last breath, with my hands wrapped around their throats, choking on the last breath of air." the human said pride fully. "We are not cursed like you cross-breed, for we are the purest form of ourselves; if anything, you are the abominations, freaks I'll have you know" looks at Conri for a response, but got nothing. In a sudden fit of crazed madness, he straight jabbed punched Conri in the solar plexus for a response, knocking the wind out of his body, rendering him unconscious "That's for my brothers you filthy mongrel, give it time and you will die just like the others." the human said to Conri's face in a wretched voice as he pulled out a handkerchief and wipes his hands down before throwing it into a fire, then walks off with the rest of the lot. Naani waits a little longer after they left, but had watched the whole thing and then walks up to Conri "Shit, we need to get you out of here brother. Heard what's going and we need to go, now." Naani looking around for any other guards as she asked "You, ok?" as she looked up at Conri but can see he is in no shape for a response. "Shit, well this might hurt, sorry brother." Naani whimpers but proceeds to slash the entangled vines and branches from his feet first with her claws, nicking them accidentally, and then his hands. Suddenly, a loud snap came from one of the branches he was tied to. As it flung back and broke off the tree it crashed towards the ground at the same time his body fell; the sound echoing through the vast dead forest. "Shit, shit, shit, shit" Naani paced over Conri "you are going to have to help me brother, quickly." The lights in the dark dryad's house came on as Naani was rustling to get Conri up "Quickly, Conri, she's up!!" "U QOCHIB KETYAPTI!!!!! BO'RI QOCHIB KETYAPTI!!!!!!!" one of the sorcerers shouted holding a torch looking in her direction "That's not good, Conri Matthew Lupine get on my back right the fuck now!!!!!" she roared at him as she quickly lowered her head towards his hands; still dazed and coughing, he managed to get on her back halfway, as she pushed him on her back the rest of the way against the tree he was on she took off in a sprint as fast as the air could carry her. Branches and vines were swirling around her as they seemed to want to engulf her in mid-run, never has she seen such raw power from nature. "Shit" as her heart raced, she took off in a canter like a bullet, zooming past dead trees and plants "I see the tree line Naani, over towards the sunrise" said Conri in exasperation as he was fighting to remain awake "H- Hang…. on brother" she said as she was losing her breath. Suddenly, a high-pitched shriek of anger was coming up from behind them, "It's her" Conri responded before going unconscious again "MENGA HAYVONNING QAYTA BERING!!!!!! U MENIK!!!!!" The dark dryad screamed out while being right on their tail. She was trying to raise the ground up under Naani, but Naani dug her heels in and was too fast for her, dodging the cracks as the earth beneath her was opening and the branches from the trees were trying to surround them. The dark dryad screamed out of frustrated anger and was right about to entrap them in when; suddenly, Naani jumped through a small opening in the animated vines. The dryad slammed her body into the trap she'd set; but in a last-ditch effort, was able to touch Naani through the thickness of the vines as her nails dug deep into Naani's skin "Aaaaaah" Naani cried and yelled out in pain "Shit!!!!" Still running but with a limp across the corpse-ridden battlefield and into the were clans campground "MAN SIZNI VA BUTUN KLANINGIZNI BIR bo'lak-bo'lak YIRAMAN, TUGAMGACHIM SIZNING SHOHLIGINGIZDAN KEYIN KELAMAN!!!!!!!! screamed the dark dryad towards Naani which sounded like a curse; she slammed her hands against the gnarled branches of her trap, and began wailing as it echoed across the forest and the corpse-ridden battlefield.