DemonClaw

It was on the 5th Full Moon, when DemonClaw came upon this world. Born out of the "love" between her mother, a Demon SaberTooth/Wolf, named Aerchia and her father, a regular wolf, named Icheb. Icheb was a simple hunter, yet he always ran with his pack, providing food for the village. DemonClaw's mother was more of a mystery. Nobody really knew what she did, but she provided the village with solutions, tactical information to enhance and protect the village. But she had a temper, if she didnt get what she wanted, she would unleash her fury upon others, usually ending with deaths.

It was only by accident DemonClaw's father met her mother. She was looking for mushrooms, whilst Icheb got sperated during a hunt. Icheb stumbled over a fallen tree and fell down. Right in front where Aerchia was plucking mushrooms. They found love with each other and they were happy. But their relationship was far from perfect. Icheb's simplistic thinking often made Aerchia frustrated. They fought, argued the whole time. Even though they had something, it sometimes just didn't feel right. When Aerchia discovered she was pregnant, she thought it was a mistake. She thought the child would ruin her life. Icheb felt blessed that he would become a father. They argued about keeping the child. But it was only natural to keep the baby.

But it was on the 11th month of Harvest when the world changed. War broke out between the kingdom of Kaliott and the kingdom of Zonar. Kaliott is a peaceful, yet military advanced kingdom. While they preferred building alliances and peacefully expanding their kingdom, they often met with resistance. Other countries thought of them as ruthless conquerors, whilst others thought they were saviours. The king of Kaliott, Kamall the Third is a goodhearted person, seeking for equality among their races & classes. He was a lion hybrid, his royal family was a mix between lion, panther and tiger species. However he was thought of as an idiot. Speaking his mind without thinking. And even though he is good leader, they still considered him as an idiot. His advisors however were brilliant people, mostly governing the kingdom for him.

The kingdom of Zonar is an aggressive economical kingdom. They conquer their states by buying out people. Money always speak to the corrupt, and so trading, doing commerce in black illigal trade was considered one of their biggest achievements. People would find death if they were not obedient to their masters. Even though they follow a certain spiritual believe, profits were always more important. Zonar was governed by a Queen matriarch named Zima. Zima belonged to a reptile-dragon race. Often dispised and thought as evil, yet their ways were usually thought of as a resilient survivalist culture. She would only allow women to govern in high places. The men were considered servants and lesser beings. At least this was mainly in their capital city of Xelias.

The Matriarch Queen Zima was invited for a visit to the capital city of Konos. King Kamall the Third wanted to discuss a peaceful alliance between their kingdoms. Zima was intrigued by the invitation, as this was the first time she received an invite. She knew that trade negotiations would be beneficial for her kingdom. But something happened. Nobody really knew exactly what happened. But according to rumours, the King, Kamall the Third was stabbed by Queen Zima. During their meet, Kamall the Third would have said inappropriate things to Zima. Zima was insulted and stabbed the king. Queen Zima escaped back to her Kingdom and launched a full military force upon the kingdom of Kaliatt.

Everyone in the kingdom of Kaliatt were forced to enlist to the army. DemonClaw's father was also called upon to join the army. Aerchia didn't wanted the baby, but feeling obligated to keep her promise to Icheb. She promised him to raise the baby, but only if he promised to come back for her.

- The war took 12 years -

Aerchia raised DemonClaw the best way she could. But she had no mother skills. She usually left DemonClaw to herself, and always unleashed her frustrations upon DemonClaw. DemonClaw didn't knew anything, she only loved her mother, even if she was punished without reason. She was forced to become strong. Her mother forced her to do horrible things, even at a young age. And even if she did good, it was not good enough for her mother. Aerchia demanded only perfection, and so she needed to be perfect aswell. But she lacked teaching skills and had no patience. She abused her by hitting her and beating her. DemonClaw was forbidden to have friends, so she led quite a lonely life. DemonClaw only hoped that she would meet her father one day, things might change. And on her 12th year, she heard news from her mother, that he would return, from the long and dark war.

Both kingdoms suffered so much in the 12 years of war. Both sides lost so much. And in the end both sides just wanted to end the war. They called upon a truce. A temporarily hold your fire. And the war was "paused". But things changed... people changed. What was once beautiful, had become destruction and death. People were bloodthirsty and paranoid. Bandits and thiefs arose. (People who fled from the battlefield from both sides) A criminal empire benefitted from the wars on both sides and spread as a disease on both kingdoms. They were more powerful than both kingdoms together. Bandits roaming and killing anyone they see. Looting villages and leave destruction behind.

Icheb came back, changed. He was not the man he was before, and he couldn't care about anything. He sat and looked to the distance, staring at nothing. He was too emotional and hardened by the war. He could barely go back hunting. DemonClaw often go to her father for some stories or his company. But his soul was gone. His spirit broken. Only Aerchia could get into his mind at times. But there were new problems. With Icheb back, and him being unable to work, they couldn't afford food anymore. They needed money badly. And they were late on paying the landlord aswell. One night, Aerchia and Icheb talked softly to each other. DemonClaw knew exactly what was going on. But for certainty, She eavesdropped. "I talked to the the landlord and he wants his money. When I told him we didn't have his money, he offered another trade. He wants DemonClaw to be his bride." She wanted to flee. She decided to run away, this night. So She waited untill night fell. She silently grabbed a napsack and stuffed in the little things she owned. She needed food and water, so she silently went to the kitchen to grab a little bread and a bottle of water.

But her father was stalking her and knew she would try to escape. He captured her and tied her on a chair. She was so scared and so sad, DemonClaw was crying. "Please daddy, let me go. Please don't sell me off." She begged. Her mother come to the room and slapped her in her face. "Didn't I told you never to beg and cry?!" She screamed. Aerchia wanted to slap DemonClaw again, but her father stopped her. "No." For a moment DemonClaw thought her father actually cared about her. But then her father said: "Stop hurting her. We need her in good condition. The landlord will come in a few hours." DemonClaw's parents left her on the chair and left her alone.

A few hours passed, DemonClaw still chained to a chair. DemonClaw fell asleep but was woken up very abruptly. She suddenly got picked up by this big bearlike creature. She only could see his short bun tail. A very creepy old Salamander looking man was talking to Icheb. "Your debt issss paid, and heresss issss the gold that we agree uponsss." He put on his bowl hat on his head and looked straight to DemonClaw. He grabbed DemonClaw's face and said in a creepy voice: "hey pretttyy girl. We're going to have ssssome fun." DemonClaw knew this was not something she wanted to be part of.

She had to escape, somehow...

DemonClaw waited for a good moment. She was patient. But all of her emotions were mixing up in her mind. Her own parents just abandoned her, sold her to the landlord. She knew there wasn't much love from her parents to begin with, but that they would sell her? She never ever felt this betrayed so badly. She was angry. She was pissed. But she was smart. She knew what to do. She just needed to find a way to escape. After an half hour of walking, the big bearlike man stopped. They arrived at some mansion, presumable the landlord's mansion. The Salamander nodded a few times with his head and the bearman knew what to do.

The bearman with still DemonClaw on his shoulder, went inside the mansion and entered a small room. DemonClaw noticed that the bearman left the key on the door. He dropped DemonClaw softly on a bed, untied her. and let her be. DemonClaw watched closely to the bearman. He had a friendly face, yet, it was so badly scarred, and noticed he had one blind eye. DemonClaw tried to make eyecontact, but the bearman didn't look back. He was about to go back, to the door, but DemonClaw was agile and faster. She ran to the door, closes the door and locked the bearman inside. The bearman screamed in rage. "OPEN THE DOOR!!". The bearman kept on banging on the door, screaming.

DemonClaw ran as fast as she could, through the mansion, to the main doors. As she ran, she noticed the landlord being confused, not understanding why his servant was yelling. DemonClaw ran to the doors. But they were locked. She saw a breadknife on the nearby table. She grabbed it and ran towards the landlord. "Give me the key to the main doors, or die" she screamed. The Landlord started laughing. "Drop that knife, girl... before youss hurt yourssself." DemonClaw wasn't impressed at all, and only anger was feeding her emotion on this moment. She charged the landlord without hesitation and stabbed the landlord in his stomach. The landlord screeched and tried pushing DemonClaw away. But she didn't stop, she took the knife out of the landlord and stabbed him again and again, in his chest.

The landlord died instantly. DemonClaw cleaned herself off with the landlord's clothing and searched his pockets. She found the key and without thinking, she ran to the door. She unlocked the door and she smelled freedom. It was pitch dark, night had already fallen, but she just had to escape, somewhere, somehow... She just ran and ran, into the woods. She just needed to leave this place.

A month passed, she roamed the lands, looking for something to give meaning in her life. Fishing, harvesting fruit of the lands... Whatever she could eat to survive. She has been all alone, by herself. She didn't trusted anyone anymore. If her own parents were capable in selling her off. Why would a stranger be any different? She noticed she was crossing close to the border. dead people and destruction was the only thing she could see. Burned down buildings, ashes was the only thing left.

And by coincidence she just stumbled upon a camp. 3-4 people looked at her, suprised she came out of the forest. Then one person stepped forward and came to DemonClaw. He looked like a fox. Pointy short ears, very streamlined fur but he had a extremely long tail for a fox. And with a trustworthy face he said: "Hi there, well met little traveller. Are you lost?' DemonClaw, still unsure about to trust this person. Maybe he would rape her, maybe he would kill her. "Don't worry", he said. "We're all friends here.". DemonClaw, was reaching to a knife she had in her backpack. The fox guy came closer to DemonClaw reaching out his hand. DemonClaw jumped back and swung her knife towards the guy. "Stay away!" DemonClaw screamed. "Wow, wow, relax! We won't hurt you!".

The fox guy then said: "My name is Eadon. And you don't need to worry. Are you alone? We can take care of you. There is no point swinging that knife to us." Eadon noticed a sound coming from DemonClaw's stomach. DemonClaw still looking fierce with a knife pointing to Eadon. "Seems like your stomach betrayed you." Eadon said. "Look, put the knife down. We got food. We're happy to share." DemonClaw didn't eat for 3 full days, she was starving. DemonClaw put her knife on her belt, but still holding on to it. "There you go, follow me. Let's get you something to eat."

Eadon seemed friendly, trying to convince DemonClaw he was an idealist. He wanted to change the world. But there was something DemonClaw immediately felt that there was something off about Eadon. But she couldn't place it. She ignored her instinct and just enjoyed the company of Eadon. Eadon was the leader of this small group of people. He explained that everyone in his group, were misfits, outcast, unwanted, misunderstood people. They just wanted to be like anyone else. Eadon explained that everyone in his group were all kind of people. Bakers, builders, guards, all fled from the war. They didn't want to join the war. They already lost everything. Their homes, their work, their families... Eadon kept talking and talking about everything. Trying to gain DemonClaw's trust. And finally after hours of talking, he asked DemonClaw where she came from. But she refused. She didn't trust him yet.

But DemonClaw believed him. He was so convincing, his eyes were believable, yet sad. And she kinda felt something about his character. At first, she was very uncomfortable with him, but the longer she spent time with Eadon, she started to like him. DemonClaw decided to stay for a while, join their group. See if she could hang around. Eadon was very happy to hear DemonClaw's decision. "You're going to be a great asset." Eadon said. DemonClaw hesitated, but said:"Thanks, but i'm not sure if i'll be any useful here." "No worries" Eadon answered. "I'm sure we'll find something for you." Again, DemonClaw felt something off when Eadon said that. But she ignored her thoughts again and just nodded towards Eadon.

Eadon and DemonClaw worked closely for weeks with each other. DemonClaw thought of Eadon as his big brother, she never had. Eadon started teaching her all kind of survival techniques. Laying traps, basic defensive tips. And what she loved the most, how to use a quickblade. "A knife isn't just a weapon." Said Eadon poetically. "It's an enlargement of your own self. Don't think this as a tool, but as an extension." At times such as this, Demonie felt special.

Some time passed, Eadon's caravan moved from place to place, looting, scavaging off ruins, abandoned buildings. DemonClaw couldn't help thinking it was wrong to steal from the dead. Even with everything happened, her family abandoned her, the war, the landlord she killed, the death she saw... she still had a good heart. She had a sense of justice to do good and be good. Help the defenseless. And she had said her thoughts multiple time to Eadon. But he always waved her off. He knew that she meant okay, and said it many times himself: "it's good to think like that, Demon, but it's not our place. We are here, and we need to survive."

DemonClaw was napping inside one of carts, when suddenly she bumper her head against side the cart. The caravan was suddenly stopped. Confused as DemonClaw was, she tried to check out what was going on. She suddenly heard Eadon speak. "Do not move! We will kill you if you move!" DemonClaw stepped off the wagon, and walked towards the head of the caravan. Once she arrived up front, she saw a man and a woman on their knees, hands on their head. Eadon's second man Thorston, was holding a gun towards the two. Eadon was checking out a bag, trying to find something. It's when DemonClaw stepped up and wanted to ask Eadon what was going on, that she noticed that there were 3 kids also on their knees. They were seeking comfort and were crying.

"Eadon? What's goin..." "Demon! princess, just in time!" Eadon said. "I need your help." Eadon was walking in circles, and just when DemonClaw wanted to say something, Eadon says:"i need you to decide." He paused for a moment again and continued:" either these guys are lying and they just wanted to rob us. Or they are telling the truth and just wants us to die." DemonClaw didn't understood what was going on: "what do you mean? What do you want me to decide for?" Eadon was started to get irritated and start saying on a louder voice:" either we kill them here, right now. Or we let them go." Eadon sounded so pissed, but DemonClaw could not understand why.

Eadon, grabbed his quickblade and walked towards DemonClaw. "I need you to kill those 3 kids." DemonClaw shocked to hear what Eadon was demanding. "But why? What is going on?" Eadon now furious replied: "follow my goddamn orders!" DemonClaw felt disrespected and ignored Eadon. "I have no idea whats going on and i will not let you speak to me like that!". Eadon walked to DemonClaw, kissed her forhead. And said: "you dissapoint me." DemonClaw wanted to say something but before she had a chance, she got knocked down. Everything went black.

DemonClaw regains conscience for a few seconds, she sees Eadon with a drawn knife, walking towards the 3 kids. Without mercy she saw him slice into the kids. The cries of the children and their parents. The man tries to stop Eadon, but the man gets shot in the back by Thorston. The last thing DemonClaw saw was the psychotic smile on Eadon. And everything fades to black.

DemonClaw wakes up, tied to the ground, a metal chain was tied to DemonClaw's neck. Her paws stuck in cuffs. She tries to get loose, but she can,t get out. Eadon walks in the room. Stressing more than ever. And then he stops in front of her. "I'm sorry Princess. But this is your own fault." "I tried to warn you, but you just do whatever you pleases." DemonClaw still confused what was going on, and what happened and wonders why she's in chains. "Why are you doing this? What's going on?"

"Princess, please. I tried to make you one of us. But it seems you are nothing but trouble. And now... now you are just merchandise." Eadon hesistated for a moment, but then his psychotic smile came back. "And i'll be the first to try out the new merchandise." Eadon walks towards DemonClaw. DemonClaw: "Eadon, please don't, you're like a brother to me. Please." Eadon ignores her and grabs her by the chains. DemonClaw tries to struggle, but she can't go anywhere. She was defenseless.

After Eadon had forced himself upon DemonClaw, He whispers in her ear. "I'm not your brother, i'm your master." DemonClaw was ashamed but was furious. "I will kill you…" DemonClaw said with anger. He stood up and walked away. Eadon was actually quite happy with himself, he finally had DemonClaw, what he desired most when he first saw DemonClaw. He wanted her to trust him. There was a moment he thought he could make DemonClaw a sex slave, but he actually fancied her. But it didn't matter anymore. She was just merchandise now.

The only thing Eadon forgot, was that DemonClaw wasn't helpless. She might have been defenseless, but during the act, DemonClaw managed to get Eadon's quickblade from his belt. DemonClaw was skilled enough to uncuff herself with Eadon's quickblade. She was loose. She was angry, and she was ready to kill. "I need to return Eadon's property…"

Like a shadow, she sneaked around, first the guards, she thought; slitting their throats without hesitation. She was only close to Eadon, so she had no true friend in the group. She had no remorse, she had no regret. They were all following Eadon, they were all this bad to let it happen. They all needed to die. Thorston, the snakelike second man from Eadon was sitting at the campfire. DemonClaw didn't like him either. He was always trying to flirt with her, standing way to close to her. She had a little special idea for him. All who was left was him and Eadon. Thorston would only guard at the campfire if Eadon was sleeping.

DemonClaw stepped out of the shadows, in front of the campfire and Thorston. Thorston was looking at the campfire, looked up. And scaredly stood up. "Demon? Is that really you?... I…" before he could say anything else, he looked down and saw blood on the floor and his hands. He felt a pain coming from his neck. And he fell down. DemonClaw had thrown the quickblade into his throat. DemonClaw walked by, took the quickblade out of Thorston's neck and entered Eadon's tent.

She could hear him snore, she could hear him breathing. She felt so much power. She wanted to kill him so badly, but she wanted him to suffer. She took a nearby rope and tied Eadon quickly upon his bed. In case he wanted to escape. She then opened his pants and cut off his penis. Eadon immediately woke up and screamed in agony. He was restrained, so he couldn't move. "What the fuck?! Omfg what the fffffffuuuuuuck?!!" He screamed. DemonClaw took his tongue and sliced it out of his mouth. Eadon was screaming and tried to get off the bed, but DemonClaw held him down.

DemonClaw then started to dissect Eadon, while he was still alive. She was shocked that she could do this, yet it felt so pleasurable to do it anyway.

Minutes passed, screams stopped... DemonClaw steps out of the tent. She was covered in blood. She tries to wipe the blood off with her arm. But there was so much blood. She was in a frenzy, but it was the first time she felt this good. Was she a psychopath? Or did she just enjoyed killing? She was good in killing, she was good with knives…A lot was flowing through her mind. She just walked out the camp, straight forward, following the road without a single care. She wanted to kill more, way more. She wanted to kill everyone around her..

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- Written by Lawie, February 2017 -