UGH my head......w...what happened ? were am I ?

You look around and see you are in the middle of the DarkStone woods just outside of town but as hard as you try you can't for the life of you remember how the hell you got here

SNAP !!!

A branch snapping loudly beside you causes you to jump but as you look for the source of the sound what you see Shake's you to your very core
at first it appeared to be a normal guy short black hair 5'7" and to be honest rather cute innocent face wearing black shoes black jacket white button up shirt and black jeans but looking closer it was very obvious this was no normal guy
not with those red eye's and certainly not with those black antlers growing from the top of his head

??? - it's about time you got up

he said his voice soft and emotionless
each letter that came from his mouth sent shivers down your spine

Kiyoshi - who are you ?
what are you ?

Thorn - my name is Thorn
as to what I am
well a being of such low intelligence
as you are
could never comprehend what I am so I see no point in explaining it
now you have been chos..

Kiyoshi - wait low intelligence wha..

in the blink of an eye Thorn closed the distance between you and planted his fist into your stomach knocking the wind from your lungs

Thorn - now is not the time to speak now is the time to listen do you understand ?

Kiyoshi - y....ye....yes.

and just as fast as it had happened the pressure on your stomach was gone and Thorn was back were he was as if he never moved at all

Thorn - now as I was saying
you have been chosen by my master to receive a very special gift
a gift that other's of your kind would kill for

Kiyoshi - w....what gift ?

you asked picking yourself up off the ground still holding your stomach

Thorn - freedom....
see your kind has something
it's hidden deep inside you
it's from a time when all this planet was....was teeth and blood and pain

Kiyoshi - Ahhhh

you drop to your knees clutching your stomach suddenly in a intense amount of pain

Thorn - it would seem my punch has awoken him as well

Kiyoshi - who....AHHHHH

you roll around on the ground screaming in agony as it feels like something is trying to rip it's way out of you

Thorn - the pain will go away if you stop fighting it

feeling as though you are going to throw up you hold your stomach and open your mouth
but what comes out is not what you ate last night
it's as black as tar and burn's like acid
it pools on the ground making the small spot of woods that was covered in leaves look like a tar pit
you fall to your knees when it finally ends clutching at your burning throat

Thorn - ouch

you look up at thorn as he watches you and absent mindedley cleans his nails but just as you are about to speak the black tar Start's to bubble

Thorn - this is were the fun Start's kid

just as the words left his mouth a darkness overshadowed the forest looking up Kiyoshi saw the clouds blacker then he had ever seen them before and swirling in unnatural patterns it was then that a strong window blew through the trees and drew his attention back to the black tar like substance that now had a hand and half a arm coming out of it feeling around for some solid ground

Kiyoshi - what the hell is that Thorn ?

Thorn - I told you already
it is what you humans use to be
at the beginning the world was a much more savage place so to survive you had to be even more savage more violent more ruthless

Kiyoshi - so how are we going to stop it ?

Thorn - not we just you

Kiyoshi - WHAT !!

Thorn - you have to defeat your own past or you will not survive the future

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