Chapter 1
Erza's (POV)
Hi everyone my name is Erza, I guess I should start off by telling you about myself. Well right now i'm 15 and have lived a hard life ever since our parents were killed in an attack. Oh ya! Almost forgot, I have a little brother and sister, Raven and Sia who are twins. We have been have been getting by on our own sense i was 7 and they were both 2, making them both 10 now, making it much harder to get food with the increase in appetite but i always make sure they eat first.
As we travel all we want to do is settle down in a place to call our own, but for some reason everytime we find a place that seems nice we always get chased out by other shifters, mostly werewolves. As for my brother, sister and I, I'm not sure really what type of creature we are. Our parents had once told me that we were creatures called Hippogriffs, strong, proud, and very smart creatures.
There were a few points in time that my parents did have to watch me carefully, because even though i'm the same as them i'm also not. I'm a special Hippogriff, they use to tell me which as the years go by I'm starting to see it more and more. My Hippogriff forum which is what we are in 90% of the time is at least dubble if not triple my brother and sisters size and still growing, and yeah yeah i get that i'm older by 5 years but even this size difference just for 5 years is not normal for any shifters. Oh and where are my manners, I should probably explain what a Hippogriff is. Well we are part horse and part bird, it can be a mix of any horse and bird really. Mine is a mix of Harpy Eagle and Gypsy horse. Not sure how our kind came to be but I was more then happy with it.
I'm currently out hunting trying to get some food for Raven, Sia and Myself. I had left both Raven and Sia back at a cave den we had found not wanting them in danger while I hunted. I have let them hunt with me before don't get me wrong, but we need food bad this time and as much as i love them i couldn't risk them chasing off the food before we get it.
After about an hour of looking I finally come across a good sized herd of bison. Now i may be a very large Hippogriff but even I know wrong move and I could mean bad damaged. Yes i heal fast but would give them time to get away and given I still have not gotten my "powers" yet so those are of no use either. So I got my claws, beak and hooves which should be enough as long as I can swoop in quietly.
Time goes by and after about 15 minutes I find the perfect spot down wind from them in which I can attack. I start to spread my wings wide, with them already having a 15 foot reach. Once I take off i'm very careful and quiet, and as I come down for kill number one I use my powerful claws to gash deep into one of the bison's back breaking the spine to the point it couldn't walk as if fell over and was bleeding rapidly. I was hoping to get two kills this time, but unfortunately now that the rest are railed up all I can do is wait for them to move on so I can get my one kill. Yeah I know what your thinking "your a Hippogriff why not just go take it" and your right I should be able to but even with as strong as I am, I am no fool and will not risk injury at a time like this.
Once a couple hours go by the herd finally moves on leaving the one I killed behind. I walk up to it sniffing it to make sure it's dead before grabbing it up in my claws and flying off with it back to the cave. This meal even with the size of it won't last long, nor will it even feed all 3 of us till we are full. Raven and Sia are growing along with the amount of food they need, so I always let them eat first before eating my share. They wish I would eat with them at times like we used, but their health is more important to me then my own so I always let them eat first and I eat what's left.
I get too the cave with our dinner as both Raven and Sia run out of the cave happily, both making happy chirp sounds while rubbing their beaks on my belly fur. Once I set the Bison down I use one of my claws to cut into the belly of the creature. As soon as the belly is cut both Raven and Sia go up to it and start to happily eat, their horse tails swishing behind them in a happy way with me coming up from behind starting to use my beak to clean and reset their feathers as they eat. While getting cleaned even though they are eating you can still hear them letting off a small purring like sound of joy as they enjoy their food and grooming.
As they finished their part of the meal they both backed up looking at one another giggling before moving and starting to clean each other. I crawl up to the belly of the Bison and see that there is not enough to completely fill me but enough to satisfy me, which is better than most times. So i happily start eating the kill.
Once I was about halfway through eating what was left of the Bison I started to hear the tiniest little growl i had ever heard. The growl sound weak and scared, I turned my horned ears (like the ears on a horned owl) as I search for the sound. Once i had locked onto the sound i walked over closer to the tiny growl which was now turning into a scared whine once I was in front of the little creature. Upon further inspection I could tell this little creature was actually a werewolf pup and it was also starving, so me being me grabbed up the little wolf by its neck bringing it over to the Bison and setting it down.
The wolf pup was scared and shaking not knowing what to do. I did the only thing I could think of and nuzzled it to the Bison. After a few minutes the pup started to relax before finally going up to start eating the Bison and just like with Raven and Sia I came up behind it and used my beak to start cleaning his fur. At first the poor pup froze in fear but relaxed after a couple more minutes and started eating once more. Once the pup was done and had its fill I ended up finishing the rest off before getting rid of the Bison body not wanting to attracted any unwanted attention.
Once back I look around still seeing the wolf pup there with both Raven and Sia cleaning its face with me letting out a low screeching giggle. After words I let out some clucking sounds telling them to follow. The pup was confused at first but learned fast seeing the twins follow behind me. The pup follow behind nervously not sure what to do or if it was ok to follow all the pup knew was, it was scared and alone and wanted someone to be with.
After a few minutes go by I look up still seeing the little wolf pup looking around sadly and shaking from the cold. I let out a few low clucks in the direction of the pup who turn and looked at me. I nod my head before swinging it to the side as a way to tell him to come over and he did. I gently lower my beak to his neck picking him up and setting him right in the middle of the cuddle pile with my body wrapped around all 3 of them. I lay my head around them as we all get ready to rest not knowing what the next day will bring or what will happen with us now taking a wolf pup along with us.
I sat up for a little bit longer looking as the pup sniffing it and learning about it, and even though it was just a pup I could still smell the alpha blood on the pup. That smell made me confused and made me question and think more as to why the pup would be out here all on its own, and if I had to guess I would say the pup is no more than about 8-10 years old so around the same age as Raven and Sia. I let out a sigh " o well guess i'll just have to find out where you belong and what happend little one" i thought to myself before laying my head down and closing my eyes to finally sleep.
(This is my first story so please tell me what you think and if I should keep going. I have other chapters but will post more if everyone likes them.)
