Chapter 4: Chapter 4

"No! We have to leave, far from here. C-come on, they're coming."

Dad... he is definitely scared. Oh God, his voice trembled upon saying those words. I, on the other hand, cannot comprehend clearly... All that I could think of was to stop the dripping blood from my father's stomach.

With nothing on my hand, I rushed towards Dad's place as my heart kept beating so fast. I pressed both my hands to apply pressure in his wound so the blood would stop flowing out of his body. However, before I could even call out to my brother to help me, my father held my wrist tightly.

"Maive... we have to go." He stated with weary eyes, his voice even sounded in a hurry. He is agitated more than ever and I could see it.

I couldn't ask the reason behind this damn wound in his stomach... or ask why we will be leaving in such a hurry. But I have an idea in my mind, those humans... they definitely did this.

I shifted my gaze to Sheon. My heart was shattered when I saw her eyes closed, and there was no trace of her chest moving up and down... it was steady resting, telling me that she's dead. I immediately looked away from her... I cannot withstand it. I wanted to run towards Sheon but my feet were frozen, tears were starting to blur my vision.

I was so lost that I didn't even know what to do.

It was that exact moment when an angry and terrifying voice started to fill our ears that woke me up to reality. "We need to leave!" My dad commanded.

Soon enough, I found myself gripping my brother's wrist and running away from home... from the place where I grew up. It gave us so many memories that despite all odds, I still wanted to cherish, however, it's time to leave.

Our father is running with us in front... Every step he took, his blood remained. As much as I wanted to stop my father from running, I couldn't do anything because I am truthfully terrified.

I have no clue of what was happening, but I knew that something bad had happened and we had to escape.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps chasing after us. They were screaming... and the anger in their voices was terrifying. I have been bullied numerous times but this is surely different. I could hear the metals clanging as they run after us... they have pipes, weapons, or something that are definitely not there just to scare us.

This is more than a scare... if my father had that wound in his stomach, they surely will not just throw some hurtful words or egg shells as they did before... They were chasing to kill us.

"Zonen! Maive! Run faster!" My father's voice thundered.

It was only for a few minutes of running when my heart started to pound so bad that it made the situation even worse. I could also feel my legs shaking from running.

"Damn!" I shouted. To my terror, I tripped in a stone. I fell to my knees and because I am holding my brother's wrist, he fell with me.

That made my father stop running. He looked behind to see us fall on our knees. He looked terrified as he looked at us, the light from the moon was enough for me to see his reaction.

Fuck, I am so clumsy!

Zonen immediately stood up from that fall. He extended his arms in front of me to stand up from that position. "Hurry!" He exclaimed.

I held his hands. However, as soon as I tried to stand up, I fell again. My knees are badly trembling... I am not really sure if it is because of the fall or because I am scared.

"They are here!"

"The family of the witch is here!"

I didn't realize that the people were this close... Fuck.

To my surprise, my father lifted and carried me. His hands were cold and I know that he was terrified. He ran once again, with me being carried by him. Zonen was closely behind us... running after us.

My eyes started to water again. I am embarrassed for being a burden like this... my father is carrying me when he is severely wounded, bleeding tremendously. I could hear Dad's heavy breathing with his cold hands carrying me.

"Stop! Where do you think you are going?!" I heard a deep man's voice in front of us. When I looked in front, I found a group of men. They were carrying lamps in their hands.

My father halted from running. There was no place to go... There were also men behind us and all of them were from our village.

"You really have the guts to run away from your sins!" One of them shouted.

"I have done nothing wrong. Let us leave peacefully..." Dad stated with fear evident in his voice. His hands were both trembling in fear as well while my heart kept beating so loud as if this will be the end of us.

"Why are you doing this to us?!" My brother exclaimed despite the fact that he was still catching for air to breathe.

Some of them laughed and it was a terrifying sight. The smile on their faces... it was evil which made me shiver.

The old man leading them, shifted his gaze at my brother. "Take him."

His command scares me like hell that I wanted to fight them.

"Don't touch my children!" Dad roared madly. He was angry upon hearing those words. My father let go of me and held Zenon and I on our shoulders... protecting us from them.

"I said, take him!" Man ordered once again.

My brother held my arm tightly and I could feel him trembling in fear as well. Why do these people have to do this? We could talk in peace, we can explain that we did nothing wrong, why do they have to do this?

"Don't you dare lay your hands on my children!" My father's breathing is not normal... he has lost so much blood. His thigh was already red from the dripping blood in his stomach and he is paler than usual.

My tears started to pour so badly upon seeing my father's condition. D-dad... However, I couldn't open my mouth to say something.

"Your family ruined this village! You need to pay for everything that you have done!"

Some of them advanced towards us, wanting to take my brother.

"Zonen. Don't let go of my hand." I said, trying to be brave when my eyes were full of tears.

They immediately gripped into my brother's other hand.

"I said, don't touch my children!" Dad growled. A voice that I have never heard from him before.

That made me turn my gaze towards him. It was a terrifying voice coming out from my father. But then, my eyes widened when I saw my own father changing form.

What in the world... "D-dad?" I asked in disbelief.

I fell to my knees not realizing that I let go of my brother. My father changed into some animal... like a giant wolf that I have never seen before.

No, it is not an animal. My father changed into a monster.

All this time... we really are monsters.