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*Cíel*

With my eyes closed, I prayed silently with Latin lyrics. This act was out of necessity - not because I had some sick fascination with appeasing whoever sat up in the skies watching me from below. But because it was key to keeping me level and clear-headed enough to continue along with my studies and figure out how to resolve this curse. What curse may you ask? If I were to go into detail, I fear I'd be subjecting you to the same punishment that I was living through in my mind just the same.

The sound of the water lightly pushing up against the dirt in small waves made by the wind wafting it around was the only thing that I could hear in the moment. I took a deep breath and continued trying to silence my mind's chatter, emptying it of all the babble going on until it was only me and him left. My eyes opened again to the sight of the scattered organs that were layed at my paws and took note of how tinted they were becoming due to the lack of light. Hm...It was getting close to evening. I looked up and could see the light fading behind the clouds that blanketed over the skies, leaving patches of holes open for some of the last rays to be filtered through their masses.

'Ciel.'
I felt something hard sink down in my gut.

The sound of rhythmic thumps against the ground could be heard off to my right and incoming fast.
' This was no hare. '
It was too late though - my body felt like it was crashed into by the force of a bear. Naturally, my body wanted to brace for myself to hit the ground however my childhood training had to override that instinct by keeping myself limp to allow the blow to radiate through me instead of just at the point of impact. Dark forms swirled around my vision and I struggled to take a breath in as I had landed on my side, the hit momentarily knocking the wind right from my rib cage.

My chest was burning. My ears flooded with a steady hum as if my head had hit something when I fell. Slowly, my body began to feel certain pains coming into realization while I mentally scanned my body for what was immediate aches and what I could bear through. I wasn't sure what just happened or who was around me, so I just laid there motionless. Quiet, except the slight wheezing sound being emitted from my maw. After a moment or so I allowed my eyes to open and take in my surroundings. Grass. Something was wet...Oh. My head was partly laying in a pool of water. It shallowly encircled the form of my skull while my maw was up against the dirt, free from breathing water into my lungs. I blinked. Off to the side and above me was another wolf. Wait...

I studied his form carefully and this was no regular wolf.
'Dire wolves...' Siruis' voice rang into my head.
This one looked just about or taller than Sirius himself...from my vantage point, it hardly mattered. Everything was going to be taller than a wolf splayed out on the ground. I opened my mouth to speak and instantly retracted it as I suddenly felt a sharp pain radiate through my skull. 'Huh?' I sorely lifted my head up, wincing as my torso came up as well. A howl rang in the distance while I let the water drain off of my face. I could taste iron in my mouth and this wasn't from the waterfowl that I had killed earlier. This was a taste I was all too familiar with. This was the taste of my own blood.

'I guess...did he tear me open?'
Appeared so. I felt a laceration along the side of my cheek, stopping only a mere inch from my ear. I rubbed the side of my face with my paw and like a confirmation of my thoughts, I watched as my blood soak through the thin white fur. It was so warm as it melted through the thin layer of fur on my wrist and bathed over my skin...so warm indeed. I wiped my face again to get the feeling of it on my paw, my whole paw this time. This was nice. I wiped it again. And again. And again. Again. Each time I could feel the excitement bubbling through my veins and lighting up my mind like the morning sun. It was the smell... the taste... It was so familiar and almost sorely missed. I couldn't put a claw on it but just the feeling of being saturated in my own blood aroused something deep inside of me that I couldn't quite explain.
It's almost like I wanted more.
This time, when I smeared it though I must have pushed too hard. I felt my skin tear more and it was ripping up along the side of my face. My excitement suddenly stopped when I realized what had happened. Looking over at my reflection in the pool of water, I barely recognized me. My whole face was soaked in blood and I couldn't even tell where it was coming from anymore.

My gaze moved to the wolf that towered over my form and I looked up at him. He looked like he was poised for a fight - He was going to be disappointed.

"You interrupted the ceremony."

My words were contorted by the blood flowing over my tongue. I opened my mouth to allow some to drool out and fall to the floor. My eyes fell to the ducks' organs that were now out of place and I sighed in dismay.

"It'll just give him what he wants...I was trying to stop it."

I said quite plainly. It was what it was. I still had time if I could find another willing sacrifice. But looking back up at this wolf and at the two other canines that were around his perimeter as well, it didn't seem like I was going to be able to explain my situation and still have enough time to carry it out.
This guy was probably from the packs' area and I knew it was only a matter of time before someone came about. I was putting myself at risk by being here and there was no use in fighting this guy. Logic says I would lose. Then who would have the cure for this curse then? It would just be passed onto another unwilling and weak participant. I wanted to end it for good.

I shakily got to my paws and coughed a few times in discomfort.

"I won't fight you."

If that's what he was looking for me to do. I wasn't a fighter anymore... At least not in this sense. I closed my eyes having a few images play through my mind of how this would go.

"But I will one way or another finish what I started."

Even if that final sacrifice that I had to come up with, would be me.

"Speech"

"Thoughts"
Notes;; Im still lost on fight stats, haha. Ciel will probably submit, but let me know if I should include any in this post? :S

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