The Lord of the Ring-tones

Chapter 3

A light in the darkness

Joe stood petrified with fear. He touched the trickle of blood that ran down his cheek.

“That creature could have ripped me in half! And it would have been easy enough since I just stood there like a deer in headlights.” Joe thought, “Why did it only scratch me when it could have bitten my head off in one clean chomp?”

It was then that the terrifying truth came to him; it was only playing with him. Just amusing itself with this defenseless little squeak toy. When It tired of playing-

Well, it wouldn’t be pretty.

Joe stared into the pitch-black abyss. Holding his breath.

A sudden wave of courage washed over him and Joe felt his muscles tighten.

His fists clenched and he prepared himself to fight like he never fought before. When that monster showed its ugly face again; Joe was going to come out swinging.

“If I’m going down, I refuse to do it with out a fight!” Joe growled, his fists clenched, “It’s the American way!”

As if to challenge him, the darkness gave birth to a small beam of light. It was quite tiny to begin with, but it soon grew larger and take a shape.

Joe was stunned to see a magnificent creature emerge from the dark. It looked like a fox of some kind. It looked at Joe with its magical crystal blue eyes, and Joe felt a warming sensation run through his body. He stared back.

It was odd. There was something about its eyes, the way they appeared to glow a light violet color. There was something strange about those eyes; they had a faint glimmer of intelligence to them.

They seemed… almost human.

It licked its coat of shining white fur which glowed a brilliant white color in the dark.

It was so beautiful. One of Nature’s most perfect gifts. There was an angelic quality to it. This fox gave off some sense of… purity. Joe did not feel at all threatened by this creature.

“No way.” Joe said aloud, “This can’t be the creature that’s been attacking me. It just can’t be.”

He heard a sharp growl. Joe instantly knew that he was right. This was not the creature that had been attacking him.

The creature that was behind him however…

A/N: Ok, I am getting to the good part soon. Be prepared for a huge change in the mood of the story. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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