"They've taken her," it dawns on me. "They've taken her back to their kind. They'll **** her," I say worriedly in my mind. I run after them and follow their trail, only by the scent of blood, defined. I grow more worried as I get closer to their village. Where will my friend be confined? The houses start at the edge of trees. I crouch behind one and watch mankind. The people jest and tease my friend, tearing her clothes, ripping her skin. Something grows in me, otherwise hidden. They tie her to a post and speak a tongue long forgotten, cursing my friend as she stands humiliated on the wooden platform. They laugh and grin. With a torch in hand, they set alight the fire. Around the pile of oil and sticks, dry straw is lined. My heart wrenches in horror and disgust upon seeing their actions, malign.
My fur turns as red as the blood being poured, my horns getting larger and darker in color. My fangs and claws grow as sharp as swords, my eyes burning, glowing crimson with hatred. I crash through the houses and streets, grabbing and throwing those in my way, racing towards the fire before my friend is killed. I reach for her ...... too late. Her crisp bones and flesh turn to ash in my hands. The human's deed has been fulfilled. I lost the one I most adored. Why would they do this? I abhor humans and their actions. They think with their hearts and never their heads. I deplore their works of evil and violence, destroying the land, polluting our shores.
I cry out in sorrow, mourning my loss, and, in me, raging anger breaks loose. I spout fire from my mouth, burning people's homes, destroying their fields until all is reduced to dust. They suffered the same punishment they had used to ****** my only friend. As I calm, my fur changes back. I shrink in demeanor and my eyes turn pitch black. I hunch over in pain from the attack. I've been scarred by fire and what I've done, but the human's deed has been paid back. Why all of this over a simple reason your people refuse to believe? To be ignorant is no excuse. Why won't you realize it? Monsters have feelings too.
I will claim the name you've given me, become what you already see. A monster that doesn't have any feelings, a demon that has been set free. Then, only then, will you be correct in the way you think of me. I didn't want to resort to this when it could've been solved diplomatically. Forever, until the end of time, I will turn the tables and hunt you for all eternity, for you demolished my dignity. You will fear me, now, more than anything else, and praying to your god of wrath won't do anything to help. By my hand will you suffer greatly for what you have done to my friend and me. All of this because you refuse to believe...
Monsters have feelings too.
