I can't remember whats going on as I lay there while snow continuously drapes my cold unprotected skin. I have no strength to hold myself upon my own to feet much less crawl.
As far as my vision extends there is nothing but barren tree's and soft snowy terrain. Days seem to go by until a sudden rumble could be felt traversing the earth. Louder and louder it grows as the seconds trickle away. A great distance away a figure silhouetted in black begins approaching while a blue ribbon emerges from its cocoon of snow, and began to tie itself to my index finger.
The closer the figure approaches the stronger the tug becomes. As soon as it is right next to me I can hear in a distorted voice, "The time for slumber is over, you must awaken."
Almost as if I was pulled from my dreams by force my eyes shoot open and I find myself in an unrecognizable room. The lights were well lit and the entire room seemed to be made of white tile.
As I look over to my side I see Owslo fast asleep and a woman who's tending to another woman laying on a bed.
I immediately realize that I'm currently in a hospital and the memories of what transpired came back to me.
I tried to speak but my voice sounded raspy and feeble, "N-nurse, how long have I been here?"
hearing mu voice the nurse quickly turned around and layed her eyes upon me, but instead of answering my question she called out, "Doctor! the patient has regained consciousness!"
Footsteps quickly approaching the door at the end of the hallway could be heard throughout the room. A man with blonde curly hair and a long beard wearing a lab coat entered the room alongside a hooded figure. Besides the hood, the presence he was giving off felt dangerous.
"I can't believe your awake so soon after the wound the Anophthelor, especially since it carries a toxin withing its claws that put people to sleep for at least a week!"
"Enough Doctor, State your name demon."-Unknown
"My name is Elias Ophelia, stranger, why do you ask, I am suppose to be resting as an injury jas occurred."
"Elias, your rewarded with a hunters license and a weapon, congrats kid."-Unknown
"For defeating that thing that attacked me?"
"Yes, since your not dead and you defeated a 2 star Anophthelor(An-Op-th-e-lor) you've acquired the right to become a monster hunter"-Unknown
"So I got a job from almost being killed? Well your just in luck, After I bond with the beast I hatched I'm for hire."
Without another word and a look of annoyance the person tossed a tag, a scroll and a money pouch and walked out of the room.
"Theirs no need for the bonding process, Master"
"Owslo? You shouldn't be able to speak to me while asleep"
"Elias, it seems that your beast bonded with you while you were unconscious, maybe that's what woke you up from the toxins effects."
Looking at my body for the first time i noticed clean bandages wrapped around the left side of my body where the gashes would have been. On my other shoulder was a tattoo, A wolf made of void black glass shards with a rune on its forehead that looked like a comet falling from outer space.
"Holy shit, we're bonded Owslo, but how, I was unconscious?"
"I'm not sure either, I fell unconscious not long after you and saw a blue string in my dreams, so I bit onto it and was dragged into a place with white powder and barren trees."
"You were the silhouetted figure in my dreams, whatever the case, it seems we have a job position once I'm able to leave."
The Doctor acquired some more information about me then left the room.
Looking around I noticed that although 5 beds we're set up, it was only me and the girl that was being treated earlier.
She had fiery red hair with a Carmel complexion, light blue eyes that didn't need any sunlight to look like the oceans. Her build was slim but not without muscle and she seemed to stand at a height of 5'2. He breast were on the smaller side and I couldn't see any of her backside.
"I can't get a wink of sleep in this usually quiet hospital, you seem to be a big deal."
"It seems so, but all I did was try not to get killed by that thing"
"Sorry my name is-"
"Elias, right? With the amount of times I heard it I would have to be slow not to catch it by now."
"Yes *small laugh* your right, so what might your name be?"
"Glad you asked, the name is Primrose Everclear, but you can just call me Prim."
"Pleasure to meet you Prim, so what landed you in here?"
"Oh, that's an easy one, Monster injury, I ran into a mutated beast, rodent type, and it managed to take a bite out of my left hand. Luckily it didn't take my entire arm."
"You're hunting alone? Why not with a group?"
"Most groups see me as too weak, I deal lots of small cuts in a small amount of time and some other things, my class is rouge."
"A class that means your already bonded? whats your beast?"
"Come on out, Levy"
A Swallow made out of water flew out of her right arm where her tattoo was, Its feathers made out of water that looked as realistic as a real feather but rippled when touched.
"He looks amazing, when did you bond with your beast?"
"A week ago actually, so it hasn't been too long"
"As you can tell, Owslo here is my beast, he's not too big at the moment but i'm sure he'll grow as time passes."
"He's so adorable, can't he just stay that way forever?"
"Since i'm planning to become a monster hunter, I don't think so, but your already one, how's it hunting with Levy?"
"It's not too bad but I can't hunt any 3 star monsters since I need some sort of tanker, or at least another person."
"Speaking of which, since it seems that im newly initiated to all this and you need another person, what about forming a party with me?"