(Aerion's POV)
"There's a whole damned pack of them!!" one of the members said as he ran through the fence, "They got Qorin!!"
"Curses." Jorah said, "Just what we need."
I drew my sword as the other member trailed behind him, "Well, shit." I said, "They really are fearsome beasts....."
"Y-Yea..." the Night's Watch member said
Suddenly, I saw a massive shadow lunging at the one that barely stepped forward, the blonde one.
"A-Aggh!!!" he cried out in pain as I heard the loud growling
I took a step back, a bit surprised as I saw a massive wolf atop of him. It was gnawing and ripping apart the back of his neck, blood splattering everywhere in a ridiculous sight.
"Seven hells..." Willam said as he drew his sword
"Let's get inside." Jorah said, "Now. They're hungry and they outnumber us."
The last of the members stumbled to the ground and crawled past me, "Fuck, fuck!" He said as he quivered
I watched as another figure darted past the first wolf and lunged right at me.
"Oh no you don't." I said as I swung my sword at it
I felt as the blade cut through flesh, hearing the loud whimper of the direwolf as its body crashed against the snow.
"Well damn." Jorah said as I straightened up, "You're one terrifying fucker. One swing..."
As he said that, the wolf that got the blonde one looked up, blood dripping from its snout as it looked at me. These were large beasts, bigger than any wolf I've ever encountered. The fact that I was able to cut one down with ease even surprised me. But I have faced a Dragon that devours other dragons, mere oversized wolves don't scare me.
The Direwolf growled as it bared its fangs, taking a step towards me as I heard several steps outside of the fence. The rest of the pack was here and we were about to get into a fight for our lives.
I then felt a cold gust of wind, colder than what we were already feeling. It sent a serious chill down my spine as I felt every hair in my body perk up.
The direwolf stopped and looked up, sniffing the air. I noticed that there two other direwolves in the opening of the fence, and stopped completely as they did the same.
They then whimpered and immediately turned around and ran away, threatened by something.
"What just happened?" Willam said
"Oh fuck...." Jorah said, "Oh shit oh shit..burn the corpses, quick!!!"
I heard a loud snap, to my right.
I turned to see that on one of the stakes, two blue eyes were suddenly staring at me. The corpse that was mutilated and hung upside down was suddenly awake and staring right at me.
"What in the...." I said softly as the corpse on the stake suddenly began to move around violently
It gave off a loud screech as Jorah ran up to it, placing the torch on its body, it suddenly burst into flames as he stepped back.
"Fuck!" He said, "On the bag of that one, there are more torches, quick! Get them over here so I can light them."
I saw as he ran towards the body of the Direwolf I killed, a massive grey one, he placed the torch on it, its fur catching fire quite quickly.
Willam ran past me as he grabbed two torches from the dead night's watch member's bag, "Shit..." He said, "What the hells?"
I then heard more snapping and turned to see that the other mutilated bodies were suddenly shaking violently, their bright blue eyes shooting open.
Willam ran up to Jorah as the Ranger lit up the torches.
"Burn all the bodies, now!" Jorah said, "Do it quickly!"
"Aerion!" Willam said as he tossed the flaming torch to me
I caught it with my left hand and without thinking, I ran up to the nearest stake, placing the torch on it and watching it as it was set ablaze. I took a step back and heard the pained shrieking of the corpse as it shook violently. The stake caught fire as well and I saw as broken and burning parts of it fell off.
Willam and Jorah were burning the rest of the bodies, the loud shrieks of the corpses filled the air.
"So this is death...." I said as I looked around
I was completely in shock in what I just witnessed. Never in my mind did I expect something like this. What the hell could've caused this? Was this magic? What kind of powerful magic does this?
"Lord Aerion!" Jorah said as he pointed behind me
I turned around to see the blonde night's watch member suddenly standing up, his eyes bright blue, and his head snapped to his left.
"Oh fuck....T-Thorin...." the last member said as he was sitting on his ass, "Oh by the gods...."
I watched as the corpse lunged at him, "No!" I said as I ran towards them
I saw as the corpse began to swipe its claws at the member, the poor guy shouting in pain as he was getting ripped apart.
I swung my sword at the corpse, feeling the blade cutting through his neck and watched as the head flew off and rolled on the snow.
I kicked the body away and without a second thought, I stepped towards it and placed the torch on its chest, setting it aflame.
I heard the head shriek loudly as the body squirmed around violently.
I stepped back and saw as the body stopped moving, the head quieted down.
"Fucking hell..." I muttered
This was something new to me, a different kind of danger. I did not know how to react to it.
I turned to see the man clutching his throat, blood pouring out as he looked up in fear.
Jorah walked to him and crouched down, planting the bottom of the torch on the ground and pulled out a dagger.
"Shh..." He said, "It's going to be okay....."
"P-Please...." the man said, "Do it...."
"Your Watch has ended, Brother." Jorah said as drove his blade through his throat, putting him out of his misery
I closed my eyes and shook my head, "Fuck..." I said softly
Jorah sighed and rolled the man around, grabbing his bag and throwing it to the side.
"Sorry, Brother Will." He said as he grabbed the torch and stood up, "I have to do it here."
He then set the torch down and set his body ablaze. I watched the flames flicker as the smell of burnt flesh filled the air.
I looked around us, the burning bodies gave off a bright glow in the shadows of the looming night.
"So...." I said, "This is what it's like...."
Willam walked up to me, holding the torch, "You think these corpses were them? The ones Waymar chased?" He asked
I shrugged, "I don't know..." I said, "We never got descriptions other than that they wore Vale clothing..."
"What did we get ourselves into, Aerion?" Willam said, "What the actual fuck....?"
"I know..." I responded, "I don't know what this is.....It's bad...."
"Yea...It's worse than I thought...." Jorah said, "Wait....Qorin's body!"
I turned around to see a figure charging straight at us with a loud screech.
Willam stepped in front of me and swung his sword, cutting off a massive piece of the corpse's upper body.
"Fuck!" Willam said as the corpse collapsed, "Get off my Lord!"
Willam stomped on the head of it and placed the torch on its body, setting it aflame and immediately stepping back.
"By the gods...." Jorah said, "You two are natural Night's Watch brothers! Not many of us can act so quickly against a Wight....Wait.....this cold...."
I looked around us and saw that the wood on the fences were suddenly getting ice on them.
"Why is it colder....?" I said as my body shuddered, "I don't fucking like this...."
"N-No fucking way..." Jorah said as he pointed to the opening in the fence, "Fuck....we're dead...."
I followed where he pointed at, "What are you-" I said before widening my eyes
"What is that thing???" Willam exclaimed
In the opening of the Fence, a massive figure of a man stood there, menacingly. It was pale, extremely pale, its skin seemed like it was frozen completely. It had long snow-white hair, flowing in the cold wind. It's eyes were blue, cold blue.....icier than Greyfiend's eyes. It wore no clothing apart from what looked like leather pants, it's body was covered in strange white scars. It was holding a massive spear that looked like it was made out of ice.
It merely stood there, staring at us with no emotion.
I took a step back, feeling nothing but an instinct to run, "Let's back up..." I said softly, "Slowly....."
"Let's get out of here."