The sun had begun lowering as you slowly started to fall asleep. You had eaten a small piece of jerky as sustenance before deciding to pull out the portable sleeping mat Grave.mn had packed in your backpack and started sleeping on the rough uneven ground.
You had camped and slept on the ground before, specifically when you had gone hiking in the woods with you family but this was different. You were truly alone, you couldn't go home right now and sleep on a soft bed, you were stuck here as a monster until you could get to the "white mage", even if he cured you, what then? How would you get home? You seemed to be in a completely different world now. Stuck here until you could find a way to get out.
Atleast the stars here were beautiful, there weren't any constellations that you recognized but you noticed the stars here were significantly more brighter than the stars back at home.
The wind gently kisses your fur as a breeze picked up.... along with a scent. It smelled like a human.... a group of humans! They were coming from the direction you had come from. Did Graven change his mind and decide to kill you? No, he wouldn't do that, he had plenty of chances to kill you. Then what were they? Bandits? Travelers?
You didn't want to find out, you quickly pack up all of your items and put out the fire, you don't want anyone to see you.
You were just about to start running away, when the people you smelled came out of the forest and entered the small clearing you had your camp in. You see several men each wearing quite fancy traveling gear, most of them had various pouches of gold and exotic spices strapped around their body. Merchants perhaps? Two armed bodyguards walked with them. You pull your hood over your furred face and begin running, moving at a quick speed.
However you weren't fast enough, someone had seen your face.
"It's a demon! Guards kill it!" One of the men screams pointing his finger right at you.
The two bodyguards draw their swords and begin charging at you. Normally in this body, you would've been able to dodge from their slashes and swipes however your backpack weighed you down and you wince as you feel their swords slash at your skin. Getting a long cut on your left leg.
You didn't want to hurt anybody, why did they even come to your campsite? You didn't know and you wouldn't be able to find out as both guards started trying to swipe at you again.
This time you manage to avoid their swipes, at this point however it was attack or die. You throw your backpack behind you and draw your dagger, brandishing it.
The two guards almost seem to laugh as they slowly move closer to you, their merchant clients looking on in fear as they watch the battle.
As a last ditch attempt you say "Stay back, I don't want to hurt anybody." making sure to show a bit of your fangs as you say that. The guards hesitate as you say that, probably unaccustomed to hearing a demon say that.