His paws landed heavily on the Forrest floor, his breath hissing with the pain of his wounds with every limping step, the skull of the demon still clutched in his jaws, grateful when a familiar uphill slope began to form, however there was something on the air, something that signaled danger "fire" he whispered, the skull clattering to the ground as he charged in the direction of the den as fast as he could, only to stop dead at the sight before him.
The hillside looked like it was breathing fire, flames blowing from the dens entrance, charred bodies of wolves and chamelemen at its entrance, their bodies frozen in place, desperate to escape the flames, there was no sound, the hillside was dead, apart from the snap and hiss of the fire before him, everything was gone, his pack, Luna, Kiki, his cubs, his home, all gone, "why.....WHY!!" he cried, slamming his paws into the rock, letting loose a mighty roar, shaking the ground and fanning the flames, as if they were roaring back in defiance, however looking at the den entrance Antonio caught a glimpse of something etched into the rock, creeping closer to the blaze he could see a symbol carved and then drenched in blood, what looked like a twisted crown with horns.
"Whoever did this, will burn as my pack has" Antonio snarled, digging his claws into the stone and slicing across the symbol in rage, sending the chunk flying through the air, only for it to be caught by someone, Antonio was immediately on the attack, lashing out like the animal he was, but whoever this person was they were fast, impossibly fast.
"Be careful what you say kitty, not many people have said something like that to this symbol and lived to speak about it" came a female voice, spinning around and looking up into a tree he saw the intruder, a woman, dark purple skin with black stripe marking down her arms, long purple hair and bright green eyes, their pupils a slit, glowing as if on fire, but the one feature that put Antonio on edge was her horns, two large black growths from her forehead, arching backwards and curling at their tips, and two incredibly long pointed ears, one laced with several sliver rings.
She must have seen his reaction to her form as she then began chuckling "oh please spare me the whole 'oooo a demon, we must slay you' bullshit, do you see me looking like your chew toy back there by the river?" She said with a knowing smirk, leaning over and then hung from the branch she was laying on with one arm, the other casually picking an apple from the limb and biting into the crimson fruit.
Antonio flexed his shoulders, ready to pounce at any moment "are you responsible for this?" He growled, once again the demon woman threw her head back laughing "listen kitty, if I was the type of demon who wanted your pack dead, BBQ, would be the last method I'd use, plus your still here, let's see if you can figure out why" she said dropping to the Forrest floor with her hands sarcastically raised as she dropped two large curved blades to either side of her.
"This is either a message or a warning" Antonio snarled, "or someone foolish enough to pick a fight" the demon woman walked in front of Antonio, her back to him as she watched the fire continue to burn, she had a tail, forked at the end, and long enough to touch the ground and a pair of bat like wings folded on her back, their membranes looking worne and ripped.
She wore a black leather loincloth the length to her knees over her ass and pussy, lines of white fur lining either side of the leather, a simple rope acting as a belt sitting low on her hips, and as a to she had a revealing black leather strip over her nipples, tied off at her back just below her wings.
She then turned to him with a serious look in her eyes, "c'mon Kitty, we can't stay here, if this is who I think it is, they'll probably be back to make sure the message has been received" she said, marching back to her discarded weapons and bent down to pick them up, attaching both to her belt, she then looked behind her seeing Antonio staring at her before she smirked and slapped her own ass, sticking her tongue out through her fangs before walking off into the woods.
Seeing no other option Antonio turned back to the sight of the burning den and let a tear escape his eye
SKILL: Earth manipulation ACTIVE
Using his skill he constructed two tombstones, one for his pack, and one for Kiki and Luna, as well as his cubs, bowing his head Antonio also willed a patch of blood red flowers to sprout at the foot of both tombstones.
"Goodbye guys, you were loyal, you were my family, and il never forget you" he said with a sad sigh, turning towards the woods and followed the demons trail, leaving the roar of flames to fade into the distance, closing his eyes and pressing of as he swore he could hear the screams of the pack on the wind, but he pressed on, looking ahead with rage in his eyes "whoever did this, il ensure that they burn!" He snarled, flames sparking from his mouth as he let loose a roar of rage, a colom of fire erupting from his jaws and into the clouds
SKILL: Hellfire seed EVOLUTION: Hellfire sprout
BEGINNING EVOLUTION: Hellfire cat