As we are sitting near the fire while my father is telling us the story of how our family, the Dardonos, comes from a long line of warriors and why we still train in and carry swords, he suddenly stopped talking and stands up. Which was when I noticed just how quite it had gotten so I ask "dad wha-"
"Shh… we're not alone out here anymore Damon, go get your brother and sister and stay with your mom." my dad says. "Alice, stay near the fire and keep them with you no matter what happens."
After I grab Stella and Kade and go to my mom but as I get close there is this loud humming noise and then there was a pop, almost like there was a change in pressure and then it went back to that every silence but this time it didn't last long. That was when the monsters showed up. I say monsters because although they looked like wolves, they were as big as some of the bears we saw at the zoo earlier that year. As I watched them walk into the clearing we were in I heard my mom ask my dad "Derek what's going on? They look like wolves but I've never seen any wolves that big before" but I don't think my dad heard her as he just remained staring at the beasts that had appeared. As they came closer to him I saw him unsheath the sword he always carried with him and settle into what I recognized as one of our families defensive stances. Him getting into that stance seemed to be a trigger for the fight to begin because the wolf on the left lunged forward towards his neck, the next moment was one that I will never forget as long as I live. My father took a short quick step forward as the wolf got closer and pulled his sword across the wolf's throat as though it were the most natural thing in the world. Afterward he immediately feigned towards the wolf on the right and then slashed at the wolf in the middle, catching it along the side of its leg and swiftly finished it before moving back and waiting for the 3rd wolf to make a mistake. Which didn't take long as it charged toward him from the side only to be met with a slash across the neck. Thinking it was over I tried to rush towards my dad only to be stopped by my mom as she grabbed my arm and pulled me back to her.