A Fools Journey part 1

Little Soul stretched his body, you could hear the cracking of his bones as he rubbed his stiff joints. He did not know how to use his new body well despite knowing he was a human as well before he became a soul. So, he did a few exercise movements to get familiar with his new body. Little Soul wanted to adventure out to find humans then he remembered just how huge and strange this forest was. Before he was a soul flying above the treetops, up there creatures ignored his existence. He was fairly sure it was because they couldn't even see him as a soul. They didn't even retaliate unless he tried to take over their bodies.

So, why was this man out here? What gave him the confidence to come out here alone?. Those questions made Little soul checked himself. His clothes were made of old leather, not the highest quality, either way, it was completely useless now. Burnt and torn apart in places by that electric wolf. Descovering this he though he might as well walk around naked.

Little Soul found a curved dagger on his thigh it looked fairly decent it had a bit of rust, but still Little Soul felt as though he was missing something. "This couldn't have been all that old must have had. A dagger and leather armor would only serve to get that old man killed".

Not finding anything else on his body Little Soul decided to have a look around the area. He soon discovered a backpack in the bushes not far away. He opened the backpack to discover water, food, bandages, scrolls, a flintlock pistol with bullets, and two bottles with an unknown red and green liquid. Along with a knapsack hanging on the outside.

"Jackpot!" this is exactly what Little Soul was looking for, he inspected the items starting with the scrolls. He discovered once he unfurled them they were filled with strange writing. He didn't understand a single symbol on the paper. They look so strange and ancient like something you would find in the ruins of an old city. The symbols were obviously handwritten and not by a professional. The lines were messy on some parts you could tell how unsteady the person's hand was who wrote it.

But, it's still filled you with awe with its intricacy. The weird symbols were written in a circle with squares and triangles all over, Little Soul couldn't make heads or tails what it's all meant. He put down the scrolls and move towards the gun instead. He counted 30 bullets not a whole lot, but it was better than nothing. The bullets also had carvings on them with those same weird symbols he found on the scroll. Inspecting the flintlock pistol and found the exact same symbols.

"This is so strange why would he carve these symbols on the gun and bullets and draw them on the scrolls?". Knowing he was not going to get any answers sitting there Little Soul continue to inspect things with items. He uncorked the red bottle and smelt it, it smelled sweet, but tasted bitter in his mouth. He only drank a few drops worth, but that was enough for him to discover the effects of the potion.

He was amazed by what this potion could do it healed a bit of the damage on his body mostly around his lip. He hurriedly put the cork back on and carefully stored the potion away. He wanted to save it for an emergency.

Seeing what the red potion could do he wanted to see what the green one could do so he uncorked that one too and drunk a few drops worth of the green potion discovering it did nothing. A bit disappointed he put the green potion away just like the red one.

Having a decent enough grasp on the items he had Little Soul set off on his journey to find more humans.

Little Soul walked through the bushes bobbing and weaving through vines and cobwebs. It was getting dark so the air was cooling. He could feel the cold breeze on his bones, they slipped through the gaps in his skin he stitched up with his soul threads making him shiver to his core.

People who saw a half-eaten body walking around the middle of the woods at night would be scared of it and run away. But, the Little Soul was more scared of the things in the woods than anything else so looking like how he was and being what he gave no confidence to him. He took each step with caution, he knew what was out there creatures so fearsome and strange they make any grown man shriek in fright like a girl.

So, with the backpack on his back, he walked as silently as he could not want to draw the attention of anything out there. In the dead of night, he looked up at the stars through the gaps in the trees marveling at the site that always gave him a wondrous feeling each time he looked at it. It was a sky not his own on a world he knew nothing about. Yes, it was scary but when going to someplace unknown when wasn't it. This world filled him with an equal amount of inspiration as much as it terrorized him.

Little Soul rememberd his old world, he can rememberd all the things that they had built. He knew the amount of knowledge they had, he knew how industrious and creative they all were. Most of all he knew how much that world sucks the life out of a person. You worked endlessly every day in some schools learning how to go to work for someone else. While the chances of making it big becoming rich were slim to none. This world on the other hand while it had tried to kill him more than he would have liked it gave more hope to him than his old world ever did even though he couldn't remember his old life, he felt as though this one was already better than his old one.

Marching through the forest in the dead of night Little Soul heard a noise behind him. It startled him making him worried about what creature could be prowling out there wanting to see what he tasted like. Little Soul was on full alert he grabbed his curved dagger in his left hand and took out the flintlock gun it is right.

As he prepared for what was going to come the sound got closer and closer hearing the wrestling the bushes the breaking of twigs as what hid stepped closer. The snarling beast got closer and closer till he could see beating red eyes through the bushes. The beast obviously was here for him so Little Soul pointed the flintlock pistol he had then opened fire.

The gun could only fire once before it had to be reloaded so Little Soul quickly got into a fighting stance with the dagger. He didn't know how to use the dagger effectively, but that wouldn't stop him from trying to save his own life.

The beast let out an angry snarl as it's got hit before jumping out allowing its figure to be illuminated in the Moonlight. "Its was that blasted electric wolf", Little Soul could hear the crackling of lightning every time the wolf shook its tail or took a step. It was angry but, worst of all it was hungry. Not wanting this new body of his two to be lunch for that wolf a second time Little Soul would fight with all he had.

The wolf howled when the howl came so to did a ferocious lightning bolt followed by thunder. Little Soul wanted to dodge, but he couldn't the iron dagger in his hand attracted the lightning towards him. It's struck the dagger making his arm spasm forcing him to let it go.

Unable to use the dagger against this wolf and him not being in a position to reload the pistol he decided to run as fast as he could. As he ran the wolf gave chase it was not slow at all it was quickly catching up. Little Soul Knew that he was going to be in the wolfs jaws within a matter of seconds. Using what little time he had Little Soul desperately tried to reload the flintlock.

Putting an iron ball with runes carved on it down the shaft and then pointing it at the wolf and firing. He was lucky this wasn't like the traditional flintlocks on Earth or he would have most certainly been eaten by now.

The bullet grazed the wolf's face it wasn't much but, it was enough to make it slow down for a few seconds giving the Little Soul a bit more breathing room as he reloaded the flintlock again. Angered by Little Souls retaliation the wolf chase after him the murderous furry.

Little Soul sensing the jaws of death closely behind him turned around once more while running and fired his second shot. The wolf not as stupid as Little Soul thought it was it beginning to zigzag making Little Soul miss his second shot.

Finally making some headway the wolf was close enough to Little Soul to bite his butt releasing a horrific jolt throughout Little Soul's body. As the electricity course through Little Soul's body, he became stunned unable to move. Little Soul started cursing his luck. As little soul's body was once again becoming food for this electric wolf he began to realize something was wrong.