I had been trailing the deer for hours losing and regaining the trail. Mud streaking my skin, I crawled close to the ground, a flattened leaf, a snapped branch I was very close. Carefully I picked my way through the undergrowth, flattening myself against a tree as I neared a clearing.
Peering around the trunk, my heart pounded as I finally saw the animal grazing peacefully in the centre of the meadow. Oblivious to the threat in the trees.
Taking a couple steadying breaths I gripped the dagger that rested at my hip.
I closed my eyes, and with a final exhale, I whipped around the tree, charging the animal. A flash of red however stopped me short of my target, as we collided with a CRACK
Strange dreams swirled in my muddled mind, as I groaned. There was red boy who looked like me.
Slowly I began to come back to my senses, and blinking I creaked open my eyes. The light through the canopy was all but faded, and I stared up in confusion. It was hours from sunset... how long had I been out?
My head was splitting, and rubbing it I whipped it around, as I started to remember what had happened.
Sitting not a foot away was the boy from my dream.. and he... had a coconut on his horn?
Any thoughts of the deer now gone from my mind. He was perfect.
I had set out this morning to bring back some game, but instead brought back a whole ass man.