((Well, now to make my pathetic attempt at a good entrance.
3nodding ))
The forest outside the Leviathan stadium was buzzing with the sounds of animals and insects. A dragonfly passed by a large tree near the edge of the forest. It floated about peacefully on its search for food. It kept close to the ground until it landed on a small shrub. It stopped the beating of its wings and rested peacefully on it's pearch.
The sound of rustling leaves came from nearby. The dragonfly shifted uneasily on it's pearch, but ignored it. The rustling grew closer until it overwhelmed the ears of the dragonfly. It lifted it's legs and began to beat its wings to take off, just in time to be pushed down. A booted foot came down on the small insect, smashing it into the ground. Its exoskeleton easily gave away to the weight and it's insides flattened out. Finally the pressure caused the sides to split, expelling the internal organs and spashing them.
The squish of a dragonfly benieth his feet was of no concern to Seriph as he tore through the forest. He jumped over a small bush and then dove behind a tree, landing in a roll to lay in the shadow of a tree. He had to hide. He scrambled to conceal himself behind the tree, where he stayed.
Soon, the forest shook with a louder rustle of leaves, the trees shook as something tore through them, pushing past them as if they were nothing. As Seriph peaked his had around the tree to look, off in the distance a giant oak fell. Its roots came free and emorged form the ground as if a tangled mass of snakes, trying to grip the earth as it was torn away. Seriph puled his head back and tried to be silent. The loud thumping of giant footsteps came closer, along with the creaking ond cracking of branches as they bent and gave away.
The thumping stopped, the creature was standing still. The creature's breathing penetraited the near silence. Every breath sent a chill down Seriph's spine. The deep breaths stopped and then a swift, "sniff" noise filled the air. It sniffed several times until it seemed satisfied, then the footsteps resumed. They came closer, until the ground beneith Seriph's feet shook. Seriph sould'nt run anymore, he had to kill this beast before it killed him. He pushed forward and dove away from the tree, just in time to turn back and see the creature knock the tree over.
The20 foot tall creature was a dark green color. Scales covered it's body like armor. It's large head came to a dull, rounded peak at the top. Its snout protruded from it's face and displayed the large teeth that lided its gums. Steam drifted from it's nostrils as the heat from inside its nose combined with the cool air of the forest. It opened its powerful jaws at let out an earthshaking roar. It's short arms moved up and down in sync with his thighs and it's delicate claws tore through branches like tissue paper. It's tail Shifted from side to side, balancing it as it moved forward. Its massive legs, the sive of treetrunks, moved up and down and its emmence feet pushed imprints in the ground benieth them.
Seriph stood to face the creature, allowing it to approach. As it ran forward, it bent forward and opened its massive jaws. It came within range and its neck seemed to spasm as its head swiftly came across towards Seriph. Seriph bent his knees and then lunged into the air avoidint the menacing teeth. As he reached the peek of his jump, he threw his weight forward into a front flip and landed on the creature's back. He gripped the scaley surface tightly and clung to its neck as it flailed about. It stood up striaght and attempted to throw Seriph off. Seriph took advantage of the movement and jumped up. He landed near the base of the creatures skull and did his best to climb up on top of it. He pressed the inside of his legs against the sides of its head. He clung to it as it threashed its head around. He reached back with his right hand and pulled his sai from it's sheath. He twirled it around in his hand and gripped it tightly, the then brought it down on the top of its head. The sai penetrated the skin and then the skull, stabbing into its brain.
The creature let out one last roar before it's body began to spasm. Random nerves fired as it fell to the ground and lay there lifeless. Seriph pulled his sai from it's skull and stood up. Such a nuisance, this thing had slowed his journy quite a bit. He wiped his sai on his pantleg and returned it to it's sheath. He then continued towards the stadium. He emerged from the forest, and walked up towards the door.
He gripped the massive handle and pushed the door open. The door creaked open and the inside of the stadium. He entered the stadium, breathing heavily from his experience. He closed the door behind him and sighed. It had been so long since he had been here, he wondered if it was still the same as when he had lest been here. Well he would now find out. He walked down the hall, looking at the portraits. He had seen them so many times, but each time it was like looking at them for the first time. He went down the hall, all the way until he reached the entrance to the main arena. He took a deep breath and then walked out into the light of the stadium*
((Well, there you go.
sweatdrop ))
