Chapter 20: Frostbite

"6:38"

"Banff national park"

A place of pure ice and snow, Banff is one of Canada's best national parks which is located in Alberta.

In the snowy mountainous outskirts of this park a very rich fauna can be found.

Fauna that's native to one of the coldest countries in the northern hemisphere.

The scene changed to a ski resort. Footsteps can be heard because of the snow.

We then see a man who was pale skinned, had orange hair with red eyes, the man wore a yellow with a hint of white colored ski suit and some ski goggles.

The man was also carrying a snowboard.

???: Hi there!

The man turned around to see Dario who looked like he was freezing from the weather.

Dario: Do you mind giving a bit of info about Banff, I'm new to Canada.

Puck : Of course let me welcome you to Canada first of all. I'm Patrick but you can call me Puck as a nickname, I'll leave that up to you.

Dario: Ok Puck, care to give me a tour?

Puck: Of course, I happen to be a usual here in Banff.

He moved his hand around.

Puck: Aka one of the most magical places bruh, I love living here in the snowy mountains because nature can be relaxing as long as you're nice to it that is hehehe.

The scene changed to the two who were sitting on a ski lift, Puck was explaining everything to Dario about Banff.

Dario: Ok so there's a resort nearby good to know, but what interest me are the hunts.

Puck: What kind of hunts?

Dario: Animals are allowed to be hunted here right?

Puck: Why yessire why do ya ask?

Dario: Because I came to hunt some trophy animals.

The snowboarder chuckled nervously.

Puck: Well you know that they say, sticks and stones. But I'll be damned, I didn't know you're a trophy hunter. It the occupation hard?

Dario: Not always but the pay is good.

Puck: I see, well I can tell you off some good locations where animals are usually spotted hanging out.

Dario: Do tell.

Puck: I got this map right here which is marked so it can-

But the wind blew it away from his hand and fell on the ground.

Puck: Ah shucks!

Dario then removed the belt from the lift.

Puck: What are you doing?

Dario then purposely fell down and screamed for a bit and impacted the snow.

Puck was shocked.

Puck: Sheesh, such desperation. That's why I usually associate that word with humans hehehehe.

Dario got out of the snow with the map.

Dario: I got it!

Puck decided to join him down.

Puck: That's tooooo-errific! But be careful tho, ever heard of the legend of Wendigo, the man eating polar bear.

Dario: I have actually, it's on my to hunt list.

The latter was shocked.

Puck: You're gonna hunt the polar bear? A guy that has grown to stalk and prey on your ki-I mean humans.

Dario: I mean what's on the list I'll do on the list. And btw you mentioned your Puck right?

Puck: Y-yeah?

Dario: Thanks for the map and for that I won't kill you, mountain goat.

The now revealed to be mountain sighed in relief.

Puck: For a second I thought you were gonna kill me-Wait you knew I was a trophy all along?

Dario: Yeah, but like I said I appreciate the help.

Puck: I mean why would you wanna kill me? I don't harm anyone, I just like to snowboard. You humans have these awesome areas that I really appreciate.

Dario: Thank you Puck, btw wanna come along?

Puck: Well I would but I got some stuff to do.

Dario: Snowboarding?

Puck: Yeah, I found this new high point the other day and I wanna try it out. I can't miss this chance, cya around and good luck. Taleeho!

He left while riding his snowboard. The hunter chuckled.

Dario: Glad I didn't kill him, he's fun to be around with too. Well I have to go now

The scene changed to a river area around the national park, the water was flowing. The sun shined due to it still being morning.

Then a brown musk ox with red and white textures around its body and horns appeared and started drinking from the water.

It was minding its own business, but then a howl was heard.

The trophy animal turned around and saw a black wolf with yellow eyes, all alone approaching the musk ox.

The ox took its stance as it was face to face with its natural predator.

If it were a pack of wolves it would've been easier because of numbers, but since it's one it would be a tough challenge.

The ox did a horn attack to which it startled the wolf a bit but it didn't back off.

The wolf then started attacking from the side but it couldn't land a blow since the ox defended itself from those attacks too.

The wolf then smirked and did a mock charge to which the herbivore fell for it, giving the carnivore the chance to bite it on the neck.

The ox groaned in pain as it tried to break the jaws off but they were too tight.

The wolf was about to sink them in deeper but then...

BANG

The wolf lets go out of fear and saw the ox it tried to kill was shot down, it turned around to see Dario reloading.

He then aimed at the wolf, it growled and ran straight towards the hunter.

It then pounced and tried to bring Dario down only to get a bullet to the head as it bounced off from the hunter for bit.

The wolf was now dead.

Dario: Two birds with one stone, or in this case I just found the first two together and nailed them with lead. Better load them up.

He then went to get his jeep to put them in.

But unknown to him, he was being watched by a pair of red eyes behind a tree.

The unknown figure just growled as it watched what Dario had done.

???: Un autre chasseur que je vois...? (Another hunter I see)

It smirked before returning back into hiding.

???: Par tous les moyens... continue... (By all means... keep going...)

It was getting colder by the second, the winds that have been blowing are chillier. It began snowing all of a sudden.

Even so, that wouldn't stop Dario from hunting whatever is left out there.

Puck was trying to find shelter from the now harsh environment.

Puck: Gee whiz, I hope that hunter sure is alright. Cause judging by the weather, there's a chance of a blizzard.

Dario on the other hand was pretty far away from the resort, he was deep in the forest.

The snowstorm was so far medium, the cold wind was breezing through him, it made him shiver a bit.

Dario: I knew... I should've bought a better and warmer jacket...

He was shaking, struggled to hold his rifle as he kept searching relentlessly for his next kill.

Then he felt something nearby him.

He turned around and saw a claw swinging at him to which the hunter ducked.

Another claw was swung and it hit him and sent the Americo-Macedonian flying across the scene and landed right in the snow.

He got up to see a polar bear that was dark brown in color but had white stripes around its body.

The animal roared at Dario, the latter then aimed his rifle and shot its chest but nothing happened to it.

The animal charged at tackled Dario to the ground and then had him pinned.

It tried to bite the hunter's face but he refused to get eaten and then he kicked the bear where it hurts.

The bear got up on its two legs and held his spot as Dario tried to fire, but his gun's trigger was frozen.

Dario: Shit!

He got up and ran off.

The rare colored polar bear looked at him leave, it growled in anger.

??? Nulle part où courir... (Nowhere to run...)

Dario managed to keep a great distance from the bear.

Dario: I think I lost it...

He then checked his rifle to see it was jammed with ice on the trigger.

Dario: There's gotta be something I can do to melt the-

He sneezed.

Dario: Fuck... things keep getting worse over here... maybe I should fall back...

But then he noticed a figure from afar, the figure kneeled down to drink some water from a river.

The hunter slowly approached to see what it could truly be.

He saw it was a girl, but she was a lot different than any other girl by one thing.

Her size.

She appeared to be around 7 feet tall.

The girl turned around to reveal that she was pale skin, grey eyes, long brown and cream colored hair with a small braid on the right side of her face. She wore a grey and cream colored tracksuit top with black plants and brown boots.

Dario was mesmerized by her beauty but snapped out of it.

Dario: Jeez louise, she's massive. She's most definitely a trophy! Well I gotta bag her.

He aimed his rifle at her, viewed the giant girl who was done drinking with a telescope.

He smirked and was about fire a clear shot, but then something costed him his shot.

Dario: Eh-eh-ACHOOOO!

He misfired, the bullet hit the ground. The girl saw the small hole and then turned to see Dario who sneezed again.

She was angry.

Dario noticed that.

The giant girl then turned into her original form, a grey and cream colored moose with grey eyes and had huge antlers.

Dario: Ah crap!

He then made a run for it as the moose girl charged at him.

There was a chase scene happening in the forest between the hunter and the moose girl.

The trophy gained speed and was nearing on Dario.

The latter decided to take a sharp turn to the left and hid behind a tree. He kept quiet, hoping she'd give up.

He slowly peeked to see the moose trophy stopped and looked on both her sides to check where the hunter was.

It was hit chance to escape without being noticed, he slowly and slowly tiptoed far away from her.

But then the hunter stepped on a stick which it cracked, making a loud noise.

The girl turned to where that came from and saw Dario who had a nervous smile.

Dario: I'm sorry!

He ran away from her but she continued in the pursuit.

Dario: Listen! I misfired I wasn't gonna kill you!

???: Nice try pal, I ain't falling for it!

The chase eventually ended at a cliff side.

Dario turned around as he was cornered by the trophy that wants to get back at him.

???: Nowhere left to run eh?

Dario: Listen Ms moose ca-

Maple: It's Maple, but it's gonna be the last name you ever hear.

Dario: Right.. Maple, can we talk this out. I'm sure it was a misunderstanding.

Maple: A misunderstanding? You LITERALLY fired a bullet at me dumb hunter.

Dario: I misfired because of the cold-

Maple: Then you should've come prepared rather than with just a little bit of layer. Dumbass.

She then slowly approached him.

Maple: Now I will show you what it's like to mess around with the fauna of Canada.

Dario was going to fire back at her but his trigger was jammed.

Dario: Oh for fuck sakes-

Then a loud roar was heard from below him.

The roar was so loud that it shook the icy cliff area. Cracks began appearing on where Dario stood.

Dario then looked at Maple who also stopped.

The hunter looked down to see what it was but it was covered by a fat layer of mist.

Dario: Look, whatever you do don't-

A large rock from the mist was thrown at the cliff and it made more cracks.

The cliff was breaking apart and Dario fell down with it.

Maple tried to grab his hand but it was too late.

Dario: Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!

He fell down into the unknowns of the mist.

To be continued...

OK guys this was chapter 20.

Peace out!

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