Child of Two Worlds

Part 28: Ancient Gargoyles

Early Days Before Man Arrived

On their next dance, Brooklyn, Sil, and Fu-dog were all dropped to somewhere most unusual. They were deposited in a grassy field but with strange noises going on around them.

"What's that?" Sil asked curiously.

"I don't know." Brooklyn replied. "Stay close, Fu."

"Woof." Fu replied.

"Good boy." Sil said.

"Wonder what we are here to accomplish." Sil wondered.

"Me too." Brook pondered.

They wandered for a while and soon came to a clear flowing river. Brook and Sil both took the chance to fill their water canteens up. They also had a good long drink. But when Fu-dog heard some more footsteps, he growled.

"Quiet, boy." Brook ordered.

They quickly hid again in some nearby bushes. Brook and Sil couldn't believe their eyes. It turned out to be some gargoyles coming to the river to get some water in some carved rock buckets. But there was one thing that was different for sure: they weren't wearing any clothes.

Brooklyn couldn't recall a time when he had never known his kind to not wear any clothes, but then he recalled that clothes were originally a human custom. If it hadn't been for humans so long ago coming to make an alliance with his kind, he likely wouldn't have to wear his loincloth.

"These gargoyles must not hear of wearing clothes." Sil inquired quietly.

"This must be an ancient time before they did." Brooklyn replied softly. "Let's not get their attention just yet. Just try not to stare at anything too personal. Clothes were originally a human custom that gargoyles adopted and at this point in time, I doubt very much we'll find humans around here."

The new gargoyles, mostly beaked ones, there were five; brown, purple, green, yellow, blue, and a reddish color. There were two females and three males with them. The purple and yellow ones were the females. They had the body parts of any modern-day female gargess. The males were larger than they were, more pumped like Goliath and Broadway.

Brooklyn was glad he had a beak in this circumstance. "Let's follow them back to their lair." He suggested. "We might find a way to get some food there."

Sil was in agreement. "And what happens if they discover us?" Sil asked.

"In this time, we didn't have names. I hope they can talk. We can't tell them our names. We just say that we're travelers looking for a clan to help us. But for now, let's just follow them." Brook explained and ordered.

Sil and Fu-dog stayed close. Brooklyn led them while they silently followed these five gargoyles back to their lair. Surely, it couldn't be too far from here.

The new gargoyles led the trio back to their lair alright. There was a huge clan outside a cave that were handing out some fruits and some meat. There had been a large deer killed to feed them all.

Sil licked his lips, feeling his stomach growling. "Want some of that meat." He whined softly.

"Me too. I hope I can eat it raw because that's what they're doing." Brooklyn stated. "I'm so used to cooked food. I'm gonna go down and get us some food."

"Be careful." Sil declared.

"I will. But I can't go down there with my loincloth or my weapons." Brooklyn said. "Keep an eye on them for me."

"Okay." Sil replied.

Brooklyn took his sword and loincloth off to make himself seem more like one of the clan. He knew he would likely get questioned. But he and his companions were too hungry to not get food for.