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The Girl amongst Monsters
Prologue

 A small town, in the middle of nowhere, created by those who wished for an isolated life away from others, Human or Mamono. The Isolated Town was located near a large mountain range, which possessed a secret grove, only accessible to Mamono. The Grove of Pleasure, as the Mamono refer to it, sends a group of 3-10 monsters out a month to find husbands. The Isolated Town was one day attacked by the Holy Order because they believed it held the key to finding the Grove of Pleasure, they slaughtered everyone in the town. The next day, a hunting party was sent out, composed of a Manticore, a Wight, a Kunoichi, a Scylla, a Ren Xiongmao, a Hellhound, an Oomukade, and a Cheshire cat, and found the village in ruins.

“What happened here!?” The Cheshire cat said.

“I don’t know, Blair,” the Wight replied, “but it doesn’t seem good…”

“Well it seems that all our potential husbands are dead,” the Ren Xiongmao added.

The monster’s conversation was interrupted by a faint crying sound.

“It sounds like a baby crying!” the Manticore said.

They followed the sound to a building, and down into the basement, where they found the corpse of a woman, with a baby in her arms.

“The village must’ve been attacked,” the Scylla said.

“Yeah, Evelyn,” the Hellhound responded, “and this woman must’ve been trying to hide and protect her child from the attackers.”

“That didn’t seem to go that well for her…” the Oomukade added.

“What should we do with the baby?” the Kunoichi asked.

“Well, if it’s a boy, we could leave him be and let him repopulate the village before one of us makes him our hubby…” the Manticore said, “but if it’s a girl, maybe we could raise her like our own daughter…”

“Raise a human baby?” Evelyn, the Scylla replied, “I’m not sure, Freya… What would the other monsters think?”

“Would the baby even be able to enter the Grove?” the Hellhound asked.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We’re getting a little ahead of ourselves here, ladies,” the Wightt said, “We don’t even know if it’s a boy or a girl.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Freya the Manticore went to check the baby’s gender…

<p class="MsoNormal">“It’s a girl,” she said.

<p class="MsoNormal">“So do we raise her then?” Blair the Cheshire cat asked.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Should we?” the Oomukade asked.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Let’s vote on it,” the Wight suggested.

<p class="MsoNormal">The vote was unanimous in favor of taking the child and raising her as their own.

<p class="MsoNormal">“So I guess we’re raising her then…” the Kunoichi said.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Seems so, Ivy,” the Hellhound said, “It seems we’re all the proud mothers of this human girl.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“What should we name her?” the Ren Xiongmao asked.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Huh, I never thought about that…” the Scylla said.

<p class="MsoNormal">“How about Ramona?” the Wight proposed.

<p class="MsoNormal">“That sounds like a beautiful name, Alexa,” Blair said.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hello, Ramona,” Freya said, picking up the baby, “We’re going to be your new parents…”

<p class="MsoNormal">The child began to smile and tried to grab Freya’s tail.

<p class="MsoNormal">This was the new beginning for these eight Mamono, as well as the girl they decided to protect and raise.