Xia's Dichotomy: A Short Story

Xia was born into a horrible breeding facility in the Himalayas along side her beloved brother Xiu. The two were nothing special really, they didn't come from notable bloodlines like some of the other hounds being housed there but they were beautiful little fluff balls. They never knew their sire and only knew their mother until they were old enough to be plucked from her to start their training. Right from the start little Xia had a strong dependency on her brother finding it hard to be separated from him for longer than a few minutes before she would begin her never ending howling waiting for him to call back to her, when that didn't work she would chew, bite, claw, anything she could get a hold of until they would finally be reunited. She …show more content…
Dead puppies that were unable to withstand the vigorous training could be found all over the grounds until something would finally come and eat them or they were covered in snow and forgotten about. The Vampires that ran the facility were horrible people that only looked for profit doing whatever it took to get the most out of their animals, even if that meant beating the hell out of them when they messed up. Sounds of yelling could almost always be heard as well as constant yelps and even screams from the hounds that had mastered their human forms. Training was terrifying to young Xia as she was small and unable to keep up with everyone else, she struggled to do what she was told often times getting distracted and wandering off only to be brought back and beat down in-front of the others. It wasn't uncommon for her to be yanked up by her scruff and tossed into anything that was nearby which was almost always the wall of the building or nearby trees. Her ribs were broken more times that she could count, from being kicked and stomped, but she never let it stop her, her resilience seemed to keep her going even through the pain. As she grew older she found it harder and harder to take the beatings snapping at them any time they raised a hand to her while her brother reacted by cowering away from …show more content…
Her power was useless to anyone that had looked at her and because of this she was deemed unfit to sell. The only way they figured they could get back all the time and money they had put into her was by forcing her to get pregnant so they could snatch her puppies away and sell them. She was understandably devastated and found herself clinging to her brother as if her life depended on it fighting anyone that tried to pry her away until they eventually managed to get her away from him. She fought them with all she had until she just couldn't fight anymore her body finally giving out from exhaustion she had no choice but to let them do what they wanted. She was locked away from her brother for days at a time locked in a tiny room while they sent their prized hounds in to breed her. She was so broken when they finally allowed her back to her brother she could hardly function staying as far away from everyone as she could crying constantly unable to stop herself. She was ashamed of herself for allowing it to happen thinking that she could have fought harder to prevent it even though there was genuinely nothing she could have done. When she finally recovered at least a little bit, she was once again constantly at her brother's side curled into him, she