Author's Note: Hey everyone! So this is our first story! As you see it's called "The Girl Who Didn't Cry Wolf" but we need to clarify something. This is NOT a supernatural story. No matter how much of it you may think it is. It is AU but not supernatural. There are NO werewolves or vampires or anything. Understood? Good! Now, I hope you enjoy our story!
Just like any other day Kim entered her grandmothers cottage with a basket full of muffins. Her grandmother was insanely obsessed. "Grandma! I'm home!" Kim yelled from the living room. Strangely, there was no answer. A small smirk appeared on Kim's features, "I got muffins." Faster than was probably possible for a old lady Kim's Grandmother came out from hiding and ran to the basket of muffins.
Her Grandmother was covered in dust and dirt so Kim assumed she was cleaning. "Kimberley! Your home! Well would you look at that, you brought muffins!" Kim only laughed and handed her grandmother the basket. She gratefully took it and hugged it to her chest. This woman was obsessed. Kim's Grandmother slowly walked over to her chair by the fire.
She sat the basket down on the small table next to the chair and grabbed one from the basket. Kim hesitated a bit before following her grandmother and sitting in the chair across from her. "Uh...Grandma?" Kim started nervously. "Yes dear?" She said not taking her eyes off the muffin. Kim decided it was best to just get this all out, "Why is no one allowed to go outside after dark?"
Her grandmother stopped eating the muffin and looked at Kim with a serious expression before it slowly molded into a smile and she started laughing. After her laughter died down she turned to look at her granddaughter, "What?" Kim pulled out her sketchpad from her bag and showed it to her Grandmother. "I was just wondering because tomorrow is a full moon and that's the only time you can get a good look at the wolves. I really wan't to go to Wolf's Peak so I can get a good view of them in the valley."
Her mother was still looking at the notebook with a unreadable expression but Kim continued, "There very tame and I'm sure they won't mind if I sketch them and the moon-" Kim ranted but her grandmother stopped her. "Kimberly, please. Talking that fast is giving me a headache. Dear, I know that you enjoy drawing, I do, but you have to understand that there are certain rules that must be obeyed. Okay?" Her grandmother said. "Why can't I just-"
"Kimberly, we are done talking about this," her grandmother stated firmly. "You can draw anything you wish from the safety and comfort of our cottage tomorrow night., understood?" Kim sighed in defeat and hung her head low. "Fine." The smile that was previously on her grandmother returned once again, "Good. Now I need you to go to the market for me. Here's my list."
"Of course." Kim took the list and was about to walk out the door when she stopped herself. She went back to where her grandmother was siting and took her basket back. "I deserve these muffins." her grandmother gasped and shot her a glare before tossing her a red cloak. "Fine, but it's cold out there. Where your cloak." She fastened on her cloak before walking out of the cottage.
As Kim walked outside the familiar scent of charred meat welcomed her. No matter what time of day the scent always lingered around. She quickly made her way to the market saying a quick "hello" to anyone she knew and happened to pass. Right when she was about to enter the market, she heard her name. "Kim!" He yelled at her. She turned and saw Jerry running towards her. Those two have been best friends since...well, forever. Jerry caught up with her and signaled for her to stop while panting slightly.
"Kim, your not still going through with your plan are you?" Kim rolled her eyes at him and continued to walk towards the market, "Of course I am."
"Kim, are you crazy?!" Jerry whispered/yelled at Kim as she paid the man for the eggs she was buying. Ignoring Jerry, she thanked the man and continued walking to the next vendor. "Are you seriously asking me that? Look who I'm talking to," Kim joked. Jerry resisted the urge to roll his eyes and mockingly laughed, "Haha, very funny. But you can't sneak out!" Luckily there was so many people swarming around the market they weren't paying attention to what teenagers were talking about. Kim annoyed, turned on her heel and faced him. "Jerry, I'm 15! I'm not getting any younger! I want to do something to exciting before I run out of chances!"
"Kim, I'm older than you and I-" "By Two Weeks!"
He rolled her eyes at her and continued. "Kim, I'm older than you and I have done exciting things that aren't life threatening. You can't sneak out. You'll lose your head!" Kim narrowed her eyes at her latino friend, "I'll lose my head?" Kim questioned, slightly amused at his comment but at the same time slightly annoyed at him for being so stubborn. "Like a turkey on thanksgiving!" Jerry yelled.
Kim only laughed at him and continued walking, Jerry huffed and ran to catch up with her. He grabbed her by the arms and dragged her into a deserted corner. "Kim, there is a reason why we aren't allowed outside after dark. I don't know what it is," he stopped for dramatic effect and caused Kim to roll her eyes. "But I have this really bad gut feeling!" Kim shook Jerry off of her and went back to look through the stand. She stopped at one and began to sort through some of the carrots.
"Jerry, your gut feeling is probably because of the rabbit that you ate for lunch," Kim said not talking her eyes of the carrots. "Oh, whatever! My point is, you never know what could be out there! Thugs! Wolves! Bears! Giant Rabbits that are mad and trying to get me back for eating one of their kids!" Jerry yelled dramatically. Kim turned her head to the side to give her friend a look. She then handed the man some money to pay for the carrots she put in her bag.
"Jerry, we don't know why we're not allowed outside after dark, so I'm going to go find out. I'm sure it's nothing and when I prove that, my grandma will finally let me go to Wolf's Peak and sketch the full moon over the field with the wolves tomorrow night," Kim said and began walking again. "Kim, you're in way over your head here."
She turned to Jerry once again, "No. No I'm not, Jerry. Nothing is going to be out there after night and I'll prove it!" Jerry sighed and gave in, "Fine Kim, just try not to get yourself killed?"
"There is nothing out there and nothing will kill me!" Jerry sighed and shook his head. "Whatever. Are you done shopping yet?" Kim ignored him and after picking up the last few items on her list she walked away from the market with Jerry trailing behind her. "Jerry, if you hadn't guessed before I'm going to need you to be my lookout." Jerry stopped walking and stared at her strangely.
"Are you asking me to lie for you?" Kim fidgeted with the end of her cloak. "Not really, just if my grandmother wakes up at night and starts to wonder where I am, tell her I'm with you!" "So I am lying for you!" Kim quickly put her hand over his mouth. "We don't need the whole world to know!" Jerry shook his head in disbelief, "I am not lying for you." Kim looked at him with wide eyes and a slight frown on her features.
"Kim no, that's not going to...fine! I'll lie for you!" Kim patted him on the back, "Now was that so hard?" Finally they reached her cottage and she waved goodbye to Jerry. She didn't bother calling for her grandmother and simply dropped the muffins on her table. She made her way to her room and flung herself onto her cotton bed. She was going to sneak out tonight and no one was going to change her mind.
Kim spent the rest of her day drawing in her sketchbook, she needed to do something to past the time while she waited because her heart was pumping at speeds unknown. She was still drawing in her sketchbook when she heard a knock on her door and her grandma came in. "Goodnight, Kim." Even though she was already sneaking out she couldn't help but try one last time, "Grandma..."
"My answer is still no. Goodnight Kimberly," she said with a stern look. "Goodnight grandma; Love you." Her grandmother cracked a smile, "I love you more." With that she closed the door and walked away. Kim carefully listened to her footsteps die away until she was sure they reached her own room. She them waited another ten minutes until she heard a small snore.
Kim laughed at how quickly she would fall asleep. She got up from her bed and carefully creeped over to the window and slowly opened it to avoid the creaking noise. "Come on in, Jerry." She whispered not wanting to wake up her grandmother, although it was highly unlikely. "Finally! Took you long enough," Jerry whined as he climbed through her window. "I think I know why we're not allowed to go outside after dark," Jerry started. Kim sighed, "Jerry, I'm not going to change my mind-"
"You didn't let me finish; Because it's so darn cold!" Jerry complained while rubbing his arms. "Man up," Kim joked while rolling her eyes. "Kim, let me come with you," Jerry stated. The fun demeanor was now gone and the air turned cold. "I can't let you do that, Jerry. I'm going on my own," Kim said while avoiding his gaze. "I just want to make sure that you don't end up killing yourself," Jerry said while Kim walked over to her closet to change into something more suitable.
"I thought it was too cold?" She asked trying lighten the mood. She finally came out of the closet wearing a long white dress covered in her red cloak. She doesn't know why but she feels safer with it on. She slipped on her red boots and turned to face Jerry. "It is cold, but I want to make sure you come back alive," Jerry said. Kim wanted to hug him until she heard the rest of what he was saying. "No other girls want to talk to me!"
He whined while sitting down on her bed. "I'll be fine Jerry, just cover me, okay?" She didn't wait to hear his answer as she jumped from the window and landed onto the dirt ground outside. "Kim!" Jerry yelled from the other side of the window. "What?" She asked annoyed. "Don't you need your sketchpad?" Kim slightly blushed and mumbled a yes before he threw it to her.
"Well, I'm off. Just don't trash my room." He smirked and called after her, "No promises." She turned her head and shot him a smile before walking away from the window. After a while for walking around Kim had a smug smile on her face, "See, Grandma? Nothing's out here." She said to no one but herself. At first she was a little jumpy but now she was a cool as a cucumber. After a couple of minutes of walking she made it to the forest that separated her from Wolf Peak.
She was about fifty-feet into the forest when she heard a twig snap and it wasn't her. "Hello?" She nervously called out. A little further away from her she saw a dark figure of some sort run past her. Ok, now she was scared. "Who's there?" She asked trying to keep her voice steady. The dark figure zipped passed her once again and she turned in a circle attempting to see it. When she was starting to think it was her imagination she heard a twig snap.
There was definitely someone out there. She stood where she was breathing heavily. "Haha, Jerry. Come on, it's not funny." She said laughing nervously praying that it was only Jerry trying to teach her a lesson. Suddenly something attacked her, she couldn't see who or what it was because they attacked her from behind. She quickly turned around expecting to see some kind of hairy monster but instead all I saw was a boy who's brown eyes were clouded with panic. Because of the darkness, that was all she could see.
"G-Get away from me!" Kim yelled backing up. The boy only stood there. Kim stopped and tried to get a better look at the boy. "Wait, who are you?" Before he could answer something flew by her head and landed on the tree trunk next to her. The boy diverted his attention to the tree. She could see it in his eyes that he was scared. Suddenly the boy jumped on top of her knocking her to the ground. Kim was about to scream when she was something fly above her head. An Arrow.
Kim looked up and saw that the boy was staring angrily at her. There was a loud grunt and then leaves crunching under someones feet, retreating away from them. Then, just as suddenly as he knocked her down to the ground, he jumped off of her and ran back to wherever it came from.
Kim sat up slowly still shaken about what had just happened. She laid her back against a tree trunk and took a few deep breaths. The wind blew and she felt a sting coming from her left arm. Slowly she reached her hand over there. She winced at the contact and after looking closely she realized it was blood. The first arrow must of got her. Still holding her arms she turned on her heel and ran home, not stopping for anything. She just really needed a friend that would tell her, "I told you so" right now.
Back at the forest, the boy who tackled her slowly came out of hiding once she knew she was gone and picked up her sketchbook that laid abandoned on the floor.
Kim clumsily ran back into the village and to her cottage. She quickly knocked on her window and held her arm tighter. She wasn't a expert but she knew she was losing a lot of blood. As soon as he opened the window she jumped through and collapsed on her bed. Jerry who still stood there puzzled at the window made his way over to Kim. He saw her sitting there, crying, covered in dirt and twigs. He grabbed her shoulders lightly, "Kim, what happened?" He asked her concerned.
Jerry," she whimpered before running into his arms. He hugged her back until she felt something oozing down his arm. He pulled away from her and realized she was bleeding, "Kim! Lets get that patched up." He said grabbing her hand and dragging her into the bathroom. She knew he wanted to ask questions but even Jerry knew that this wasn't the time.
Unknown to both of them a pair of brown eyes appeared at the window, but they weren't the same as before. They were dark, evil, and full of hatred. After a while the eyes disappeared but the two of them never noticed as they were to busy trying to clean her wounds without making too much noise.
Author's Note: There it is! Chapter 1! We hope you like it! Once again, not a supernatural story. Now we put some awesome outfits for this chapter on our profile so check those out, please? Now can you do us a favor and click that button that says, "Post Review" it would mean a lot. Until next time!
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