The steady crunch under my feet indicated to me I was still awake, but I knew that it wouldn't be for long. I pulled out my phone, hoping the battery wasn't wasted and that I had finally received some signal. Eighty percent battery-and still no service. I sighed. It was hopeless.
I decided to rest where I was, and pulled out a Tuna sandwich I had made for my hike. It had been at least six hours since someone had held steady contact with me. I hoped my mother wasn't freaking out by now. All I wanted to do was get home, where it was warm, and I didn't have to worry about some rabid animal….or spider….getting me.
I finished the remains of my sandwich and pulled out my phone to put on some music while I walked. Observing my surroundings, I studied them, sipping in every fine detail of the scent of pine and snow. Wait-snow? It was the middle of June! What the f-.
A low growl interrupted Adelle's thoughts as she turned to meet a pack of hungry wolves. She gulped under her breath and decided to just throw them some food. Pulling out some beef jerky, she tossed a few pieces to the hungry pack, hoping they would leave her alone. They sniffed the meat, and began to fight over it. One cautiously approached her, and then snatched her bag of jerky.
"Hey! Give that back! I paid for that!" She yelled at the dog that jumped away from her, only to have the others jump on her and sniff her hand to see if she contained any more. She carefully placed her hand on the head and began to scratch, trying to drive the thoughts of food out of its head. It lay down in front of her and rolled on its back.
"That was easy. See? You don't have to eat me because I can be a great back-scratcher." She smiled as she began to rub the belly. The rest of the pack just ignored her as they snatched any pieces of jerky they could retrieve before the others seemingly took it from their sights. Adelle then shooed them off and grabbed the bag, only having 5 tiny pieces remaining.
"Oh well…what's done is done I guess." She sighed in defeat, regaining her steps. The pack followed her, making her unknowingly their pack leader since she had brought them out of a few months starvation. She continued to walk, and they followed her, catching her attention.
At first Adelle was frightened, thinking they were hungry, but noticing how they looked at her with compliance, and not hunger, she figured out what was going on. She neared the edge of the forest, only to receive a low growl from a few of the pack members. She turned around, to see them staring a direction with their bristles sticking up in spikes.
Then a gunshot silenced the growls, only for the wolves to crouch down, their noses twitching rapidly and their ears shot forward. Adelle knew that someone might think them as harmful, so she pulled out her collars meant for her four dogs, and put it on a few of the wolves, and the rest she tied scarfs around their necks. At first the wolves tried to pull them off, but after the Alpha female of their pack put one of the mysterious things on; they calmed themselves and submitted to whatever their leader was plotting.
The person who had caused the gunfire wore a big red shirt, with black tights and boots, and jet black hair. If this person is hunting, then he sure is an idiot wearing all those bright colors. Adelle thought to herself.
"Who are you?" The girl questioned Gaston. At first he was confused, wondering who asked him, and why they questioned the Great Gaston. But when he finally found the source of the asker, he was met with a girl whose beauty rivaled Belle's. I can have both. He smirked to himself. Even if she was dressed oddly, he still wanted her for his second wife.
But then he saw the wolves, and noticed the collars around them. "Did you tame these wolves?" He quizzed at the girl, confused on how she was able to get a pack of hungry wolves to be still. She glanced at the wolves and back at him and nodded.
"Yeah, they were hungry, so I fed them some jerky." Was what she replied with.
He smiled to himself, and knew at that instant that her accent was from the America's. She wasn't from here. He could show her the village, and then she could look at his trophies. And when he flexed his biceps, she would swoon over him, and then he would propose to this girl. "Did you lose your way?" He smirked at her.
"Yeah. But I want to know who you are. Not if you tamed a wild boar, or shot a goose, or anything of that matter. What's your name?" She questioned, her tone growing irritated.
"My name is Gaston, pretty girl. Would you like to see my trophies at the nearest village?" He offered her, knowing she would say yes.
"I'm actually really exhausted, and I can't handle shiny things due to a medical condition I have. So I would just like to seek the nearest town." Adelle sighed. This guy better not be trying to cosplay the Gaston from Beauty and the Beast… Adelle growled out in her mind. She pet her wolves and proceeded forward.
"Your dogs better not bite anyone." He warned, smirking. Adelle knew he was looking for ways to force her to marry him. She was really pretty after all, but an odd ball. She never really fit in at her high school, and it was frustrating enough to have busy-bodies letting their tongues sliver whenever she passed by. It always took all her willpower NOT to take out a pepper spray can on them.
"They don't ever do that." She lied. Honestly, she didn't know what to expect, and was hoping that they'd behave themselves. She didn't know what to expect once she hit the town. Hopefully, it would go smoothly...