I know, I am way behind on the other fanfics I am writing, but…this couldn't wait! I just recently seen the Vampire Academy movie and this idea got stuck to me! :I I don't know what the title was going to be, so that may or may not change. I hope you enjoy this!
All around growls and gunfire could be heard. It resounded throughout the forest. A forest in which a little girl was running through with a frightened look upon her face.
Another set of gunfire was heard, sounding a lot closer than before. The little girl panicked and ran at fast as her legs could carry her. As it so was, she was being chased. Who was chasing her? A group of specialized vampires, trained to hunt.
"We can hear you, little girl! Come out and we won't hurt you!" One of them called out to her. A lie. A lie that was as plain as day. They were shooting at her. She may be little, but at least she knew when a lie was being told. "Come on! Your parents are worried about you, kid!" Another one called.
Another lie. It was her parents who chased her away to begin with. Her own father and mother tried to kill her. How she managed to escape was a mystery in itself. "Don't you wish to see your parents, Atrix?" A third hunter asked, trying to lure the girl out. It didn't work. She didn't even let out a sound of response. She kept running.
When Atrix was certain she had ran far enough, she chose to take a small break in order to catch her breath. She crouched down and rested her head between her knees, a technique she learned to try to calm herself. In this case, it didn't work. Instead, tears rolled down her cheeks.
Atrix Erwin was being hunted down by her own parents. She was called an abomination. She was a vampire-wolf hybrid, a species much despised. No one knew how they came to be as they are born every so often between two pureblooded vampires. When a child is found out to be such a rare creature, they are usually put to death. They are feared.
Atrix was no different. Her parents wanted her dead, and that alone hurt. The girl sobbed as silently as she could. Why her? Why did this have to happen to her?
As she was lost in her thoughts, a hunter found her and pointed his gun at her. A second later, he pulled the tripper. The pain instantly brought her attention to look to see what was causing it. Her arm was bleeding heavily, but the bullet itself wasn't all threatening. The girl covered her head and whimpered.
The hunter smirked and took a knife out of his pocket. Atrix's eyes widened. This was it. This was where she was going to die. She watched as the man pointed his gun at her, about to pull the trigger. She squeezed her eyes shut and waited for the final blow, except, it never came. Instead, the growls from before were much clearer. When she opened her eyes, she saw a shape attack the hunter. It took her a minute to figure out what it was she was seeing. It was a wolf attacking the hunter.
A quick survey around showed it wasn't just one wolf, but a pack of wolves. Atrix whimpered when two of them cautiously padded up to her. They sniffed her for a while before one gently licked the girl's cheeks. It surprised her. The same wolf bit down on her shirt and begun pulling her forward.
What Atrix didn't know was that the wolves were there to save her from the hunters. They had smelled her scent and had detected the underlay of a wolf pup. While vampires were against the idea of hybrids, wolves were not.
The tugs became more hurried as they made their way through the forest. By the time Atrix believed she was going to pass out from exhaustion, one of the wolves nudged her into a dark cave. When she stepped inside, the sharp scent of damp moss filled her nose. When she looked back towards the entrance, she saw a wolf lift up their head. A deep howl vibrated throughout the entire cave, cutting its way into the night. In an odd way, the sound soothed her.
The howl brought in the other wolf, the one that had attacked the hunter. It was obvious by the size that he was a male, the alpha of the pack. The one who saved her must have been his mate. Cautiously, she looked around the cave, her eyesight improving greatly. During her observation, one of the wolves, the female alpha, nudged her further into the cave. The wolf lead her to a feathery nest.
Within held three sleeping wolf pups. Before Atrix reached them, the adult wolves surrounded her, a look of interest in their eyes. It was only a moment later when the girl felt a strange occurrence happen to her body. She was shifting, changing forms.
After another moment, Atrix had completely transformed into a wolf pup with white fur. Her blue-green eyes were brighter. Panic rushed through her body again, remembering that this was the reason why her family wanted her dead. The female wolf padded towards her and gently licked the pup's snout.
"Do not worry, little one. You are safe here," The wolf spoke softly, motherly. A whimper rose in Atrix's throat. "Shh, you must try and rest while you can," she continued to say. She picked the pup up by the scruff and placed her right next to the other ones. "From this moment on, you are apart of our pack, apart of our family. You will be treated like my daughter," the Alpha padded up to her.
For some reason, she knew she could trust their words. She relaxed and fell fast asleep due to exhaustion setting in. The wolf mother laid down around the small beings, licking them each on the head.
Atrix believed, she felt, she will truly be apart of this family of wolves.
As the weeks went by, Atrix and the other pups grew. It wasn't until two years went by when the next set of hunters came to kill her, and her pack family.
It began like any other afternoon in the forest. Atrix, her brother Khar, and her sisters, Chatima and Kawani, were out play fighting. It was something they had started ever since they were old enough to run. It wasn't long into it when the howl echoed its way to them.
"Father wants us to return. I wonder what's wrong." Chatima wondered aloud. It was Khar who lead them back towards the cave. They didn't have to go far; the other members of the pack had made their way towards them. "Father?"
Fang, the Alpha, looked concerned about something. "Children, it is time for us to find a new home. We are in danger here if we stay any longer," he explained.
Atrix had a bad feeling about this, though she can't figure out why. It was when they were planning on where they would go when the wolf pack was attacked. It wasn't Human hunters, but the vampire hunters from those years ago when she fled from her vampire clan. When she was chased away and dearly killed.
Larka, Fang's mate, instantly nudged Atrix back sharply. "Get out of here!" She growled, her ears pressed against her head. Atrix whimpered. Despite how much she didn't want to leave the she-wolf, or the rest of her wolf family behind, she had hammered it in her nature to not argue with her.
With great effort, she and her three siblings ran for cover as far away as they could. The other three remained behind and fought the hunter, to keep them at bay for as long as they could.
When the three young wolves stopped to take a small break, Atrix decided from that point on to leave her sibling behind. It would be too dangerous, and unlucky, to travel with her; so, with an enormous amount of effort, Atrix pulled herself away. The hybrid ran, and ran, until she couldn't run anymore. By then, she was far away from them.
From this moment on, Atrix was going to travel alone, as both a human and a wolf.