Welcome to my newest Fanfiction. Predator and the Prey. The title comes from Beauty and the Beast obviously and the idea comes from Little Red Riding Hood and the theme of having to run away comes from The Gingerbread Man. So it's like a mash-up of fairy tales, more might come in later.
The parts in italics are said by the main character: Cream. I may include Cheese in this but I'm not quite sure yet. This is also just a prologue so of course it's short.
Must... Keep... Running... If I stop now I'll die. They'll get me. They'll kill me. They'll do what they want because they're the predators and I'm the prey. So I must carry on, even if I can breathe no more, I must carry on. Around these parts, there's a song we sing to remind us of the dangers here.
Run through the day and run through the night,
Run for your safety, run for your life
Don't let the dark ones have their way
Or they'll be the predators and you'll be their prey
Despite her willpower not wanting her to fall, a rock on the ground lay sneakily, forcing the young girl to trip over, making her gasp and trying not to cry. Being a pretty, sophisticated young lady she wore long dresses regularly and today just happened to be one of the days she had to wear one.
Once on the floor, she quickly tried to get up. But she found a sharp pain in her leg and looked down as she realised that a sharp rock had ripped open her beautiful silky dress and made a bloody gash in her leg. She reached ahead, squinting to see what was ahead.
A figure approached her and she knew her time was up. A long bushy tail flowed behind the figure, revealing him to be one of them.
This is it. I'm done. I'm dead. The prey has been caught. Mother always warned me about venturing out at night. Guess I'll have to pay for not listening to her warning. It's all over for me. Goodbye mother. And Goodbye...
But she didn't get a chance to say her final goodbye to the one she loved dearest, for her eyes slowly closed, her vision faded to black and all sounds were cut out as she felt the strangest sensation, like she was ascending, ascending to heaven...
But in reality, that wasn't the case. She was being picked up by the stranger and carried back to his lair. She lay limp in his arms, completely unconscious and bleeding from her leg wound. Her ears hung low and her face was peaceful like a sleeping angel. Her looks were sweet with a personality to match and even her name screamed sweet and innocent.
Her name was Cream the Rabbit.
Maybe that was a little too short but I will make up for it. Who will the figure be? I have yet to decide. It was originally going to be Tails because after all, Foxes eat Rabbits and if Rabbits live in the forest then they'd obviously be scared of Foxes. However, I later had the idea to use Shadow since his dark personality fits the profile of a 'dark one' but I guess I'll have to choose eventually...
Sayonara minna-san!
~Neko