The woods where as quiet as usual, the tranquility washing over two werewolves who where lying down beneath a tree. The wind was blowing softly but the peace wasn't lived for long, for a piercing cry echoed through the woods. The two wolves prickled their ears and followed the sound of such terrible cry. As they drew closer the sound of sobs where heard growing louder and louder.
Under a tree laid a girl around the age of 7, crying her eyes out. The werewolves looked at each other and nodded. In a few moments they approached the girl in their human form.
"Are you all right sweetie," the woman said putting her hand on the girls shoulder. It seemed as if the girl didn't hear for she kept on crying.
The man knelt down besides the child and turned her around so that she would look at him. Her brown eyes where full of tears and beneath all the water, terror filled her eyes. The child looked up at the man and clunged to him like if there was no tomorrow. "Shh that's ok sweetie, its alright," the man said.
"Do you think she is lost Ben?" the woman asked.
"I don't know Sam." He replied then turned to the girl, "Where do you live sweetheart?"
The girl said nothing still clinging to him and pointed a shacking finger to the north side of the woods. Ben nodded and picked her up carrying her and heading to where the girl had pointed with Sam following behind. They followed a small trail saying nothing for there where no words to be said. After a few minutes Sam sniffed the air and said to Ben, "Do you smell that?"
"Yes I do. That smells like something burned." No sooner had he spoken that they stopped dead in their tracks. Before them was a house, or what was left of it, that had been consumed by fire. In front of the yard were two bodies sprawled on the ground. Ben handed the girl to Sam while he went to check things out. "Stay here," he said.
He walked up to the bodies and the sight almost made him vomit. There laid a girl around the 12 years old mutilated beyond recognition and next to year was a woman who was half changed to a werewolf. It seemed like she didn't have time to fully transform. In the distance she heard the little cry harder than before, which indicated that she had seen the bodies. He forgot about her for a moment as he studied the bodies more closely. The woman's stomach was opened revealing her intestines and there was a hole where her heart should have been. Part of her face has been skinned leaving only muscle and blood on the right side of her face. There was a little fur on her left side showing part of red lips and one brown eye. Ben went back to Sam feeling faint and sick.
"Both woman, both dead. By the looks of it they are werewolves but I hadn't heard of anyone renting Tom's house. It also looks like a lunatic or psycho did this. It's a sight I would have done without."
"Do you think she is a werewolf?"
"I don't know. Lets get out of here since this is not something the girl should remember." They left without a glance back as the last of the house came crumbling down. When they where farther away they stopped and looked down at the girl whose sobs had transformed to whimpers. "Sweetheart can you turn into a werewolf?" Ben asked the girl who was in Sam's arms. The girl looked up at him and nodded. "Can you show me?"
The girl looked uncertain at him so he said, "I can transform, see?" With that Ben transformed to a gray wolf in front of her eyes. It seemed as this demonstration gave her courage and assurance for she got down from Sam's arms. Ben transformed to a human as the girl transformed into a beautiful white wolf. Sam and Ben both looked amazed for they had never seen a white wolf before.
The girl changed back and sat down on the ground with her arms around her legs rocking herself back and forth. "Come on sweetie, we will take you to your new home," Sam said. They booth took one of her hand as they headed off the other side of the woods. This was a new beginning; a new start for the little girl who had just witnessed what hell could be like.