Togethertale By bradthebad101

authorsnotes: this story was reauested by dream1990. so here goes nothin ig? like the last one just havin fun and trying a new style of writing so compliments or critism is appreciated! Enjoy!

Chapter 1

It is a beautiful day outside, but there were no birds singing and no flowers were blooming. A young girl and her mother lazily walked through the winter woods in hopes to get away from their busy lives and relax. The young girl wore her favorite outfit today being a light grassy green dress and a red ribbon bow in her hair. Her mother tried to get her to dress warmer, but she told her mother that she had a feeling about today and she needed to wear it. She happily skipped through the forest trail as her mother followed closely behind carrying all their supplies they would need for the weekend camping trip they were getting ready to have. The little girl loved the outdoors. It was her favorite place to be. She has always been a girl scout for as long as she could remember and the rustic look of fallen trees, poison ivy, and murky water fascinated her. She saw beauty and greatness in everything she seen from the tiniest ant to the majestic butterfly.

She enjoyed the rewards from solving a puzzle or waiting in line to get onto a ride in an amusement park despite not being able to ride all the rides or not being very good at puzzles. "In due time I guess!" She would always tell herself when she didn't get what she wanted at that very moment.

Soon enough, her mom was tired and the sun was setting and it was time for her favorite part. It was time to settle in for the night. Her mother undid everything and she patiently waited for her mom to unpack her toys. Despite being "a girly girl", she always thought archers and ninjas were cool. Her favorite toys were her bow and arrow and toy knife. I mean, hunters are so cool! Who wouldn't like them? She couldn't think of a more perfect hobby than being a hunter and was hoping when she was old enough to get her licenses her mom would take her to go get. She could see herself now, sitting and waiting for an animal to jump out. It made her excited to wait for the future. She often got lost in thought and this is another reason why she felt she'd love being a hunter. She couldn't imagine what she could think up if she had hours of alone time waiting for something to happen. Not to even mention ninjas. Dressed out in black and wise. Always waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

Pretty soon, the little girl would be spread out across the camp playing with her bow. She was taking her aim at many things in hopes to hit her mark even though she wasn't very good and missed more often than not.

Soon, her mom would call to her, "I uh….heard something I am going to go check on something ok?" before disappearing into the darkness of the night.

Little did she know that there was always calm weather before a storm. As her mom disappeared like smoke, she would vanish from existence like money in the average person's wallet. Even though she didn't give it much thought, she could hear the howls of a victorious pack of wolves in the distance shortly after her mom left to go check something out.

She wanted to wait for her mom to come back, but her eyelids had other plans. "She'll be back when I wake up, she always does." She told herself, but soon she heard a low growl from the darkness. Her eyes shot open and squinted into the darkness. She watched, waited, wondered. She picked up her toy knife. She wanted to be strong like a ninja and hoped it would give her that power.

"M-mom?" She questioned. "T-that you?"

The little girl would surely have chills run down her spine as the massive crimson and grey wolf took one step out of the darkness. She didn't wait to see more. She turned and ran as fast as she could bobbing and weaving through the trees in hopes to get away. She jumped over roots and through the prinkling of shrubs stopping for nothing. She knew she couldn't out run the wolves, but she suddenly stopped. She was unsure why, after all you can't run and stay still at the same time. She couldn't shake her uneasement from the empty darkness in front of her. She bent down on her knees and started feeling around. She felt nothing but an edge where the ground suddenly dropped off. She stood back up and turned around and realized that infront of her was…..darker? She couldn't see very well anyway, but she could definitely see something in front of her that wasn't there before. Like a sudden jolt of lightning, a white hand pushed her from the darkness. She reached to grab the figure, but just ended up grazing the cloth of their clothing. So down she went feeling the air and fear all over as she herself became lost in darkness.