Hey guys! This is my first story for Teen Wolf and I'm a lttle nervous to post it, please go easy on me and Let me know if you like it! R&R and I'll love you forever! 3
Vi dropped the last of her boxes in the corner of her new bedroom floor, glancing around and taking in the massive chore it would eventually be to unpack all of her stuff. She plopped down on her bare mattress and checked her phone only to see that it had been only two minutes since the last time she checked it, but what else is a 17 year old girl supposed to do in a new town, two weeks before school starts with only the company of her 13 year old sister?
She laid back, turning over to watch the sunset through her windows. This was a much different setting than she was used to. Her parents decided to move from Sacramento to a smaller community now that her younger sister was going to be in high school. There had been a lot of crime in the area they lived in, and in a city that size, there is no point in relocating, every area has its own pros and cons. Moving to a smaller city was just the most sensible decision, and both she and her sister Ava understood that.
The sky was a warm mix of pale blue and orange, which was strikingly beautiful behind the lush greenery of the area. It was an entirely new world to her. She could smell summer in the air rather the city musk that flooded her senses before. They had a lawn with actual grass in it instead of potted plants in a window sill that had fried after being forgotten about. She was going to get to see a full sky of stars, and she was ready to experience every bit of it.
"Boo!" Her sister burst into the doorway, "HAH, I got you that time!"
She threw one of her tennis shoes at the younger girl, only hard enough to make contact with her. "Hey, wanna go for a run? The woods aren't far from here."
Her sister raised an eyebrow, giving her a loaded glance before rolling her eyes."Seriously? A run in the woods?"
"Aw, come on! I dont want to go alone! Please? It's so beautiful here!" She pulled her ipod out of her duffel bag and held it out to Ava, "I'll let you listen the whole time!"
She smaller girl jumped at the opportunity. She wanted so desperately to be like her older sister, although she would never admit it. "I'll get my shoes."
Once they got to the woods they sped up their pace to jogging, doing their best not to tire themselves out too quickly. Ava had the headphones in and Vi was left to her imagination. She was enamored by their surroundings. Somehow it was the loudest silence, nothing but insects chirping and sound of their shoes crunching the leaves beneath them. She occasionally heard the scurry of a small animal in the distance and was curious as to what she might find if she spent more time out here. She had never experienced nature on this level in her life. She and her sister had always lived it the city, and the only wildlife she had ever seen had been at the city zoo.
She was overwhelmed in the absolute best way. She smelled pine, and dirt and the air carried a slight floral scent and depite it being ridiculously dark, the moonlight gave everything a deep green tint.
They had been running for quite a while when she heard something particularly alarming. She turned to see a large group of deer headed their direction, so she roughly grabbed Ava's harm, yanking her behind a large tree in order to not be trampled. Her heart raced and she could feel the vibrations in the ground under her feet as if it were an earthquake. Not once in her life had she ever been near wildlife like that, and she would seriously reconsider another run in the woods if this were a common occurrence.
"Holy shit," She blurted out after the stampede had passed. She leaned over, resting her hands on her knees while trying to catch her breath.
"'Hey let's go for a run in the woods so we can get trampled by furry woodland creatures!' Never again, Vi!" Her sister threw her hands up in exasperation and turned to head back home.
"Jeez, Like I knew that was gonna happen! Its not my fault!" She followed the smaller girl for a few feet before stopping, interrupted by a low growl from somewhere behind them. "Ava, stop!" She whispered loudly, successfully stopping her by sheer annoyance. Ava whipped around, ready to deliver a hormone-fueled sarcastic remark; instead she froze in fear.
By the look on Ava's face, Vi knew she had gotten herself into a delicate situation and that no matter the size or demeanor of whatever was behind her, she had to get her sister to safety. She could hear the snapping of twigs and the movement something uncomfortably close behind her and she knew that the only thing she could do to protect her sister was to shield her. She pushed off in a sprint towards the smaller girl, knocking her down and covering her as much as she could. Adrenaline was pumping through her veins and in what felt like a fraction of a second there was silence again and a piercing pain through her shoulder.
She sat up on her knees and immediately cradled her right arm with her left one, trying to focus less on her heartbeat pounding in her head and more on her surroundings. Part of her wanted to run home without stopping for anything, while the other part knew she would be responsible for Ava, and she wouldn't budge until she felt it was safe enough to move.
Vi sat clutching Ava as tight as she could with her back pressed firmly against a tree as if the was trying to become a part of it. They were both too terrified to say anything, knowing that any slight sound might attract whatever that creature was back to where they were. Eventually they both got up and started back in the direction they came.
When the adrenaline high started to wear off, the pain started to set in and she felt like she might pass out. She was paranoid and any slight sound frightened her. The entire walk home her eyes darted around at the same trees she had admired on the way in but this time, she was overwhelmed in a completely different way. This was a terrible idea.
As soon as their house was in their line of sight, they sprinted to the front door and up to Vi's room. She darted into the bathroom and as soon as the door closed tears starting pouring from her tired eyes. She carefully peeled off her shirt, revealing the worst wound she had ever seen. She felt a cold panic in her stomach. Her shoulder was covered in blood and dirt, accenting ripped flesh in a pair of crescent shaped bite marks. It happened so fast that she never even tried to see what had bitten her, but Ava did.
She turned on the shower to wash off the excess blood and sweat. Her mind was a roller coaster, constantly going back and forth from thinking she could get a terrible infection, to thinking that maybe she was overreacting and that if she washed it off and got some rest it wouldn't look so bad in the morning. More than anything, she hoped that Ava would be okay.
That night they slept in Vi's room, both too afraid to be alone.