***Experimental time! This is my first Alien & Predator story, so please have mercy if I miss something. This is also a dedication story, meaning besides wanting to do this story it's also a dedicated to someone. And that person is my grandfather who passed last year. We loved watching both series together. Unforgetly he never got to see AVP 2 or Predators, which I think he would of loved too. Me personally I liked them. This story was inspired by both series so relax and I hope you enjoy the story.

Note: When either species(xenomorph or yautja) speaks it'll be italics so everyone can understand them. And nicknames will be used

Chapter 1: Serpents

***Middle of the night; Deep in the Mountains***

Screams filled the quiet night air. Blood soaked the ground as two men fell to their knees and then over dead as a creature busted from both of their chests. One small and one slightly larger than the other, but tiny compared to their new world. Well for now, but for now they slithered from their dead hosts' body.

***Mid morning; Close by***

"Easy boy. That's it," a blonde girl named Rose called to her giant paint horse Orca. Orca was a giant black and white, which was how he earned his name.

"Hoe," she called and he immediately stopped. There was no need for ropes or whips, the big horse did whatever she asked. That's why they came out to this meadow. It was calm and quite. It was always peaceful here.

Being a hunter and a respectful one, she never hunted here. The deer knew to that and they never ran here. In fact they'd even lay down close by and watch the horse run or graze here. This was a place of peace.

"Alright bud, that's enough for today," she said as she walked over and began to rub the big paint's neck, "Very good boy."

She walked away over to a tree and grabbed her bag and his bridle. Not being far from home she didn't bother with a saddle, not that Orca seemed to mind.

Orca behaved more like a gazelle at times more than a horse. He was a natural born jumper and could easily out run any vehicle. At one time her brother decided to race them and found he couldn't keep up with the paint. Also, he found out horses can jump fences, cars cannot.

On the way back a sudden noise made Orca freeze. A cougar from the sounds of it. But there was another sound that caught Rose's attention. It sounded like a hissing shriek.

Coming around a corner of boulders to a fallen tree, sure enough it was a cougar. From the looks of it, it was after something in the log. Whatever it was, it was the thing or things making the noise.

Rose suddenly felt Orca begin to stamp his foot. Rose knew why. Orca was attacked as a foal by one and since he's had a hatred of the big cats. Before she could say anything, he charged at the cat. The cougar hissed and took off. Rose managed to get off his back in time as her horse went after the cat.

"That horse is something else," she said as she walked over to the log and looked inside. To her shock there were two strange creatures inside it. They looked like white snakes, but not. They looked so strangely familiar, but she couldn't place it. It began to really bug her when she noticed the smaller of the two had a wound to its tail and it appeared to have green blood. But more disbelief set in when she notice smoke rising up and the log melting from where the blood dripped to the log.

Orca caught wind of the strange scent of the blood and came back in concern of his owner.

Rose began to walk away from the log really creeped out. She then heard the creatures call again and before she knew it she walked back to the log. She hated seeing any animal in pain, no matter how strange they were. Looking back in the two creatures looked up at her. She felt Orca lean in to look, then immediately backed up when the sound of rustlings caught their attention. It also snapped Rose's attention to her surroundings. It was quite, too quite. Yeah the cougar ran off, but it probably wasn't in hunting mood anymore, but something else was.

"Time to go," she said. Looking down in the log she seen the serpents haven't gone anywhere, "If I help you two, you can't bite me promise?"

The two "snakes" just looked at her, "I'll take that as an ok."

Something was nagging at her to get home. Get safe. It felt weird, she lived in these mountains most of her life and never felt fear like this. She bent down and opened her bag and began to rearrange so she could set the two creatures in it. She looked back in the log and looked like the bigger one was trying to comfort the littler one that was hurt.

"Ok you two. Who's first?" she gently spoke as she reached her hand in slowly, "And remember no biting please."

The bigger one of the two came up and sniffed, before giving her a slight nudge to let her know she could pick him up. When she did he felt weird, like a snake and a worm mix. It allowed her to place him in her bag. Rose then repeated the same process with the other one, but he proved to be more difficult. Unlike the first he didn't seem so sure of himself. A loud shriek in her bag startled the little one and even her horse from the look he shot them. Can't say she was much better.

The little one stopped his hissing and allowed himself to be picked up. When she picked him up she made sure to stay clear of his injured tail. It his blood could do that to the log, she hated to think what it'd do to her skin. After making sure both were safe in her bag, she let out a whistle. This resulted in her horse coming over to her, but she knowtist he was extremely nervous.

"What's wrong boy?" she asked when she noticed he was watching the tree line, "You could find him later."

Unbeknownst to her, her horse could smell something else that came to investigate the two creatures as well and it was watching.

***Well. I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter. I'm open to hearing what you think, but please be nice. Till Next Time.