Chapter One
When her feet hit the snow, she heard a crunch and picked up one of her feet to see a sky-blue bike hidden under the white, fluffy snow. It was Arina's old bike, now much too small for the chubby blonde girl. Daphne's long, lithe legs were much too long for the bike, so it wasn't an option at all, and wasn't considered.
She raced all around the yard, attempting to make it look like she, or other people, had been all through the yard. It was a small attempt to cover her tracks. When the yard looked like it had been stampeded by dozens of teenafers, Daphne was finally satisfied. She lightly walked to the alley where the snow had been cleared an and only tiny stones and concrete were left behind.
Hearing the 'roll-click, roll-click, roll-click' of her suitcase skipping over stones, Daphne breathed a sigh of relief. She never wanted to go back to that house.
Now, almost two miles away from her house, (Daphne had no idea how she had walked that fast), she heard rustling in the bushes and froze in fear. She turned around to see what looked like an ogre.
It let out a roar of spit and rancid breath, right into Daphne's face. She couldn't see through the thick slime, so she closed her eyes and whispered quietly,
"Call of the Wolf, I summon you, give me your ears," and suddenly her ability to hear was sharpened. She could hear the ogre's slow, sluggish steps, the sound of people waking up inside their houses, the call of a whippoorwill a block away, and even the sound of the ants at her feet. Every sound was magnified.
Daphne slowed her breathing and waited for the ogre's next move. It's lumbering gait was the easiest to detect. Her left hand went to her necklace and put pressure to it. A javelin appeared in her right hand and she turned to ace the ogre who had been trying to sneak up on her. He swept a beefy hand at her in attempt to knock her down, but she jumped and somersaulted onto it's shoulder with a wicked grin.
"ύπνος," sleep, she whispered in Greek in it's ear. The ogre took another swing at her, but he couldn't reach his own shoulder and ended up slapping himself across the head, which led to knocking himself out.
Before he fell down, Daphne did a backflip and landed on her feet behind him, watching as he fell face first into the sidewalk.
Daphne heard a bloodcurdling scream from one of the houses and looked up to see a twenty year old woman clutching her nightgown in dismay. "B-bear!" she shrieked.
"No, ma'am, this is a scene for a movie I'm starring in. It's called 'Hunter's Plight.' Look for it this coming March!" The lady wrapped her robe around herself and looked at Daphne like she was crazy.
When she slipped into her house, Daphne speared the 'bear' with the javelin and watched as it disintegrated into a fine, powdery dust and was carried away by the winds. "Creepy," she murmured with a shudder.
Her javelin disappeared and she picked up her suitcase, dusting some of the weird, yellowish powder before continuing on.
Two in one day?! I'm on a roll! So was Daphne, apparently! I really hope that you guys are loving it. How did you like her first monster take-down? Was it alright? I added some humor into it too. I love writing, and the fact that you guys are liking my stuff enough to keep reading it makes me really happy. :D