I'm not too sure if anyone is reading this story, for it is deffinetly one that I wrote a loooong time ago and isn't my best (at least in my opinion), but hey, figured why not, let's put up the next chapter!
Enjoy!
Ashley
The night was dark, very dark. Still, Ashley could see fine. Being what she was, there was no difficulty in seeing the pines of the trees, each and every star in the sky, and the small animals that scurried to and fro, trying to keep themselves hidden from the prey. All of this made her feel sympathy for the one standing beside her; Mia. She was like a sister to Ashley, and although she hated of thinking herself as handicapped, Ash knew that Mia needed guidance. For her visions was failing; only allowing her to see blurry outlines of everything around her.
If only she wasn't such a stubborn bitch... Ash thought, glancing at Mia. She was crouching down, her eyes closed, listening to the sounds of the night around her.
Ashley sighed and made her way over to her friend. Mia's light blue eyes snapped open when she felt Ashley's presence. She stared, not blinking, her eyes set on the forest in front of her. Suddenly, she tensed up. Something was wrong.
Besides the fact that the other vampires were late; extremely late that was, the forest was dealing still all of a sudden; nothing but the eerie light breeze.
"Where are they? They were supposed to be here hours ago." Ashley couldn't keep the irritation out of her voice. Her tone was dark, spoken through gritted teeth. She was becoming impatient, and was hungry, and a hungry Ash was never to be trifled with; things could get violent. Extremely violent.
Beside her, Mia shrugged, obviously not caring too much that it had been hours since they last had heard from the part. "Does it matter?" she said softly. "You should know that they were come when it's the right time."
Ashley growled lowly in frustration; the frustration of Mia always thinking she was dumb. And it wasn't just Mia; it was others too. They thought of Ash as low, but they never thought to think about how deadly she could become.
Then, a noise. The sound of a tree snapping. Lycans. The two woman crouched low to the ground, hiding behind the bushes.
Viktor then appeared. Ashley relaxed, and felt Mia doing the same, but realized that her friend was still very uptight.
"Where have you been?" She snapped. Ash frowned but stayed quiet.
Viktor gave Mia a stern look, but her eyes were now looking somewhere else. Ash followed her gaze.
The vampires around Viktor were covered in blood. Lycan blood. Ash wrinkled her nose at the scent, a hate filling her inner core.
"Complications..." Viktor spoke slow and soft. "I advise you go back to the castle before we are attacked once more..."
His words were a blur to Ashley. She seemed lost in the mind, and because of this, missed Viktor's loving gaze and Mia's piercing glare. Something was just not right here. She concentrated and strained to hear the sounds of the night like Mia could. She closed her eyes, and listened, but nothing was heard.
Not yet anyway. In the next moment, lycans were emerging from every corner. Ashley cursed to herself and hunkered down as Mia, in one quick move, pulled a dagger out, and followed Ashley's moves.
A lycan leaped at Viktor, and he quickly pulled out her sword, swinging at the creature. Blood spattered everywhere as the lycan, covered in blood, fell to the mossy ground. It turned back to its' human form, and Ash watched as it shook in pain, breathing heavily until it took its' last breath and its' eyes glazed over.
Ashley watched this unfold before her and then stood, staring at the body. She shook her head, and looked around. That was when she noticed Mia, holding back the jaws of a hungry vicious lycan. Ashley ran over to them and in once swift move, grabbed the lycans head and snapped its' neck. She smiled down at Mia once Mia had pushed the body off of her, then Ashley held her hand out. Mia took it and Ashley helped her to her feet.
Suddenly, Mia perked up, tilting her head, and Ashley listened carefully. But by the time, she had even heard anything, it was too late. Mia and her were now surrounded by fully morphed lycans. Ashley snarled at them; she hated these beings, for they were the enemy. Stories, mostly told by Viktor, had said that they were vile creatures that had no feelings, and that all needed to be destroyed. They were hideous things, vampires at least had a sense of humanity.
Ashley went back to back with Mia, and together they made fast, sharp moves, trying to confuse the stupid creatures. They all looked the same though; dark, large, furry beings with huge fangs. And they were all intent on the same thing; wiping out all vampires. Ashley pondered why for a few seconds as she stepped back and forth, side to side.
All of a sudden, the lycans separated. Viktor rode towards them, swinging his sword at the creatures. Ashley ran after some of the retreating ones. She pulled out her sword and swung at once, then heard growling behind her. She turned and a lycan in return evilly smiled at her. Now two surrounded her. They circled and she swung at one. Slashing it's right arm, it cried out in pain, but then turned and reached out at her with its claws. She ducked and the other lycan hit her arm, sending the sword flying.
"Shit." She mumbled, watching the sword slide several yards behind the lycans. They grinned at her, and although the one with the hurt arm was grimacing in pain (yes, they could do that), he knew that Ashley was defenseless.
Or so he thought. Ash pretended to act like she was defeated; and stared into their eyes with horror, falling to the ground on her knees. "Make it fast." She said softly. The two looked at each other in triumph, completely full of themselves. They let down their defenses, thinking they had won. Ashley seized her chance. She leapt at the closest one, pulling out a dagger from her garter. The lycans face went to straight fear as she slit her throat, and they both fell to the ground. Ash landed gracefully with a soft thud and jumped back up, facing the other lycan who was apparently horrified. It turned and ran, not looking back. Ashley smiled.
"NO!" Someone screamed. Ashley turned around just in time to witness Mia, jumping in front of a lycan, saving Viktor, who was knocked off of his horse. Ashley ran to him, helping him up. He looked into her eyes gratefully. Not taking much time to gaze back, Ashley turned around, trying to find where Mia went. She ran and grabbed her sword that still lay where it had been flung earlier.
That would be when she saw Mia, stabbed in the chest by a huge, pointed log. Her blood was everywhere, and it was evident that she was fading quickly. And still, the lycan attacked her. Ashley had to get to her.
She made her way to Mia, and as lycans attacked, Ashley killed. It was all a blur. She kept on swinging, and the lycans kept right on falling. Closer and closer she got to Mia, but it was still not enough. Finally, she was within throwing range. Ashley pulled out her dagger once more, letting it soar.
It went flying through the air, and hit the creature in the back. It yelped, looking behind it, seeing its' pursuer. In fear, it ran off, too weak to fight anymore.
Ash was at last at Mia's side. Blood was everywhere. Why?! She wondered. Vampires weren't ones to bleed this much. At all. Unless... No. Ash caught the scent of lycan, and mentally argued with herself, trying to view this as a terrible situation and the smell from Mia's earlier assailant. But the scent was so strong...
There was no way that Mia could be in any way part of the enemy.
"Ash..." Mia sputtered, coughing up blood.
"It's okay." Ash said quickly, trying to figure out how to carefully get her out of here. She didn't have much longer. "Mia, it's okay. Just hold on." She grabbed her hand, squeezing it tightly, praying she wasn't too late.
