Chapter 4: Get out Alive

I was panting very hard as I ran deeper into the woods. Then the mask guy appeared out of nowhere and grabbed both of my arms from behind me. I struggled as I tried to break away from him.

"Miss we are only trying to help you!" he said as he held onto my arms together against my back.

I snarled as I retorted, "Save your breath. There's no way that you are going to convince me!" And with that said, I stomped on his foot. He yelped and let go of me while I started running again.

Adrenalin was pumping into my veins as I ran for my life. I was running until I tripped over a root. "GAAA!" I screamed as I fell towards the ground. I tried to get up but I couldn't because my ankle was sprained. That's when I heard movement. I turned my head around to see all of them surrounding me in a semi-circle.

I growled as I backed away from them until my back was up against a huge rock.

"Please, we're only here to help you, not kill you," said the tall faceless man.

I only hissed in response as I tried to find an opening to make a run for it.

"Hey you ungrateful bitch! You have three seconds before I come over there and drag your stubborn ass back to the mansion!" the creepy psychopath said to me.

I leered at him as I felt some kind of energy flowing through me.

"Jeffrey you are not making this situation any better with that kind of attitude!" said the faceless man.

"Slendy can't you see that she's being a stubborn ass! We have to get Smiles to hypnotize her to come with us before she drops dead," said the psycho.

The tall man sighed as he replied, "Fine, we'll do it your way." Then he called out, "Smiles, here boy!"

A large red and black husky appeared out of the blue as it went to the tall man's side before it barked up at him obediently.

I tried to curl up into a small ball as I looked at the demonic dog in horror as tears threaten to cloud my vision.

"Smiles, hypnotize her to trust us," commanded the boy in the white hoodie.

The dog nodded at its master before it snarled at me as its yellow eyes glowed brighter.

All of the sudden I felt a terrible headache. "Gah!" I cried out as I clenched my head in my clawed hands as the pain grew worse by the second.

"Come to us… Follow us… Trust us…" the voice in my head said to me.

I groaned in pain as I used all of my willpower to break out of this trance. "Get out… Get out…. GAAH! Get out of my head!" I screamed as I picked my head up to look into the demonic dog's eyes hatefully.

The dog's eyes stopped glowing and gave out a small whimper as it ran behind Jeff to shake in fear with its tail in between its legs. I gave out a low growl as the dog laid down on the ground in fear. Its ears were folded to the side of its head to show me that it submits to my authorities to get out of my head.

"What's wrong? Why didn't it work?" asked Jeff as he looked at his terrified dog in worry.

"I…I don't know" was all that the tall guy said before I heard rustling in the trees above me.

I looked up to see the monochrome clown jumping off of a branch with his arms extended and said in a sarcastic tone, "Here's Jackie!"

"Laughing Jack, wait!" they cried out loud simultaneously.

Fear started pumping into my veins again. Everything started to slow down all around me as I closed my eyes tightly. A single teardrop fell from my eye as a new surge of energy emitted out of my body.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a large multicolor force field surround me as the clown was flung away from me as well as the rest of the monsters. I was in pure shock at what I have just done only a few seconds ago.

Then I slowly started to get up off of the ground and hobbled out of here before they had the chance to recover from the blast of energy from my force field.

I started to limp while running before I stopped abruptly because I almost fell off of the cliff that was in front of me. I stopped dead in my tracks as a few pieces of debris fell from the edge of the cliff.

I was starting to back away from the edge to run away from the cliff when I heard voices behind me.

I turned around and saw them. They looked shocked that I was almost at the edge of the cliff. Some of them started to back away a little so that I didn't feel so trapped.

"Child please I'm begging you, stop this endless chase and come with us. We will not harm you in anyway. We only want to help you," said the faceless man with a mixture of worry and concern for me in his tone.

I shook my head as I backed away from them. I nearly lost my footing when I accidentally put my foot way too close over the edge of the cliff.

"Ugh, why is she being so stubborn with us? Can't she feel that her body is in pain!" complained the agitated teen in the white hoodie.

Then the pain in my side returned as my body started to lose the adrenaline in my system. My body swayed a bit before I tripped and fell off of the cliff.

My sharp reflexes kicked in as I grabbed onto the very edge of the cliff. My nails dug into the hard earth as I struggled for dear life. Tears flowed down my cheeks as I kept on clawing at the earth to keep me from falling towards my doom.

"Hold on!" said the guy wearing the orange goggles as he knelt at the edge of the cliff.

I started to slip from the side of the cliff as my feet started to claw at the earth to try and hold me in place so that I wouldn't fall.

Then the boy reached out his hand towards me. His hand was a few inches away from my face as he said, "Give me your hand!"

I only stared at him before I felt myself slip a little more. I gasped in fear as my heart was pounding wildly in my chest.

"Please! Trust me!" he called out to me as I saw his brown eyes through his goggles before I saw him 'tic' a little.

I looked into his eyes for a long time before I finally gave in as I tried to reach for his hand. My hand was only a few centimeters away from his until the small lump of earth that I was holding in my left hand broke way. I lost my grip on the cliff as I started to fall.

The boy tried to grab me as I fell but I was too far away from him. "No!" he exclaimed as I slipped out of the tips of his fingers.

My eyes widened in terror as I fell from the cliff with my back towards the ground. I tried in vain to reach up at the cliff again as I fell.

I closed my eyes as I awaited the end of my life. Mom, Dad, Zian…I love you guys. I'm sorry. I thought as I awaited my death.

Then out of nowhere, a voice came into my mind as it spoke to me. "Mulan, you must form your wings, child!" said a gentle, soft female voice.

"Who are you?" I replied to the voice in my head.

"No time to explain, young one. You must fly before it's too late!" the voice replied to me.

"I can't, I don't have wings!" I replied to the voice.

"You must believe in yourself and in the magic within you," she said to me.

I opened my eyes as I turn in the air so that my face was towards the ground. I only had a few seconds left before I go splat on the ground below, so I closed my eyes and concentrated on believing that I could fly.

I believe… I believe… I believe that I have the magic to fly I thought to myself. "I can fly, I just know it!" I said as I opened my eyes to see that I was so close to the ground. Then I felt something emerge from my shoulder blades as I heard rapped flapping noises coming out of nowhere.

Then, I stopped falling as I glided in the air. I saw my shadow as these huge wings stretched out at their full length.

I…I can't believe it! I'm flying, I'm really flying!

I flapped my wings a little bit harder to get more momentum in the air, but I was too weak to get airborne. I started to glide closer to the ground. I landed very roughly as I started to limp into the forest.

I walked for a good ten minutes before I finally collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. I panted heavily as my body became very weak and heavy. Then I closed my eyes as I slept for a couple of seconds before I heard movement.

I shot my eyes open to see what was coming. I slowly got up before I collapsed on the ground again. Then I heard more bushes rustling as I whipped my head around in every direction. Then I saw a couple of cottontail rabbits come out of the bush on my right and slowly hopped up towards me.

I let out a long deep sigh in relief. The rabbits came closer to me to examine me very carefully. Their little wet noses touched my bare skin as I couldn't help but smile at them.

Then I heard more rustling as a doe, a buck, and a fawn came out of hiding and walked even closer towards me. The doe came up to my face as she nuzzled my cheek with her cold wet nose, like if I was one of her own young.

I breathed heavily as I asked, "Why?"

The deer only snorted as they stomp their hooves on the ground to tell me to get up. The rabbits too started to thump their feet on the ground to encourage me to get up.

I started to slowly get up as I forced my body to move. I then fell down flat against the ground. The animals started to call out to make me get up again. Then I heard some song birds gather around and tweeting their soft quick chirps to try and encourage me even more to get up.

This time, I closed my eyes and used all of my remaining willpower to push myself up off of the ground on all fours. I breathed heavily for air as I finally got up off of the ground. I felt dizzy as I was about to fall on the ground again, but the buck caught me as I leaned my body against his strong body.

"Thank you," I said in thanks to the creature.

He only snorted in response.

Then the animals and I started to walk deeper into the forest. We walked for a while until we reached a small clearing. I saw a small little den like cave as I slowly stumbled to get in it.

I was finally in my little safe haven that the animals provided for me. They cried out loud as they stood guard to protect me. I felt safe at last as I closed my eyes to get some sleep.

My sleep was disrupted when I heard the animals getting anxious. I creeped to the entrance of the den to peer outside.

My eyes widened to see them standing a few feet away from my haven. Fear started to pump back into my system as I tried to hide deeper into the den. The animals sensed my fear and started to give out warnings to the intruders. I noticed that there was a large black bear in the distance as it started to stand on its hind legs and roared ferociously at them.

I whimpered a little before I felt the soft fur of a creature touch my skin. I turned my head to see that a reddish brown weasel was rubbing against my skin to comfort me.

"Slendy, what the fuck is going on!? And why are there a bunch of little cute furry creatures around here for?" asked the guy with the permanent smile on his face.

"They're here because of the girl. They sensed that she was hurt and in need of their help so that's why they are here protecting her from us," replied the tall man.

"But why are they here? It's not like she has like sharp fangs and claws that could kill them for breakfast or anything," said the monochrome clown sarcastically.

Then the fawn stomped its little hoof in anger at the clown as it leered at him.

"Oh quiet, Bambi. You can't do anything to me," he said to the young deer.

Then the fawn charged and rammed into the clown as he faltered a bit.

"Why you little," said the clown as he tried to claw at the fawn.

My eyes widened in horror as I gasped before I reached my hand out to the fawn and screamed, "Stop, don't hurt it!"

Then a bubble formed around the fawn as it protected the young deer from harm.

"What the?" he said before the mother rammed him away from her young.

The clown was on the ground as he clench his side in pain from the blow.

Then everyone, except the tall man, took out their weapons and or claws and got into fighting position. The animals, in turn, stood their ground to protect me.

"Enough!" said the tall man as he put his long arms in between them and the animals.

"But Slendy, their just in the way and they need to learn their place," said the white hooded guy as he raised his knives in a fighting position.

"No Jeff, we have to show them that we mean them no harm," he replied to the young teen.

"What!" they cried in unison at the man's suggestion.

"You're kidding me," said the clown.

"Us, standing down to a bunch of animals!?" said the psycho.

"Na ah, I am not going to be beaten by Bugs Bunny's little wabbit friends!" exclaimed the boy with the hatchets.

"What makes you so certain that if we stand down they'll do the same?" asked the boy wearing the mask.

"Also why they hell are they protecting her at all! It's not like she's special or anything," said the teenage psycho.

"She is special, Jeff. That's why they're protecting her with their very lives," said the tall man.

"~What makes you so sure, Boss?~" said an almost inhuman robotic voice.

"Because she is a fairy dragon," the faceless man said to them.

"She's a what?" said the psycho in shock.

"I'll explain later but right now we have to show these creatures that we mean them and the girl no harm," the faceless man said as he retracted his tentacles and started to dig into his pockets.

"By doing what?" said the impatient teen.

"By discarding our weapons and showing them that we submit," he replied.

"What!" they said in unison.

"I am not tossing my knives because some animal is in my way from us and the girl!" exclaimed the sarcastic teen as he folded his arms and pouted.

"We have to, whether or not we like the idea," he said to them as he took out a small pocket knife and cast it to the side.

"Ugh, fine!" said the pale teenager as he threw both of his knives at the ground a few feet away from them.

Then the mask boy and the hood boy searched their pockets until they both brought out some gadgets and a hunting knives from their pockets and tossed them over towards Jeff's knives.

The boy with the hatchets looked at the bunny with an evil glare before saying, "Alright, you win this time wabbit, but the next time our eyes meet it will be war." He then tossed both of his hatchets at the ground where everyone's weapons were.

Meanwhile, Laughing Jack was digging into all of his pockets and discarded a lot of sharp knives, killer clown equipment, guns, etc. He stopped when he noticed that everyone was staring at him.

"What? I like different kinds of weapons," he said to them.

"But how can you fit all of that in your pockets?" asked the white hooded guy.

"I'm a clown! My pockets are like little infamous dimensions that can never be filled fully," he said as he brought out a large sniper rifle.

"I think it's best if you stay a few feet away from us," said the tall man.

The clown groaned as he said, "Fine, I'm out of here anyway."

He then gathered all of his things and disappeared in a puff of black smoke.

Then the creature came up to the tall faceless being on all fours casually to show that he was no threat.

"Wait how come he can come when he has long claws capable of tearing them apart?" said the teenager.

"Because I am not showing them that I am in an aggressive stance or in a hunting position. I am in a casual just want to get by position," replied the creature.

The animals looked at the group curiously as if judging them if they should trust them with my life.

"Please, we mean you and the fairy no harm. We want to help her," said the faceless man.

The animals stirred a little because they know what these monsters are capable of doing.

"Listen, if you don't let us help her, she would die from her wounds," he said to them.

The creatures started to get aggressive by stomping their hooves, roaring in warning, or starting to gather around me in a tight defensive circle.

"We have a nurse back at my mansion that will help her. She can save her life."

Then the animals started to become less aggressive but still alert to any sudden change in body position that the killers make.

"I know how much a fairy, let alone a fairy dragon, means to you creatures. But if you don't let us help her, she would perish from blood loss and exhaustion," he continued.

The animals stopped to look at them for a long time before they started to stomp on the ground two times before pausing and repeating the two stomps again.

"What the hell are they doing?" asked the teenager.

"I think they are telling us that only two individuals may approach her," the tall man said. Then he said to the group, "I will approach her, but I need some help carrying her."

"I'll help you, Slendy," said the creature.

The man nodded as the two slowly approach me.

The animals started to move away from me to let them come closer towards me.

I started to look at them with fear in my eyes as they were only a few feet away from me.

"It's okay, child. I'm not going to hurt you," said the faceless man as he reached his hand out towards me.

He was only a few centimeters away from my face until I closed my eyes, blasted them with that same kind of energy force field from before, and said, "Leave me alone!"

They fell backwards towards the ground. The other three people came up to them and helped them up.

"What the hell, Scaly! They were being very helpful and you just threw them like rag dolls!" said the psycho. He then ran up to me and tried to force me out of my den.

"Go away!" I bellowed as vines started to grow out of the ground in front of me. They moved on my command as the vines whipped him in the face and arms.

"Gah!" he said as he moved back away from me.

The animals tried to calm me down but I only pushed them away.

"Hey lady, would you stop that!" he said as he got whipped again before shouting, "Quit it already!"

"Jeff you're only making it worse!" shouted the mask boy.

"How am I making it worse when she started it!" he retorted as he pointed his finger at me.

"Give her a break already. She's scared, confused, and hurt. She doesn't know who to trust and who to fight back!" said the creature.

Then the tall man tried to approach me again and said, "Look, I know you heard countless stories of us killing people without any regrets or mercy, but you must trust us that we won't harm you."

I narrowed my eyes and retorted, "No, I will never trust you with my very life! I can never trust a cold-hearted monster like you!"

"Why don't you trust us when we lowered our weapons and beg you to come with us?" he asked.

I narrowed my eyes into slits and retorted loudly, "Because your auras are dark blood red from the countless people that you've killed!" They looked at me in shock before I yelled, "Now go away!"

The vines whipped the faceless man and the pale face killer in a white hoodie harder as I cried in fear. I whimpered in fear as I whispered, "Why won't they go away? Why won't they just leave me alone?"

Then I heard a voice calling out to me. It wasn't the voice in my head from earlier when I was falling. It was a deep yet caring masculine voice that was calling out to me.

"Welun Darastrix, don't be afraid," the voice said to me.

"Who are you?" I asked as tears ran down my face.

"I am Yèwǎn, your guardian and protector," he said to me.

"Guardian and protector?" I said to him.

"Yes, we are your personal guards that will come to you at your command."

"We?" I asked in confusion.

"My pack and I. You need to call us so that we can be free from our enchanted prison so that we will come to your side and help defend you from whoever is there that wants to harm you."

"I don't know how."

"You do, young one. Just let the spirit of the wolf guide you," he said to me.

I then took a deep breath and focused on the spirit of the wolf that was within me. I closed my eyes, threw my head back, and howled like a wolf as the forest started to glow again.

I stopped when all of a sudden, I heard various sounds of swift moving creatures growling viciously towards me.

The forest creatures from earlier started to flee at the sound and ran into the forest to hide.

I opened my eyes to see a pitch black wolf like creature in front of me. It didn't look very much like a real wolf because its 'fur' looked very much like a starry night sky and the movement of its 'fur' was flowy in a way.

The creature growled as it said, "Leave the fairy dragon alone, Slenderman!"

Slenderman looked at the wolf in shock before the boy in the mask said, "How did they escape? I thought that they were in enchanted spheres!"

"So did I," Slenderman responded to the mask boy.

The wolf bared his teeth as he said, "If you don't leave right now we will attack you!"

"Wolf of the night, please listen to me. She needs medical attention if she is to survive her wounds! Her strength to endure the pain of her wounds are dwindling if we don't act fast to get her the help that she needs, or she will perish," said Slenderman.

The tall man was right. My body was getting too weak for me to endure the pain much longer in this condition. It was very hard for me to even stay awake from all of the pain that my body is in right now.

The wolf only growled as his ears went back and ordered, "Defend the girl at all cost!"

Then I saw a bunch of wolves that resembles the elements of fire, water, earth, air, light, and darkness attack the monsters. The monsters grabbed their weapons and started to fight the elemental wolves.

The monsters were having a hard time battling the wolves that can't be harmed by weapons made out of steel while the wolves used their elemental powers to attack the monsters.

But that all changed when the monsters started to use the wolves' elemental powers against them by countering the attacks from the wolf's opposite elemental power.

They succeeded in getting the fire and water wolves fighting each other because of the many times they've been blasted by their own partner's attacks. That got the wolf of darkness barking furiously at them for causing a ruckus and getting distracted from the task at hand.

I was still in the den as I watched the scene unfold in front of me while I checked to see that every monster was accounted for. I stopped when I didn't see the creature that attacked me last night.

"Where is he?" I said to myself. Then I saw a few pieces of earth fall in front of me before the creature appeared at the entrance of the den.

I shrieked as I used the vines to whip him. The elemental wolves were on their way towards me but they were blocked by the monsters that they were fighting.

"Ow! Please, ow! Calm down! I'm here to help you! Ow!" he said as I whipped him with my vines.

I cried as I shouted, "If you wanted to help me, then why did you and the psycho try to kill me last night!"

I smacked him on the cheek with the vine as a thin trace of blood was visible from where the cut was. He then said while blocking his face with his hands, "I didn't want to kill you last night!"

I stopped attacking him with my vines when I heard him say that. I looked up at him and said, "What?"

"I never wanted to kill you. The reason why I was there was that I was sent by Slenderman to find Jeff and bring him back to the mansion. But when I found him I saw that he was sneaking towards your window so that he could kill you. I told him to be quick about it so that we could return to the mansion. I didn't expect that you would fight back by hurting Jeff. I only attacked you because you were attacking him. I'm sorry that I hurt you, I truly am," he said as my vines lightly whipped him as me moved closer towards me.

I looked into his eyes to see if he was lying at all but I only saw honesty in them. Then I checked his aura by closing my eyes and saw that it was a blue teal color. He wasn't manipulating me.

I opened my eyes to see that his right hand was about to touch my cheek when I closed my eyes tightly again and waited for what was to come. My vines shook a little before they relaxed when he finally touched my cheek.

His hand was warm against my cold skin. A memory flashed in my mind instantly but it disappeared as when it suddenly came. I opened my eyes to see his sincere face smiling at me as he caressed my cheek gently.

We looked into each other's eyes for a few seconds before I heard someone screaming. The creature and I looked to see that the fire wolf bit the white hooded guy on the arm.

Then I weakly communicated to the shadow wolf and said to him, "Please, no more….no more fighting. I will go with them."

"But…" the shadow wolf said before I cut him off.

"No more."

I saw him nod before he said, "If that is what you wish." He then turned to his pack and told them to stand down in their language.

The wolves stood down and submitted to the monsters.

Then I felt the creature drag me out of the den and into his arms. My head rested against his warm chest. I brought out my right hand to see that it was covered in my blood.

I started to feel very faint as my hearing became all echoey and staticy. My eyelids felt heavy as they began to close.

~To Be Continued~

Welun Darastrix (draconic for Moon Dragon)

Yèwǎn (Chinese for Dark)