Chapter 4: ...Making The Choice...
...The wind blew swiftly as always...but the silence of fear and the fog of death grew more visible than ever in the forest. With his black sword equiped and currently wielding the silver crossbow, Wraith treaded the forest slowly but carefully examining the woods for the hooded imp. "...Where are you!?" Wraith shouted as he shot a few bolts from what looked like a cloak...but turned out as leftover blanket. "Why do you harm those undeserving of such treachery!?" ...Wraith suddenly heard a distant scream deeper in the forest. The scream however didn't sound like a monstrous shout...nor did it sound masculine. "Who are you?" Wraith slowly walked toward the direction that he heard the scream...he quickened his pace and slowly began to run toward the direction of the scream. On the way there he suddenly hears the sound of wolves growling fiercly as well. Wraith hasten his run as much as he could to get to the area of where all the strange noises originated. Reaching his destination, Wraith quickly hid behind a tree and peaked slowly...there it was. The black cloaked imp before him...but was on the floor and struggling desperately to crawl away from three bloodthirsty white wolves that growled loudly at it. The imp's heavy breathing could be heard from Wraith's distance...he didn't know if he should help it or not, after all the commotion it caused. Wraith had to decide fast, for the wolves drew closer to it...unexpectingly one of the wolves dashed forward and bit the imp's arm, forcing it to shout loudly in pain. The scream opened Wraith's eyes...it's pitch and vocalization sounded all too familiar to him. Quickly he rushed out of his hiding spot and shot on crossbow bot at the wolf's head, killing it instantly. The two remaining wolves quickly and agrily drew it's attention to Wraith, running at him quickly. Wraith bared his fangs in anger and grabbed one of them by the neck, ignoring the fact that the other jumped on his back and began nawing on his neck. Wraith brifly shouted in pain and threw the biting wolf hard at the nearest tree while strangling the other one. The brief shout caught the cloaked imp's attention. It gasped in horror as it witnessed the mayhem Wraith was bringing to the wolves. It quickly looked away and closed it's eyes as the wolves face his wrath one by one. Wraith quickly grabbed out the siver crossbow and shot the last of it's bolts the that wolf he threw at the tree. Finally he noticed the wolf that he was strangling had it's breathing slow down dangerously...Wraith dropped it on the ground, took out his black sword and stylishly jabbed it through the wolf's heart, finishing it of as it whined painfully. Wraith grunted in pain as he felt the deep bleeding bite in his neck. He slowly turned his gazed to the cloaked imp on the ground, as the imp itself did the same. "......" quickly Wraith dashed towards the cloaked imp while it tried to get up and float away in fear. Before it could gain any height, Wraith grabbed it from the leg and slammed it lazily but roughly on the ground. It briefly grunted in pain, but became silent...noticing the edge of a black blade close to it's face. Wraith gritted his teeth, showing his fangs while holding it from it's neck. "I'm going to end this! Once and for all!!!" shouted Wraith and he quickly removed it's hood, exposing its face to him...
...Wraith's enraged look slowly changed to a shocked and slightly saddened expression. The imp didn't really looked as accurate as the man's sketch...it was much more serene looking in person and close range view. Although it looked nearly similar in some ways, Wraith slowly examined the imp's body and found out a surprising discovery..."Your...a...a female?" said Wraith as she slapped him in the face and floated above him, leaving the cloak beside Wraith. "Of course I'm a girl!!! Jerk!" she shouted as she slowly floated away due to the pain in her arm. Wraith, ignoring the pain in his neck and on his face...suddenly realized something, but it confused him at the same time. Something inside him abruptly gave him the courage to speak once again. "...Midna! WAIT!!!" shouted Wraith...she stop in shock from Wraith's shout. "......How......How did you know my name?" she asked as she floated back in front of Wraith, waiting for an answer. "I...I don't really know...somehow I do..." he said as he felt his head in slight pain from the brief flashbacks. "But the point is...I just want to talk with you." said Wraith as he shealthed his dark sword. Wraith's calm voice gave her a bit of relief and the three dead white wolves that laid dead on the ground only added to it. Midna slowly sat down and looked to the ground dissapointingly...this troubled Wraith. "What's wrong? Tell me please..." said Wraith as he sat closely beside her. "Look it's nothing personal that I have against the people, okay!? It the PEOPLE that seem to have a huge problem with me! ...People take ONE good look at me and panic in fear and anger! do you have...ANY IDEA HOW IT FEELS TO BE HATED!!!???" shouted Midna as she bared her one fang...tears suddenly began to stream down her face as she weeped silently. Saddened by this...Wraith held her close. "...That makes two of us..." whispered Wraith...Midna gasped as Wraith lightly embraced her by softly swirling his jet black demon tail around her....
...Even though her tears stained her face, she was able to grow a slight smile. Wraith replied with a smile of his own and softly carressed her face. He suddenly noticed the deep bite mark in her arm. "...your arm! here..." Wraith quickly tore off a small piece of his trench coat...he lightly grabbed her arm and kissed the bite mark before wrapping it around her arm. However, Midna also noticed Wraith's bite mark on his neck...at the same time, she torred a piece of her already slightly ripped cloak...she kissed the wound on his neck before wrapping the cloth around his neck. Both wounds were taken cared of...however thier actions brought a long silence...both doing nothing but looking away and blushing slightly. Their silence was cut short from hearing distant voices coming from the city. Wraith looked at the smoke that was still erupting from the city. "...I have to go before they discover you're still alive. But...question...why did you burn that mansion with the child inside it?" he asked. "It wasn't my fault...most of the children there are nice to me...but the adults are the ones to blame. They nearly killed me so I tried to burn them...unfortunately, I accidentally burned the house along with the threat. I stood in the attic and wanted to escape at the right moment when no attention was drawn to me......until you came along..." she stopped suddenly and looked at Wraith's eyes. While Wraith on the other hand looked into hers...feeling that they gleemed so well with the moonlight. Suddenly, Midna got out of her light trance and began to float obove Wraith, "You'd better go, demon boy...they'll be expecting you to return...we shall meet again..." with that being said, Midna quickly put back on her cloak and quickly floated away. After watching her disappear from his gaze, Wraith quickly made his way out of the interior of the woods, and got out of the forest. Even with Midna away, for some reason Wraith couldn't stop thinking about her. Unfortuantely, the cityfolk were expecting her death...Wraith sighed. "...What am I gonna tell them?..." said Wraith as headed back the city streets...
