What will happen next they meet indeed! this outa spice things up, though, enjoy! ^.~
"Red, that you , honey? You came awfully late tonight, I thought---"
I went passed my mom like she wasn't there and went straight to my room, I mean, that thing at the market place? What the hell was that about?
I sighed as a flopped down unto my bed. My thoughts ran back and forth, deliberating the situation, it was some dude I didn't know on a motorcycle, so what? I couldn't even see his face! So why was there some nagging feeling in the back of my head that wouldn't leave me alone?!
Maybe I just thought guys on Harleys were hot.
"Stupid teenage hormones…" I muttered to myself.
I turned on my side, yeah, that's all it was, right? Teenage hormones, sure. But then, why did it feel so…so…surreal? No, no, that wasn't it. It was, almost like a dream, magical even.
" …just like magic…" I whispered in sweet serenity as I started to close my eyes dreamily.
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
I shouted as I jerked upward, mortified and horrified about what had just come out of my mouth.
"RED! WHAT'S THE MATTER?!!!" my mom burst through my door, a lamp in her hand and complete hysteria written all over her face.
"MOM IT'S OKAY!!!"
"WHERE ARE THEY?!!!"
"MOM THERE'S NO ONE HERE!!!"
She scanned the room like a threatened wildabeast, she calmed down though at the sight of no predators, "oh…" she said trying to regulate her breath, "I thought…that…wolves had gotten into your room…"
"It's okay, mom, there's no one here, no wolves, see?" I moved my arms around.
She cleared her throat, "…right…then…why were you screaming?"
I wasn't screaming… "I bumped my head…"
She nodded, "Alright then, dinner in ten," she closed my door, satisfied I wasn't any wolf's dinner.
I flopped back down on my bed, (maybe I can skip dinner…)
AUUUUUUUUU!!!!
my thoughts were rudely interrupted by what was, undeniably, the howl of a wolf.
I quickly got out of bed and opened my window, sticking my head out I peered out to a surprising sight. It was a wolf alright, on a hill some distance between my house, nothing but the woods seemed to separate us, the crescent moon the only light but I could see it clear as day, it was a wolf. It looked like it was facing toward me.
"REEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!"
I slammed the window closed and sprang back into my bed
"WHAT WAS THAT?!!!!" she nearly broke the door down.
"IT WAS ME!!!!"
"WHAT?!!!"
"ME!!! ME! IT WAS ME MOM!!!! I SWEAR!!!!"
"WHY?!!!"
"in a play I'm the wolf so I was practicing?"
We stood staring at each other with the dumbest expressions we ever had, a long silence followed.
"I think you should quit that play…" she said finally.
"Yeah, mom, first thing in the morning…"
She closed the door again.
I didn't eve stop to think why I lied, it was because since my mom was so terrified of wolves that if she knew that there was one only a mile away she'd finally have a nervous break down. Then who'd take care of me? Grandma? Huh, not a bad deal, but still.
I got up again to check if the wolf was still there, he wasn't. I watched the moon awhile, an uneasy feeling in me, I shook it off and closed the window.
Definitely skipping dinner.
***
Why?
Why me, huh? The next day all I wanted to do was shrivel up and die. Guess what all the talk was about at school, the biker. I groaned, why'd it have to be him? Why'd it even matter?! Oh yea, because I totally had an overflow of teenage hormones over him! URGH!!!
"And I heard he hasn't even left yet!" said Bo Peep.
"But he passed through town yesterday!" Snow was biting her nails, "At least that's what I heard…"
"Isn't it true, though?" Belle frowned.
"Steven went out with his father the other day and said he saw him idling by the trees, " Bo continued.
Goldie scoffed, "That shepherd boy always cries wolf, don't take him so seriously Bo…"
Fritz, a nosey little trouble maker, butted in, "On a scarier note though…" he wiggled his fingers malevolently, "I hear that the wolves are back!"
As if potential rapists weren't scary enough, still my ears perked up, "Oh that can't be true!!" cried Wendy, a nice little English girl.
"Course it is!" Fritz cried, as if offended that he wasn't believed, "Didn't you hear the howl last night, I thought everyone did!"
"But that was just one wolf," interjected Artie (Arthur) Pendragon (school president), "Not a whole pack of them, you could only hear one howl!"
So I wasn't the only one who heard it then…
"Oh, I've had enough of this!" Ella got up and left, unable to cope with the thought of being either eaten or "eaten" if ya know what I mean…
And with that the conversation was pretty much over. Great, just when it got interesting too…
Later, after school, I found that the marketplace was also buzzing with similar news and gossip, I heard Ms. Ambers, a kind old lady who has so many children she didn't know what to do with them, (she runs an orphanage) tell one of the crying kids that if he kept this up the pack of wolves would come and get him. Not surprisingly, that shut him up.
If mom hears this she's gonna freak…
Thankfully though, mom never came out of the house, not unless there was an extreme life or death situation. I was the one who went to buy the groceries and whatever else was needed from the outside world, enabling my mother to remain in the sweet sanctuary of home, away from wolves, as she put it.
Speaking of home, I was running late, didn't want mom to think I was dead or anything, yesterday was enough for her, two nights in a row would finally do her in.
So I strolled along the dirt path that was the only connection between my house and the town, which were separated by nothing but the large vast wood. Yes, me and my mom live in complete isolation of everything and are surrounded by trees probably filled with bloodthirsty wolves. I shuddered, but tried to shake the thought outa my mind, I had to go through the woods every day of my life, no sense being scared now.
Just when I was about to finally come to terms with this thought, I stopped dead in my tracks. Who would've guessed…
There. Right there up ahead, on the path, was a wolf.
I froze, I didn't know what to do in these kinds of situations! I've never even seen a real life wolf! What was I supposed to do, run? That seemed sorta cowardly, and it might even follow me. My mind raced on what where my other possibilities, maybe I could distract it, but then I found that I was slowly getting distracted myself. I couldn't deny it was a pretty impressive creature. In fact, I'd even say it was beautiful as far as animals go.
It stood on all fours looking dominate and both cool and collective. It had white fur that looked soft and light, a bit grey here an there but still very enchanting, it's snout was grayish though, and it's nose was completely black. It's paws where the same to, it started getting grey and finally became completely black by the time it got to the paws. It's eyes were a glowing ocean of blue covered by glistering glass, it almost seemed as if they were staring right at me, waiting for something, I just didn't know what. It was also huge, sure it was just a couple feet away but I could tell then and there that it at least reached my abdomen, he was thick in width too, probably from the exercise he gets from killing little girls…
I saw it tilt it's head to the side as it continued to stare at me, maybe we were both evaluating each other. PFT! Yeah, a wolf is evaluating weather or not I'm a worthy enough dinner. I couldn't help but smile, still had to think of something, I wasn't about to stand there and look at him till nightfall, even if he looked adorable(in his own way). Maybe I if I talked to it…
I bent my knees and squatted down a bit,
"Hey there, Wolfy…" I cooed.
No sooner had I finished the sentence the wolf tail pointed straight out and it crouched as if it was ready to spring at me. I jolted up and faltered back a bit.
Okay, okay, soooo NOT a cuddly little puppy dog…
I was right in front of a ravaging predator that was probably going to try and rip me to shreds, I might not have been close to panicking but I sure was on the breaking edge of uncomfortable. Maybe the only reason I wasn't panicking was because I cope with the fact that I was going to die in only a fraction of seconds. Denial ran in my family…
To my surprise though, the wolf straightened itself again, glanced at me once more, and left. It ran right off the path and into the woods. I stood there dumbstruck, and realizing that I might have just cheated death, I started walking on the path again, a bit slowly at first but then I sprinted like a champion of the golden Olympics.
"Thank….god…." I said when I finally stopped for breath, wasn't home yet but I couldn't breathe either…
Someone grabbed my shoulder, I screamed and turned around, some Indian looking guy with an axe was right behind me. This was it, I was gonna get raped, or killed, or both.
"I'm sorry I startled you, I just wanted to know it you were alright," he had a deep voice you'd expect from an Indian(this guy could be a rapist, I can be as stereotypical as I want!), he had deep age lines on his face, he looked about fifty although he was very tall and muscular. His hair was long and brown, some of it was braided in both sides of his face with beads.
"What?" I finally said.
He shrugged. "I saw you running." he went over to some trees and started chopping with his axe. He was wearing blue jeans and a black shirt.
I slowly started to walk away.
"It's dangerous in these woods," he said pausing his tree killing, "you should be careful, miss."
"I've lived here all my life…" I said, sure Red, talk to the rapist why doncha?
He looked at me, "It may not be as safe anymore…"
"And…h-how would you know that?"
He looked in front of him, but he wasn't looking at the tree, more like he was thinking something, "The demon howls at night, looking for blood…"
I swallowed.
He came back from his trance and noticed I was still there(pissing my pants thanks to him) "How's that for an Indian proverb for you?" he chuckled and swung his axe again.
I wasn't laughing. I resumed to walking away, away from this complete lunatic, "Next time be more wary of the strangers you meet in this wood, miss," I heard him say, I was still walking, "You wouldn't want to a be wolf's dinner…"
"I'm more afraid of people than wolves!!!!"
I ran like crazy.
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