THIS IS NOT A CHAPTER OF TRAGIC ASSUMPTIONS. This is purely meant as a teaser for the sequel Roses Stand Alone. So make sure that you don't get confused and think that this is part of the story. For anybody that doesn't read the A/N, they are going to be extremely confused. But anyways I hope you enjoy the teaser. :D
Hunter Raines grumbled to himself. Had been walking through the forest for hours now, and it seemed like he was on a streak of not finding anything. Half way through his thoughts, Hunter tripped over a large tree root and hit his knee off of a rock.
"Damnit." He grit his teeth and stood back up, at this point he was searching more so that he could go home instead of the hope for actually finding anything. 'Heh, home. Like you could call it a home.' Hunter laughed as he thought of his pitiful little shack that he and his mother lived in. It wasn't nearly enough room for even one person to live, never mind two people.
But regardless of the size of his house, he knew that he had it better than most people. Ever since the great war on grimm five years ago, white fang had risen up and become extremely daring. Since then, there are daily killings, robbings, kidnappings, and what ever else those sick maniacs could think of. It got to the point where there are fewer humans left than they ever could have imagined.
Which was the entire reason that he was out here. There was a rumor that had been going round for years about a legendary warrior. Someone who could topple armies, the same person that led the war against grimm, had lived in this forest. So now here he was, in a stupid, cold, wet...
"Gah!" He yelled as he tripped again, muttering as he stood up. "Stupid forest." Suddenly, Hunter could hear a rustling noise behind him. He whirled around and waved his gun at the moving bush that was only a few feet away. A flash of black shot past his vision as he investigated closer. 'Was that, a beowolf?'
Since the war, sightings of any grimm were extremely rare, but Hunter also knew that even still, beowolfs tended to travel in packs. Probably even more so now than they did before. After brief consideration, he decided that it would be best to try and avoid the beasts, after all he wasn't the best of fighters.
Hunter turned and ran in the opposite direction of the rustling bush, only to fight that the sounds were following him. No matter how far he ran, it always seemed to be right behind or beside him. Before long, he came across a house. His running was distracted by the small building. It looked quite rotted , but even still felt quiant, homey even.
Frantic to avoid the group of beowolfs chasing him, Hunter ran directly into the house and closed the door. He took a few minutes to regain his breath before lifting from his slumped position. When he turned around, he had almost wish he hadn't. Behind him was a hidden figure with a blade pressed against his throat.
"Who are you and what do you want? You have about ten seconds to live, so make it count." He was suprised to find that his attacker was female, but he did not have any plans on dying today.
"HunterRainesI'mlookingforsomeone!" The girl sighed and removed the blade before throwing him into the other roo by his shirt.
"Say that again but slower."
"My name is Hunter Raines, and I'm in the forest because I'm looking for someone." She looked at him oddly.
"I'm the only one that lives in this forest."
"Then are you the one that I am looking for?" She threw her hands into the air.
"That depends, who are you looking for. I suggest that you answer wisely." He looked around nervously.
"Uhhh, Ruby Rose?" Before the words could even finish leaving his mouth, the girl had grabbed him by the throat and had a knife pointed into his side.
"Where do you know that name?" By this point, Hunter was losing his mind in worry. He had been here for less than ten minutes, and he had already been threatened with death twice. Who knows how crazy this girl was. Seeing that he was hesitating, the girl began to dig the tip of the blade into his skin, causing him to yelp in pain.
"OK OK, it's from the legend of the grimm war. They say that she is one of the best recorded fighters ever." She sighed and dropped him, apearing to accept his answer as truth.
"You shouldn't believe all the legends you hear, some of them are no more than just that." At that moment, there was the sound of running feet in the back of the house. Moments later, a huge beowolf came toppling into the room, teeth arranged neatly as weapons of death. Hunter gasped in suprise and backed up into the wall. The girl however, didn't react at all. "Good job on bringing him in."
"Why are you petting that beowolf?!" She sighed exasperated, and turned towards him.
"This isn't a beowolf moron, this is Scruff." That's it, she was officially psycho. Hunter tried to get up nonchalontly, but the girl pointed what he assumed to be a fire arm at him. She pulled off her hood to reveal a mess of red and black hair. "Well, you wanted me, so what do you want?"
So how was that? And how many of you did I just piss off by giving the teaser when you won't be able to read the story for a while? I may drop a few teasers here and there during Tragic Assumptions, but they will never reveal too much. Also I thought that you might want an update for the new story poll. I won't have it up for very long because I want to get started as soon as possible. Anyways the story Weapon currently has the most votes. I will give a warning a day or so before taking it down, and I'll give you the results the day after or day of.
See y'all later, and remember to vote!
EDIT: I am taking down the poll by the end of tonight, Weapon is still currently in first.
