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"Can I help you," Granny asked the man at the door. Snow and Red were at the table eating their breakfast, refusing to turn around to look at him.
"Your daughter and her little friend have been responsible for our wolf problem," a gravelly voice growled. A few people were gathered behind him, and when the two girls turned around, they were met with a village-sized gathering wielding pitchforks, bows, old and rusted swords, and brooms.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Granny dismissed. She was shutting the door when the man in front wedged a foot in front of the door. "Tucker, that means you are not needed here. If you'll excuse us, the girls aren't feeling well."
"Why," he interrogated.
"Because they're sick. Your presence is not wanted. Goodbye." Instead of leaving, the crowd only advanced further, with a few people squeezing through the door and making their way towards the girls.
"Run," Granny ordered. Both girls immediately jumped up off their chairs and ran to the back of the cabin. Red was wedging the window open and pushing Snow through, before she followed suit.
They both bolted into the trees behind the house. From behind them, people began chasing them, the crunching of snow beneath all of their feet the only sound in the growing forest. Snow made the mistake of looking back, earning her an arrow narrowly missing her face.
"Through here," Red ordered. She turned to the right and zigzagged through the trees as the loud footsteps that followed them stopped.
Red pulled off her hood and threw it to Snow.
"What're you…" she was stopped by a wolf replacing Red's slender form.
"But…it's not night yet," she reasoned. Red simply shook her head and turned around. Already knowing what she was implying, she climbed onto Red's back and watched the forest blur around them. Even after knowing that they were gone, she kept running until she physically couldn't move her legs anymore.
"Are you okay," Snow asked. She knew her answer before she said it, she was always so stubborn.
"No, I'm fine, I just need a rest," she muttered after changing back.
"How did you do that anyway," Snow wondered.
"I'm not really sure how it happened. Do you think you can do it?"
"I don't know, I could try," she murmured. She handed red her cloak she had been holding and closed her eyes. Under her eyelids, they flashed gold until she was on all fours with her pack in her mouth, grinning a mockingly scary smile at Red.
"I think it's a necessity to be a wolf during the moon, it seems like we can change whenever we want. That makes things easier." Snow nodded. "Have I ever told you how beautiful you look," Red commented. Snow bowed her head to show that she meant the same.
Red dropped her cloak and changed into a wolf, grabbing her cloak with her teeth and pointing her head to the left. Snow only nodded and trotted behind her, later breaking out into a full-on sprint.
North is that way, or is it that way, Red thought.
Red, can you hear me? I can hear you.
Yeah, I can hear you. What is this?
I don't know, but it's cool, Snow thought. Red laughed internally.
Okay, I have no idea where we're going, Red admitted.
Don't worry, Snow assured. She led them off to the right and ducked down.
There's a pack of deer a few miles from here, and I'm starving. Snow darted forward and Red couldn't help but follow her and the scent of the food.
They took down a deer each in mere seconds. Snow was a bit surprised at how fast she could run, knowing it's the first time she's remembered even being a wolf, but it was a welcome feeling.
You've got a little bit on your muzzle, Red mentioned, barely stifling a giggle. Snow wiped it off with a snowy white paw and smiled.
We should find somewhere to stay. Until Wolfstime is over, we can sleep outside. Our fur should keep us warm at least. Red nodded and trotted off to a large tree shadowing them from the light of the moon.
I'm tired, Red complained.
So am I. Goodnight, Red.
Goodnight Mary. Snow dropped to her belly and laid her paws under her head beside Red, who was close to falling asleep. A chill settled over the two as the typical winter breeze whistles through the trees and pricked them with small shivers of cold. Instinctually, she crept closer to Red, seeking the warmth another wolf could provide.
Red exhaled slowly as Snow's side made contact with hers. The feeling of security this woman brought in the middle of nowhere was comforting. Especially when Granny was back at home, with the rioting villagers threatening her granddaughter with pitchforks. Even if Granny was a tough cookie, she worried.
Even if both girls were exhausted mentally and physically, both their bodies refused to let them sleep. Instead of trying to fall asleep, Red ended up leaving and looking at the stars shining brightly down on them.
The padding of paws in the soft snow alerted her of the other wolves presence.
Beautiful, isn't it, Snow asked.
It is.
Are you okay? You've had a long day, you need some rest.
I just want to know how Granny's doing. We left her behind with a hoard of angry villagers wielding an assortment of weapons.
I know. If you want, we could check back on her tomorrow. We'll have to sneak around the villagers, but we'll make sure she's okay, but you know we can't stay.
I know. I just want to say goodbye to her first. Snow nodded. Red could see her out of the corner of her eye, she was looking at her with an alluring charm. She wanted to give into her, no matter how awful it seemed. She would just absorb herself in the woman's presence and attention to her.
They fell asleep under the stars, Red and Snow huddled together with snow clinging to their fur.
When they awoke, the sky was still dark. They were freezing and covered in snow. Red wrapped her cloak around herself and brushed stray flakes from her hair. Looking beside her, Snow was still sleeping. Snowflakes clung to her eyelashes and her hair. Her cheeks and nose were very pink, and her face emitted the very innocence and fierceness she grew to love in the small time she knew her.
Snow's eyes fluttered open and immediately brightened at Red watching her.
"Morning," Red whispered.
"Good morning," Snow whispered back. "You ready to go?"
"As ready as I'll ever be," Red replied nervously. Snow smiled kindly and changed into her wolf. Red followed suit.
They ended up making it back as the sun rose. Nobody seemed awake yet, all but Granny, kept up all night by apprehension, not knowing where the two girls were.
Red climbed through the window of her bedroom and helped Snow through. Snow brushed some dirt off her dress and followed Red.
"Granny," she whispered into the kitchen, lit by a few candles.
"Oh my god, child! You scared me to death," she whisper-shouted. Red lit up with glee.
"I can't stay long, people will find us. I just wanted to properly say goodbye." She pulled Granny from her baking to hug her.
"Thank you so much. I hope I can visit you soon, and I'll send you a letter as soon as I can." Granny nodded and pulled back, grabbing Red's shoulders.
"Be good. Stay safe, watch out for the search party, and I love you." Red nodded and hugged her quick again.
"Thank you, Granny, for everything. I can't thank you enough, but I will do anything I can."
"Keep my girlie safe." She nodded and hugged her, something she didn't expect but quickly hugged her back.
"You're gonna have to leave, I have someone coming in to pick up an order very soon." They both nodded and climbed back out Red's window, but not without Red changing into something less prohibiting than a dress. Snow found her eyes glancing a little more than they should.
"You can wear something else of mine if you want. I'm sure you don't want to be on the run in a dress." Snow nodded slowly and took the outfit Red handed to her. It was a little long, but she rolled up the cuffs of her pants and smiled. Red also found her eyes wandering down her small and muscular physique.
"Thank you," Snow muttered.
"Of course, now let's get moving."
They ran along the side of the house and into the forest almost perfectly silent.
Snow felt a sharp stabbing pain in her back. She cried out in pain, and Red turned around, facing both the search party and Snow kneeling on the ground.
"C'mon," she whispered, morphing into a wolf and helping her onto her back once more. A few more arrows hurtled past them and into the trees surrounding them, until Red was full-on charging through the forest until she was dizzy.
Please don't die on me, Mary. Don't you dare die. She continued through the trees, not bothering to stop until the shouts of the hunting party were no longer audible to even her wolf ears.
Snow was groaning in pain by the time they stopped, but they were doing fine. Snow dug through her pack for bandages and a flask full of alcohol she smuggled from a tavern somewhere.
"Pull my arrow out then bandage it up," Snow instructed. Red cringed when glancing at the bloodstained clothes, with an arrow wedged at the bottom of her back, on her right.
She gripped the shaft of the arrow, but quickly released it at Snow's pained cries.
"No, stop, Red. You have to do this. Ignore me. Please pull it out." Red slowly nodded and felt a tear trickle down her face.
She held the shaft once more and pulled at it. She fell backwards with the arrow in her hand and Snow digging her gloves hands into the snow while gasping and groaning.
"Red, the bandages." Red nodded and bit her lip. Snow could here her small sniffles and felt her shaky hands pour drops of alcohol onto her wound and wrap the bandages around her back and abdomen.
"Red, I'll be fine." She struggled to stand up, and Red immediately helped her up.
"I'm sorry," Red whispered. Snow nodded and held her cheek with gentle hand.
"See? I'll be fine. It shouldn't get infected and it'll heal. We'll have to go find the nearest village and find some more supplies and food, but I'll be fine." She scoured the ground and grabbed a sizeable tree branch.
"I'll use this," she whispered and wiped a tear from Red's rosy cheeks,"I'll be fine."
"Don't ever die on me," Red ordered. Snow laughed.
"You know what? I'm Snow. I'll tell you everything, but first I want us to find somewhere to stay." Red nodded and held Snow's waist as they walked off to their new home; each other.
