What is up my awesome followers! It's everyone's favorite (and only!) ButterHunter here, back with the next chapter in my fanfic! I sincerely hope all of you people really enjoy this story, and how it's playing out thus far. Don't worry, we have a LONG way to go before I reach the end. I have many ideas on how to make this work.
Anyway, why am I still rambling on about stuff you guys obviously know by now? Let's jump right back in.
Chapter 15: A New Friend
Third person POV…
The hooded girl managed to run over to the house pretty fast. She tried to open the door, but found it to be locked. She looked around a bit, and found a slightly open window in the back of the house. Looking through it, she said that it was a well kept bedroom. 'Wonder where whoever lives here is. Oh well, I need to get the pack some food.' she thought.
She opened the window slowly and, after seeing no one inside, climbed in and promptly fell face first on the bed.
Regaining herself, she closed the window and then walked carefully over to the door and opened it a crack. No one in sight. She pushed it open all the way. Still no one.
Nervous, she went behind the counter and looked through an ice chest, hoping a few steaks or other snacks were inside.
But she must have forgotten that people still lived in this house. As when she heard two people talking, getting closer, she started to panic. Quickly, she put everything back where it had been and looked for a place to hide.
"There!" she said quietly. She ran over and slid underneath a bed in the main room. She tried to stay quiet as possible.
Not even two seconds later, the handle shook a little, and then the door opened up. She couldn't see exactly, but it looked like two people had stepped in.
One voice spoke, "Well, I think we should get started on dinner. What do you want to have?" The voice was a girl's voice.
"I don't know. Surprise me." another voice replied, this one male. The hooded girl tried to piece together who's voice belonged to who.
"All right, I'll get started." the female voice said again, before one pair of legs moved to behind the counter. 'Well, that sorts out that issue.' she said, but then realized how screwed she was again.
"I'll be in the back for a minute Susie. Gonna take a shower real quick." the man's voice said again, before the other pair of legs walked over and went back to the bedroom. Before long, the sound of running water was heard.
'Oh shit. I'm so screwed. I gotta get out of here somehow!' the hooded girl thought.
The pair of legs behind the counter, who the hooded girl assumed was called Susie, kept messing around in the kitchen area. A minute passed, and the sound of sizzling steak was heard. Not to mention the smell, as it quickly fill the whole house with the great smell of steak cooking. The girl started to get very hungry, but she needed to worry about getting out before she was discovered.
Then she remembered: she could get out the same way she got in. She just had to run to the other door, which was still open a bit, and climb out the window. 'Hopefully that other guy doesn't come out anytime soon.' she thought.
But first, she had to play the waiting game. She needed to go when Susie wasn't looking, and be FAST about it. So, steeling herself, she waited. A minute passed. Then two. She wasn't sure how much longer she could stay hidden. The steak was starting to overpower her, and she LONGED to run out, grab it, and book it. But she resisted.
Then, she saw Susie moving again. She moved to the front door, and seemed to look out one of the windows of it. This was her chance!
Quietly, she poked her out of her hiding spot, to see that Susie was… 'A… a slime?' Odd… but she had no time to ponder that. Susie was distracted, and she had a chance to escape!
In one quick but quiet movement, the hooded girl ran out from her cover and dashed into the bedroom. She hid behind the wall next to the door, in case Susie got curious about what had happened. Nothing happened, so the girl risked it and looked out behind the wall.
Susie was still in the exact same position. She hadn't even noticed. Backing off, the hooded girl breathed a sigh of relief. She slowly backed away from the door, so happy to have gotten away scott-free.
But she definitely forgot about the man in the bathroom. Because she backed up right into him. His back had also been turned, and they both bumped into each other.
"Eep!" the girl squeaked. She suddenly realized there was no sound of falling water. For a second, all was still. Then, slowly, both started to around to face each other.
And…
Cameron POV…
I had just been taking a nice shower, and after getting dressed again, looked out the window to see what it looked like out there.
Then, someone bumped into my back. At first, I thought it was Susie, but when I heard an "Eep!", I knew that this person was new. Slowly, I started to turn.
Then I saw who bumped into me. It was a small person, wearing a hood. It was a girl, and the look on her face told me that she was completely terrified.
A few seconds passed, and then everything processed for both of us. She started to shake really badly, backing off slowly. But she seemed to think that she was trapped.
At first, I didn't know how to react. How should I react in this kind of scenario?
"Umm…" I said, trying to say something, but the girl took it the wrong way. She kept backing up slowly, until she hit the wall. I stepped closer, trying to defuse the situation.
"I…" I tried again, but this time the girl was too scared of me, so she tried to bolt behind me. I grabbed her by the shoulders to stop her, and started to drag her back to the other room.
"Stay STILL!" I nearly shouted, just after I got out the door. Susie looked up from whatever she was doing. She was just as surprised as I was to see another person in this house.
"Who is… What is…" Susie tried to asked, but she realized I was having a hard time keeping this girl from bolting.
"Please… please let me go!" the girl said weakly, still struggling. I didn't, instead continued to drag her over to a chair and held her down.
"Susie! A little help?!" I called. Susie snapped back, and ran over with some rope, just like when Paige had rushed me.
A few minutes later, we had tied the newcomer to the chair. We backed off for a moment, panting a little. She put up a good fight trying not to get tied up. But now all she could do was struggle against the bonds.
"No…" she said weakly. Her voice, though it was very shaky, was a bit on the higher pitched side. She continued to struggle, even though it was pointless.
Me and Susie looked at each other, trying to silently decide what we should do. Obviously she didn't mean to harm us, as she tried to run away when I saw her.
The girl seemed rather uncomfortable in the chair, even though it was padded. She kept on squirming, as if trying to adjust her position or something.
I decided to question her, try and get something out of her. I walked over and tried to get her attention.
"Ahem." I said. She looked up. It was at that point that I truly noticed her face. What hair I could see, it was as white as snow. She had rather small features, but what really caught my attention was her eyes. They were chocolate brown in color, and so big. Her eyes were so clear. For a moment, I forgot what I was talking about.
Then I remembered, and snapped back to reality. I glanced over at Susie, and was surprised to see that she was blinking as well. As if she was caught off guard as well.
"A-anyway, who are you and what are you doing in our house?" I said, trying to regain myself. The girl just… blinked. She didn't say anything.
"Hello?" I said, waving a hand in front of her face. She kept blinking. "Umm… do you understand me?"
The girl nodded, confirming that she understood me, but I was still confused. "Well, then… what's your name?"
She still blinked. I was getting a bit miffed. "Well? Your name?"
Still no response. "Come on, give me your name!" I said, my voice getting slightly annoyed.
"Cameron! Don't yell at her like that. You're scaring her." Susie said, scolding me.
I didn't realize it, but now I saw that looked at her again, she was shaking a little bit. "Oh…" I said quietly.
"Here, I'll take over." Susie said, stepping up to the girl.
"Hi there… are you okay? Are you scared?" she said, talking gently. The girl said nothing, but she seemed to visibly relax a bit with Susie's words. She nodded slowly, to both questions I assumed.
"It okay, we won't hurt you, we just want some answers. Okay? Can you do that for me?" Susie said. The girl nodded again, more calm, but still struggling against the rope.
"Untie her Cameron." Susie told me. I gave her a look that said, 'What?!' She returned it with one that said, 'Do it, pleeeeaaassse?' I sighed. I moved around the back of the chair and quickly undid the knots.
I could tell the girl wanted to bolt now that she was free, but she didn't. I wondered what she was thinking right now. Probably, 'Okay, I'm free but… what do they want from me?'
"So, can you speak?" Susie asked. The girl nodded, which seemed redundant to me. 'If you can, say 'yes' rather than nod.' I thought irritably.
But Susie was much more patient. She said, "Well then, will you tell us your name please?"
But this time, the girl shook her head. Susie and me were both surprised at this. "Why not?" we both asked at the same time.
The girl thought for a second, before she finally answered with words. She said, in a very soft voice, "Be… because… I don't… have one…"
Me and Susie were taken back by this. 'What person doesn't have a name?' was my thought. But I didn't mull on that for long, because suddenly, the newcomer sniffled, and looked like she was about to cry.
"Hey, it's okay…" I said, putting a hand on her shoulder tentatively. She glanced at it, but didn't move it away. She sniffled once more, before I saw a tear form in her eyes.
I don't know what was happening, but this girl was causing me to get sad as well. I wanted to do anything to get this girl to not cry. I caught myself thinking I'd bend backwards to get her to not cry. 'What is happening? How is she doing that?' I thought.
I glanced over at Susie, and she seemed to be getting affected as well. "No no no, don't cry, don't cry…" she said. The newcomer blinked the tears away, and tried to recover herself.
"I'm okay, I'm… I'm fine…" she said. I couldn't help but think about her voice, how higher pitched it was.
"Then, can you tell us why you were in our house, and how you got in anyway?" I said. The girl seemed a bit uncomfortable with all the questions.
"Um… I was told… to get food… from here…" she said. 'What's with all of the pauses? Does she not speak English much or something?' I thought.
"Who told you to do that?" Susie asked. Now the girl looked really uncomfortable, and I noticed that she tugged a little on her hood, making sure it was up or something.
"Umm… I'd rather not say…" she said. Susie nodded, dropping the question. "But, I got in… through the window… back there." she said, pointing. I realized Susie opened that window to let air curulate when it was hot outside.
"Oh…" Susie said, realizing what I put together as well. We looked at each other, thinking.
"So, um… can I go?" the girl said hopefully, standing up and moving to the front door. Once again, she tugged at her hood. I got rather curious about that.
"Hold on. One more question." I said, blocking the door. The girl looked nervous. "Why are you wearing that hood?" I asked.
She apparently really did not want to answer that question. "Ummm…. nothing I just… wear it because… um, I like it…" she said, her eyes darting around a little bit. Susie caught this as well.
"Then, would you take it off?" she asked. The girl's eyes widened a little bit. "Oh, umm… sorry but, I don't… like to take it off…" she said, backing off from us a small bit.
"Why not?" I said, stepping closer. My hand slowly reached behind me. The girl didn't notice, she was too busy looking for a way out of this mess. "Oh, well, because… um…" she stuttered, backing up even more.
I glanced over at Susie, who knew what I was doing. Under different circumstances, she would tell me not to, but this time, she nodded, curious about where this was going.
"You don't like giving away your secrets huh?" I said, my hand grabbing what was looking for. The girl backed up more, saying, "Um, yeah, I like… having my secrets…"
"Well, I think…" I paused, quickly pulling out my bow, arrow notched. "...that it would be in your best interest to answer."
The girl's eyes were wide with shock at this point. She said, "Y-y-you wouldn't… s-s-shoot me… w-would you?" In response, I pulled back the string.
"Do as I say. Pull your hood down. NOW!" I said, taking aim. The girl was starting to panic, but she ran out of room to back up. She trapped herself in a corner. She looked over at Susie, begging her to stop me with her eyes.
"Now!" I said. The girl tried once more, looking at Susie. I looked over, and saw Susie was breaking down. "Susie! Focus!" I shouted. She snapped back to reality, and said, "Sorry miss, but I'm curious as well. Just put your hood down, and he won't shoot."
The girl knew how screwed she was. So she started to reach for the strap around her waist, keeping the cape up. But just before she grabbed it, she did a pretty ballsy move.
And rushed me.
I just then saw how sharp her nails looked. Luckily, I had plenty of experience with fighting, and stepsided her. I threw my bow of to the side, and drew my sword.
She whipped around, and I saw… her eyes changed. They were now red. A deep blood red. She ran at me, but I blocked, her nails hiting my sword.
"Cameron!" Susie yelled, running to help. I shouted, "No, Susie! I got this one!" I swiped at her, but this girl must have fought people as well, because she ducked under.
For a few minutes, we parried back and forth, both of us dodging each other's attacks. But then I saw something. She was getting tired fast. I hadn't even broken a sweat yet.
I rushed her, and aimed a blow to the stomach with my sword hilt. She dodged, but barely. She was really losing energy now. Her attacks were sluggish, and she was panting a lot.
'Now's my chance!' I thought, and swiped. But instead of a direct hit, I slashed at the strap on her waist. The sword caught and cut it, causing the hood and cape to quickly fly off, and the girl suddenly lost all anger. She cowered on the ground, hands over her head. 'She's hiding something, and she really doesn't want us to know what.' I thought, sheathing my sword.
"Cameron! Are you okay?!" Susie said, rushing over to me. "Yeah, I'm fine. Now, let's get some answers from her." I said, approaching the girl on the floor.
"Are you ready to show us now? Or do you want to fight again?" I said. The girl said nothing. Without her cape, I could see her outfit, which was a small fur coat, white in color, and some shorts that also looked like they were made a fur as well. Her hair was rather long, it looked like that it would reach past her waist if she stood up.
The girl, who knew she couldn't hide it anymore, slowly nodded. Slowly, she stood up, and even more slowly, put down her hands down. What I saw shocked me. Now I knew why she tried to hard to hide herself.
'Sharp nails, good fighter, white almost everywhere, high pitched voice… now it makes sense.' I thought, my eyes getting bigger.
On the top of her head, two wolf ears, just as white as her hair, poked out. Even more surprising, the way she was standing, I could see a white tail poking out of of her backside, out of a very small hole in the top of her shorts.
"There. Now you two know… what I am. I'm… I'm a freak… a wolf that looks like a human… I… I hope you're happy…" she said, a tear streaking down her face. She didn't look like someone who was just putting up a good fight. She looked… helpless. Afraid. I… I felt like a jerk again.
"Oh my Notch…" Susie said quietly. For a moment, no one said anything.
"I'm… I'm so sorry… I had no idea how much you…" I said, trying to apologize. But she gave me a look full of anger. Without warning, she ran at me, and tackled me, knocking me over. I was caught off guard.
"You should be sorry!" she yelled, eyes red again. "You nearly killed me! You ruined everything for me! This was my biggest secret! No one ever knew about what I am! Only my pack knew! Then you come along and… and…" slowly, her talking came to a halt.
"I'm… all I can say is… I'm sorry." I said. For a second, no one did anything. Susie seemed afraid to get close, I guess she thought she would get me hurt if she tried to intervene.
Then, tears welled up in the wolf girl's eyes. She tried to fight it, but broke down, and started to cry. She rolled off of me, and she wept into her hands. I sat up, and stared at the girl. I glanced at Susie. She looked at me as well.
Then, Susie walked over to the girl. "Hey… it's okay… please don't cry…" she said, putting a hand on the girl's shoulder. The girl looked up, and raised her hand to move it, but I stopped it, and put a hand on her other shoulder.
"Yeah… I'm sorry… I'll never do that again…" I said, genuinely sorry for this poor girl. She looked at both of us, not sure what to do. Then, her emotions got the better of her, and she started crying again.
For a while, me and Susie comforted this girl. We felt so sorry for what we did, causing her so much sadness. All over a simple hood.
Finally, she stopped crying, and just tried to relaxed for a minute. I looked down at my watch, wondering what time it was.
7:00 pm.
"Hmmm… it's getting late…" I said. The wolf girl looked up, and looked at my watch. Her eyes got wide at that.
"Oh no! I've been gone from the pack for so long! They might think I'm dead! I gotta go!" she said, instantly standing up.
"Wait!" I said, just before she got to the door. She turned, and looked at me with curiosity. I had a quick, whispered conversation with Susie, and a minute later, I had a bag filled with some meat and other foods for her and her pack.
"Here. Take this as an apology for everything that happened." I said, handing her the bag. She was surprised at our kindness. "You… you're giving me this… even after I attacked you?" she asked.
"Well, to be fair, I kinda put it on myself. I want to fix the wrongs we did. This should be enough for a while, right?" I said.
"Yes… Thank you… both of you…" she said, unable to believe that we would be so kind. Then, she remembered her pack. "Oh, I… I gotta go… bye… Mister…Ma'am…" she said, before, bag and what was left of her hood in hand, ran out the door and into the darkening sky.
For a minute, me and Susie just stared at where she had disappeared. I couldn't help but still feel a bit guilty about what happened.
"Well… that was certainly… interesting." Susie said, breaking the silence. I nodded.
Little did we know, just how 'interesting' things were going to get.
Two days later…
12:00 pm...
"Well, finally got the spare bedroom done…" I said.
It took us awhile, but we finally got the stairway done, so now all we had to do was actually decide what room goes where. We had a few ideas, but first on the list was a guest bedroom. Susie said she had some friends that came over from time to time, so having a room for them to sleep in was important. I just hoped these friend also didn't mind humans, or else bad things might happen.
Anyway, we put the normal things in the spare bedroom, like a bed, a lamp or two, and some small decor on the walls and dresser. When we had finished, it looked pretty cozy, perfect for a guest to spend the night.
Once we had finished, we sat down and started to eat some lunch. I was just thinking how much else we had planned, like relocating the sickbed area, when a knock was heard. At first, I dismissed it, thinking I misheard something, but then it knocked again.
I knew what to do. I walked over to the bedroom and hide behind the wall, so that Susie could check who was out there, then relay to me about how long I would have to stay back there.
But this time, things turned differently than before. Because I heard her opening the door and heard her say, "Hello how can I… Cameron!" I peeked out behind the wall. Susie was waving her hand in a 'come here!' gesture.
I went over and saw who was at the door. I froze. There, standing at the doorstep, was the same wolf girl from before. She gave me a feeble smile before saying, "Um, hey… can I come in?" I glanced over at Susie and we both made a split second decision to let her in.
She walked over and looked at us, her eyes telling us that something wasn't right today. I broke the silence by asking, "Sooo, whatcha doing back here? Aren't you supposed to be with your pack?"
She looked at me, but not with hate, with sadness. "I would… if they… hadn't…" she started to tear up, trying to complete her thoughts.
"If they hadn't… what?" I asked. She looked at me, and for a second, I saw… desperation. She wanted comfort.
"If they hadn't… abandoned me…" she said, before losing control. She broke down, dashing down toward me, and hugging me. For a moment, I was surprised at her sudden reaction. But after a quick glance at Susie, I returned the hug, gently rubbing her back, saying, "It's okay, you're here now. Shh…"
After about a minute of crying, she pulled away from me, saying, "Thank you… Cameron, right? Thank you. I'm sorry to be… a bother for you. You too Susie."
"You aren't bothering us." Susie said. "Yeah, it's fine." I added.
"Really?" the girl asked. We both nodded, before she wanted another comfort hug. This time Susie got in on the hug as well, so it was just the three of us hugging for some time.
When we did break apart, I asked what the girl planned on doing next. She seemed sad to think about that.
"I… I don't know… I guess I'll just… travel around… look for a place to call home… in a town or something." she said, her voice sad. Her ears were drooping down, and I couldn't help but feel sorry for her. 'She going through almost exactly what I when through. Alone, helpless, searching for something, anything, to become happy again.' I thought.
Suddenly, I got an idea. It was crazy, probably insane, but I still wanted to do something.
"Excuse me for a sec. Susie, come over here…" I said, pulling Susie over to the living area. Both girls looked confused. "What are you doing?" Susie asked me.
"Okay, I got an idea. It's kinda crazy, but still." I said, my voice a whisper. "I think of her story kinda like mine. She's alone, scared, and has no shoulder to lean on."
"Okay, so?" Susie said in the same whisper.
"So, let's let her stay here. No one deserves to be all alone, especially out there." I said. At first, Susie looked surprised, but slowly, she seemed to get my idea, and was even happy that I was thinking of her, trying to make her life better.
We walked back over to her. "Okay, so, listen, I don't think you should have been abandoned like that. No one should. So, I have an idea that I think you'll like."
The girl looked curious. "If you wanted too…" I glanced at Susie one last time. She nodded. "We would be okay with you stay here. With us."
That caught her off guard. She blinked, as if not sure she heard me correctly. Then, she looked hopeful. "You… You really would let me stay here? Even after all I did?"
I nodded, and I could tell, she was beyond happy. The fact that someone else, no, the fact that TWO people cared about her, was enough to make her tear up again. And once again, she needed a hug, so I returned it, and I could see that her tail was wagging very fast, in a typical happy dog manner.
Few hours later…
We had dinner, but this time was special, as now we had another person dining with us. At first, things were a little crazy, and we had to teach her a lot of things, like proper table manners and other things, but I think she understood more or less all of it.
Afterward, we needed a place for her to sleep, so we gave her the guest bedroom. We would be building more rooms later on, so we could afford to give up one.
Afterward, I was helping her get settled into her room, when I realized something. "Your pack… they never gave you a name?"
She shook her head. "No, if someone needed me, they would just bark, and I would know that they wanted me, not someone else." I realized how much better at speaking she was getting. 'Guess that's something we don't need to work on.' I thought.
"Well, we can't have you just living here with no name. That'd be awkward. You wanna help me come up with one?" I asked. She nodded happily. 'Dang, just a few times meeting each other, and she goes from scared to angry to sad to happy. That's kinda impressive.' I thought.
For a few minutes, we tried to come up with something. We tried a bunch of names, but nothing really seemed to click with her. Then, after thinking about it, I came up with one that she might like.
"How about Snowy?" I asked. "Why that?" she asked, curious.
"Well, think about it. You're tough, you fight for yourself, but really, you are kind at the heart. Just like snow, it's tough, and can be rough if it wants, but at the core, it's a source of some good times." I explained.
She thought about it for a few seconds. I saw her quietly saying it to herself, thinking hard about it.
Then she looked up, and gave me a smile. "I think we found a winner." I said, returning the smile.
She walked over to me, and gave me yet another hug. 'Damn, this girl is friendly.' I thought.
"Heh…" the newly named Snowy giggled. "What?" I asked.
"Since I have someone that cares so much about me…" she started. "I guess that makes you my master now, huh?"
"Master, huh?" I said. It gave me mixed feelings. On one hand, it did kind of make sense, since I let her stay her with me and Susie. And I guess I did have a lot of influence on her. But at the same time, 'Master' made me feel like I was more important that her, like she was nothing but a simple pet to me. That didn't sit well with me.
"Thank you. For… everything… Master." Snowy said, hugging me. I was still mulling over the whole 'Master' thing, but I guess if she thought it best to call me that, then so be it. 'I'll probably get used to it. It's just a matter of time.'
So ended the first day of our new guest… no, I guess not 'guest'. More like, a new friend. I just wondered how much things would be different, now that there were three people in this house.
My thoughts were, 'Well, whatever happened, I'll get through it. And now, I have even more people to be with. To confide in. To just have fun with. I can't wait!'
But later, one last big thought ran through my mind: 'What is Snowy gonna think about me and Susie being together?'
I would find this out much sooner than I would have liked to.
Well, I think that that wraps up chapter 15 nicely. A new friend has emerged! I just hope that dear Cameron will be able to control himself.
Anyways, I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter! I know I said this wouldn't be out for much longer, buuuuuuut, YOLO. I just want to get this story rolling, as to keep all of you awesome son of a guns happy. Or trolled. Depends on how I feel.
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