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Mythical Times

Chapter 7: Snatch

THALIA!

It echoed through Thorns head as she slid her eyes open painfully. What happened? Was she dead? The raven haired girl didn't know. She blinked and looked to the side. Okay. It looked like the inside of a house and she was all alone. If she wasn't in her present mind numbed state she would have yelled partly out of reflex. But she was bed prone for now. At least until she got feeling back into her legs.

Oh wait there was some feeling in her legs. They were tingling. How strange…. It felt like her whole leg had fallen asleep. You know…that weird tingling that happens when your foot falls asleep. Thorn bent her knees. Hm…maybe she could walk now.

She swung her legs over the side of the bed and feet hit the floor heavily. A sharp spike of tingling pain shot up her legs making her wince. Ow… that didn't feel so great. Thorn looked down at her legs to examine them; to see if anything was hurt. But all she noticed was that her legs were paler than usual.

She stood slowly on her wobbly legs that threatened to buckle under anymore pressure. Okay she was up…but now what? Every part of her body was sore. She had so many kinks in her back that she thought that no massage would ever be able to get them out. Thorn stretched working out the kinks. A loud pop made her wince. Ouch…that was her leg. She rolled her head to the side…

And then yelped, slapping a hand over her neck.

"What the hell?" Thorn mumbled to herself as she gently skimmed the area with her fingers. Finally she felt her fingers brush over two slightly swollen tiny bumps that made her wince. They felt like two little bug bites but they didn't itch. "Now what the heck are these little things?" She prodded them some more and instantly regretted it. Okay lets try to think back. Blank. That was all she got.

What had happened? It wasn't coming to her at the moment. She'd have to try again later. God…it sounded like she was calling a friend with urgent matters and the friend wasn't picking up. Damn. She felt kind of helpless. She didn't even know where she was or how she got there. And where were Duo, Quatre, Heero, and Morgyn? Where was Wufei? Was he dead?

All these questions popped into her head one after another. She had this undeniable urge to poke around a bit and see where she was. Another part of her argued that she should stay where she was. She decided to do the first. She liked the idea of snooping around.

She stumbled forward towards the door and twisted the knob. Thorn found that is was unlocked as the door inched forward. She poked her head out and looked around. Her gold eyes were bouncing from left to right. She deemed it safe and tip-toed out of the room silently. She heard faint voices. If they were inside or not she couldn't tell but she could defiantly hear them.

At the window as the end of the hall she peered out. Thorn's senses were immediately assaulted with smells of baking food. Her stomach chose that moment to remind her that she was painfully hungry. The raven haired young woman inhaled deeply. That smelt so good. Her stomach let out another low roar. Damn it was is loud. It really did sound like a lion.

A woman walked past, with her hair done up in intricate loops and the rest hung down her back, with pointed elf ears.

Pointed elf ears?!

"I must be in an elven village."

"That would be correct, Miss Thorn." Came the feminine voice behind her. Thorn swung around to see a tall elf woman with orangey-auburn wavy hair done up in two meat ball type (think sailor moon) braided pigtails. Her thin sideburns that flowed down in front of her long pointed ears were clasped with one simple red bead on each and her eyes were a clear blue. Thorn blinked. "My name is Acacia Woodbane. I'm a friend of Duo's." She said with a smile.

"Just call me Thorn seeing as though you already know my name." The raven haired girl said while running a hand through her black hair. An old unwanted habit that occurred with in front of people she didn't know.

"If you're hungry…" As soon as the word hungry left her lips Thorns stomach let out another loud hungry protest. Thorn laughed nervously but the Elf only smiled. "…we can go to the kitchen and get something to eat. We can also get to know each other and my sister. She's been waiting to meet you ever since Duo and his friends brought you here unconscious."

"Oh I see."

"Well then…come right this way." Acacia said ushering Thorn through a door.

Acacia led Thorn into a nicely sized kitchen with stoves and a large wooden table. Sitting at the wooden table was a girl maybe around Thorn's age with short spiky hair that looked slightly bluish black and clear blue eyes. She was wearing a pair of brown boy's breaches, a dark blue tunic, and a pair of worn leather boots. She waved with a cheerful smile.

Acacia smiled and pushed Thorn forward. "This is my little sister Hilde. She's here for a time. Hilde, this is Thorn, Duo's friend."

"Hello." Thorn said shyly. Hilde got up from the table and gave Thorn a friendly handshake.

"Hi! It's nice to meet you." She said exuberantly. Thorn smiled.

"Well…now that we're all introduced lets get you something to eat before you starve." Acacia said. Again Thorn's stomach answered for her. They all laughed.

Thorn curled up on the bed she had been given with a content sigh. Acacia and Hilde had been great. They had fed her and offered her conversation. It was nice having someone to talk to and now it was almost nightfall. Acacia had told her that Duo and all the others had gone out to do something but he hadn't said what.

The raven haired girl was kind of wishing that they'd get back soon. She wanted to find out what had happened to her. All she remembered was an old man appearing and him shouting something and then all came up blank. She wanted someone to explain to her what the hell was going on.

Thorn turned over in her bed to look up at the ceiling. She was so bored that it made her tired. Her eyes drooped slightly and she stifled a yawn. Sleep sounded good. It would help pass the time. Thorns eyes fluttered shut…

…only to snap them back open. She had the strangest sensation. If felt like she was being watched. The floor boards creaked under someone or something's weight. Her room was totally still and dark as midnight. She couldn't see past her bed. Thorn pushed herself up into a sitting position. What was that? Her eyes darted uselessly around the room but nothing could be seen.

Then there was an inhuman chuckle and the hairs on the back of her neck prickled. She strained her eyes and peered into the darkness. Something came upon her from behind and covered her mouth. She writhed and squirmed trying desperately to get away from her capturer.

All she felt was fur as it pinned her down.

"Is this the one he wants?" A feminine voice hissed. She felt the fur on top of her shift.

"Yes. Its also the one that stole my mate away from me. I would be more than delighted to kill her."

"I see. Well…lets just get her out of here before any of her friends come in here to rescue her." Both voices died in her mind as she was hit in the back of the head, losing reign over her consciousness.

Duo chattered noisily with Heero and Wufei, who were both annoyed with his constant hyperactivity. Upon entering Hilde appeared in front of them with Acacia appearing right after her.

"Duo, your friend woke up earlier. She was nice. You can go check on her. She should still be awake but I haven't heard any noises so I think she might be asleep." Hilde said energetically. Acacia nodded and pointed down the hall toward the room. Duo smiled.

"Thanks for telling us." He pranced down the hall like the happy-go-lucky elf he was and opened the door a crack. "Thorn? Are you awake?" He said slipping inside. Everything was dark and quiet. He didn't even hear any breathing. There should have been some if she was asleep. He lit a candle.

Heero shifted impatiently with Wufei waiting to see if she was awake. Quatre looked worried but he dissolved it with a smile and struck up some small conversation with Acacia about the elves economy. Morgyn and Hilde had just decided to talk when Duo came running down hall.

"Thorns not in there!" He yelled. Everyone looked up.

"What?!"

"That door never opened after she went in." Hilde said matter-of-factly.

"Well she's not in there."

"Did she go through a window?" Morgyn asked.

"There are no windows in her room." Acacia said sounding more confused than factual. They all looked at each other.

"Then…how?" Morgyn asked.

"Hm…" They all thought.

Thorn blinked her eyes open with a groan. Her head felt like it was going to explode. Sometimes she wished that they had aspirin here. She felt a gust of wind caress her face. Wind…?

Her vision cleared and she found herself up in the air.

"What the…"

"Shut up!" Came a cold voice. Thorn looked up to see the werewolf, Dorothy's, profile. Dorothy looked down at Thorn and gave her an icy glare. "Don't speak! You're lucky that I'm not aloud to kill you yet."

It was the werewolf. Dorothy. The one who had claimed that she was Quatre's mate and that she(Thorn) had stolen her mate. Quatre hadn't apparently liked the blond werewolf that much. The tree's leaves rustled with another weight.

Next to Dorothy, hoping along the branches, was a woman with long dark hair, she couldn't tell what color yet in the dark, that was tied back in a pony tail with a thick braid in it coming out amongst the long strands. She was wearing a strange outfit with baggy men's breeches and strange boots. The woman turned her head to Thorn as she jumped along soundlessly. Her eyes reflected the moonlight and glowed like a cats as she smiled with fanged vampire teeth.

Indeed…she was another vampire.

Who was she? Why was she working for Dorothy? Or was there something bigger going on…something to do with the strange dreams and people she had been meeting.

Only time would tell and until Dorothy took her to where she had to go Thorn would have to be calm and quiet.

Owari~

Hi! ^_^ Sorry this is so short but I wanted to get something up. I just started school a week and a half ago and I haven't had much time to write. Damn high school and its homework and essays . . Actually I have an essay that I have to write now but I decided to write this and put it up first. Well Thanks. I put the next chapter up as soon as I get a