Hello everybody, okay, well this is the new chapter although I warn, it is short. I've re-written it to be longer and more satisfying. At least, I hope that's what all of you think. I don't have time to say thank you to everybody, but I promise to do that next chapter.
Thank you everybody (for now)
On to the next chapter!
Chapter Eight
Virginia and Penelope slept in the back of the cart as Wolf guided the horses.
They had been traveling all day without a sign of anything but snowy pastures.
Wolf felt a deep sense of hopelessness. Ever since childhood, he always looked at the worst possibilities in life so that he would never find disappointment.
Yet, when he searched for the worst, he always found the best. He knew this as he looked back at his family.
He felt dazed as an insomniac would. Nothing was focused; the road and pastures seemed to mold into each other. But just as he began to fall asleep, his eye caught a different object. He rubbed his sleepy gaze furiously. He recognized that castle.
"Virginia, wake up!! We're here!"
His wife climbed up front and exhaled deeply, "Thank goodness we found it. Dad will know what to do about all this."
Virginia shivered as they drew closer. The castle seemed quiet, as if Sleeping Beauty's curse had befallen it.
Wolf pulled the reigns and stopped the cart. He didn't feel right about it at all and his eyes darted around suspiciously.
Virginia jumped out of the cart and walked slowly to the door.
"Be careful my love." Wolf whispered fearing that being any louder would disturb an unseen sleeping monster.
"Where's mommy going?" Asked Penelope.
Wolf knelt down to her level and said, "Mommy is going to introduce you to your grandpa. Would you like that cub?"
She nodded with a big smile, "I can't wait!"
Virginia knocked on the door to the castle. The slightest touch of her hand cracked an opening that illuminated a light blue steam. She pushed it open and all around her was ice. There was so much ice that she gave a slip as she walked inside. It was colder inside than out in the snow. She could tell it had been like this for a while.
The chandeliers and paintings had icicles hanging from them. Everything was frozen… even the family cat.
Virginia held onto various things to keep from slipping as she walked further into the castle.
"Dad!?" She yelled, but no answer came, only silence.
She was suddenly knocked off her feet and landed with a thud by a statue she hadn't seen in front of her.
She looked up and to her horror, the frozen statue was her father.
"Daddy." She could barely get the word out as she touched his frightened face, "Oh no."
"MAMA!!!!!" A terrified scream cut right through the silence.
Virginia looked through the open door and watched as trolls threw their dust in Wolf and Penelope's faces, immediately sending them to sleep and falling into their captors arms.
"There's the witch!" Bluebell pointed, sending the thugs inside.
She watched as they stumbled inside, immediately slipping. They slid a few feet and landed near her. As they tried to pull themselves up, she made a skating motion for the back door.
Virginia scrambled through the door, only to be caught by Spike, "NO!"
"Don't worry sweetheart, your hubby and the kid will be safe with me and my guys." He chuckled.
"NO!!!" She yelped as a troll sent her into a black oblivion.
********************
Wolf woke up with a shake of the cart.
He whimpered with the pain in his head but it seemed to disappear when he realized his hands were chained in front of him and attached to his cage.
The fogginess in his mind also vanished when he saw his family unconscious and chained up like him.
"Lookey-Look, he woke up." Blabberwort watched him with great interest.
Spike glanced back at him, "So the mutt has finally joined us."
Wolf wasn't listening. His only concern was with his family.
"Get a good look at them."
Wolf broke his stare and glared at Spike, "Why?"
"Cause memory is all you have when they're gone." The punk turned in his seat to look forward at the road they were on and laughed with the other thugs.
Wolf growled but then saw where they were headed. A white castle showed itself in the distance. It's designs seemed graceful, yet haunting and he knew that this was where his fate rested.
That's it, now go review. I'll try to have the next one up sooner than last time. I love you all!!!!!!!
Thank you everybody (for now)
On to the next chapter!
Chapter Eight
Virginia and Penelope slept in the back of the cart as Wolf guided the horses.
They had been traveling all day without a sign of anything but snowy pastures.
Wolf felt a deep sense of hopelessness. Ever since childhood, he always looked at the worst possibilities in life so that he would never find disappointment.
Yet, when he searched for the worst, he always found the best. He knew this as he looked back at his family.
He felt dazed as an insomniac would. Nothing was focused; the road and pastures seemed to mold into each other. But just as he began to fall asleep, his eye caught a different object. He rubbed his sleepy gaze furiously. He recognized that castle.
"Virginia, wake up!! We're here!"
His wife climbed up front and exhaled deeply, "Thank goodness we found it. Dad will know what to do about all this."
Virginia shivered as they drew closer. The castle seemed quiet, as if Sleeping Beauty's curse had befallen it.
Wolf pulled the reigns and stopped the cart. He didn't feel right about it at all and his eyes darted around suspiciously.
Virginia jumped out of the cart and walked slowly to the door.
"Be careful my love." Wolf whispered fearing that being any louder would disturb an unseen sleeping monster.
"Where's mommy going?" Asked Penelope.
Wolf knelt down to her level and said, "Mommy is going to introduce you to your grandpa. Would you like that cub?"
She nodded with a big smile, "I can't wait!"
Virginia knocked on the door to the castle. The slightest touch of her hand cracked an opening that illuminated a light blue steam. She pushed it open and all around her was ice. There was so much ice that she gave a slip as she walked inside. It was colder inside than out in the snow. She could tell it had been like this for a while.
The chandeliers and paintings had icicles hanging from them. Everything was frozen… even the family cat.
Virginia held onto various things to keep from slipping as she walked further into the castle.
"Dad!?" She yelled, but no answer came, only silence.
She was suddenly knocked off her feet and landed with a thud by a statue she hadn't seen in front of her.
She looked up and to her horror, the frozen statue was her father.
"Daddy." She could barely get the word out as she touched his frightened face, "Oh no."
"MAMA!!!!!" A terrified scream cut right through the silence.
Virginia looked through the open door and watched as trolls threw their dust in Wolf and Penelope's faces, immediately sending them to sleep and falling into their captors arms.
"There's the witch!" Bluebell pointed, sending the thugs inside.
She watched as they stumbled inside, immediately slipping. They slid a few feet and landed near her. As they tried to pull themselves up, she made a skating motion for the back door.
Virginia scrambled through the door, only to be caught by Spike, "NO!"
"Don't worry sweetheart, your hubby and the kid will be safe with me and my guys." He chuckled.
"NO!!!" She yelped as a troll sent her into a black oblivion.
********************
Wolf woke up with a shake of the cart.
He whimpered with the pain in his head but it seemed to disappear when he realized his hands were chained in front of him and attached to his cage.
The fogginess in his mind also vanished when he saw his family unconscious and chained up like him.
"Lookey-Look, he woke up." Blabberwort watched him with great interest.
Spike glanced back at him, "So the mutt has finally joined us."
Wolf wasn't listening. His only concern was with his family.
"Get a good look at them."
Wolf broke his stare and glared at Spike, "Why?"
"Cause memory is all you have when they're gone." The punk turned in his seat to look forward at the road they were on and laughed with the other thugs.
Wolf growled but then saw where they were headed. A white castle showed itself in the distance. It's designs seemed graceful, yet haunting and he knew that this was where his fate rested.
That's it, now go review. I'll try to have the next one up sooner than last time. I love you all!!!!!!!