Disclaimer: Not all the characters are owned by me, just appearing in my story featuring the characters of Ginger Snaps. Some characters will be original creations.
Setting: Post "Unleashed"
Author's Note: Will continue and explanations for "gaps" will be given in later chapters…
Finding Home
Night. Darkness surrounded the land. Made the hills its' home and all those that lived inside. The full moon looked down across the land as the waves of fog huddled over the soil, crowding the earth below. Brigitte's feet were barely visible as she ran swiftly through the mist. Only the sound of her heart beating could drown out her footsteps as she led herself through the unknown forest.
The beast drew closer as the smell of her fear grew stronger through the air. Her heartbeat echoed through the night like a warning drum alerting all those around her to her presence. Footsteps and paws pounded the ground behind her breaking everything in their path. She heard the beast growl with anger making the hairs on the back of her already damp with sweat neck stand on end.
Brigitte tried to run faster but was jolted to a stop as pain quickly rushed through her leg and down to her ankle causing her to hit the ground with a thud. She quickly turned around so that she might see the monster that was stalking her. In the split second it took to crash through the trees she gasped at the creature before her. A large, dark haired, hairy beast twice the size of any she'd ever seen with jaws much larger than she'd thought possible for its species.
As the beast leapt toward her she closed her eyes and awaited the pain of a gruesome death. Instead of blinding pain she felt a breeze as the beast leapt directly over her. Her eyes widened as she felt the damp hair of its belly against her skin as it crossed her path. Startled, she quickly regrouped herself and crawled to rest under a nearby tree. She watched in fear as the beast wrestled with a similar looking ferocious creature just feet away from her. Blood splattered across the ground and dyed the green plants red as the beast slashed at its enemy, tearing at its flesh with its' massive claws. And then, it went for the throat.
Brigitte watched as the beasts' jaws held the entire neck of the enemy within. The beast sank its' sharp teeth into its' furry foe as the crack of its' bones sliced through the crisp night air. The beast stood over its fallen enemy, hung its head back, and howled in triumph.
Brigitte sat silently as she observed the animals' victory wondering what was to become of her. Did this beast intend to protect her or make her dessert? The beast returned to its four legged stance and slowly began to walk towards her. Her pulse quickened, but strangely, she didn't think the beast intended to harm her. She held in her breath as it leaned in to sniff her freshly wounded leg. The beast, with its paws and teeth covered in the blood of a fresh kill, studied her for a second then began to push itself slowly underneath her as if to pick her up with its body. She felt the leanness of the animal under its thick coat of hair as it began to carry her off into the night towards the darkness in which she felt she belonged.