Legend of the Wolf Demon
By SugarHighNutcase
Let me start off by saying THANK YOU to those who took the time to review: the silver pirate, SugarSheep, MeraSparrow, Jon'ic Recheio. Thanks, guys! I know the first chapter wasn't much, so a review really meant a lot. Anyway, the action will soon begin. Also, I'm very sorry about the long wait; I lost some inspiration, but it's back. Enjoy!
Chapter 2
Will moaned as the bed shook violently. He grabbed the edge to keep from falling, and next to him, Elizabeth held tightly to his waist. She'd insisted on sharing a bed, even though there were two in their room, and neither was particularly big. As the room stopped shaking, Will sat up.
"What was that?" Elizabeth asked him.
He shrugged and got up, exiting their small room. Reaching the deck, he found Jack and the crew, staring out to the water. It was just water, wasn't it? But what was that large tree doing-
Will hurried up to Jack, and, mouth hanging open, looked on in amazement at the beautiful island that loomed ahead of them. "What is this?" Will whispered.
"Don't know," Jack answered him. "It's not on the map."
Before anything else could be said, one of the crew members- a tanned young man, hardly nineteen, with dark hair- came running up from below. "Er- Mr. Sparrow- the ship- we hit some rocks, and- and there's a hole."
Jack turned around. "A hole? In my ship?" The man nodded. "Well, someone better fix it, hadn't they?" The man nodded and went off. Will stared after him for a moment before turning back to Jack- only to find him gone.
"Jack?" he called out. A cry from below came as his reply, and Will looked down, only to see that Jack and jumped off the ship and was swimming to shore. "Jack! What do you think you're doing?" Will yelled.
"We got time," came the reply. "Gonna explore. C'mon!"
Elizabeth came up from below, dressed, and went over to Will, putting up a hand to block the sudden sunlight. "Where's Jack? What's going- Will? Will, don't!"
But it was too late; Will had jumped and was now following Jack to shore. He yelled, "be back soon" to Elizabeth as best he could and continued to swim.
Elizabeth groaned and went back to her room, muttering about insane pirates and even crazier husbands.
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Jack waded up the beach, staring at the magnificent island in awe. It was amazing- large and beautiful- and Jack couldn't wait to explore it. He heard Will splash noisily to shore behind him, and waited for his companion to join him.
"So, where to?" Will panted.
Jack merely took off in a random direction. Will grinned and followed.
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Jack and Will wandered deeper into the island. Jack was leading, quite confident and sure of himself, whereas Will kept glancing behind them nervously. He felt as though they were being followed, and he didn't like it.
Will suddenly stopped, listening hard. "Jack!" he hissed. "Did you hear that?"
Jack didn't stop. "Animal," he grunted in reply.
Will's eyes narrowed, and he strained to hear. The noise sounded again, this time to his left. "That was no animal."
"C'mon, Will, stop being so jumpy." Jack paused. "There's water up ahead, let's go!" Jack took off, not caring that Will wasn't following. Will still wasn't sure about what he heard, but he couldn't let Jack go off on his own; Jack was too much of a troublemaker.
Will ran after Jack, ignoring the feeling that something behind him had just moved.
He found Jack standing on a riverbank, gazing up in awe at the beautiful waterfall that stood before them. Will's jaw dropped. "Wow." He turned and looked toward the other side of the river, and gasped. "Jack!"
Jack turned. "Huh?" Will merely pointed.
On the other side of the river stood a girl, no older than seventeen, wearing nothing but a simple brown dress that was tattered, torn, and dirtied. Her skin was pale, stained by smudges of dirt and blood. In one hand she held a bloody rock; in the other was a bird, its head gone. The girl stood and stared at the two men, who gaped in return.
The girl then turned and vanished into the trees. Will opened his mouth to speak, and was cut off by Jack.
"Let's go." He jumped into the river, and began to wade across.
"What? Are you insane? She's all- bloody and- strange looking. Why should we go after her?"
"Because," shouted Jack, who at this point had come to the deeper part, and was swimming quite ungracefully. "There's a bloody and dirty looking girl on an uncharted island. That says 'mystery' to me, my friend."
Will groaned, and followed Jack, knowing he'd come to regret it later.
