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Chapter 3: The First Encounter…1

(Ruby's POV)

The smell had been the first thing to make me turn my head…and as I glanced into the dark of the forest I saw those bright glowing pinpricks…watching me. I waited for the animal to pounce or run, to do SOMETHING anyways.

"….just gonna stare at me?" I asked in my normal voice…I'd learned a long time ago that animals responded to me better when I didn't treat them like two year olds.

Slowly, very slowly, I watched one paw move towards me. It was enough for the wolf's face to emerge from the shade.

"O…well I didn't expect another wolf I'll admit that" I stared at him just like he did me. This should have been a fairly scary encounter, even for me, but I saw the intelligence in his eyes….it was almost spooky…especially considering he had one…..wait.

I glanced down quickly at my pin (stupid!) and gasped

"You have the same eyes as…AH!" I jumped up and back about a foot! As soon as I'd glanced down at the pin the wolf had taken several quick, silent steps towards me so he was right at my face and eye level when I looked back up. He was now sitting there staring at me again….and if I hadn't known better I would've SWORN he looked smug.

"You're laughing at me!" I accused a bit humiliated at my own stupidity…who breaks off a staring contest with a wolf?

The wolf gave a half hearted little "woof" and stood up and cocked his head at me.

"Well goodness you don't have to look so disappointed." I glanced at him once more as he started inspecting where I'd initially been sitting (I was now standing and at least five feet away from where I'd been), and then glanced back down at the pin Rumple had given me.

When I was younger I'd heard stories of a mysterious huntsman who'd lived deep in the Dark Forest. Legend had it that he'd been abandoned there and raised by a wolf pack. As he'd gotten older he'd learned to hunt like no other and one of his "litter mates" had become his companion. They spoke of how the wolf must be a spirit because of its intelligent eyes. But we never got to hear more than that, as those had been stories of travelers who'd come to the village. They had been mocked and quickly run out of town, and we children were scolded and lectured for going so wide eyed and dreamy over a wolf tale. Needless to explain but wolves weren't highly prized in our village.

Could Graham've been that mysterious huntsman? I looked back at the wolf…a red eye and a black eye just like the pin. He had stopped his investigating and had taken up staring at me again.

Next chapter coming tomorrow! Can you believe it o_o this actually was suppose to be all one biiig chapter and I just had to split the 2 up…it didn't seem right to leave them together…heh you'll see ;) the story will really start progressing from here and moost of the chapters will have times where it'll have both POVs in the same chapter….next chapter from His POV again!

Have any of you guessed what I might name Him? "What?" you say "You're not going to leave it as….HIM o.o" now would Ruby be able to do something like that? ;)

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