Here's chapter 2. I'm hoping to make it very chilly and surprising. There's definitely blood. Enjoy.
Tink and the Sparrowman watched as the three crazed fairies scurried off. They both were out of breath, breathing heavily as we were almost lunch for the meat hungry fairies. The sparrowman turned to Tink as she had an expression of disbelief on her face.
"Are you alright?" he finally said.
Tink was too shocked to answer. It was very difficult for her to understand of what had happened to her friends.
"I'm fine." she said.
"You talk?" asked the sparrowman.
"Of course." said a confused Tink.
"That-that means,...were not alone after all."he said.
"Alone? Were? You mean there are others?"
The giddy sparrowman rushed in front of Tink and started scanning her with his watch. He moved his arm up and down to scan every inch of her. When he was done, he took a look at his watch and made an analysis.
"Your a 100% clean!" he yelled cheerfully.
Tink looked down at herself. Her dress was a little dirty from the mud.
"Well I'm not squeaky clean." she said.
"No, not that kind of clean!" said the sparrowman cheerfully. "I mean, free of the disease!"
"Disease!"
The sparrowman started pacing the ground cheerfully and with disbelief. He had his hands up.
"I knew there was someone out here! The others didn't believe me, but I knew there had to be some other survivors out here! How did you survive?" he asked.
"Survive what?"
"The disease!"
"What disease?"
"The Vernosis disease. The disease that's been infecting Pixie Hollow for over a century now."
"I-I-I don't know but I think I-"
Suddenly, howling could be heard nearby, more fairies were coming. Tink and the sparrowman looked up and heard them approaching. The sparrowman froze for a minute.
"Come on, we need to go." he said starting to climb the rock pile.
"Wait! who are you?" asked Tink trying to catch up.
"I'm Ben. We need to get out of here quick, sound's like your friends are bringing more of their pack.
"Pack!"
"I'll explain later right now we need to go."
They climbed and made over the rock pile which blocked the entrance into Tinker's nook.
"How did all this happen?" asked Tink rushing up to Ben.
"The Vernosis broke out back in 1905." he said. "Apparently, those infected by it became mindless beasts."
"Hey! My friends aren't beasts." she said feeling insulted.
"They are for now."
Tink and Ben started running farther and farther away from the nook. Tink wasn't sure how far the "pack apparently" was from them, but she didn't want to stick around to find out.
"Come on hurry!" Ben grabbed Tink's hand and ran even faster. Tink was constantly tripping over her feet.
"Hey! Slow down!" she yelled.
"We can't! Not while there behind us!" yelled Ben.
Tink was able to look behind and saw no one coming.
"I don't see anyone!"
"There behind us!"
They ran for over a mile now. Finally they stopped. Ben let go of Tink's hand and they started breathing heavily trying to catch their breaths. Tink looked back and didn't see anyone or anything coming. In fact, it was so quiet, the only thing she could hear was herself and Ben catching their breaths. Finally she spoke.
"What...was that all about?" she said with a slight wheeze.
"We had to get...furthest enough away from the bloodseekers." said Ben.
"Bloodseekers?" asked Tink.
"Those infected by the Vernosis." Ben answered.
"How did all this happen?" Tink asked sounding very confused and mentally troubled.
"It just happened." replied Ben.
Tink shrugged over away from Ben and put her hand to her forehead. Ben sighed.
"Listen, I know all this is very overwhelming-"
"It's more than overwhelming!," snapped Tink. "It's a nightmare! It's like one minute I'm at home as usual, next thing you know I'm-."
"Stuck in an alternate dimension?" Ben finished.
Tink looked back over to him in surprise.
"I know who you are Tinkerbell." he replied.
"What?" asked Tink quietly.
"That stone you found wasn't just a stone, it was a gateway, a portal into this universe."
Tinkerbell thought to herself for a minute and remembered.
"The stone."
Tink began breathing heavily.
"You mean, I altered our universe?" she asked in disbelief.
"Perhaps." said Ben.
Now Tink was scared. How could she have altered Pixie Hollow with a shiny stone? She tried to piece together how this is her doing but suddenly..."
"SQUEAK!" an earsplitting squeak could suddenly be heard nearby. Along with the sound of something behind wrestled to the ground with a big thud. The sound made Tink and Ben jump.
"What was that!" asked Tink quickly and a bit loudly.
"Shh!" warned Ben. "You can attract more bloodseekers, they have 50-50 hearing.
Ben slowly made his way in the direction of the squeak. Tink followed close behind him.
"Stay low." he commanded silently.
"This is really freaking me out." said a scared out her mind Tink.
She stopped for a moment and let Ben continue on. She didn't want to find out what was happening. As Ben got closer the sound changed to what sounded like an animal chewing. Along with it, a low pitched growling sound.
"Okay Tink just-" he started to say, but when he looked back, Tink was huddled and had her hands on her face.
"Tink?" he asked.
Tink looked up.
"Get over here, we can't be too far apart. Bloodseekers attack better with a single victim."
That one statement confirmed it for Tink and she rushed behind him quietly. They continued on and on until the chewing noise and growling sound got louder and louder. Finally they came to a wall of tall grass. No doubt the sounds were coming right from behind it. Ben was starting to sweat out of fear. Tink as so scared she could barely think right, but managed to keep herself focused onto what was happening.
"What is it?" she asked as frightened and as quiet as she could.
"Were about to find out." said Ben quietly.
Slowly he pushed the blades from grass from his view. His eyes went wide as he stared blankly at a frightening and gory sight. Tink noticed and nervously joined him. What she saw was practically too horrible to watch. It was a fairy in a yellow dress, eating the insides and organs of a squirrel she just killed. Her dress was torn and stained from top to bottom in squirrel blood, and her face was covered in the stuff. She ripped each part of the squirrels insides with her razor sharp teeth. For Ben, this was sickening to watch. He was pretty used to it, but Tink could only watch for a split second as she recognized the fairy instantly.
"Irides-" was all she was able to get out before Ben ceased her by putting his hand to her mouth.
"Shh!"
Ben was right about the bloodseekers having advanced hearing, because the yellow dressed, African American looking fairy who was Iridessa heard instantly and turned around. She slowly creeped over from her kill, her pupiless eyes pulsing and her growl growing. Tink was starting to hyproventalate in breath as Ben tried to calm her down.
"Listen to me. Just stay calm. You can't let them know your-"
"ROAARROWW!" Iridessa pounced out at Ben, but he responded quickly by darting out of the way with Tink in his hands. Iridessa roared again.
"Run!" yelled Ben grabbing Tink by the arm again.
But instead of running for them instantly as Fairy Mary and the boys did, Iridessa rose on her feet like a lion. Her mouth began lighting up orange, smoke started puffing out until..."
"What the!" yelled Tink.
A long stream of fire shot from Iridessa's mouth. It nearly hit the two fairies when they ducked in the nick of time.
"She can breath fire?"
"Yeah! Avoid that!" yelled Ben as he got up quickly.
The two of them started running very quickly through the forest of sunflowers. They stayed closely to each other because neither of them wanted to get snatched. Tink looked back and didn't see Iridessa following.
"I think we lost her!" yelled Tink.
"It's not her we need to worry about!" yelled Ben as he looked up.
Tink looked up in response and saw several other light talents jumping from flower to flower over head. One of them shot down a blast of fire that nearly hit Tink when Ben pushed her out of the way. Ben was on top of Tink was they went down.
"Thanks."
"No problem."
Suddenly Iridessa pounced at him and they both landed on the ground.
"Iridessa!" yelled Tink to her best friend. Iridessa instantly responded and crawled off of Ben.
She stood up on her feet and positioned her arms like a beast about to attack. Tink readied herself for anything.
"Iridessa. It's me Tink. Don't you remember?"
Iridessa responded by growling.
"I don't want to hurt you."
"Tink! Run! Now!"yelled Ben trying to get up.
But before Ben could respond any further, Iridessa pounced on Tink instantly. She screamed as Iridessa sunk in her razor sharp teeth added by a burning mouth of fire. Tink's scream could be heard for miles. More Bloodseekers could easily pick up the scream. Ben was a bit exhausted but was able to get up and kick Iridessa off just in time. Tink tried to hold on to her arm in pain but was constantly burned by the bite mark. Blood was oozing from from each mark left by Iridessa's teeth.
"Oh my gosh! Tinkerbell!" Ben desperately propped her up.
"B-B-Ben." As Tink gazed over to her arm, it was a horrific sight. The bite marks were beginning affect her. Her left arm's blood vessels were now turning black all the way to the tips of her fingers. She began losing any contact with her arm and soon this was affecting her brain as well. She started slipping out of consciousness.
"Tink!" yelled Ben, forgetting his own warning.
Iridessa regrouped herself on all fours and was about to pounce again when suddenly, the roaring sound began to echo across the sky. Ben didn't notice because he was so busy trying to revive Tink. The sound grew closer and closer until finally, what seemed like three aircrafts appeared above them. Search lights from the vehicles instantly boomed down to the ground. This spooked Iridessa who instantly ran off.
"Tink." said Ben, holding back sobs.
