Hidebehind the Trees

"Look out!" a human shouts but it's no use because you've already pounced and bit into the unexpecting victim. Surprisingly though, the other human, a boy with blue hair is just staring at you in aw. Once you're done with his friend you look at him with fangs showing, trying to get him to run because you loved a chase. The human, however, just innocently puts his hand out to you making you freeze in place. Not only can he see you but he is actually trying to touch you. You want to show him just exactly why they should be terrified of you but something is keeping you back.

"Remind me never to piss you off," the human laughs, stepping closer to you, his yellow eyes searching yours and again you try to pounce but this time you are flown backward by an invisible force field. Somehow this human is controlling your power and you're useless against it. Your hubris is causing you to feel superior to the human, but you soon learn that the human is far more superior to you. For the first time in your life, you have a glimpse into what your victims feel: fear.

"Don't be afraid," the human whispers. "I won't hurt you, but I do have to make sure you don't hurt me."

You stop trying to pounce on him as it's proven time and time again to be useless. Instead, you try to hide by shaping into anything you can think of.

First, you try a dog; brown fur with black spots with a tail and paws and everything. However, it takes the boy less than five minutes to find you hidden underneath a bush. You sneer and growl at him which makes him laugh and you shape into something else, running away efficiently.

After a few more times shaping into different animals both big and small; you've come to believe that the human will never leave you alone. You even tried to shape into one of those big striped cat-like things, a lion, maybe? However, it didn't succeed, the human wouldn't leave you in peace. You just participated in an ongoing game of chase, dancing around each other, you running away with him not far behind, following with perfect grace. You can't exactly ask him why he is being so bloody annoying, however, you can't let them know that you know the human language.

The human tries to pass you a purple round object. You just stare at him and he puts it to his mouth and takes a small bite. "You got to be hungry, eat some."

You are hungry and your mouth is dry, but you don't want to submit to the human. He just looks at you with that dopey smile that makes you want to throw up, does he really think that looks cute? Why can't he just leave you alone? For crying out loud, you kill humans for sport, why in Merlin's name do this human want to be your friend? You don't understand humans at all - you never even tried too, but for some reason this particular human makes you want to understand him. He makes you feel something you've never felt before: a mix between anticipation and pure fear.

"I need you to let me touch it," he said, days later looking at you with serenity and a somewhat pained expression. You had hurt yourself on a cherry blossom colored rose thorn bush while trying to dodge out of his presence. "I can help you."

You finally give in and let the human touch you, their touch is soft, welcoming almost. You're unaware at that moment, but that is the moment you finally submitted to the human. Days pass and the human is still stalking you. You finally have allowed him to feed you the purple fruit and you're surprised by the bitter but delicious taste. After a week you become prone to always having the human around, and after a month, you accept him as a friend, even. What you swore would never happen did and you became close with the human and even began to protect him. The human had squirmed his way in and stolen your loyalty and your heart. Unbeknowing to you, the human, who you learned was named Teddy, was just as lonely as you and together, you were partners. Together, you were reaching endless heights in never-ending nights, traveling and haunting the woods of northern America, dodging the vigilantes and leaving a trail of red wherever you went.

Word Count: 764

Assignment 11 - Task #6: Write about someone having control over a dark creature or creatures.

Eagle Day; Marietta Edgecombe; (Word) Defend, (Emotion) Fear

Gobstones: Pink Stone - Fear, (action) dancing, (trait) animal lover, (Word) Ongoing

Hot Air Balloon: (Dialogue) "Look out!"

Faerie Day; Animal Faerie; Growl, Animal, Cute, Big, Small, Stripes, Spots, Fur, Paws, Tail

TV Addicts; Marvel's Daredevil: (colour) Red, (word) Vigilante, (relationship) Partners

Character Appreciation; (Word) Sneer

Disney Challenge; Reindeers Are Better Than People - Write about someone who prefers animals to people.

Book Club; Governor Dragna: (word) fear, (word) power, (food) plum

Showtime; (Word) Hubris

Amber's Attic; Habanero: Write about someone who thinks they're better than someone else.

Count Your Buttons; "I need you to let me touch it." , serenity

Lyric Alley; Reaching endless heights in never ending nights

Ami's Audio Admirations; No Such Thing As — Write about a Sceptic.

Sophie's Shelf; Sunny Baudelaire: Task: Write about a person biting another person.

Em's Emporium; House Ravenclaw: (quote) "I am certain of nothing but of the holiness of the heart's affections and the truth of the imagination." -John Keats

Lo's Lowdown; "Remind me never to piss you off."

Days of The Week; June 12, 2018 - Red Rose Day: Write about someone being gifted with red roses. Alternatively, write about someone being pricked by the thorn of a rose.

Summer Prompts; (word) Travel(ing)

Color Prompts; Cherry Blossom

Flowers; Foxglove - (word) Heart

Fire elements; Dry

shay's Musical; Hamilton - write about someone who won't give up

Gryffindor Prompts; Brave (Teddy), (creature) Lion

Homes Mystery Challenge; (Character) Teddy Lupin

Yearly Insane House; 501. Dancing

Yearly 365; 9. Action - Running

Year resoultions; Write a fic based around a character we don't get to see in the movies, Write a story set outside of the United Kingdom, Write a 5 drabble/one-shot collection based around the same prompt.

character Diversity Boot Camp; Teddy Lupin; Little

Non-Human Boot Camp; Hidebehind; Rose

character Trait Boot Camp; Timid!

Build A Zoo; Meerkats - Little Boy - Teddy Lupin

Are you Crazy Enough to Do It - (animal) Tiger