Chapter One
Tonight was like every other night, Nothing to do sat on my flats kitchen side looking out onto the woods that spread across from the back. The cool summer breeze swept across my neck causing me to shiver but I wanted to see the sunset, or had to. It relaxed me after a day's work. I picked up my tea and held it within my hands, soaking up the warmth through my hands. The night air was still and you could hear the last of the children playing, now going inside. Today had been a good day for me, my medication was once again doing what it was meant to do helping me to go out into the world with my false happiness showing. Most people believe that it's not normal to want to just stay inside or to want to sleep most of the day. That's what my doctor said. Apparently I've got manic depression. So three months later I'm on tablets for depression, can't really say if they make me feel any different but I'm now back at work so I guess they are doing something. Then again that's when my false smile and laughter come in handy, also why moments like this just watching the sunset and watching the light reflecting of the tree leaves slowly fades till there is nothing but black.
With my cup of tea now gone and my hands once again cold, I placed the mug in the sink and slid down from the kitchen side to turn on the television and crawl into bed. I turned the television on and began my night ritual of cleaning my face and teeth before crawling into bed. I was about half way through brushing my teeth when I heard one of my cups smash in the kitchen. Placing my toothbrush in the sink, I slowly edged my way to the door frame and poked my head around, only for my lungs to stop working and my heart to over work, there in my kitchen stood a wolf larger than I had ever seen before. With Its back to me I could tell if I stood next to the beast it would tower to at least my hips and I'm rather tall for a girl at 5'11 so this wolf was huge. The gun shot from outside made me and the wolfs eyes snap up to the open kitchen window, the wolf let out a low growl as I head men outside coming from the woods at the back of my house.
I inched closer to the beast to try and get a better luck and knocked my hip on the bookshelf causing a photo frame to rather loudly fall off, freezing me in my spot and letting the wolf know of my presence as its head snaps around and its yellow eyes meet mine. "Shit" was the only word that could come out of my mouth as the beast's low growl was now turned on me. I backed up onto the bed and waited as the wolf stalked into my bedroom and gracefully jumped up on the bed. Covering me with its huge body, its nose almost touching mine still growling low from the back of its thought. I don't know how long we stayed like that just looking at each other until my brain kicked in and I could speak again. "Please, I won't hurt you" the words came out in a rush of air but I knew the wolf had understood as it had stopped growling at me now and I could see its shoulder slouch ever so slightly, relaxing its aggressive position. "Do you know who the people outside are, the ones hunting you" the wolf looked at me again and shook its head. Dear god these tablets must be good, I'm talking to a huge wolf that just happened to jump through my kitchen window and is now talking back to me. Another gunshot closer to the front of the house made the wolf jump off the bed and stand by my front door growling. I climbed of the bed trying to listen better to the commotion going on out the front but as I got closer to the door the wolf began to growl at me while nipping my legs in a gesture that I can only think of as "get your ass away from the door" while still being in shock over the beast I did the only thing my body could do and that was comply. The banging on my front door started off softly until it ending up as a constant smash as my door was slowly broken down. My new wolf friend was still stood by the door growling like there was no tomorrow, while I was pressed against my kitchen cupboard, on the floor with my hands over my ears to stop all the noise. From what seemed like forever my house became silent, the wolf backed up and stood in front of me giving me one last look over its deep brown coated coat. Funny the things you notice when your life's in danger. With the final silent moment leaving the door was opened and in walked in two creatures is the only word I can describe. They looked like the trolls you get in story books, dark green skin, large teeth but the only difference was they were built like a human, hell one even had a six pack. But it wasn't the looks that I noticed it was the smell. These things smelt like rotting flesh, if you have ever burnt your skin or hair imagine that but worse. My left hand flow to my nose to keep from being sick while my right reached above me for any sort of weapon that could be used, my hand came upon a pair of scissors. The noise in my home had reached a high, as the wolf leapt at the first creature aiming for its neck, the wolf would manage to get to the creatures neck snapping its razor sharp teeth only to be tossed away by the green creature a few seconds later. My eyes were quickly taken away from the wolf and troll. As his friend had noticed me standing up on shaky legs I held onto the counter as my voice yet again found its voice box. "leave me alone, Get out my house you filthy green troll" my voice came out steadier than I had expected but was knocked down a few pegs as the creature in front began to laugh, grabbing my weapon with one hand and crushing the metal scissors. "Silly vampire, you no match for me".
Vampire? Before I could say anything the creature in front of me had me pinned by my neck in one of his hands while the other found a needle from his pocket, ripping the lid off with his teeth he grabbed my hair with the hand holding my neck and rammed the needle into the side of my neck. Heat and pain spread through my body as it felt like every nerve ending on my body was screaming in pain. I fell to the floor screaming but after a few seconds my body just went numb, looking past the creature my eyes fell upon the wolf who was now howling with blood dripping down its face and pooling onto my living room carpet. Our eyes met before darkness took over. In mine held fear for the both of us. In the wolfs held pity for me.
