Dennis had been walking for hours and his feet began to ache. Hunger made him feel weak and tired. Even his big amount of orange, curly hair weighed like half a ton. The woods where he was wandering seemed creepy and spooky but that didnt bother him. However, he had to go out there to hunt something to eat. It was that...or starve to death. Spotting a prey at that moment of the night was pretty difficult but he tried his best and focused in the environment. A deep fog was spreading all over the place reducing his sight. Tricking him. The time passed and... nothing.

A "crack" broke the silence and Dennis ran quietly and enthusiastic towards the source of that noise. He saw a deer like 35 feet away from him and prepared his rifle:

" Perfect", he thought."Youre gonna be my dinner".

He aimed directly to the forehead of the animal, to kill it in a fast way ; preventing unnecessary suffering. He was about to pull the trigger when, suddenly, a furry creature emerged from behind some trees and tackled him causing the gun to fire. Dennis could see the deer running away and cursed that "thing" that had atacked him. They ( he and the creature he couldnt identify) rolled over the ground forcing with each other. In the fight, he noticed something strange. It wasnt using its whole strenght. It only was preventing him to escape, while pulling from his legs; taking him somewhere. After some minutes of throwing punches and kicks everywhere, he set himself free from that grip, and stood up quickly. When he turned around looking for the creature, he saw something brown and pink whimpering and growling in the distance , before dissapperaring amongst the mist.

Not daring to go on hunting with that creature roaming the woods, Dennis returned to his home, thinking in how he would be scolded and maybe grounded. Those grown-ups that had raised him werent very comprensive but at least treated him like their own son. He didnt remember who his real parents were, or where did he come from. The nice elderly couple that had found him , a 5-year-old kid, lost in the middle of nowhere shivering of cold, were compassionate enough to pick him up and give him a home and a family. But he still missed those parents he couldnt quite remember.

Thinking in all this, Dennis didnt noticed that he had arrived to the lonely wooden cottage where they lived...or that something was waiting for him in the door. When he looked up, his eyes grew big in surprise as the creature that had hit him back in the woods lunged towards him and wrapped its arms around him ; in a sort of hug. Before he could even make a sound, it put its hand in his mouth while a female voice spoke:

"Shhhhhh, please dont say a word. Or theyll hear us". He then saw the face of the creature and stood frozen when he realised the both human and wolf features it had.

- Follow me - she told him holding out a paw - We must go to a safer place

Dennis hesitated causing her to rise her voice tone a bit.

- What the heck are you waiting for? Cmon! -.

- Whats the hurry ? Who are you ?- He asked- What do you pretend? Why did..?-.

In that moment, something exploded and the cottage blew up. He and the creature flew in the air and fell in the dirt, They stood up and saw winged shadows flying away from the remains of the building. Whatever it was, it was something big and misterious

She grabbed his arm and pulled from it .Right then, she started running. Dennis resisted but she was strong and didnt let him go. When they reached a considerable distance from the house and that utter silence of hers began to be annoying, Dennis parted from the grip and confronted her:

- Now, tell me! What happened back there ? - He demanded to her.

- First, you have to calm down and then Ill...- She started saying.

- Dont tell me to calm down! How could I calm down? I want answers!-.

Now! Who are you? "- Dennis continued .

The she-creature stared at him kinda dissappointed, and then sighed heavily. Her skyblue eyes shot him a look full of incredulity :

- Really dont you remember ? Dont you remember your family? Or the hotel?- and finally, adding with obvious sadness - Dont you remember me?".

When she finished that phrase, Dennis looked at her and noticed that her eyes were bright because of the tears that threathen to come out. Feeling an strange guilt, used his hand to wipe them away :

- I... I am so sorry. But no."- he told her in a sweet tone of voice- Can you tell me please who are you? What is your name? -.

Feeling a bit better but with the sight on the ground, she revealed:

- Someone that loved you since she was a pup and has been searching you all these years youve been abscent from home. Hoping she would find you. Missing your lovely strawberry locks - she chuckled- Dennis, its me. Winnie -.

To be continued...

Hi there, new reader! Hope you liked this first chapter of my first fanfic. Feel free to leave reviews with critiques, suggestions, bricks you want to throw, all of it, so I can get acquainted with what you expect and your thoughts on how the story keeps developing.

If you read this and it rang a bell, well, this is indeed a reupload. I deleted this a long time ago when I felt depressed and didn't want to deal with stuff but thankfully I'm over so much stuff and felt like coming back. Fandom's probably in hybernation after how uneventful some latter film was but still I didn't wanna make running away my forever resort.

Anyway, hope I gave you your time's worth and see you next chapter if you're still around for it!