Prologue: Fall For Me

What is going on here? I thought as I ran through the dark forest, fast. Running for my life. Running away from the cold, white creature who would kill me, destroy me, for good. I couldn't hear it, but I could sense it's terrifying presence, moving silently, fast as hell. It was taking it's time, I knew. Enjoying this. I was no match for this creature. No one -or no thing- could ever be. Or so I thought. Maybe- no, definitely- I could have defeated it if I had even a bit of power left in me. Only, I was exhausted like no one would believe.

I hate defensive spells.

Suddenly, I was tackled to the ground, and I heard a couple of cracks. I realized that that was the sound of my bones breaking, under the creature that had tackled me; it's inhuman strength was crushing my comparatively weak and delicate body. Through the quickly ebbing shock, I came to the conclusion that I had a couple of broken ribs and broke my left wrist bone. The pain was unlike anything I had ever felt before. I never did have broken bones before. But from the descriptions my sisters had given me, there'd been no mention of the burning sensation. The fire, coursing through my body, burning in my veins. The pain, so hot and blinding. I couldn't think anymore, couldn't feel anything other than that.

The scream that had been building up in my throat since the beginning of the chase tore free. I screamed, the pain blinding. I thrashed about wildly, my limbs jerking about, un-coordinated, by body convulsing in on itself, shaking, jerking, up and down, side to side.

My eyes were blurred, with tears of pain and the fire that seemed to exist everywhere. But I could still see the creature - if I could see clearly, now, the first thing I would have noticed were its eyes, crimson and bright; then, its feral snarl; and in the end, its beautiful body, white and vaguely masculine- standing, or, more specifically, crouching, as it growled quietly at something behind me. At least, it sounded quiet to me. I couldn't tell for sure. The roar of the fire drowned out all other sounds.

An equally ferocious - if not a lot more - growl responded. The growl seemed to say, Leave her alone. She is mine. I wished I could see who - or what - it was, so that I'd know the horrors that awaited me when the terrible, unbearable pain was gone. If it was gone. It felt never-ending. And it hurt. The pain was unbearable.

I must have done something to garner their attention, because-

Just then, the other creature, the one behind me, pounced the white figure in the front. Right on top of it. It ripped the white thing's throat off, but, when I expected to see blood -I didn't know why; it didn't have blood - there wasn't any. I just heard a sort of dull ripping sound, and through my blurred vision I saw a body fall, and, with it, heard a soft thump. I wasn't sure, but I thought I saw something pale, white, with a shock of black, rolling on the grass a few feet away from the body. Say, a head.

Another scream escaped my throat, one of pain and utter terror. If something could kill that bastard of a vampire, the most powerful creature I had ever seen till now, then surely, my end must be coming now. For, if someone - or something - that could kill something like the vampire, then it must be all-powerful. Ruthless, I would guess. Merciless. Ferocious.

I screamed and gasped as a fresh wave of pain and the realization - the realization that I was going to die (finally) - hit. I came to acceptance with that fact. The little bit of hope that I'd survive this, live to see the next day, the hope that I didn't realize I still had in me, shed away.

Then I caught a proper glimpse of the creature that had destroyed the bloodsucking demon. Even through my blurred vision, I vaguely recognized the figure. It was not any of the horrors I'd expected. In fact, I recognized it - as a wolf. It was bigger than most - okay, way bigger than most - but it was still discernible. I nearly sobbed in relief, but instead let out another scream. The pain was blinding, deafening somehow. I knew I had a few minutes left.

I did not count on them to show up. I didn't know how they did, either; they just did and I was so, so grateful.

Another sharp wave of pain. This one seemed greater than the other. My scream tore through my throat and I just could not stop.

I wanted this to end quickly. Painlessly. If I was going to die, then I wanted it to be quick and painless, not this medieval torture session that I was being put through now. No, a medieval torture session could never compare to this. I knew it was cowardly, hoping to die peacefully, but I never was all that heroic.

Just then, I felt that I couldn't take it any more. And like that, I felt a deep chasm open up, somewhere deep in my subconscious. It offered me relief from the pain, the burning. It offered me a painless few minutes.

(But it was wrong. The pain would follow, continue to burn me. The chasm wouldn't help me; it would just pull me in deeper, and I knew that, once I went in, I would never be able to back out.)

Still, I was desperate. I think, in a way, I thought it would offer relief, even though I knew it wouldn't.

The pain got worse. I didn't think it could get any worse.

That was when I decided; the chasm of darkness stretching below me, around me. I screamed for the last time.

Then I fell.

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I just love my new summary. It makes this story seem funny, but it is actually awkward and weird with sucky romance shit and over-reactions and unnecessary drama with a more or less cliché plotline.

That makes me love my story so much.

(Kind of spoilers below, so old readers can get some clarity. New readers can just skip to the next chapter.)

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Edit: 23rd May, 2015:

- Corrected some grammar mistakes, though not really combed thoroughly through the paragraphs.

- Changed some sentences/words. Deleted one or two paras.

- The previous prologue insinuated that she was oblivious to the fact that the werewolves existed; obviously, since that is not the case in the story, I changed it so it adjusted to the course of future chapters.

Thanks for waiting for me get my lazy self into gear and attempt to edit this story! :D

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