The Dragon Princess and Her Wolf

Running. Running for what seems like an eternity now. Going as fast as my legs could carry me jumping over debris of fallen trees engulf in the hottest flames. The sounds of ripping tearing of flesh and bones behind me. Branches covered in thorns tearing at my clothes as if the woods itself were demonic with evil intent of me to slow down. Distant howls so strong it shook the ground beneath me as I fall over thorn branches, vines coming from the ground twirling around my legs like snakes. “I need to get away, please far away. Anywhere but with them!” I thought desperately fighting off the thorn branches slicing my skin with every inch they moved up my body. I grab a burning branch fallen from a nearby tree and with no hesitation started to burn the snake like vines off my body, burning parts of the warrior leather pants to my skin. I didn’t care all that was on my mind was to get away. Away from all of them. I grab the ground under me and pushed myself up back into full sprint stopping only when I was blocked by a cliff. Ocean water crashing down beneath me, over and against the sharp rocks. I fall to my knees in defeat. There’s nowhere to go.  My entire body stiffen, for now I know I’m no longer alone. All my efforts were in vain I couldn’t out run them. I Turn to see the five men in red hoods looming over me all their faces covered by the shadows of their hoods. One of them with ungodly speed took his hands around my throat. I screamed “please no! I don’t want any of this! I never ask for any of this!” tears rolling down my face. He said nothing as I was tossed over the edge crashing into the numbing cold water. Sinking slowly to the bottom, into darkness. Looking up at the surfaces.                              -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                 Ariella POV: I shot up in bed opening my eyes looking around me to find that I was back in my bedroom. I clutched the blankets holding them to my chest, my heart and breath still racing. I let out a long sigh calming myself down. “damn the same dream again.” I spoke quietly. I looked over at my alarm clock. “same time too” I read the clock numbers in flashing red lights 8:00 A.M. I pulled the covers off my body as I started to get ready for the day. I walked over to my desk and sat down. Looking in the mirror at my reflection showing my long blond hair. So blond most people mistaken it for the color of white like just fallen snow shinning in the sun. lips plump and a natural dark pink and ice blue eyes so bright people have told me they wouldn’t be surprised if they glowed in the darkest nights. I finish brushing my hair and put the brush down on the desk slowly running my fingers over it. Something today felt off…I felt off. Its not like any other birthday I felt this kind of way but today, my 20th birthday my body, mind and soul were telling me something. “Ariella coooome” a voice hissed softly with what seem like over the sounds of battle.  I jumped up at the voice. “what the f**k was that?” these weird dreams and now I’m hearing voices? I must be losing my mind. I hear a loud screech from down stairs followed by a crashed of glass breaking bringing me back to reality. I slowly walked to my door and cracked it open. I could hear people down stairs talking. I followed the sounds down the narrow hallways to the spiral stair case opening up to a luxurious living space. I stopped at the top of the stairs to listen in. “we’re running out of time Bella” the first voice said in a stern tone. “No, it’s too soon I need more time with her, she’s isn’t strong enough yet Nikolai” the other voice said softly as though they knew the first voice was right. I walk down the stair to meet the two voices to see it was no other than my mother and father. Well they have been there for me as long as I could remember. looking after me and since I didn’t know my real parents, I’ve called them mom and dad since I was very little. I walk in the room to see them standing over a broken picture frame of the three of us. I looked over at my mother with long curly sandy blond hair just passed the edge of her shoulders and eyes of burning emeralds. Lips thin with age and soft wrinkles touching the corners. And my father, hair black as coal with dark brown eyes and a body built of the strongest worrier in any separation stories. They both greeted my gaze with sadden expressions. “Good morning you two, seems a little early to be redecorating” they follow my eyes as they move over the broken picture on the ground. My mother ran out of the room to bring back a broom and quickly swept the shader glass. What was going on? I never had seen my mother and father acted in such a way. They were tense. My father turned to me “Ariella we need to talk about important matters, things we need to tell you.” before Nikolai could finish Bella cut in. “What Nikolai means after your classes today.” He shot her a look completely unhappy with her decision. “Is everything okay?” I said scanning their faces “Yes my dear, we are just a little stressed out today. That’s all.” Bella was never a good liar “okay you weirdos.” I said shrugging my shoulders and making a face. I started gathered my things for my classes today and headed out the door. This day can’t get any weirder.                             ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   They day was coming to an end. I couldn’t stop thinking about how my parents were acting this morning. I was dying to find out the important thing they wanted to talk about. I closed my notebook and slid it into my bag. I threw it over one of my shoulders as I made my way into the halls with the other students. That’s when I felt my body stop. My blood ran cold and my hands were starting to shake. “what the f**k?” the intense feelings of having to run for my life coursed through my body. The same feeling, I had in my recurring dreams. I spun around and just like that everyone had disappeared. Not another soul to be seen. I started to walk faster and faster till I found myself sprinting taking turns into the halls almost slipping on the smooth tiles. “Run Ariella run” I heard the same voice hiss at me from this morning. “I’m losing my mind! I think I’m going mad.” I turn another corner and stopped dead in my tracks for at the end of the hall was one of them. I tried to scream but nothing came out. The red hood. Just one of them but none the less just one had my blood running cold. “No this isn’t real. You’re not real!!!” they took a stead forward I turned around to make a break for it to be stopped by another then another more just kept coming till all of them stood in front of me all five from my dream. One of them grabbed my bag knocking me down. I struggled to crawl backwards to get the little distance I had left between us. They stopped over me and to my horror removed their hoods and for the first time in all my dreams I have never seen their faces till today. All five of them were the most beautiful people I had ever seen two beautiful woman and three men with pale skin with hair from all different colors for each but they all had the same glowing red eyes and a look ready to kill…. To kill me, they wanted me dead. How could something be so beautiful but radiate with so much evil. One of them stepped forward and reached over his body to the side on his waste pulling out a long sward. My eyes widen. It looked ancient but beaming with power. He raised his hands ready to strike down on me. “I don’t want to die!” I shouted and without any second later my body began to burn. I kicked forward knocking him down and sent to sward flying down the hall. That’s when I look over to see Bella and Nikolai running to me throwing two of the red hoods against the wall. “RUN ARIELLA!” Bella cried out fighting off two of the hood men I wanted to help but the fear was overwhelming. I turned and tried to run that’s when one of the girls grabbed me by the hair. Her jaws unhinged reviling two long fangs. The next was a blur. My body burned and my skin ached wind pushing my hair, a rip through the air opened a metallic like water floating behind me as a shock of energy escaped my body releasing her grasp on me. shooting us both in different directions. I lay on the ground feeling every part of my being drained. Nikolai pulled me off the ground looking at Bella fighting all five of them now circling her. Their jaws unhinged and drool falling from their fangs and dropping to the floor like animals extending their long fingers towards her. He returning his gaze on me. “Trust no one, Find the Blue Flower” he said just before tossing me into the metallic water floating next to us. The last thing I could see was Bella and Nikolai being jumped by all five of the red hooded creatures and unhuman like screams following after. I was falling into the abyss.                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                  Thanks for reading chapter one I hope you all enjoyed the book I'm working on now its been a long time since I wrote anything and a first to ever put it out in the world for anyone to read. Ill have Chapter two up tomorrow. Thank you again.