The Half Wish

Ellie's POV It is cold, everything is dark. I can't see where I'm going and I'm thirsty and tired from running. I can't even take a minute to rest now. Hell, not even a second. "Have I lost them? Are they still behind me? Or are they going to ambush me to where I was going? Are they going to shoot me while I'm running?" I kept thinking calmly as I hoped to gain a greater distance from them. "Has Becky noticed that I'm not home yet? Or maybe she's having an overtime at her work? Should I call her or should I keep running to lose those fuckers?" my mind wanders off to my friend who was probably at home and might be asleep right now. "She's too fast! We cannot lose her, she'd seen our faces and might call the cops" I heard one of them saying in a controlled voice.  "We have to catch her and kill her or it will be all over for us" one of the uglies added. I ran and ran so fast as my feet can carry me, I already thought of what they'll do to me if they ever caught me. I snorted at what they are intending to do. Even if I know that they're not joking, I think, when they said that they're going to kill me. I still find that statement humorous. I need to focus on running away from them, but what I heard really made me want to cackle. They are all murderous bastards, I know. They just killed an older couple and took their cash and whatnots a while ago. Those lazy fuckers. But they're entirely wrong on thinking that I will go to the police. If I go to the police, my life as well as my friends' life will also be in danger. I may be crazy as f**k but I'm not stupid as f**k. "Keep running, Elizia. You can't let yourself be caught by those ugly bastards" I said to myself.  I kept on running even with my guitar strapped on me and a knapsack full of things I always have with me when I go to work. I am thankful now that I ran these roads on daily basis, from home and on my way to work and viceversa. I can blitz on these streets with my eyes closed. "f**k! I can't believe how fast those uglies can run! They're all fatsos for heaven's sake! f**k! f**k! f**k!" I exhaustingly thought. I can take them head on and beat them if there are only three of them, but seven of them? I'll run, thank you very much, mind over matter. I'll just hunt them down one by one on my spare time, but right now, running away from them is the only and best option. I almost dropped my guitar when I doubled over but then I recovered by a second. I willed my legs to go faster but since I have shorter legs than those i***t bastards who are pursuing me, our distance has shortened. Those f*****g amateurs. I would never let myself caught by their kind. Zeke will taunt me for life if ever. "Don't lose her! We can't afford to let a witness live!" an irritating voice commanded the men looking pugs. Or was it pug looking men?  "Oh f**k off, motherfuckers! f**k your lives and your long legs twice! And f**k my short legs too! Wish I can lose them on the next corner so they won't catch me or outrun me! Those fuckers!" I cursed as I ran faster. I will take those bastards any day but they are too many and they are armed. Even if I take three men down, the remaining uglies will surely open fire on me. With my mind unfocused and working on how to evade my pursuers, I didn't noticed that the environment drastically change as soon as I ran the bend on the next corner. The hard asphalt under my feet became soft ground. It is too dark to see anything that I am relying on my instinct now. I ran faster as my legs can do, not aware that from dark alleyways to dark corners of the city just a minute ago, it has turned into trees and trees and more trees. I've even failed to notice that there were no alleyways nor corners for me to run anymore. I was engulfed in total darkness. But still, I kept on running still unaware where the darkness has brought me to. With my mind busy, thinking on what I will tell to Becky and Zeke, I never took notice of the changes that surround me. Unaware of the trees, the howls and other sounds that you cannot find or hear in a busy bustling city. I felt the burning of my lungs and the dryness of my mouth. My legs are aching from the nonstop unnecessary exercise that those fatsos has driven me, until they gave away and I almost stumbled on a small rock. If they had followed me here, they'll be dead that's for sure. It is by then that I noticed that I am no longer in the city but in a place unknown to me. I look from left to right, front and back but nothing seems familiar to me. "Where am I? Am I still in the city? Have I trespassed a private property?" I asked myself while looking around in still darkness that was now surrounding me. I decided to walk and try to calm myself then. Quietly I walked on a path that may lead somewhere then stop. "f**k! Which part of the city is this?" I mumbled to myself as I look around and pass through trees with trunks as thick as a house. I was looking for some familiar marks that can lead me to the roadside. But my body slowly surrendered to the fatigue. I have roamed the whole city and have it mapped in my brain so I know I am not lost. But I think I am currently out of the city. "Oh well! I can't go home now and lead those uglies to where I live. They will just give Becky a heart attack," I sniggered at the thought. "Might as well take a short respite here, maybe a couple of it will do my muscles good" I told myself as I look for a perfect tree with lesser but bigger roots to hide. I found the perfect one and proceeded to dug under its roots. Using a small fallen branch, I dug and dug the area of its roots and stopped when I think it was enough fit for me, my guitar and bag. I was too afraid to use my phone as a light source even though it is on its full capacity to work, together with my power bank. "Looks like my everyday trainings are going to be paid off here! Gosh, I miss camping out in the wilderness," I sighed as I throw my bag through the gap and carefully fit my guitar on the spaces of the roots. As soon as I fit under the tree's roots, I dived in and find a convenient position to lay down. I was thinking of using my phone for music but decided not to since the uglies might find me because of its noise and I am already f*****g tired to deal with them.  The adrenaline rush had my muscles heavily ached so I reached inside my bag to look for those soothing pads I have inside my bag and put them on to where I felt I sore. I closed my eyes as I huddled with my bag full of on-the-go things that I always need and mumbled, "Just a short thirty minute nap then I'll try to go home." I fell asleep contentedly, thinking of Becky and praying that my friend would not get angry at me for coming home in a later hour. Oblivious of my surrounding because of my deep sleep, I didn't hear the howls and noises at the distance. If I wasn't tired from my work and running from those uglies, I will scare myself to death with the not so normal sounds. And somewhere far where I was sleeping, you can hear the roars and the flapping of the big wings of a great creature. _____________ Remi's POV Damn it all! All this travelling from town to town just to find my mate. Why do I have to do this every 4 red moons? I am exasperatingly tired of this search and travelling by foot is really really irritating. I wanted to spread out and use my wings but the kingdom where I just left might take it as a sign of attack. Especially when history of our kinds wasn't on my favor.  I sighed at it thinking how cruel my kind was. I just hope that my mate is of the same kind as me or our mating will be facing a whole lot of problem. Not from my family, my family are very supportive of me in finding my mate no matter what kind of beast she is. The others, though, are not to keen of having another kind as our mate. I walked slowly and decided that I have to make a stop and rest for awhile. My muscles are already screaming in pain from all these walkings and travellings. It would be wise if I take a short rest and spread my wings out just to stretch them.  I found a big stump of a tree and sat down on it, stretching my wings out until I hear some cracks and felt my muscles at ease. I sighed deeply as I use my eyes to search for a nice area to camp. I'll just wake myself early so I can start my walk in early morning, too. When I spotted a nice ground that will completely obscure my things and my sleeping self, I quickly set out and made a small tent. Big enough that can accomodate me and my wings. I quickly laid and stretched myself inside it. I laid for about some time and think about this mate search. I am really excited to have a mate considering how old I am now. Yes, my brother Lyon is older but he's not that keen in finding his mate. Not like what I am. I am looking forward on meeting her and mating her. I dreamed of having her introduced to my family. How shy and timid she probably will be when that happens. How her bright eyes will shine upon seeing and meeting me. And probably how red her cheeks will be from what I would say and would do to her. My beast purred in agreement. I smirked at his reaction. That horny bastard. I dreamed of how I will make love to her and have her screaming and moaning my name in euphoria. Her face will probably flushed from the desire and exhaustion that I promise I will give to her. How her eyes will look at me with so much love and devotion that only a mate would feel. How I will spoil and melt her with my words and poems of love for her. I sighed deeply as I think of her. And that's when I decided to sleep. And dream about her. I can see her running from some unknown forces that seem to chase her. I admired how fast she can run but was puzzled on why she didn't shift to her beast to gain distance away from them. I can see her getting tired by the way her feet struggles to run. I was shouting at her and urging her to run faster and shift but it seems she couldn't hear me as she continues to run. My beast is getting agitated at what we are seeing, fearing that something bad may happen to her if those fools catch her. I can see her red lips move as she talks but I can't hear what she was saying. I can see her eyes was determined to outrun the fools who were chasing her. As fear gripped my heart in seeing them quickly gaining some distance to her, I never realized that I spoke out loud. "I wish for you to be safe here with me, my mate" I said in clear and loud voice. And then I woke up, my eyes in disoriented haze as I kept thinking of my dream. And was disappointed when I confirmed that I was only dreaming. I sighed as I slowly get up from where I was sleeping and get myself ready to walk and travel back home. After checking if all my things are still intact inside, I slowly stood up and prepared on walking home. I'm not in the mood to fly now and so is my beast after having that dream. I was feeling completely low and unhappy as of this moment. I was slowly walking myself home, my mind gone astray because of my dreams. But then, something caught my eyes. Those were feet I think, I said to myself. I go near to where the feet was and was surprised to see a girl sleeping under those big roots. It is very dangerous to sleep or camp on this area of the forest since it is too near to where the main road was. If she was spotted here by some bandits, she could lose her things and her life. I decided to wake her up and lead her to safety.