The Witch's Apprentice

Chapter Two

Chapter 2: The Big White Wolf

I run faster like I never did before, I've been running in circle for almost an hour now, but it seems that I cannot find any exits in this forest. I can feel my legs already giving up on me. Damn. Master will kill me if she ever heard that I cursed or even say a bad word. She's strict in everything especially with manners and words, because 'good witch should always have a good mouth'  I know it doesn't make sense but it's a house rule to never ever speak bad words and curses.

Damn. Another more cursing will really get me in to trouble with Master. Why did I even become mesmerize with those little white rabbits and hopping with them in the portal. kaazar. I'm well aware that there is a world for someone like Sahara- my Master, but I don't wanna be here without her as my first time. I'm also aware that there are portals for that world into this forest mountains, the very first reason why town folks wouldn't let any hikers to take untrailed path, yes, the town folks were also humans but they were descendants of mostly werewolves and witches from the other world who escape from their realm during the war and settled here with their human mates. There's also a small pack of werewolves residing the mountain giving protection for the town folks from gangs and rogues that seeks shelter in the mountains or another pack who wanted to take over the territory. 

I continue running hoping to find another portal that will bring me back to the human realm. It's getting darker and some liquid is dripping in my face, is it raining? I quickly touch me realizing that it's not from the rain, it on me, on my eyes, I'm crying? just the thought of myself crying makes me weak even more. I can't help thinking about my Master, is she alright? I'm well aware that I'm still crying as flashes of our memories together came into my mind. What's going on? Won't I see her again? Will I die here? more follow up questions keep running on my head as I run searching for something I don't know.

I know that I'm not blood related to Sahara, but still, I love her as my own mother whom I never met or remember. I love her even thou she don't age up! I can feel my tears to wells up again as I remember her. Damn these tears making my vision more blurry and harder to run through this forest. Am I still in the other realm? or did I make it to go back in the human realm?

"Sahara help me"

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" Five more minutes Sahara please" and I curled myself into a ball trying to have more sleep. My body aches and my legs feel so sore, I can also feel the tickling pain in my left foot. My head is throbbing like it lost some memories of mine that I should be alarmed when I remember it. 

A cold wind brushed in my body making me shiver and look for my blanket, Did I leave the window open? I tried to search it with closed eyes but the more I wake up from my reverie the soft mattress become harder and harder. Eh?

I opened my eyes in shocked when I remember what happened last night. I'm not dreaming aren't I? I can still feel my legs sore from all the running I had last night. Oh my glorious moon goddess I'm lost in the middle of the forest! I almost scream with the top of my lungs when I notice a pair of blue orbs staring at me carefully. I glanced slowly towards it direction and found a big white werewolf staring at me.

It's cold stares makes my system go haywire in fear, did I enter a pack's territory? I cannot think straight on what to do  because of worry and anxiousness in my system.

I haven't got home last night

I haven't eaten anything since last night.

will I be breakfast for this White Wolf?

I jump onto another realm

I've been running in circles

will I be able to go back home?

There's a big white wolf in front of me.

Will it eat me or kill me?

Can I outrun it?

Will I be able to escape?

I wanna go home.

I'm in another realm?! it took me some time to processed it that I'm in a dangerous realm wherein humans are treated as a blood bag and slave. Can I survive here until Sahara found me? Or will I die in the fangs of this lovely white wolf? It looks like an Alpha, It's built is larger than an average alpha thou.

I was pulled back in my reverie when I heard a growl from the White wolf's back, Its not from her. 

Another two more wolves came, they were growling at each other when another 3 wolves emerge from the trees. I took it as my chance to run, with my afraid self and aching body, I forced myself to get up and run from them and as if a cue, one of the newcomer run towards me and pin me on the ground, crushing me with his weight. I screamed from the pain of being crushed on the ground.

The White Wolf runs towards us banging herself to the wolf that pinned me in the ground making it crash itself in a nearby tree. I was shocked when I realize that she just saved me from dying. 

She positioned herself in front of me as if protecting me from the other four wolves. It's unfair! four versus one is never been a fair fight. With my crushed body I tried to stand up again and picked my short sword from my pocket that I always take with me every time I go for a hunt in the mountain. 

They kept on growling at each other when the brown wolf lunch an attack with the White Wolf, they brawled each other on the ground, She overpowered the brown wolf because of her size, but then another two wolves pierced their fangs in her legs and body making her whimper, she tried to fight them off while giving me glances making sure I was okay, Is she one of Sahara's familiar?

The last wolf lunch his attack on me, I tried to evade it using the techniques my Master taught me. My body start to ache as I moved back. I thrust my short sword in his face but he easily dodge it and jumps over and pinning me from my back on the ground, I released another painful squeal when he buried his claws in my shoulder, the blood oozes from there making me shiver as I can feel myself getting drowsy from the lost of blood. 

I take a look at the white wolf fighting the 3 wolves, she was winning despite of fighting 3 against 1, she jumps at the back of the brown wolf with scar on its left eye and s***h it's claws on it back making it scream in pain and agony but when her eyes landed on me and saw my condition she immediately retreated and runs towards us, the two wolves run after her and bit her side, she shrugged him off. She ignore the pain and continued to run towards us. Her white furs, stained with her own blood is not a good sight, it makes me cry just the sight of it. 

I heard her whimpered when the other wolf clashed his body against her, they rolled on the ground and clawed each other. I muster my courage and collect my voice. 

"Run! Please!! Just run! Leave me here!" I shouted at her, refusal can be read on the way her eyes stared at me.

The wolf behind me pinned me harder making me scream and I heard her growl, I almost lost my consciousness, I'm trying to fight myself to stay awake.My vision is becoming more blurry and waving, its like that the ground is dancing and everything seems to wave and dance in my surroundings. I closed my eyes to focus on keeping myself awake and making my vision steady. I blinked again, then closed my eyes again, focus, focus. damn it focus! 

When I can see straight, I wonder my eyes around to see the white wolf, turned red, she's bathing from her own blood, tears started to flow from my eyes, I kept on whispering for her to run and just leave me her. I closed my eyes again to gather my own voice, I need to make it stronger, If she was Sahara's wolf familiar, maybe I can command her to do my bidding. I open my eyes to see that she was already pinned on the ground just like me. She's trying to protect her self from the claws and beating of the two wolves. 

She manage to kick them off and distanced herself on them and I take it as a chance to command her.

"Go! Run! Leave me here alone! save yourself!" I manage to voice it out in a loud full voice making her whimper in refusal.

"Run!" I command her, with one last glance of refusal she run away giving me a sorrowful glance.

They never bother to run after her, as I see her silhouette fades away in the thick forest. I glanced once more to her direction making sure she got away. I can feel myself dripping away from my consciousness. I smiled when I heard a growl of retreat from the wolves who captured me. 

then darkness engulf my senses.

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