Lady of the Woods

Chapter: 1 | Beeeeeear!!

 Kyle POV

   *CRASH*

I sigh.

 Once again, my parents are arguing. They have been doing it since I was nine years of age. In the last year ,however, my mother has  started breaking things. 

It started with china; our cups, plates or anything of the sort. More recently, she has started targeting my fathers more expensive, and more precious items. She breaks vases and other art and valuables around the house.

Ever since they started arguing when I was younger, I started leaving home. That's what I am doing now, leaving to seek comfort in the forest.

One day I could not take it anymore and left. I climbed out of my window with a book and went into the forest. I got lost and just stayed and read my book until I was ready to find my way back home. 

I will never forget that day. That day I started to cherish books and nature. I also met a girl when I got lost. I didn't meet her but rather saw her before she ran away from me.

I cannot get her out of my head. She was so pure, innocent, and beautiful. She looked about my age at the time and I cannot help but wonder what she is like today. 

Is she more beautiful. Would she like me. Where does she live. What family does she come from.

Father constantly lecture me about getting wed and taking his title--they only time he acknowledge my existence. If I every meet the mysterious girl again and she is as lovely as I imagined, maybe she will consisted marrying me. 

Of course, I am not simple to believe that I will meet this mysterious woman once again and she will be perfect. Even if she were perfect and we had met, I don't believe she would easily agree to be my wife.

It doesn't matter anyway.

I've only a few months until my seventeenth birthday and my father wants me to start courting women. I must take a wife soon so that I may take his title by my 18th birthday next year.

I sigh again and jump out my window with my book in hand.

Once I am off of my family property, I walk the family dirt path through the forest and to the waterfall and rushing river.

This place is still as beautiful and relaxing as when I was a child

for the nth time today I sigh but one of content rather than anguish and defeat.

I pick up a rock and skip it across the river before walking down stream.I don't look where I'm going and just enjoy finally being free from this house again.

Roooooooaaar

I still.

A loud and frightening roar rips though the forest, disturbing the calm and causing birds to flee from the trees.

I hear a thump and instantly turn around ignoring the near snap of my neck.

What I see stops my heart and makes me instantly regret turning around.

I stare in the black, inky eyes of the beast and he stares back as he stands still as stone.

I feel like I'm in a staring contest but if i blink it will result in my death. At that thought my brain goes into overdrive and before I know it I'm zipping through the woods with a terrifying animal on my tail.

Without another thought I scream out "Beeeeeeear!!", hoping for help.

But who will help me...