a shot in the dark [open]

[Sophie Bathory]

Sophie sat outside her house waiting for her brother to come back to the house. She sat on the porch clicking her black heels on the cement and gazed around the village square. He shook her head impatient and stood herself up putting her hands onto her hips. "d**n he is slow" she said irritated and annoyed. A rain drop fell from the sky and hit her straight dark hair. "Great.. so much for spending an hour and a half on my stupid hair." She slowly stepped down the porch almost tripping on her heels and walked down the stone roads of the Village Square looking for something else to do than go somewhere with her brother Felix. A shiver went down her spine hearing a wolf howl in the distance. That small picture of witnessing her parents death stuck in her head for a moment. Ever since that incident she was terrifried of them. But who wouldn't after a thing like that? She certainly wasn't the only girl in the whole village that had parents killed from some creature.

Her stepping pace increased as she thought she sensed something behind her. Heart thundering inside her chest she began to jog off toward the forest. Mhm you could call her a pansy sometimes. Well half of the time she can take care of herself but when that adrenaline kicked into gear, she completely flipped out of course. Running almost too quickly she tripped over a very large branch in the middle of her runway and fell onto her knees skinning them since she was in a mini skirt. Yelling out in pain she brushed some dirt off her knees and continued on running.

[Anna Valerious]

Anna had been out hunting when the rain had started to fall, she swore violently the werewolf she had been hunting had escaped and the tracks had been washed away by the down poor. Just what she needed really, she walked slowly through the forest cross bow in one hand and her sword in the other watching the trees carefully encase she was now the hunted.

Annas hair hung limply around her face and her black riding breeches where covered in mud as the rain fell down harder. She knew she had to get back to the village and wouldn’t stand much of a chance against the wolf in these conditions especially as the night was falling thick and fast.

Anna found the path which lead back to the village and started along it, she paused as she heard a rustling sound nearby. Tightening her grip around her sword she gazed at the bushes where she had heard the noise and slowly ventured towards it.

Her hazel eyes fell upon a figure in the mud, it wasn’t the wolf which relieved her greatly. She lowered her weapon as she recognised it to be Sophie, and held out her hand for the girl to take. “Quickly” she said simply as she glanced around hoping the wolf wouldn’t return.

[Sophie Bathory]

Sophie wimpered and her knees were on fire to her. She sighed gratefully bowing her head to Anna as she saw her. "Oh thank god your here!" she said quietly to her knowing that a werewolf could have heard her if she spoke any louder than a whisper. Taking Anna's hand quickly as told she stood up and hugged Anna. "Thank you so much Anna" she gazed down at her sword which made her feel alot more better as to the fact that she would be alot safer having Anna with her, and of course, a sword. She moved her hair away from her face so she could see clearly and brushed some dirt off her knees. " I heard something behind me. I'm not quite sure what it was thought. I'm pretty sure it was a werewolf."

[Anna Valerious]

Anna was slightly taken aback when Sophie hugged her; she wasn’t one for hugs and was much unlike the other young girls who could do it quite happily. She supposed it had something to do with her up bringing, being brought up in a houseful of males did that to a person.

Anna gestured for Sophie to get behind her when she said she thought the werewolf was behind her. “It might have been” she whispered “but they move pretty quick it could be anywhere” Anna bent down and pulled out a dagger from her boot, “here” Anna handed Sophie the sword, while She kept the crossbow and dagger deciding Sophie would be safest with a weapon of some sort and rather than give her the dagger which wouldn’t do much if you didn’t know how to use it gave her the sword. “If you don’t know how to use it there’s no better time to learn” she quipped, tightening the string in her cross bow, the arrow was made of silver perfect for werewolves.

Anna placed the dagger in her belt and checked her gun was ready and loaded before placing it back in her belt, she gestured again for Sophie to follow her “what exactly are you doing out here?” she asked “especially at this time of night”

[Sophie Bathory]

Sophie quickly let go of anna realizing how much it bugged her to get hugged. "Uhm.. sorry habit I guess..." she took the sword from Anna with happiness. "Glad I know how to use one of these" she said grinning. Her brother Felix was the one that taught her how to use one of these a couple years ago when she was about fifteen. She spent alot of time with her brother as you could probably tell. He taught her alot about combat fighting and such things like that. It was usually very useful to to. Buut sometimes she got so scared at times she couldn't even move.

She ran her finger down the other end of the sword. Sophie shrugged her shoulders. "Well.. I was looking for my you I brother.. I guess that all kind stopped when I heard that werewolf behind me I suppose.." she said in a still whisper. Looking up to the sky she shivered seeing a full moon outside. "I guess I shall follow take it?"