Into the woods

A small twig snapped under the black boot of a girl. She wore a long black coat and her grey hair laid outside of it as she walked. A light breeze blew down her hood revealing two wolf ears that lay upon her head. They lay flat as her hands collect together in front of her body. Looking around and turning, her heel caught a root from a tree, causing her to fall backwards. Catching her, a tall figure scooped her up and held her like a princess. As this happened, she hid her wolf like ears under her hood.

???: "You must watch where you step miss..." the figure spoke.

???: She looked up, having sad eyes, "I-I..." she froze, lost with her words

???: The man would sigh and continue, "what is your name, clumsy one?"

???: "Amelia," she became quickly flustered.

???: "well Amelia, I am Jack, but people call me joker," He got closer as he said his nickname

Amelia: "c-could you put me down?" She mumbles

Jack/joker: "hmm, I suppose I could, but why should I?" He smiles

Crawling out of his arms by force, she pivots and takes off running for her life. Jack stops her by extending his arm and slamming her back against a large oak tree.

Jack/joker: "now why would you run from someone who is just trying to help?"

He steps closer to her, inch by inch, stopping as his nose can almost touch hers. Amelia's heart is pounding as his fingers pinch the cloth of her coat and pull down her hood. Her ears lay flat on her head in fear. Around this time, the hunt for these creatures was large and they were sold for top dollar.

Jack/joker: "I'm not going to hurt you."

His hand moved away and a pair of ears popped up on his head. A sigh of relief left Amelia's mouth and suddenly his body gets closer to her. His hand covered her mouth and he silently whispers...

Jack/joker: "shh, hunters."

His head raises and peaks around the tree as loud voices echo through the forest

Hunter 1: "follow the dogs!"

Hunter 2: "those damn dogs haven't found us anything! It was a waste of money!"

Hunter 1: "would you shut your mouth! You're gonna scare away my money!"

Hunter 2: "you mean our money!"

The two hunters kept arguing as they passed by the two that were hiding behind the large oak tree, just a few feet away from the trail. Jack released the pressure off of Amelia and she gasped for air while swatting away his hand from her mouth.

Amelia: "why you-!"

Jack/joker: "would you shut up. They are still near by and any movement we make will be noticed by those dang dogs."

She stared at him, having to look up higher from how close he was. Jack stepped back, giving space between the two.

Jack/joker: "you can't be walking these woods Amelia... those hunters- those hunters will kill every last one of us. We have a price over our heads and now that there are more and more hunters roaming these woods every day, we have to take refuge and get away... will you come with me?"

(Next chapter will be posted soon)