{Shadows In The Snow} |Monkie Kid AU| •Book 1•

•Chapter 19• {|Overcoming Fear|} •Pt.1•

Li, MK and Wukong was soon inside the temple, looking around and seeing the scrapped and old pictures of Wukong and his old friends in the past, seeing Pigsy, Sammy and especially Tripitaka. Li noticed that the pictures looked oddly familiar to her and MK's friends but then heard Wukong spoke to them, "So? You two like the place? I know it's pretty old looking and dusty but, it's all I have, don't worry about the pictures on the walls, they were pictures of me and the others from the past!" MK then replied to him. "it's not old looking Monkey King? It's so AWESOME! Is that Pigsy and Sammy?!" He asked Wukong, the monkey replied to him, "Yup! That's them! And that's me, the little trickster that started it all, the journey to the west, and Tripitaka was who trained and taught me over the journey!" MK was amazed at Wukong and felt excited of eBay to do next. Li smiled at the boy's enthusiasm but then began to feel uneasy, as if eyes were on the three, she gazed around the temple and the feeling began to grow, her paranoia going through the roof, she then felt a tug on her sleeve, it was MK. He looked concerned for the girl and asked, "Are you ok Li??? You look crazy.." he said a bit in a joking tone at the end, Li only sighed in relief and thought to herself that it must've been mind playing tricks on her, she felt uneasy but brushed off the feeling when she responded to MK. "I-I'm doing fine kiddo! Let's...uhm...uhhh..WHAT exactly do...you do..here?" She asked with a puzzled expression, looking at Wukong. Wukong was sitting on his nimbus cloud scratching his back with a stick but soon saw Li looking at him in question and immediately shared back her gaze, quickly throwing the stick away and jumping off the cloud. "Uhhh..we train!" He answered back as he walked to the two, "Uhm...train? Ok!" She replied with a pleased smile. MK was already excited about the idea, holding the staff and looking as if he's ready for a fight while saying "Yeah!!! Let's train! I wanna be just like you Monkey King! Train me!" He said to Wukong, throwing a fake punch at the monkey, but he simply blocked it with his hand, MK's fist in his palm. "Hehehehe..ok then! I'm guessing you little buddy is already ready to train! You li?" He asked as he glanced his eyes to Li's direction, he then saw her looking uneasy, her face in worry and seeing her eyes dash in every direction of the room and and fur and tail looking tensed. He then looked at her with concern and went to her, leaving MK confused but kept going to her, as Li started to breathe in a fast pace she felt a hand suddenly touch her shoulder, she turned her head to Wukong and saw him looking worried for her, her tensed expression turning to surprise and a small gasp coming after. "Hey...you doing ok Li? You look like you've seen a ghost! You alright?" She sighed again but it was in frustration due to her stress and anxiety and her tensed shoulders calmed themselves as she took a deep breath and looked back at him. "Yeah...I-I'm ok...why don't you two train! I'll...be outside of the temple for a bit..I..I feel paranoid..." she said in a whisper and shaky voice, giving him a half glance and beginning to walk out to the direction of the entrance to the temple, her rubbing her arm as she walked. Wukong gave a look of worry but then heard MK shouting for him, he turned back to his student but took one last glance at Li before going to MK to assist him.

Li went outside and saw the sun finally setting behind the mountains and hills from afar and nightfall came, the sky turning from the colors of pink/purple and orange to complete raven black and blue. She felt a bit better after a few moments of watching the sunset, thinking. "Oh cmon...maybe it's just my imagination...it's gotta be my imagination..." she thought to herself as she paced around the area, seeing the small waterfall and springs that were near by, she looked surprised by the springs and went to the waters, kneeling down and soon sitting on her knees, looking into the water and seeing her reflection. She then saw that her reflection looked...odd, as if someone...was behind her, she looked closer and staring at her reflection, then silence...came. She didn't look away from her reflection, but felt her anxiety and paranoia rise every second she sat there near the spring, she kept staring until she saw a quick glimpse of a certain black furred monkey appear right beside her head close into view, his eyes widened as of he was completely insane, one of his them having a large and deep scar and them looking completely purple but with small black pupils that grew smaller every second, his mouth full of sharp teeth and his smile wide from ear to ear and a small menacing chuckle escaping him. "AH!!!" She screamed, flinching hard and immediately backing away on her backside away from the water, fast and heavy breaths escaping her mouth and her face in startled fear. She soon felt a cold chill go up her spine and felt the presence of someone right behind her, she immediately got up and turned around, seeing...nothing. She just stood there, her heart racing and beating out of her chest and her breathing heavily and shakily, her shaking in her spot. She then heard moving around from the nearby woods and immediately turned around, a scared and shaky gasp escaping her as she turned, she heard...chuckling, laughter of multiple people...but...they were echoed and high pitched, she thought that it would be a great time to go back to Wukong and she immediately ran to the entrance of the temple, her going inside fast and holding her balled hands by her side and looking stunned. She heard Wukong and MK training nearby, MK hitting dummies and decoys of enemies, while Wukong was on his cloud eating a peach and acting lazy. She was still shaking a bit but sucked it up and went on her way, walking past the two while trying not to be noticed and walking to a spot to sit herself on and rest from what happened, he then heard MK talk to Wukong, asking him how good he was doing and Wukong just gave him a thumbs up while nibbling on the peace more and sitting on his cloud with his free arm behind his head, resting his eyes. Li didn't feel very...secure at the temple, she felt like eyes were on her...what if she's just imagining things? Yes, ...imagination. The face she saw in the river, the constant feeling of paranoia and uneasiness, the presence of someone around her and the laughter she heard in the forest...yes...it must've all been her imagination...or was it?

The shadowed clones of Macaque were slithering quickly through the forests to the direction of the temple, some of them running at quick and light speed and leaping from tree to tree on the branches, while others are shadows on the ground, they're laughing growing louder and more echoed as they went, they- or HE was determined to find his little snowflake...even if it meant taking her. She isn't too far. Was it REALLY her imagination......or her mind warning her of the monsters that were coming?

[End of Chapter]

Sorry y'all if this chapter was too short, I got a runny nose and cough, I thought of adding a chapter to keep me from being bored and unmotivated, I hope y'all are doing great and God bless you all! <:3✝️💖 Ta! Ta!