The Falling Star

Chapter 1

Maria looked around at the bar it was dirty and puked covered she quickly got up quickly she walked to the bars bathroom the mirror was shattered mostly but Maria could still see herself her long black hair, and her generic light blue eyes her skin was pale in color but she shook her head. She turned the faucet but nothing, but dust came from it she groaned turning around she opened the door her eyes widened she had been outside with the full moon glaring at her, wolf like bipedal creatures stood surrounding the door they further seemed to transform into wolves twice the size of normal ones Maria gulped a white wolf walked closer the wolves surrounding it whimpered in fear "fairy how dare you come to our lands, the lands of wolves!" It yelled Maria seemed frightened her face went a further pale "Fairy answer for your crimes for breaching the treaty!" Maria gathered up her strength and yelled "What kind of sick game is this!?" She yelled the wolf looked confused "Game?" The wolf chuckled "We're not children like you fairy." Maria stood forward smiling "This is a game after all wolves can't talk, this must be a prank." A man with wolf like ears and tail yet a more human appearance appeared he carried a large stick with a gem in the center the white wolf looked at him nodding slightly "Go to sleep." The man-wolf said causing Maria to fall to the ground passing out within minutes.

Unknown time later

Maria awakened her head began to hurt she rubbed her forehead "What did those assholes do to me?" Maria sighed she looked at her hands and saw all her limbs including her neck were chained to some sort of mechanic behind the wall "There's no escape miss." Someone whispered Maria looked over shocked another person was in there, in some kind of dungeon but it wasn't just a person it was a kid around the age of 9 to 13, he had a child like face that made it hard to tell his age, he had red hair in the cut of a bowl cut, his ears were slightly pointed, his skin was a sickly pale and his clothes were torn he seemed unhealthily skinny "Kid how long have you been here?!" The boy looked confused he looked away "I-I don't know I know it's been a long time maybe a year or two.... I was on a big ship called the ti.... Nevermind I was at the bottom deck area playing with my brother we were playing hide and seek I hid in the bathroom." Maria frowned "you've been here for 112 years, but that can't be possible... humans can't live for 112 years." The realization set in for Maria that she was in another world she looked at the boy "Boy, you've said sleeping spell why you say that." The boy shrugged as much as he could being in his state "My dad used to read a book, Snow White, there were 3 attempts made by the evil step mother... and for some reason I got the cursed comb." Maria sighed "What's your name kid?" The boy shrugged "Can't remember but what will it matter we'll die." Maria smiled shaking her head she stood up "From my memories that wizard had a staff... of sorts it's what he used to knock me out if we could get our hands on him or the staff we could potentially use it to escape." The boy smiled.

A hour later

Maria looked at the boys stomach "SOMEONE HELP!" She yelled almost immediately the man came with his staff "Why are you so loud I'm trying to sleep!" He yelled back Maria looked at the kid "He's bleeding, he had a knife and he stuck it in his chest!" She said the man looked pale he quickly attended to the boy he began to try and stop the bleeding, he was far but he was still clubbing distance Maria grabbed a rock she began to run and bashed it against his head he fell to the ground  the boys left eye opened he quickly smiled and stood up, the boy took a key from the man unlocking his and Maria's chains they stood up free Maria grabbed the staff, they both quickly left the cell only slowing down once they found it safe, and once they were out of what seemed like an encampment Maria looked at the boy he had a smile "hey kid, let me promise you something..." the boy nodded "Let me get you out of here, let me get you back home." The boy sudden smile turned into a frown shrouded in disappointment "I wish for that but it's not possible." Maria looked confused the boy then revealed a star that was covered by parts of his ripped clothing "The werewolves... killed me a month before you got here...." The truth was finally revealed through the light of the moon the boys eye whites were black his skin was falling apart "They cursed me to never die, unless a women that fits your description kills me herself." Maria frowned "I'm not killing a kid!?" She yelled quietly "It's not killing if I've already been dead for a month, you'll just be sending me back to a afterlife." Maria saw the pain he was in but she couldn't come to kill him she looked at him he smiled grabbed her hand "It's fine... I want this, if your right and it has been that long then I'll only be with my family from here on." Maria looked at him "if I may ask what's your name, and why didn't that wolf recognize you?" The boy nodded "My name is David, and he didn't recognize me because he's new from what I've heard." David shrugged Maria clenched her fist.

Maria looked upon a recently dugout grave. Memories of before came to her the boy looked at her smiling "far north of here there's a town... a town of snow, whatever caused you to come wants me to tell you to go there, I feel as if you don't everything and everyone will end a darkness will shroud if you don't follow the path, and this darkness will consume all." The boy said the memories faded and Maria stood Maria marched north as told. But she felt like a darkness was watching her.