Darkness at the Heart of My Love || Wenclair

Chapter 9: The Woods.

I hate to leave Wednesday, but I LOVE plants. I used to help Miss Thornhill take care of the plants during some of my free time at Nevermore, plus it gave Wednesday space when she wanted to write her book. I shiver at the thought of Thornhill, my mind starting to relive the moments of that night, my run quickly turning into a walk, before I stop and fall to my knees, my head pounding. Thankfully I wasn't near Wednesday or anyone who could see me. I move against the side of the house and pull my knees up and put my head in them, as I start to cry. I don't know why all of the sudden the thoughts of that night made my head hurt. Maybe I was finally starting to process those events... 

The thought of Wednesday dying, the fear of losing her. Why am I so scared of losing her? I wish I could talk to Yoko... She would know why I feel like this... I sniffle and wipe my eyes. I have only felt like this once, when I stormed out of our dorm after the fight with Wednesday. I hate myself for that. Leaving her when she - and Thing - needed me most...

I stay seated for what feels like hours before I smell something unfamiliar. I look up into the woods and see a dark shadow facing me in the woods. Instinctively I stand up and feel my claws extend, as I walk towards the wood line, trying to get a better look at who, or what, is staring at me. 

As I step closer the creature starts to run and I quickly follow behind. I keep a sharp eye on the persons or things movements, making sure not to lose track of them in these thick woods. I am quickly stopped when I fall down a small embankment. "SHIT" I scream as I fall, feeling my foot get stuck on a branch, barely having time to brace myself before my head hit the ground. I lay there, panting from the run. How did I not see that? More importantly, how did that thing know it was there? Or was I just to stupid to see it? I keep beating myself up for losing track of the creature or person. I try to move but my body still hasn't recovered from the fall quite yet. I notice a cut on my arm and a small scrape on my leg. At least it isn't enough blood to make me pass out, I sigh with relief as I try to recover from my fall. I stop when the same smell I was greeted with just a few minutes ago starts to get stronger. I lay still as I hear footsteps getting closer, the smell only getting stronger. 

Wednesday's POV

"I told you already, Thing." I say with a cold tone in my voice. "I do not care for her like you and my parents think I do." I say as I start filling in the grave I dug. As much as I hate to fill in a perfectly good grave, I prefer to not have piles of dirt sitting around the cemetery. "So then why did you blush when you held Enid's hand?" Thing taps on my shoulder as I keep filling in the hole. "Do you want to be buried!" My voice is dark and serious, more than usual. "I do not blush. I simply was not happy that I needed help. And you should not have gone and retrieved Enid. I could have easily gotten out myself." I finish filling in the hole and wipe away the tiny bit of sweat that was on my forehead. "Besides. She is probably having fun in the greenhouse. For some reason my family loves her." I start to head inside to get cleaned up. I make my way up the stairs, Thing following close behind me but he gets stopped when I slam the door to my room closed and lock the door. I head for a shower before I either practice my Cello or write some more. Decisions are not my strong suit at this very moment. I step into the shower as my mind starts to clear. But my thoughts are immediately drawn into a vision. A vision? Now? I haven't even touched anything or done anything! Before I can complain to myself anymore my vision goes white.

I wake up to a voice, quiet but sharp, but I am unable to make anything out. It just sounds like mumbling until I hear a high pitched scream. I feel the wind pick up and I am suddenly thrown to the ground, and when I stand up again, I am back in the woods. But a different forest than my previous visions. I still see a girl, laying in blood, whimpering. But this time, I see a figure standing over her. A figure unlike I have seen before. It doesn't look like a Hyde, nor does it look like a human. "Stay away from her. Or you're next." Is all I hear before I am shot from my vision back into the present. I stop my shower and get out, drying off and getting dressed quickly. I open my window for fresh air and sit down at my desk. I might as well write down my visions, see if there's anything I can connect them together. As I write down my vision from earlier and today. Suddenly, there is a knock at the door. I sigh and get up, unlocking the door and opening it to find my mother standing there. Her hands intertwined in front of her.

"Dear, have you seen Enid?" Her voice is worried, but her expression is not. "I sent her to the greenhouse, she came out with me when I was digging a grave, and then I sent her to you." I say without worry. She probably just got lost in the house again which is to be expected, the house is quite large. "Well she never showed, and the house is empty. Your father and I have checked." She says, her face becoming more worried, causing something in me to feel... Different. "I shall go look for the dumb wolf. She probably got lost on her way inside. I'll look around." I say with an annoyed tone. "Enid is not dumb my dear. She is quite smart and a good fit for the family" I pause. "And what do you mean by that?" I say growling through my teeth. "I am just saying Wednesday. Enid is a smart girl, and I feel a sort of... friendship between you two. And the Addams could always add a new wolf to the Addams pack." She says with a smirk. "She is not my friend, nor do I have any feelings toward her. She is merely staying here because of the incident at Nevermore. It is unsafe to be there alone." Before my mother can respond, we hear a scream come from the woods. We both shoot our heads toward my window, then back at each other. That scream can only be from one person.

Enid.

I waste no time running out of the house and toward the woods where the scream came from. I am only thinking about one thing. Enid. Is she okay? Is she hurt? I finally make it into the woods, I slow up to a walk. Although I know these woods better than anyone, seeing as I grew up in them doing various activities with my father and brother, I need to find Enid. I pull a knife from my boot and keep it held tight in my hand. I need to find Enid. That's the one thought that keeps running through my mind. 

What if the girl in my visions was Enid? But why? Why would this person or thing come after Enid and not me?

After searching for a good while, not hearing anymore screams, I pause, wondering where she could be at. If she was being dragged, there would be signs of that. If she was running however, she is a lot faster than most, seeing she is a werewolf. Then she might be deeper in the forest than I am looking. I start walking deeper into the woods, when I finally notice foot prints just to the right of me. Her steps were long as if she was running toward something or someone. I swear, if she ran after something without help I'll kill her. I mumble. I follow them her footsteps, making sure to check for anything unusual. 

I stop in my tracks. Very small droplets of blood. Thankfully it looks like Enid just cut herself on the thorn bushes she ran through. I follow her shoe prints until I come to a small cliff where it clearly looks like she must've fallen into. But alas. She isn't there and there are no signs of her climbing out or even walking out. I jump down the embankment and I start looking for any signs of where she could be. The only thing I found is one of her hair clips. My heart stops when I see a small pool of blood. I turn and pick up the colorful hair clip and my head shoots back and my vision goes white.

Another vision.