Wendigo In The Woods

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Moving quickly through the trees, low branches whipping against Stiles face as he runs, his legs burning, his eyes scanning the woods hoping to see the large black creature as he follows the trail of drops of blood, hearing the sound of familiar chirping skidding to a stop, he searched his surroundings hoping to spot the little bird, the Robin chirps at the boy from a branch above, glancing up he spots the orange that decorates the tiny feathered ball
"Hey...have you seen it? Can you take me to it?" He asked the bird hoping the bird understood him and knew who he was talking about
The bird chirped and took off deeper into the trees, with a nervous grin he followed after

the further he runs the more his lungs burned and his knees weaken with every step but his worry for the creatue kept him going, while he didnt understand his sudden worry for a creature he bearly met once but he knew that something in him needed it to be okay and safe, his eyes squinting the little robing blening into the blur of the trees, the surroundings soon became familiar to the boy, everything every step the same as his dreams but the reality more urgent and this time he's not in the safe hands of the large creature, as he reached the outskirts of what he assumes was the creatures home the sound of pained cooing rang throough his head, he came to a stop and watched as the robin break through the trees flying towards somthing he cannotturn back from

all of a sudden his nerves finally take over, his mind going over all of the what ifs, with a hesitant step forward his decision was made
falen leaves cunch and break beneath him as he moves towards his unknowing future, pushing forward his eyes widened as he catches sight of the large hautingly beauiful creature that not long ago plaged his once overflowing mind, the creature lifted its head from its mossy pillow it layed upon, spotting the boy the creature slowly began to rise, but before it could stand to its full height as it went to place weight on its front left leg it tumbled to the grount in a heap of black fur, the jingling of a chain echoed causing Stiles brows to frown as his last encounter with the creature and in his dream there didnt seem to be ant chains present, slowly he stepped forward causing the creature to growl, freezing momenterily

reaching his hand out he takes another step forward, and another, and another, the creature watching his every movement, he takes one last step until the palm of his hand meets the bone of the creatures head, the material smoother than he thought it'd be, leaning slightly to the right his eyes caught the she shine of a metal chain, folloing the chain up tto the creatures leg he lets out a shocked gasp a large bear trap locked around its leg teeth sinking into its flesh like a burning rod to butter, blood pouring out of the wound and pooling below, though this bear trap looked like none he's ever seen before
"What happened to you?" he whispered his attention turning back to the creature
this time he moved closer to its leg the creature no longer growling at him, he delicatly ran his fingers along the metal, removing his hand as the creature flinches aay from him, moving back his mind spining, trying to think of ways to help
"I know it probably hurts but do you think you can make it to my house?" he asked hope shining in his eyes

the creature grumbled and tryed to stand but has the same result as the first time, it trys again and again all ending the same way, Stiles let out a frustated sigh, running his hands through his hair and over his face, pacing back and forth he turns back to stare at the creature feeling hopless as he stares his mind drifts back to his dream, more specifically a question he asked
"Can you turn into a human?" he asked praying his theory was correct
the creature stared at him for a moment almost contemplating its choices
"Please if you can it could help you" he reassured
the creature huffed, the sound of creeking bones rang out, steam lifting from its body, Stiles watched in fascination as the large body shrunk, soft black fur dissappearing turning to scarred tan skin, its body shifting slowly and painfully not used to turning to human, soon all signs of supernatural dissapearing from sight, all thats left is a kneeled human dirty and bloody small amounts of steam still leaving the now human boy

"Wow..uh...okay" Stiles whispered to himself watching as the boy lifts his head
piercing blue eyes meeting whiskey brown, Stiles stood there gaping at the rugged muscular boy before his eyes drifted back down to the odd bear trap still attached to his arm now somehow smaller to fit his body, his body fell forward and Stiles rushed to him cathing the boy who he now noticed was full naked, keeping his eyes anywhere but the boys body he lifts him up, glancing up at his face his eyes tracing every sharp edge, over the dark stubble that litters his face, all the way up to the mesmarising blue eyes that were already staring at him
"What have I gotten myself into?" he whispered to himself