Pandora's box

Chapter 2: Rude awakenings

Pandora awoke, her heart racing and her head pounding another nightmare about her parents death. She got out of bed and noticed that there was no sunlight streaming in, she walked to the window and looked out; it was still dark out, the moon cast angry shadows on the trees, and nothing made a noise, even the mice in the house were silent. This was odd after her nightmare she should have woke up to the morning sunlight coming through the window. Pandora returned to her bed, and went back to sleep, she immediately wished she hadn't.

Pandora was in a lush forest, the moonlight made everything look a shade of silver, the air was chilly but not enough for her to shiver, and everything smelled of pine. Then an arrow whizzed by her face, she let out a scream and whipped her head around to see where the arrow originated from, her eyes landed on a man dressed in a black shirt with a quiver hanging around his shoulder and strapped to his pants was a knife. He pointed a bow straight at Pandora's chest, he knocked an arrow, and before she could react he shot it straight at Pandora. Time slowed down as the arrow flew towards Pandora, in that moment she knew the arrow would pierce her heart, and kill her instantly. The arrow struck Pandora exactly where she predicted, but the arrow passed through her as if she were made of mist. She looked down at her body and found it wasn't there, she knew now she was in a dream, so she couldn't be harmed. Pandora relaxed and turned her head back towards the man with the bow, he was loading another arrow, he aimed then fired, but this time it sailed past Pandora's shoulder, the man wasn't shooting at her? She turned around to see what the man was shooting at; he was firing at a boy about Pandora's age, he was fleeing into the woods with something at his side, Pandora thought it was a dog, but she couldn't be sure. Pandora willed her non existent body to follow the boy, she flew through the air, easily catching up to the fleeing boy. As he ran she saw he was tall and muscular, he had olive skin and spiky black hair, She flew a bit faster and caught a glimpse of his baby blue eyes, Pandora knew that if she was there in person, she would have been fixing her hair and blushing. Suddenly the boy cried out in pain, he tumbled to the ground and clutched his leg, there was a nasty looking cut on his calf, the man fired another arrow, but a flash of black intercepted it, knocking the arrow away, now, a black wolf stood by the boy, the wolf let out an ear splitting howl and bared it's fangs. A look of fear crossed the man's face as he emerged from the shadows, another arrow knocked in his bow, he was aiming for the boy but the wolf let out a deep growl and the man quickly readjusted his aim, the arrow was now pointed at the wolf, who kept growling. Pandora tried to stop the man but even if she was there, she wouldn't have been fast enough to stop the arrow, but the boy was, he flicked his wrist and a knife came shooting out, it sliced the arrow in half, sending the pieces flying. The man whipped his head towards the boy, but he immediately realized his mistake, he tried to ready another arrow but it was too late, the wolf was already on top of the man, and the boy had a knife to his throat. With a quick flick, the boy had sliced the mans throat killing him instantly. The boy hugged the wolf, and the wolf licked his face, but their celebration was cut short when the yells of more men erupted from the forest around them. The boy quickly got to his feet and half ran, half limped away, the wolf at his side.

Pandora, awoke once again breathing hard, and lined with sweat. She sat up looked around the room, everything was still eerily silent, she slumped back into her bed, a million questions swirling in her mind; why was that dream different? Who was that boy? Who was the man and why was he trying to kill the boy and his wolf? Pandora still had questions plaguing her mind when she heard them.

"SHE'S IN THERE!"

"KILL HER!"

"BURN THE WITCH!"

"DEATH TO PANDORA!"

The cries were immediately followed by the sound of Pandora's door being knocked in, and the pounding footsteps of a mob out for blood, Pandora's blood.

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A/N

Ughhhhhhh, so sorry, another short chapter, but we wanted to end on a cliffhanger and there wasn't much to tell, but the next chapters should be longer.

- Tig3rs12 :-D

-Imsofabulous ;)