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Harry had left Alessia alone for a while stating that he had to get somethings before they left. Thankfully he hadn't taken a long time and when he returned he had a black backpack hanging from his shoulders. "What is all that?" Alessia asked following Harry, he led them down an alley way that was deserted of people. It was really a surprising thing to Alessia because most places she walked past were crowded all but this alley and the secluded area where her friends had been kidnapped from.
"Just some things we may need along the way, some extra clothes and food." Alessia nodded her head her eyes trailing down to the hook. She'd always been curious about it but she knew Harry wouldn't answer any questions he she had about it. He'd made the rule of no questions and although Alessia didn't follow it there were some questions he answered and some he didn't.
"Harry?" Alessia questioned, Harry turned to look at her with a raised eyebrow. "Do you know who took my friends?"
Harry didn't answer, Alessia didn't understand why he didn't just tell her if he knew or not. Instead Harry just walked on every once in a while scraping the tip of his hook along the wall causing some paint to scrape off or some cement to chip off. Alessia let out a sigh and crossed her arms walking behind the boy. When they got out of they alley Harry stopped walking and turned to Alessia. "This is were the journey starts." Alessia looked behind him, it seemed they would be going into some dark woods. "Stick close, don't linger, don't talk to anyone, and watch were you're walking." With that Harry turned and began walking again.
Alessia had no time to ask him anything, who could she possibly talk to in these woods? Alessia didn't know but Harry seemed to think it was important she didn't. Walking into the woods was the weirdest thing that had ever happened to Alessia, it reminded her of the story her mother had told her about The Carpenter and the Walrus. Walking right over the line Harry and Alessia were engulfed in darkness, the moon shinning brightly over the sky, and when Alessia turned her head she could see the alley way and everything else bright, engulfed by the sun.
"This place just gets curiouser and curiouser to me." Alessia had heard stories of her mother's time in Wonderland, she'd lived in Wonderland, and most of her friends were from Wonderland but this had to be the oddest thing to ever happen to Alessia. She still didn't understand how the rabbit hole got her to the Isle yet, and the Isle was nothing like Auradon or Wonderland.
"I told you not to linger." Harry said turning to Alessia who was still standing in her spot looking around at the woods and the alley. Alessia let out a gasp and quickly ran after Harry staying close to him as the both of them walked further into the woods. "These are No Time Woods."
"Why is it called No Time Woods?" Alessia asked her shoulder brushing against Harry's, he didn't stay anything about it and Alessia stepped a little away from him.
"The thing about these woods is, it's always night time, time never passes, if you're going in you better know how to get out and if you get stuck you better be ready to go mad." Harry said pushing a tree branch out of the way so he could pass, when he let it go it almost hit Alessia but she ducked it before it could.
Sending Harry a glare she scoffed, "I don't see anything wrong with going mad." she said crossing her arms. "I believe the best people are mad, beside's wouldn't you have to be mad enough to go through these woods?"
Harry let out a laugh turning to look at Alessia, "I guess you have a point there." he said beginning to walk again.
"You didn't happen to bring a flashlight did you?" Alessia asked when she almost tripped over what felt like a medium sized rock, her hand flying to Harry's arm for support. Harry shook her hand off and began searching through his backpack until he brought out a flashlight flipping it on.
Harry flashed the light it Alessia's face causing her eyes to squint, "You should really watch where you're walking." Harry said pointing the light away from her forward so that they could see where they were walking.
"I would've if I could've." Alessia answered, Harry was really starting to get on her nerves. Soon she would take the sword and impel him without a second thought. The pair walked in silence, Alessia following after Harry kicking pebbles aside every now and then bending down to pick a rock she thought was pretty. She wouldn't keep them long though, instead she would drop the rock she currently had in her hand when she found another pretty one. She kept doing this until she bumped into Harry who had stopped walking so suddenly.
"Did you hear that?" Harry asked turning to look at her, Alessia raised her eyebrow at him, she hadn't heard anything. "Stay close." Harry said to her using his hooked hand to bring her closer to him. Alessia didn't really like being this close to. "Take out your sword." Alessia did as she was told and the pair continued to walk once more, but stopped again when they heard a rustling sound.
Handing the flashlight over to Alessia Harry took out his own sword pointing it in the direction the rustling sound was coming from. It wasn't long before a giant gray wolf came out from behind a bush, it's face snarled, the white pointy teeth looking threatening. Its paws were stretched out in front of it as if ready to pounce on them at any moment. Alessia and Harry kept their sword pointed at the wolf.
"What brings you humans into No Time woods?" The wolf growled slowly moving towards them, Harry and Alessia slowly back away.
"It's none of your business." Harry said his grip tightening on the sword, he knew how dangerous the creatures of these woods were. "Let us pass through or we'll be forced to move you." Alessia looked over at Harry liking the sound of authority coming from him, he didn't seem one bit scared, unlike Alessia who had to admit to herself she was a bit nervous although she would never tell Harry that. The wolf only growled in response and Harry pointed his sword towards the animal as it pounced ready to attack them both. Harry's sword missed and the wolf hand jumped right over the two.
Without a second thought Harry quickly put his sword away and grabbed Alessia's hand with his free one. He took of running, the girl right beside him while the wolf ran after them a lot quicker considering it was on all four legs. They ran and ran and Alessia was gasping for air looking back at the wolf to see it gaining on them, and when she turned to Harry she could see him determined to get out of the woods. They kept running and Harry didn't stop until he hear Alessia scream, her hand no longer in his, he turned only to see that the wolf had bitten her ankle causing her to fall to the ground.
The wolf was getting ready to pounce on her Alessia's eyes tearing up as she believed this was the end. Harry could have just left her there, could have saved himself but instead he let out a sigh and took his own sword again watching as the wolf turned from animal to human. It was the price payed from living in the woods, to live life as an animal only turning into a human on certain occasions. The wolf had claws of its own as it let out a growl and ran towards Harry who held his sword out at the wolf ready to fight his way out of the woods with Alessia by his side.
