Finding Hope

Hollow (3)

A/N: A shorter chapter. The next one will be longer because she'll be in Mystic Fall. Also, I loved all the names for the wolf but one just really stood out to me.

Hope was extremely tired by the time she reached a small city near her house but she knew that she couldn't stop, if she did there was more of a chance she would get caught.

Hope looked down at the wolf that had planted himself at her side.

She had decided a name for him.

She decided it when she was walking past a cafe that had the song 'Jessie's girl' and the wolf had perked up curiously when he heard the lyrics.

The young wolfie that Hope found was officially deemed 'Jesse'.

He was still learning the name but eventually, he would learn it.

He was also learning how to wear a collar. Hope had bought one for him at a pet shot she passed by, so that no one would stop them because he appeared to be a wild animal.

Which he was but that wasn't the point.

She also had some food -meat obviously- and a leash that she only used if absolutely necessary because he hated it.

A lot.

"Come on, Jessie. Let's try and catch a bus to Mystic Falls." Hope whispered, pulling on his collar.

Jessie followed obediently behind her as they avoided people passing by.

It wasn't long before they reached the bus station. She quickly bought a ticket to Virginia, ignoring the weird looks she was getting.

When she reached the bus, she was stopped by the bus driver.

"We don't allow pets on here," He said, frowning down at her.

"He's well behaved," Hope said, tightening her grip on his leash. "He won't cause any problems."

"He's not allowed," The man said firmly.

Hope glared at him, feeling her temper rise.

Her magic reached out instinctively and wrapped around the man, who tensed, unconsciously aware of the danger.

"Let him on the bus," Hope said, with an edge to her voice.

"Miss, he's not-t allowed," The man said, shakily.

Hope focused her magic on his mind, urging him to do as she said in a way very similar to compulsion.

"He's allowed on the bus..." Hope said, slowly.

"Yes, you are correct, carry on." The man said, blinking fuzzily.

A smile lit up Hope's face.

"Thanks, mister," She said, cheerfully as she directed Jesse to the back of the bus.

Once they were there, Hope set up space for herself to sleep.

Jessie jumped up on the seat with her and she laid against him after she pulled out her blanket.

A part of her was worried about what was to come but the other wondered what she would find at the end of it all.

Would all this effort be worth it?

Or was she just going on a wild goose chase?

Her thoughts turned to her mom.

Did she know she was gone yet?

Or did she think she was safe at home with Mary?

Hope feared the consequences that were sure to happen when her mom finally found her but she couldn't stop now.