1 Death and Rebirth

Mandy ran through the streets, keeping pace with her wolf Nala right next to her. They were in a rush to get home, to save her baby brother. They only had each other and their father was crazy abusive.

Mandy rushes into the house only to find her brother Daniel on the floor in a pool of his own blood, eyes wide open filled with fear. Nala whimpered as she padded towards Daniel grief in her eyes. Anger rushed through Mandy's veins and she stared at her father Mike, who was leisurely sitting at the head families chair, laughter in his eyes.

"You killed him, your own son. How could you? You bastard, he was only a child, he never said anything wrong."

"I couldn't let the chance of him spilling the beans even be possible, it was his own fault for being curious. I did what I had to do, and now that you know…..it's your turn. I cant have you yelling murder."

With a killing intent Mike raised his hand and shot her with the gun he had hidden behind his back. Before Mandy could even react Nala was in front of her taking the bullet for her. Falling to the floor with a thud Nala continued growling at Mike before slowly turning her head to Mandy. With a small whimper she let out her last breath. Using her life to save Mandy.

But it was all futile, not a few minutes later soldiers burst through the door slamming her to the floor and putting her in cuffs. " I didn't do anything, what the hell why are you doing this to me?"

"Thank you for taking this bastard girl away, she killed her brother and her wolf and attacked me." Mike weaved a story so realistic and put all the evidence against her. The soldiers dragged Mandy away, pulling her to the vehicle. But before they could get her inside, she spun out of their hold and backflipped to the one soldier on the side. Using the momentum of the spin she got out of the cuffs and pulled the gun out of the startled soldiers waist. Spinning around she pulls the trigger and shoots Mike in the back, as he falls to the ground another shot is heard.

Mandy falls to the floor clutching her stomach, trying to catch her breath as the last of her lifeforce slips away. With stubbornness in her eyes she has her last breath. Her consciousness drifting away...it was all over. Or so she thought..

With a groan, Mandy slowly opens her eyes. Her head spinning miles a minute, she slowly breathes, catching her breath. When she calms down she looks around at her surroundings. Looking at the trees around her, she realizes she is in the forest at the bottom of a cliff. It's the same one that she fell down when she was 16. Wait didn't she get shot, slowly Mandy looked at herself, accessing the damage. Until finally she realized that she was truly in fact back in her 16 year old body.

Slowly she sat up and remembered everything that happened at this point in her life. Taking a deep breath she heads towards the place she knows she needs to go in order to get Nala. This was the time that she found Nala and Mandy wished to see her best friend and companion again.

Walking leisurely through the forest, Mandy took note of some security cameras along the route. Heading no mind to them Mandy continued to her destination with a skip in her step. Unknown to her, someone was watching her through those cameras. A tall, strong built young man with dark hair and cold eyes. He watched as she skipped around without a care in the world, you would think that she was just strolling through the woods. But in actuality she was in the most dangerous forest in the country. This forest had so many traps and beasts roaming around that no one dared to enter. And yet here she was leisurely skipping around.

After about half an hour Mandy found what she was looking for. She slowly walked to the opening of the cave, you could hear the whimpers of the poor wolf pup that had been abandoned. Carefully crouching down Mandy pushed past the branches blocking the entrance and picked up Nala. With gentle hands she checked Nala for any injuries before holding her close to her chest. Whispering Mandy said "Your name is Nala and we are going to be great friends. I will take care of you, from now on you are a part of my Family" Almost as if Nala understood, she barked softly and snuggled closer to her chest.

Just as she was going to head back, she started hearing growling behind her. 'Just great, I forgot they sent a wolf to come kill her, but luckily I still have my fighting skills. I may not have that much stamina but i'm strong enough to take this on' Just as Mandy finished this thought, three more wolves appeared from behind the first one. Knowing that Mandy could not fight these wolves and protect Nala she decided the best course of action was to escape.

Turning around she takes off past the trees, climbing up a rock she jumps and lands high up in the tree branches. With Nala still safe in her arms, Mandy starts jumping from branch to branch with great speed and balance. As is she's just running on flat ground and not 20 feet up in the air on thin branches. When she was far enough away, Mandy finally hopped down on the ground and started heading home. Unknown to her, Mandy's every move up until she finally left was watched from the cold keen eyes of the young man that was watching from the cameras.

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