Woods and Wolves.

A few hours had now passed and Leona was pacing the room debating how she would wake up from this nightmare. She had already tried pinching herself multiple times and throwing her body onto the bed forcefully.

"Ugh fuck! Wake up you idiot!" She shouted with frustration.

There was a maid on the other side of the door who had been listening in and ready to report everything to Leona's mother. They would all think she was mad once the news spread.

Leona stopped her pacing and went to stand by the window. The sun was about to set and she was getting hungry. The land beneath her was even more beautiful than before. At least there was one good thing about this dream. Everything was more nature looking than in the real world she thought.

"Wait." She looked below her window. There was a giant row of bushes. If this is just a dream, I should be able to jump out of this 2nd story fine. Right? She slid the frame to the otherside exposing the spring air to flow in as she peaked out to get a better look at the bushes.

"Here goes nothing." She climbed onto the ledge sitting down with her legs dangling outside.

"This will either hurt really badly and I will wake up from this dream, or this will hurt really badly." She frowned.

She sat there for a moment debating if this was the right idea but then suddenly her bedroom door swung open and in came her mother and a maid. She looked back and saw the terror on her mothers face.

"Leona, get back in here right now!" Her mother screamed.

The shout threw Leona off balance causing her to fall forward off the ledge. She screamed all the way down to the bushes where she landed with a WHAM!

"Guards!" Her mother screamed once more from the window ledge looking down at her.

It took Leona a minute to realize what had happened. She winced as her body was scrapped against the bush branches and she rolled out onto the grass.

"Fuck!" Still asleep, she thought.

She quickly limped up and started to run through the field of grass to the woods. She was scared what would happen if she got caught and was sent back to her mother. Behind her were two men in armor chasing her down but once the sun went down they retreated from the woods back home.

The sun had disappeared now and Leona was tramping through the woods in the dark. The adrenaline in her body now gone she could feel the pain all over her body especially her feet in the kitten heels she still had on. She rubbed at her biceps to try and warm them up. Who would have thought it would be so cold on a spring night.

After what seemed like hours of traveling in the woods she came to a trail wide enough for a car. She looked left and right and saw no one, not even noticeable tracks to show signs of life. She thought it would be best to keep along it in case someone came by that could help her. Or no one will come by. It is a dream after all. She said to herself.

She walked for another mile before she gave up and sat on the floor with her legs sprawled out and leaned back into the dirt.

"Fuck this dream." She said as she began to drift off. Yes she was sleepy in a dream.

Then came a noise from the woods that jerked her back up onto the palms of her hands. She focused on the dark woods beside her for anyone or anything. Then she heard a branch cracking from the other side causing her head to whip to the other end of the trail. Fuck fuck fuck. She cursed.

She quickly got to her feet and began to run straight down the trail hearing something in the woods following close behind breaking branches over and over. She could hear it gaining on her by the closeness of the noises and now breathing. And out from the woods lept a giant black haired wolf that mauled her into the dirt. Leona screamed and cried.

"Ahh help help!" She cried out.

The wolf crouched over her looking at her face with it's fangs barring. It got closer slowly as it's saliva dripped onto her cheeks flowing along her tears. Before it could take a deadly bite out of her the sound of a horse galloping from up ahead caught it's attention. There was a man riding a mighty stallion towards Leona and the wolf. The man hopped off when it was close to them and drew it's sword to slash at the beast but just missed. The man swung his sword over and over until it cornered the wolf back into the dept of the woods. The wolf let out a loud growl one last time before running off.

Leona was curled up in a ball crying in fear when the man approached her. He leaned down and touched her arm just the slightest causing her to jerk away and scream again. She sat up and held her knees in her chest and looked at the man. He stood up and gave her a sincere look of calmness.

"Don't worry I won't hurt you. The beast is gone now." He said just a tad louder than whisper to not scare her.

She looked up at him trying to calm her sobs. It was hard to tell in the dark but she could see he was very tall and had dark tousled hair. He looked at her on the ground scared. He felt pity for her and what she had experienced. He looked her over to make sure she wasn't badly injured but couldn't really see since she was holding herself so tightly. From her dress he could make out that she was probably a proper woman from a rich family nearby. He wondered how she ended up here.

"Come with me. I have a camp a little ways from here. You can rest there." He said as he took a step closer and reached out a hand to her.

Leona tried to get a better look at his face but couldn't see much through her watery eyes and then looked at his hand next to her before timidly sliding her smaller hand into his.