CHAPTER 6 : Through the gates

Arianna's POV

I quickly wrapped her in my arms, grabbing her shivering body tightly.

Celine has always been faced with the trauma of a dream she has refused to tell us anything about.

Over time, I learnt to respect her privacy and her reason not to tell anyone about the trauma she's been passing through for years.

“Don't you feel it's about time you told me about this dream?” I urged, rubbing her back gently as she slowly grew calm.

“We have a long day tomorrow. Go to sleep,” she quickly dismissed, backing me as she lay on her side.

Unfortunately, there was no way to get her to speak to me. I just had to sleep and prepare for the journey ahead of us.

As the sun rose upon our faces, we both packed up and prepared to head out for the continuation of the journey we began.

“Arianna, you've been trying to practice shifting into your wolf form. How's that coming on?” Celine asked curiously.

“Actually, I haven't tried for a while now. I was lost in my love journey with Damien,” I replied.

“Too bad. Maybe you would have been good at it by now,” she teased.

“ I haven't even connected with my wolf. It's totally impossible for me to master it for now,” I replied.

“But that was the reason you came out here, isn't it? To get stronger, huh?” She gave me a soft nudge against my shoulder with a contagious smile on her face.

I smiled, reflecting on what she had just said. Maybe teaching myself how to shift wouldn't be so bad.

Suddenly, my intimate glared as I felt an airy feeling around me.

I could feel goosebumps around my skin, causing me to freeze on the spot immediately as my eyes slowly darted around, scanning the terrain.

“What's the problem, Arianna?” Celine asked, her eyes fixated upon me while her instincts were also shot up.

“We're being followed,” I said, relying on my instincts.

My senses weren't so sharp, so it was hard to tell where the threat was coming from.

After waiting for so long, we didn't get attacked, and I resolved that it must have been a mistake from me.

“You need to work on your instincts. You scared me…”

Suddenly, a werewolf, fully transformed into his wolf form, emerged from the woods, snarling hungrily.

“I told you I was right,” I whispered nervously, slowly drawing closer to Celine as we locked hands.

His eyes immediately locked onto the bag carrying our food supply, and he kept drooling hungrily.

“Oh no, you don't,” we yelled as we took to our heels, attempting to outrun him through the woods.

But we didn't stand a chance. His limbs were stronger than ours, and there was no way we could possibly outrun him.

“Transforming to your wolf form could come in handy at this time,” Celine yelled as we both kept running away from the threat.

“I'm trying!!” I yelled, trying to get her off my neck.

“I don't think you are,” she teased.

I shook my head in disappointment. “This isn't the time for this. Our life is on the line.”

Eventually, our legs failed, and the rogue wolf successfully took our food supply.

Luckily, he wasn't in the mood to hurt us in any way.

But that food was our only lifeline out here, and I didn't know how we were going to survive without it.

“What are we going to do now?” Celine grumbled, breaking heavily as we both laid on the grass bedding, trying to catch our breath after that adrenaline pumped run.

I raised an eyebrow as I turned towards her in shock. “I have no idea, Celine.”

“You can't say that. I can't survive another without food,” she replied.

“Then we need to get to the gate as fast as we can. Maybe there's a better life out the wall,” I said, dragging my limp body off the floor.

“This journey was a mistake,” she teased.

“You're always joking about everything,” I chuckled.

The scorching heat of the sun kept striking our head, eating deep into our scalp as our stomachs grumbled, hunger gripping us with every step we took.

It was beginning to look like we weren't going to make it, and even our water supply was completely exhausted.

But just as we were about to give up hope, I caught a glimpse of the enormous gate, heavily guarded.

“There! There it is!!” I yelled, running towards it immediately.

“What? You've got to be kidding me. Wait up! I don't have enough in my tank to run as fast as you,” Celine yelled, dragging her feet behind as she tried her best to keep up with me.

“What are you two ladies doing out in this part of the city?” one of the guards asked firmly, glaring straight at our eyes with a stoic expression on his face.

“We want to leave Mystic Falls. We're on a journey,” I revealed.

“Do you even know where you're going?” He scoffed.

“I don't know. But I guess I'll find out in the course of my journey,” I replied.

“Are you going to let us through or not?” Celine snapped.

“I'm sorry. You can go ahead. Be safe out there,” he waved as he pulled the gates open, allowing us to walk through, setting our back towards Mystic Falls.

I slowly turned towards the gate, reminiscing on the life I lived behind the walls.

“We could still go back. It's not too late to give up,” Celine said.

“There's no giving up. I got Grandma's blessings. I don't want to make all this go to waste,” I replied.

“It's going to be a long journey from home,” Celine reminded.

I softly nodded. “Sure it is. I guess my journey just began,” I smiled softly.

“Yup. Let's get going anyway,” Celine urged.

But my eyes were still fixed on the wall. A soft smile slowly went over my lips.

Maybe I'll miss her mor

e than I thought I would.

“Goodbye, grandma. I'll find out if this rejection was the will of the moon goddess.”