THE SAVIOUR

As Sam looked up from the water, she could only see candy's ponytail hair dancing in the air and her black woolen jacket.

'This girl must be catching a lot of fun over there' she thought and slipped back into the water.

 Candy continued walking through the cleared path of the thicket. The chirpings of birds shifted her attention from the butterfly. She narrowed her gaze and sighed when she saw nothing. She looked up again but the butterfly was gone. She cursed under her breath.

 "I must get you this time." She muttered, the butterfly was now clinging to a leaf just a mile away. She cursed under her breath again. It seemed like her closeness alerted the butterfly to fly away for safety.

 She didn't realize how far she had walked until a powerful and distinctive aura filled the atmosphere. 

The place was dim and quiet, different from the thicket she arrived from. She looked up to see the sky but tall trees formed canopies overhead. She became scared and her eyes kept narrowing that she didn't realize she was moving along as well. She became confused and tried to run out. She wanted to run to the garden but she couldn't find the path she followed through. Standing motionlessly, her pulse hiked, inviting goosebumps to envelope her skin.

 "Sam."

She muttered while her eyes welled up in tears. She decided to find her way back without realizing that she was going even deeper into the forest. The ground was sloppy at some spots and straight at another. She slapped her skin mistaking it for a fly and she could hear the sound echoed at a far angle. 

She has already gotten tired and weary of walking yet she couldn't see any end yet. She decided to scream Sam's name to come to her rescue.

"Sam…"

"Sam…" 

While she waited for the echo to die down, that aura she felt earlier filled the air again but now, it looked more real. So real as if a lot of wild animals were around her. She remained transfixed in the same spot using her two palms to cover her lips. Her breath changed to pants. The aura was strong; strong enough to leave one petrified.

Suddenly, two white figures appeared before her. They were both putting on black long sleeve shirts on top black trousers. Her hands vibrated on her lips as soon as they were very close to her and she could see their blood red eyes, longing at her hungrily. She has never seen these figures before. 

She couldn't look at them for long because those red eyes were piercing through her. She wondered if everything about her would end: her life and family. She remembered her mum telling them that the forest was dangerous and it was the truth. Her heart welled up in regret and she wished she never came this far. She wished she didn't scream, no one would have seen her if she hadn't screamed. 

She was jolted back to reality when she heard a voice. "She will make a good meal." The female figure said and curved her lips into a smirk. The male figure nodded to his mate. What are they planning to do with her? And the female figure saying she would make a good meal only meant one thing. 

"Are these people vampires?"candy thought. 

"Bade farewells.'' the male figure said and lowered in a position that his prey could get to his reach. 

Candy shivered when she saw his incisor change to long fangs. The upper and lower incisors, four of them elongated. She wanted to scream but she couldn't. His fangs were almost brushing against her skin but they haven't touched yet. It sent hot chills to her body.

He held her head so that her neck could be tilted easily. Just when he was about to do it, he heard a scream "stop!'' so he rose immediately to kill whosoever that tried to stop him. It was that second that candy let out her breath. She has held her breath for so long.

She watched the male figure charge at his mate. Their eyes locked into each other's. He thought it was his enemy that tried to stop him. 

"What?" He asked his mate and threw a sharp glance at candy just to make sure she was still there. 

"She's not alone. I heard her calling a name, Sa…" she turned to candy and continued,"Say the name again."

"Sam." Candy responded amidst tears.

"I will go and bring her for my meal." she giggled and leapt away.

Silence drifted in while the male figure smiled to himself because he was about to have something different. It didn't really matter to him and his mate if they broke the vampire's law. They have learnt that the blood of humans was more powerful and tastier than animals.

As he turned, his mouth dropped by what he saw. 

A tall muscular man was now standing before him rather than his meal. His eyes glowed like hell fire, while his incisor elongated. Candy was afraid for the man that came to rescue her because he had no weapons with him. She wished she had told this saviour what kind of man that he was about to fight with.

The vampire man flickered his eyelids and immediately charged at his supposed enemy. Candy quickly shut her eyes so that she wouldn't watch the vampire man eat her saviour up. The vampire man threw a punch at his opponent but he missed it. He leapt closer and closer so that his opponent had no space but It seemed as if his opponent knew his every move as he continuously missed his target. The vampire man continued lounging at his opponent but couldn't get any of his moves. It was time for his opponent to charge at him too. He held his right arm up until half his power gathered in. Taking the vampire man in just one hand, he threw him against a tree some miles away. The tree crashed along with him yet he leapt up again.

"Holy shit!" The vampire man cursed under his breath. He charged at his opponent again but in full force this time. He missed him because the latter jumped over his head and attacked him from behind. 

Candy's jaw dropped and her eyes widened as she watched her saviour growled like he was in pain already. He was growling non stop until he transformed into a wolf. The wolf had brown hair over it and his remarkably swiftness aided him in holding his opponent down to the ground. He gradually tore his opponent into pieces until the vampire man no longer had a breath left in him. 

He let out a few pants and watched the figure lay motionlessly. He took out a fire box from his pocket and set the figure ablaze. Vampires could regenerate after being killed but burning them meant destroying their soul and body.

Candy began to sweat as the big wolf walked toward her but soon, it changed into his normal self. She sighed and shut her eyes for a moment. She thought everything that happened now was just a nightmare. She knew vampires were real, what about the wolf? who was he?

"I'm Edward." He pinched his brows.

"I'm Candy. I was going to die but you saved me." Candy replied. She instantly stepped back the moment he drew nearer because she was scared. 

She feared that he might change into that big wolf again and eat her up.

"What brought you here? The forest is quite perilous, you know." the wolf man asked, no sign of harm showing in his voice. 

Candy wanted to cry for a while before she could say anything. It was really hard for her to talk because her foot ached and she had sustained some bruises as well. 

"Oh! Let me treat your wound." The wolf man said and hurried off to get some herbs to treat her wound. He came back with some herbs and treated her wound.

"Ohh…" Candy groaned and tried to retreat her feet but his hands were holding her so strongly that she couldn't move them.

"It will make you feel better." he said as he finished applying the herbs on her.

He was going to ask her where she came from so that he could bring her home but a really pretty girl walked into them. He gaped at her like he just saw a witch goddess. She too wanted to sprint off, she had never encountered such a handsome prince in her life.