Amy POV
The wind blew harshly, drowning out the sound of footfalls as we raced through the woods. “Come on,” Liam yelled back to the group. I turned to look behind me at them, the loud growls and screeches making my blood run cold. Blood slid down my cheek as the low limbs sliced into me. I turned quickly to the right and picked up my speed. Liam kept up with me, karma’s hand in his, dragging her along. “We are so close,” I said to myself as the clearing came perfectly into view. As I neared it however, I noticed something was off. “Shit,” I yelled out as I stopped just before going off the edge of the cliff. I peered over at the river forty foot down. Making a split decision, I turned to look at Liam, who’s eyes showed nothing but fear. Then I jumped. The wind catching me and the feeling of sickness in my stomach as gravity pulled me. Finally I hit the water hard and growled under the water, as the icy liquid found my every cut. I surfaced and looked around, but they were not with me. “Amy, keep going, we will meet you down the river,” Shane yelled down to me, hugging Lauren closer to his back as they began to run down the cliff’s edge.
I walked down the river bank, my shoes loudly squeaking with every step. A shadow fell over the cliff, as I breathlessly continued walking. ‘Shit it’s gonna be dark very soon. I hope the others are okay. Why didn’t they jump? The fuck was that?’ My thoughts were cut off as twigs snapped a couple of feet beside me. I looked over quickly and stopped walking. Bright yellow eyes appeared at me. ‘That doesn’t sound like a zombie.’ A low growl sounded and my heart went into over drive. I bolted down the riverside. I could feel the monster close on my heels. ‘Yep definitely not a zombie!’ I could feel the slimy ground threatening to give way under me as I trucked it. I peered over my shoulder to be met by a giant black beast covered in fur. ‘Is that a fucking cat?! Of course Amy, a zombie apocolypse breaks out and you are killed by a cat. Congratulations.’ I kept running, the cat staying an even pace with me. The ground gave way as I went to turn, causing me to slide. A pair of paws caught my shoulders, making me lose my balance and slide on my back into the mud by the river. I closed my eyes, waiting for the fatal kill, that never came. I felt the cats breath on my neck as it hovered over me. I peaked an eye open as I felt it’s weight shift, to a see a very beautiful raven haired girl smirking at me. Then everything went black.
“Carmilla, what the hell is that,” an unfamiliar voice yelled out. I felt my body drop to the ground, my mind teetering on the edge of black and blur. “Apparently there are others out in the woods Cupcake,” a husky female voice stated up above me. “Poor thing looks all beat up,” the first girl said. I heard her light footsteps walking towards me, then a hand on my forehead. Black.
”Hey girl, wake up, please,” a voice said, feeling a poke on my chest, I jumped awake startling a rather short girl with flowing brown hair. The raven haired girl stood by a tree, leaning against it. I scooted back quickly staring at the girl that previously attacked me as a cat. “Who the fuck are you, what are you,” I asked, standing up and propping myself up against a tree, my head spinning. “I’m Laura and that’s Carmilla,” the brown haired girl said, pointing to the other girl as she spoke. I looked between them and felt down at my leg, making sure my knife was still there. “And the answer to your second question is, I am a vampire that can take the shape of a cat,” Carmilla said nonchalantly, walking towards me. I took a cautionary step back and she smirked. “Why did you chase me,” I asked, rubbing my chest where she pounced me earlier. Laura looked at Carmilla in disbelief. “I thought you were a zombie at first, then you took off running and I couldn’t resist the chase,” Carmilla stated shrugging. “You were pretty damn fast,” she added chuckling to herself. ‘What the hell have I gotten myself into?’ “Okay listen, if you had’ve told me this three months ago, I wouldn’t have believed you, but there are walking corpses roaming the earth right now and I saw both of your forms so it’s not that extraordinary,” I stated, making Carmilla nod. “But all of that aside, I have to find my group, we got seperated,” I added, looking for my shoes. It was then that I noticed my change of clothes. A pair of black leather pants and a loose black shirt. I spotted my shoes and slipped them on. “I heard your friends, walking around a couple miles that way, I am guessing you’re Amy,” Carmilla said, moving to pick up my other, really damp clothes and handing them to me. ‘She knows where my friends are?!’ “Come on, I will take you to them,” she added, morphing in front of my eyes. I felt sick to my stomach. “Just get on her back, she won’t hurt you, I made sure of that,” Laura said smiling. I nodded my thanks and awkwardly climbed on Carmilla’s back. Before I even got situated, she bolted straight forward, making me fly back and grip at her fur. I leaned forward, finally getting my balance and heeled her side. She snarled and ran faster. Her paws flinging dirt behind us as the trees around us blurred. Within a few minutes I found myself gripping her neck as she climbed up a tree. I grabbed onto a branch and she moved one branch higher, changing back to a human..or..well..vampire. “We passed up your friends, they should be walking past this tree in the next few seconds,” she stated, moving down to my branch and pointing behind us. “Karma we will find her, just have faith,” I heard Liam say, as their footsteps neared the tree. “Why did you pass them up,” I asked, watching the group approach, to which she didn’t answer. I felt a pinch in the back of my arm and turned to glare daggers at Carmilla. I looked back at my friends and was about to say something went I felt a sharp pain in my arm. I whipped my head around and couldn’t stop myself from jumping up, tackling her. I seemed to have forgotten we were in a tree however, because she fell backwards, taking me with her. We hit the ground with a thud, making Shane and Karma yelp. “Amy,” Karma asked. Hearing her voice made me look up at her, seeing the confusion in her eyes. I looked back down at Carmilla who had started coughing from hitting the ground so hard. I stood up and awkwardly smiled at the group. “Hi guys,” I said. Carmilla groaned as she stood up and glared at me. “Who’s this,” Karma asked, looking towards Carmilla. “I’m Carmilla and i’ll be going now,” she stated smoothly. With a rush of confidence, I grabbed her by her shirt. “Wait, please, if we stick together we have better odds of survival,” I said. She turned to face me, her face blank of all emotion. She seemed to think about it for a moment, but turned on her heels and started to walk away. ‘What an asshole.’ She had now gotten a few feet away when I trotted up to catch her. “Look I know that you have already done a lot and we don’t really know each other, but please, that girl right there,” I paused to look over at Karma, who was watching me with an unreadable expression. “I am in love with her, I want to keep her safe, like you do Laura,” I continued, pleading with my eyes. Carmilla shot an eyebrow up, as if silently asking me how I knew she loved Laura. “I can just sense it, you’re putty around her and do anything to make her happy, like bringing me here,” I said, answering her silent question. Carmilla studied me for a moment before sighing. I smiled and motioned for the group to follow us.
We had been walking for a couple of hours now. When I was on her back it didn’t take nearly this long. I had come up beside Carmilla at some point and was trying to start meaningless conversation. “So, do you like birds,” I asked as we walked through the trees. Carmilla shot me a look and I wanted to sink into the ground. “Right…you’re a cat,” I said, realizing how stupid of a question that was. We walked a few more feet before she put her hand on my arm. “Look, like five months back I probably would have killed you upon meeting you, but I understand you, it’s darker times and you are trying to make light of the situation,” she paused to fix my shirt that was probably hers, before continuing, “but I am a vampire, I hate light,” she stated causing me to chuckle. I felt my shirt being tugged and I shrunk back to be beside my puller, Karma. “You two seem pretty close,” she said, smiling lightly at me. “Not really, we just met last night,” I said, remembering how it was turning night. Karma nodded and we walked for a little while more, before Shane groaned loudly. “Someone please take Lauren, I can’t carry her anymore,” Shane cried, sounding on the verge of exhaustion. ‘Oh yeah, I completely forgot about her.’ I stopped and walked up beside him, sliding my arm under Lauren. She grabbed onto me and slid over, still as weak as she was two days ago. With her on my back, I began walking again, shrinking to the back of the group. I peered over my shoulder at her pale face. In that moment I felt so bad for her. With no doctors, there was no possible way of getting hormones and her body was in the process of switching back to testosterone.
We continued walking for another mile before I heard people talking. ‘Wait..I thought it was just Laura and Carmilla.’
Lafontaine POV
”So please explain how your supply trip was cut short,” Laura asked looking at Perry and I. I looked down at the ground as Perry shot me a look. I walked past Perry over to a rock, brushing off the dirt with my hand and sitting down. “Because somebody set off the store alarm in town,” Perry hissed, looking over at me. I ran my fingers through my hair, remembering the horde of zombies that gathered when the alarm rang out. I was about to defend myself when Laura said hold on. “There is power in town,” she asked, looking at us both. Perry and I nodded, a smile creeping up on Laura’s face. “What,” I asked, looking at her questioningly. “That’s not a good idea,” Carmilla stated, walking out from behind a tree, scaring us half to death.
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