Tris

A Story by Dragonesque

Tris trekked through the Dark Forest looking for the werewolf pack that was rumored to be deep within. She had been at this for days, still with no sign of them when one day she was walking and a group of five people surrounded her. They all had masks and hoods covering their faces. One of them whispered to another, “ It looks like her... you think it is?” “One way to find out” said the other one back then walked up to Tris and swiftly knocked her out with the hilt of his sword.
Tris woke up in a dark room tied up in some strange material. It felt strange; like shadows but she couldn’t tell through all the darkness. They had left all her weapons on her. Fools, she thought then she heard footsteps. She panicked for a second then remembered she had to stay calm and not let them intimidate her. She took a few deep breaths then looked up at who was walking toward her. It was a boy who looked to be only a year or so older than her. She flinched when he spoke, his voice, it was so cold, dark and menacing. He walked closer to her then leaned down and whispered into her ear, “Why hello, I’ve never seen you around here before.” Tris frowns. “Of course you haven’t. I ran away from the” -she hesitated here then said- “I ran away from the orphanage in the nearby town.” He smiled, “Oh a runaway I see...” He licked her cheek softly then said, “ I don’t usually take in elves but I’ve taken a particular liking to you. You’ll be staying in my quarters of course.” “Y-You know I’m an elf?” “Of course who wouldn’t notice those pointed ears of yours... They’re quite lovely... I’d love to see more...” Tris blushes at this and looks away. “Don’t be like that... Hasn’t anyone ever complimented you?” he asks. “No. What’s your name anyway?” “Call me N. Now what’s your name?” Tris sighs. “It’s Tris. Can I go now? I’d love to rest after you rudely kidnapped me. Plus I have a really bad headache.” N waves his hand and the material surrounding her disappeared. “Very well but I expect you to meet me here tomorrow morning. Your room’s the last one down the hallway on the right.” Tris gets up and as she passes N stops then says, “Thank you for treating me nicely.” then she continues walking towards her room.
Tris flops down on the bed and sighs. He was strange but nicer than anyone else in my life... Except for Diana and her kids... I still feel bad for leaving them. ,Tris thinks. His voice was so cold, I wonder what he’s been through... she thinks then falls asleep wondering about the mysterious N.
Tris wakes up the next day and looks next to her to see N. She thinks, Wait this is his room too!? Or did I go in the wrong room? She looks outside and checks that it is the last room on the right. It was. She sighs in relief then lays back down in the bed facing away from him. She slowly drifts back to sleep though she was trying not to.
He wakes up then sees Tris lying next to him and facing away. He smiles slightly then thinks, Good she didn’t wake up. He gets up then tiptoes slowly to the door, reaches for the door knob and pauses as he hears Tris say, “N?” He says, “Obviously. These are my quarters too. Didn’t I say that last night?” “Yeah but I didn’t think you’d sleep next to me!” , Tris retorts. “Well as I said before I’ve taken a particular interest in you...” Tris rolls her eyes. “So you going to tell me what this place is?” ”No not right now. You’re on a need to know basis and you don’t need to know that.” says N sharply then leaves. Tris thinks, Rude. Guess I’ll just explore the place myself... She gets up, puts her hair in a pony tail then leaves the room to explore. Outside her room is a long hallway with a bunch of other doors. She walks past all the other doors and down the hallway. At the end of the hallway she sees a large room with a table and a bunch of scrolls on the table. There is a door way that leads to outside the room and into the forest surrounding it. Tris walks through those doors and looks around. She sees a bunch of smaller buildings and a lot of other werewolves. They all look towards her and whisper to each other. She caught a little bit of what they were saying, “I heard she’s the new recruit.” “I don’t like the way she stands. What does he see in her anyway?” and “Is she even a werewolf?” She ignores these and pretends that she doesn’t notice but those words really hurt her. She keeps walking and looking around until she notices she is being followed. She tries to lose them but it doesn’t work. She frantically walks around but then corners herself. She turns around and looks at who was following her. It was a group of werewolves, they looked really strong. Tris wasn’t that scared of them. She’d faced worse, this was nothing. The werewolves sneered at her. “You think your so mighty just because he thinks your special? Well sorry to burst your bubble but you’re nothing.” “What are you talking about?” They laugh. “You really don’t know?” One who seems to be the leader of the group waves his hand and the other two pin her arms behind her back. “Well let me teach you a lesson, elf.” Tris decided to take the beating and not reveal her powers yet because she didn’t want anyone trying to use her against her will like they did before she escaped. They punched and kicked her then Tris looked up and saw someone passing. She yelled out, “Hey a little help here?!” The person passing looked at her and sneered. The group of werewolves beating Tris paused and looked at the person passing. They moved out of the way immediately and the person walked forwards. Tris saw her, it was a girl with a rather commanding aura to her. She kneeled down and hissed in her ear, “You’re nothing” then knocked her out.
Tris woke up with her head throbbing in the same alleyway that she had been in before she was knocked out. She groaned and thought, That’s the second time I’ve been knocked out in just a few days... She looks around then sees the person who knocked her out sitting in the entrance to the small alleyway. “You!”, Tris spat out. The girl looks up. “Oh good you’re finally awake. I thought you’d never wake up.” She smiles. “Why’d you knock me out?!” “I had to be convincing didn’t I?” Tris just glares at her. “Oh sorry let me explain! People around here don’t like elves... I’m Nova. I’m pretty much the commander around here, I pretend to be tough but I’m really not... Gah! I’m such a blabbermouth! What’s your name?” “Its Tris.” “Where’d you get all those scars from?” “How did you know about those?” “Oh sorry I had to heal you so I accidentally saw them.. Sensitive topic?” Tris stays silent. Nova raises her hands up innocently. “If you don’t want to talk that’s okay with me.” “So why are you so quiet yet commanding?” , Tris asks Nova. “I was going to be alpha of my dad’s pack a few years ago... Until I ran away of course.. He’s probably still reserving it for me thinking I’ll come back.. But I won’t... I’m quiet because I don’t want others judging me...” Tris mutters, “Don’t I know a thing about that.. What do you have against your dad anyway?” Nova hesitates then says, “You wouldn’t understand.” “Yes I will... My mom sold me when I was three for drinking money....” Nova chuckles. “We’re really similar aren’t we?” Tris smiles. “Yeah I guess we are. Well see ya around!” Tris stands up. “Okay! Watch out for other werewolves! By the way you might want to keep your ears out if you have any and hide those elf ears.” Tris nods. “I’ll keep that in mind for next time.” She waves then leaves and goes back to her room.
Tris enters her room to see N and another boy next to him-who is around N’s age. “So is this the girl you were talking about? Is it good?” , asks the mysterious boy to N. He nods. “Oh I haven’t introduced you two yet. Tris this is Drex. Tris waves slightly. “So what are you doing here?” N smiles. “Oh we just came for a few things.” N and Drex lick their lips and Tris sees fangs. “W-Wait you guys are vampires?” “Of course, girly.” says Drex nastily, grinning. They pin her against the door then they each bite on side of her neck and drink in her blood. “We have something else for you to do too. We want you to be our assassin.” says N wiping his mouth. “You have no choice in the matter anyway. We’ll do this every night until you agree.” They dive back in for another drink. Tris grunts out, “I’ll never do it.” They drink even more of her blood. Eventually she passes out and they set her back in her bed then lean against the door preventing her from leaving.
Tris wakes up feeling completely drained. She slowly remembers the event from last night and sits up quickly. She receives as sharp pain in her head and yelps. Drex and N wake up then stand up. “Well, well girly you survived..” “I honestly thought she wouldn’t either.” Tris scowls. “Pfft... I’m not that weak.” “So you aren’t. What’s your answer?” asks N yet again. “Still no.” “You insolent little-“ yells Drex then slaps her cheek so hard that her neck jerks sharply to the side from the impact. Tris sharply inhales involuntarily. Drex then pins her against the wall and pulls out a shirt dagger. Tris eyes the dagger carefully and notices the insignia on it. It was a circle with a crescent moon in it. Her mouth opens in shock. “Where did you get that?” Drex grins the plunges it into the side of her abdomen. Tris grasps the dagger and pulls it out of her side then twirls it in her hands, ready for a fight. N smiles. “So she can fight. I thought you were pretending. Let’s see what you can do.” He pulls out a dagger and so does Drex. Both daggers have the same insignia as the one Tris is holding. Tris thinks, Where did they get these? It’s the same symbol as the one at the hospital... Drex and N rush at her but she ducks and flips Drex over her head. He slams hard against the wall and is unconscious. One down, Tris thinks. She faces N then he rushes at her holding the dagger out, malice in his eyes. She barely gets out of the way and N’s dagger makes a long and deep cut on the inner forearm of her left arm. She grunts in pain then walks slowly towards N. He grins knowingly. As she gets closer to him the cut on her arm singes with agonizing pain. She collapses and falls to her knees. After a few minutes Tris is finally able to get four words out, “What did you do?!” She hears him say “It’s such a shame, I really did favor you.” before she passes out. The last thing she saw was a hulking shadow and the last thing she thought was “Help me, Nova.”
Tris woke up in a brightly lit room that smelled like rotting flesh. Really, again?! Man it is just not my day..Two times already.... She gets her senses back in the next few minutes and she feels strange. It takes her another few minutes to realize what was different, she had wolf ears and a tail! She looked around and saw a mirror and got up. She wondered why they didn’t tie her up. She saw herself in the mirror but her ears were white. Her surgically added ears weren’t white but grey. So why were they now a different color? Tris was snapped back to reality as the door clicked open. A hulking male comes in and he has his large hand firmly gripped on Nova’s shoulder. “Nova!” Tris exclaims. “Hey Tris... So you do have ears!” Tris smiles and nods then discreetly points at the hulking male figure and mouths “Dad?” Nova nods with one small jerk of the head. The hulking male figure speaks, Nova flinches as he does, “Hello, Tris. I see you’ve met my daughter. I have a favor to ask of you.” “What is it?” asks Tris somewhat harshly. I want you to become my assassin. You seem quite powerful. I offered Nova the same position yet she refused.” “Then I refuse too.” “Ah I thought you’d say that so I came up with an offer that neither of you can refuse. If you do not become my assassins I will slowly torture both of you, heal you then do it again.” “No!” both Nova and Tris yell. “Do you both agree to become my assassins?” “Fine.” They both say. “Very good. You’ll both have special quarters at the werewolf barracks, but first we’ll have a sparring match to see if you’re any good.” He tosses them each a sword then motions for them to follow him outside. They do, then Noah also pulls out a sword and stands ready in front of Nova. Nova attacks him viciously and Noah parries the attack. Tris watches but then is surprised but Hades who attacks her with his own sword. She barely blocks it in time. Each pair attacks back and forth not relenting. Finally they are so far apart from each other that they can barely see each other fighting. Tris sees Nova strike at Noah, who nimbly avoids it then turns and pins her on the ground. Hades does similarly with Tris because she had not been paying attention. She gets up and pushes Hades away as she looks closer at Nova. She realizes that this was no sparring match but a plan of murder. Tris runs towards Nova yelling for her to get away and that it was a trap but she slows down and collapses to her knees. It was too late and Nova was dead. Hades come quickly behind her and ties her in steel rope to prevent her using magic. Tris just lets him the shock preventing her from resisting.