Stranger in the Night

The air had a stale but chilled sense about it as the wind blew up over the hills, down through the valleys and into the branches of a dark and dreary forest. Not many creatures roamed through the thick brush of dead branches and brown pine needles, all gathered in death at the foot of large whispering trees. One life form did wander the small space between the oversized trunks, but nothing natural to this Earth. Practically glowing green eyes slid left to right as large black paws struck the ground one after the other, leaving paw prints larger than any dog known to man. After a mile of wandering about, nose to the wind, he stops at the edge of the forest, green eyes wandering down to catch site of small twinkling lights. The soft sound of laughter, tears and slumber struck the sensitive core of his hearing as he slowly moves forward. With a small white, sharp toothed grin, Jack steps between the final brush, no longer four-legged and covered in black fur. His muscular form grabs a stick from the ground, slashing repeatedly into his now tanned, human skin.
“Pathetic humans…I will show you the nightmares of the real world..and shatter the small shelter you have found in this boondock town” he whispered, grin fading into a glare of pure hatred. Racing down the grassy hill, rocks and dirt unphasedly stabbing into the pads of his calloused feet, Jack enters another small forest at the edge of town. Stalking through the trees, nose to the wind, he halts upon the small sounds of sleep from what came to him as a small framed girl.
"Revenge ....Thy is near...Begin with the heart of a maiden ...end with the blood of the frightened" he recited as he neared the edge of a bush. Twitching his ears lightly he broke out a grin, white teeth bared with sharp points. Suddenly his ears twitched again as the sound of breaking brush approached from behind. Whirling to face the oncoming intruder, Jack noticed the lowered muzzle of a domesticized dog crouched and approaching. A howl invaded his sensitive ears in an annoying manner before the sad excuse for an animal tried to attacked him. With a swift movement, he smacked the dog in one blow between eyes that suddenly turn dim.
"Tsk ...what a pity...Humans have ruined your shame.." he muttered to the stiffening body laying on the forest floor. Turning back to his original target, he spotted a young girl slowly approaching the windowsill in fright. Glaring he crouched back behind the brush, not wanting to be seen quite yet by this human. Glancing down under the sill, where the girls blue eyes were straying, he noticed a small black ball leaping up infront of the somewhat looker of a child. All humans were children to Jack as he had outlived many, and would outlive all of that girls ancestors. As the girl picked up the animal with a slight protesting mew, he watched her frame calm and turn back into the black of her room.

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The dawn light invaded the once creepy window as Keishi's eyes slid open. With a small moan of annoyance, she lifts the top half of her body off the comfort of the mattress as a loud piercing beeping sound vibrates through her once sleeping head. As Keishi reaches to relieve her hearing from the invading sound, she finds the bottom half of her body unable to move from a heavy burden. Fingers brushing the tab to off, she turns her head and notates the cat from the night before curled up ontop of the blanket that inhabits her lap.
"Neko...you are warm and comforting but I have to get up!" she stated exasperated until finally the animal stood up, stretched with claws clicked out and a yawn baring sharp teeth and a pink rough tongue. Making use of this distraction, Keishi swung her legs from under the comforter, almost immediately regretting having left her window open to the chill. Sneaking tiptoed across the wooden floor, she reaches for the chilled metal of the window as she goes to slide it into it's rightful place of closed. As the glass lowers, her eyes catch sight of something out of the ordinary laying in the grass behind her room. In recognition, Keishi's eyes widen in shock as she whirls to the closed door, yelling for her father to awaken. Reaching the open door to her parent's bedroom, she swears, noting the fact that her father was already most likely at work, and mother off to some form of shopping spree. Racing down the plush carpeted stairs, her tanned feet find the blue slippers in their rightful place. Opening the front door, a curse passes Keishi's lips as she books it out into the chilled morning air. Collapsing to her knees, she looks down at the black fur of a dog, small whimpers escaping its muzzle as red stains the small amount of snow splayed on the ground.
"Hang in there buddy....I'll figure something out..." she coos, trying to soothe the poor dog in it's injured form. Without alternative, she slid her thin arms underneath the heavy beast, lifting it with all of her strength up, across the yard and onto the cleared kitchen table. Racing to the bathroom, she grabs two large towels. Booking back to the animal, Keishi presses them to the wounds on its side.
"It'll be okay ....it will be okay..."