I forgot to mention Reader is still in the red dress from chapter 4, Sorry!

One more thing

'thinking'

"Speaking"

(Y/N) Pov

'Does this thing ever give up?!' you thought as you weaved between the trees, your dress getting caught on the many branches.

Looking towards the sky, you noticed it is getting dark. 'I need to lose this guy and fast! I won't be able to see in the-'Your thoughts are cut short when you tripped on a tree root sticking up out of the ground.

You looked behind you to see the creature fast approaching. You turn back around and go to move but a chilling noise froze you to the ground. A blood curtailing scream resounded.

Turning to look back behind you, you see the creature that had been trying to apprehend you were now set aflame.

You watched as the fire got bigger and spread over the tree monster as it twisted and turned, trying to put the flames out, screaming all the while.

Suddenly, someone embraced you from behind into a hug as they dragged you away from the fire.

"(Y/n), are you alright?" that voice. It was Dylan. You turned to him and pulled him in a tighter hug.

"How did you get away from the tribe? Where is everyone else? How did you find me?" you threw question after question at him.

"Calm down, Mr. Wilson brought the Calvary and saved everyone. He said their tribe and village was where he started the hunt for everyone."

"We're right here!" another voice spoke. Chloe. Her, Devin, Jay and Mr. Wilson showed themselves  Dylan stood up and helped you on your feet.

You ran to Chloe and pulled her into a hug.

"Thank you guys!" You told them.

"Ahem, I was the one who set that thing on fire!" Looking towards Devin, you saw him holding a lit torch made from a tree limb and a piece of cloth.

"Come here." You said and wrapped your arms around his neck. The hand holding the torch moved out of your way so it wouldn't barbeque you. The unoccupied arm wrapped around your back.

"Glad your ok." He mumbled.

Jay grabbed a stick and started poking at the, now non-moving, wood. "I don't think we will have to worry about him anymore." He stated

"Alright, let's start back home, we have a little ways to go." Mr. Wilson said and you all started back to the town.

~Demetri Pov~

"AAAGGGGHH! The game was just getting good! Why did those pests have to ruin it?!"

To say that I am mad is an understatement. I am livid! That's the second time that brat has hurt my living creations.

I took a deep breath to calm down. 'I could still have fun' I thought maliciously, a grin starting to form on my face. "But first I will need to get my flower off the playing field."

With that being said, I started for the stairs. Once I reached the second floor, I walked to the balcony that overlooked all of the area. I spread my wings and took off flying in the direction of my love.

Jay Pov

We had been walking for about an hour after finding (y/n). the sun had already fallen and the moon was high in the sky. The night before was rough and tonight's isn't going to be any different.

Half of last night we were stuck in a cage and then the rest of the night we were walking back to town. Now we are right back to where we started.

"Guys, I'm tired. Can we stop for a bit?" Chloe whined.

Everyone's face held pure exhaustion.

"Mr. Wilson?" he looked at me and sighed. He took a quick glance at our surroundings.

"Ten minutes and no more. Whoever is after (y/n) probably isn't too far behind."

Everyone let out a sigh of relief and sat down. Chloe and Devin huddled together, while Dylan and (y/n) sat next to each other.

Dylan Pov!

'Say something!' my thoughts screamed as I looked at (y/n).

"Hey." I murmured.

"Hey." She replied.

"How are you feeling?"

"As good as someone in my position can be."

I watched as she kept fiddling with the torn up dress she wore. It was covered in holes and was dirty. I took notice that she no longer had any shoes on. I guess she lost them when running. Her (h/c) hair was filled with little twigs and leaves from earlier.

"Is the dress bothering you?" I asked. She nodded her head.

"We can make it shorter so it won't get snagged on anything. It might even make it easier to run. What do you say?"

She seemed to ponder the idea before accepting. She grabbed the end of the dress and a bit of it below the knees and tugged.  With my help, we tore the dress until it reached her knees. She then grabbed the long sleeves of the dress and started tearing those off as well.

"This feels so much better, and it's a lot cooler." (Y/n) said with a smile.

Even when she's not dressed up she's beautiful.

"I...I have to tell you something." I began, butterflies filling my stomach. I want to tell her how I feel but I'm so nervous. She looked at me with her beautiful (e/c) eyes that I could get lost in. "Yes?"

"Well, um, what I want to tell you is-"

"Alright everyone, we need to get moving again!" Mr. Wilson announced and everyone started to get up.

'Really? I finally get the courage to confess and I get interrupted? Even Chloe and Devin gave me my privacy to ask and I didn't even get the chance!'

"What was it you were going to tell me?" (Y/N) asked, breaking me out of my thoughts.

'Then again, maybe now is not a good time to tell her how I feel.' "Never mind, I'll tell you later."

I stood up and looked at (y/n). Giving a mock bow I asked, "Shall I help up my lady?" Then I straightened up and held out my hand

Giving laugh in return, she replied holding out her hand "Why thank you sir." I grabbed it and pulled her up. I gave her a reassuring smile, "We will all get out of this place alive and together." I squeezed her hand a bit and escorted her to the group.

(Y/N) Pov

'I wonder what Dylan wanted to tell me.' Your thoughts started out in a calm way only for even darker ones invaded your brain. 'What if we get lost? What if Demetri finds us? What will he do to my friends? When I brought them up before, he got aggressive. He wouldn't kill them, would he? '

"Quite it (y/n), you'll get worry lines!" Chloe's voice snapped you out of your thoughts.

Raising an eyebrow, you looked at her, "Don't I have a right to worry about my friends?" you asked her.

She let out a huff and lightly punched your arm, "Well yea, but not so much." You rolled your eyes at her attempt to lighten the mood.

"Dylan said something about your dad having some back up. Where exactly is that at?" you asked Chloe.

There was a moment of silence. "Yea, we did. We, uh, kind of left them in town." She gave a sheepish smile. You looked at her like she was crazy. "Why would you do that? They could have helped you know?!"

"Well, Dylan was the one who decided to run back into the woods and we all kind of followed. Everyone but the police."

'Great. The people that could have actually helped stayed behind.' You didn't say anything more and just continued walking.

"How much longer until we get back?" Devin complained.

"A few hours, five at the most! Now shut it!" Mr. Wilson yelled. Devin shut up real quick as did everyone else. Tension was thick in the air and there was no question why.

Unfortunately, it didn't stay quiet for long.