The dog-like creatures curled it's mouth into a wide grin showing it's deadly canine teeth at the twins. They glistened in the small shade of light revealing the small droplets of blood on them. In reaction at spotting the blood on the white teeth, Mabel took a step back. She did not like where the conversation was going.
"Lord Cipher is the ruler of this forest you two trespassed. Because of that, he has sent me... TO KILL YOU."
The dog-like creature lunged at the twins. Seeing this, Mabel pushed Dipper and herself out of the way falling onto the snowy ground filled with rocks while the creature hit a tree on impact. While Dipper scraped his knee and got a cut on his cheek from a razor-sharp rock, Mabel hit her nose resulting a bloody nose. As the twins sat up, they noticed the dog-like creature collecting itself from the fall. Mabel bit down on her cheek and hastily opened the journal flipping through pages. The journal was the only thing she could think of that could help them. As Mabel flipped through the pages in a rush, Dipper tugged Mabel's coat.
"Mabel, he's getting back up." Dipper said as he pointed at the dog-like creature. It was on the verge of getting up and shaking the snow off of it.
Mabel clenched her teeth. "Distract it Dipper. I have to find out what that thing is."
Dipper gulped and slowly nodded. He glanced around searching for anything to distract the creature when his eyes fell on the small rocks they fell on. He picked them up and gripped one rock tightly in his shaking white hand. He was scared, but he knew that as long as Mabel was there, he would be okay. So there should be no reason for him to be scared right?
Ignoring that thought, Dipper took a deep breath and threw a rock at the creature. As soon as it made contact with the creature's head, it growled and turned lightning fast at the twins taking off at them. Dipper jumped with shock and began to throw even more rocks at the creature. He knew they were useless, but it was the only thing he had that could slow the creature down a tiny bit.
As Dipper continued throwing rocks, Mabel flipped one last page before she found what she was looking for. It was the page about the dog-like creature with it's name, The Shadow Wraith, on the top.
Mabel smiled at what she found and glanced up at Dipper. "Dipper! I found it!" She began to read it. "The Shadow Wraith is a creature who takes orders for its master by delivering fierce powerful bites. If you see this creature, do not come in contact with it. If you do, PRAY FOR MERCY."
"What?!" Mabel asked. She scrolled down the page with her eyes rereading every word on it. "How is there nothing in here about it's weaknesses?!"
Dipper turned with a handful of rocks in his arms overhearing his sister. "What are we going to do then sis? Old dog breath here is getting really-..."
Dipper's face cringed mid sentence. He dropped the rocks and began to scream in agonizing pain as he shut his eyes tightly. Mabel widen her eyes as she looked down in slow motion. There biting on to Dipper's legs with its canine teeth was the Shadow Wraith gazing directly at Mabel with it's blood red eyes.
Seconds ticked by before Mabel went straight to action. Not even thinking, she grabbed a tree branch near her and whacked the Shadow Wraith hard on it's cheek with it resulting the branch to crack in half from the force of the hit. The Shadow Wraith yelped in pain from the whack on it's cheek and released Dipper from it's mouth jumping back. Mabel quickly caught Dipper as he fell backwards and cradled him in her arms. She started to check the bite realizing something was very wrong with Dipper. His skin was icy cold to her hands and he looked very pale. His breathing was becoming shallow and she could barely find his pulse.
"Dipper are you okay? Please answer me!" Mabel said almost in hysterics. She was really scared now. Scared at the fact that her brother was really hurt.
"Mabel..." She heard Dipper mumble just barely enough for her to hear. "I don't feel so good..."
Mabel bit her bottom lip and turned back at the Shadow Wraith glaring at it. "What did you do to him?!" She said with hate noticeable in her voice.
The Shadow Wraith grinned. "I poisoned him. He will die by in less than an hour. But before that, I want to make his last hour before death even more painful."
Mabel's eyes began to grow wet with tears as she glanced down at Dipper who was barely conscious now. She couldn't believe what the Shadow Wraith had just said. Dipper was poisoned? He was going to die by the next hour? Dipper, as in her twin brother who always annoyed her with his idea of fun but yet who she still loved, was going to die this awful way?
