A.N: IM SORRY FOR THE LONG HIATUS PLS FORGIVE ME I BESTOW TO YOU GREAT GIFTS

Wendigos were not known to attack other woodland creatures. They were notably incongruously the amity of the forest; unless they were being provoked, will they only spring into battle. Known for their strength and astuteness, creatures either avoided the Wendigo or sporadically hunted beside them.

Animals, as well as creatures of the forest found themselves at comfort with the Wendigo. It wasnt an uncanny sight to see werewolves amongst the Wendigo caves; or larger predatorily beasts like the Minotaur hunting or feeding with the bizarre Wendigo. Beasts and animals, they worked together most of the time, springing to help those in need, even in most uncanny situations. Emotions that sprout from animals were not only brutal anger or hunger; even monsters knew when to help out whenever they could.

Unlike humans, Kurt noted quietly, narrowing his ice blue eyes at Sebastians Smythes thin pale frame; the other male clutching his guns tightly, watching nervously around his surroundings.

Slowly stopping on a long winding track of paddy fields on their left and the patch forest on their right, the motorcycle cart stood awkwardly like a fish out of water, with a giant silver cage glinting in the bright sunlight. They were the obvious target and they were barely close to the town to call out for help.

"Whats going on back there?" Burts called out, a shiver of alarm in his fathers voice.

Sebastian spoke quickly before Kurt could reply.

"Were expecting company." He deadpanned, eyes fixated onto the patch of forest, guns cocked ready to fire.

The Wendigo in the cage had stopped all form of wailing and kept silent, a glint of malice in those deep brown eyes that seemed too demented to be human. A small roguish smirk tickled the corners Blaines lips as he cocked his head slightly to the left, eyes never leaving Kurt Hummel.

"Shoot him," Kurt commanded, nodding curtly at the blonde who raised an eyebrow in reply.

Blaine looked positively backstabbed.

Sebastian grinned smugly and bowed cheekily.

As the blonde pulled his trigger, Kurt leaped off the cart.

"Get moving!" He ordered Burt, rushing towards the front of the vehicle, Sebastian hopping off behind him in unison.

The older man looked absolutely dazed, as if Kurt had grown an extra head.

"What?" he grunted, shaking his head, "We arent leaving you two behind."

Kurt fumbled with his bow, anxiously glancing over at Burt then at Cooper, of course he didnt want to be left behind with Sebastian, but if they wanted Blaine to remain untouched and perhaps even saved they couldnt waste any more time.

"Go," He commanded once more, flicking his arrow forward, "We will catch up, there is no time to waste!"

Sebastian nodded from beside him.

"Its alright; Ill take care of Kurt. Itll just be like old times." Came the slick purr.

Kurt couldnt help but shot a warning glare over from his shoulder. Old times, indeed, he mouthed darkly as Burt gave them a curt quick nod before revving up the motorbike engine and moving off at a breakneck speed.

The brunette breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Burt reached to Brittanys in one piece with the Wendigo in its concussion, it did not matter the damage he and Sebastian were about to take; though it seemed as if Blaines cry for help was nothing but a red herring, the patch of forest that lined its way to Ivy-Pottsfield remained sullen and quiet even after the Wendigos yelp for escape.

"Kurt," Sebastians voice sounded as if it was being strangled, "Its not coming from the forest."

He didnt need to be told twice. The figures that rose from the depths of the paddy fields said it all: water spirits. Of course, if anything the Wendigo had to call upon the innocent water spirits. They were usually harmless, there to protect the crops for the village and only attacked trespassers or people who trampled over the crops.

White watery figures wafted out into the open, their bodies slowly morphing into Kelpies, forming into a horse-like creature with webbed feet and a long two-lobed whale like tail. Beautiful flowing watery manes gushed from their necks as they surround the two hunters, eyeing them with distrust.

Kurt inspected the grin on Sebastians face. A livid notion caught Kurts attention: was Sebastian smirking like that when he killed those innocent bone puppies? He clenched his bow tightly, aiming his arrows at the Kelpiess hooves. If he was chary enough, maybe he could at least just scare them away instead of harming them, afterall the water horses were harmless if not provoked.

"Ill flank the left and you take the right," the blonde spoke, raising his weapons with one fluid motion as he took a step to his left.

"Dont hurt them." Kurt gritted through his teeth, "They are harmless water spirits, just scare them away."

The pallid man scoffed, shaking his head.

"Lets not go through this again, Kurt, were not kids anymore." And with that he let loose bullets that shot through the solid figures of Kelpies, alerting them to stampede forward.

Granted, if he had enough time, the brunette would have just shot an arrow through Sebastians skull. Dodging the small group of Kelpies that hustled forward, Kurt counted the herd that formed around them; barely even twelve, they werent here to attack, they were just here to protect: once again Kurt had to try to stop the other hunter from actually hunting the prey.

"Stop," He called out to the Kelpie herd, "We mean no harm!"

"Yes we do!" Sebastian cut in, flinging himself in front of a Kelpie and forcing a bullet through its head.

Kurt narrowed his eyes, but he didnt have any time to retort; swiftly dodging the blows from the water horses as he avoided and halted his assail. He had to think on his feet if he wanted to stop Sebastians madness as well as evade the water horses feeble attempts to stop them. They were barely even doing any damage as they floundered around trying to knock the weapons off the hunters.

"Smythe!" Kurt hissed, twisting on his heel and aiming an arrow at Sebastians feet, "Theres an easier way out of this, just stop shooting, these things arent even a threat!"

He let the arrow fly and it landed swiftly an inch away from the blondes toe. The arrows blue flames startled the Kelpie, as they backtracked away from Sebastians feet, moving towards Kurt instead.

"We mean you no harm," The boy dropped his bow on the ground, watching the water horses slow down as they neared him, "You were given the wrong intentions," He raised out his hand unhurriedly.

The Kelpies seem to have understood; their bodily movements more fluid and lax as they approached Kurt with seemingly curious eyes. Out of the blue, they stopped moving as a loud gunshot rang throughout, their bodies on edge and eyes fixated now on Kurt with new vehemence.

Fury encased itself in Kurts head as he whipped towards the source of the sound. There Sebastian Smythe stood, with a smirk on his face as he fired another shot towards the paddy fields and destroyed another pile of crops.

There was a pregnant pause.

Torn between rushing to carnage whatever was left of Sebastian and facing the Kelpie that were eyeing Kurt furiously in betrayal, the brunette let out a breath he had been holding in. These water horses seemed innocent and pathetic, but as an angry herd, they could actually cause a heavy dent.

Cream coloured horses surrounded both the hunters, gradually walking in a circular motion, leaving no room to escape. Kurt frowned darkly, his weapon was on the ground and there was only a split second chance for him to pick his bow up but before he could do anything, he heard a loud bang.

He narrowed his ice blue eyes, his blood boiling at the sound of Sebastians now repeated gun shots.

Too late to grab his bow.

The Kelpie spared Kurt no time as they started to run, then gallop with breakneck speed, causing the hunter to get buffeted by their forceful airstream and blinding him from picking up his bow. His voice was muffled by the sudden force of wind speed as the Kelpie started to move, bumping Kurt as he struggled to regain any kind of balance he had.

They were moving him. The pale boy realised, a jolt of fear coursing through his veins, they were going back towards the lake near the paddy fields.

They were going to drown him.

Kurt struggled to speak, still lumbering maladroitly as the rapid force of the Kelpie forced him forwards, his feet almost leaving the ground. Where was Sebastian? Wasnt he going to help?

Of course not, he thought internally, trying to open his eyes, the wind force buffeting and tearing him up. Disgruntled, Kurt mentally berated himself. If he was going to drown, he wasnt going to drown with thoughts of Sebastian in his mind.

Quickly shaking the thoughts of the blonde out of his head, Kurt scrambled to get his momentum back, barely peeking through the whirlwind of Kelpie around him. He was defenceless, completely vulnerable to the beasts that surrounded him.

Kill it before it kills you.

Kurt froze.

He couldnt. These water horses meant no harm; they were nothing but innocent water spirits just defending their home and the crops of the villagers. They were harmless; they werent supposed to be put into such a situation.

But its going to drown you.

The brunette paused, peeking at the ground, his feet now completely lifted off due to the whirlwind of Kelpie and bow out of sight. Traversing his arms, he found himself grabbing the dagger located near his back pocket.

"S-stop!" The hunter spluttered, realising that with the entire force of the whirlwind, he was losing his oxygen and his voice. "Please stop!" He gasped, feeling his head grow lighter.

Kill it.

Shutting his eyes tight, Kurt reached for the dagger, clutching it tightly in his left hand; the hunter forcefully lashed it out, dragging the blue flame covered dagger through the whirlwind of Kelpie and in an instant, time seemed to stop.

Kelpie did not bleed.

The twisted pained expressions from the water horses that got stabbed froze in time as well, as Kurt examined the damage, swiftly falling back down on the ground, balancing himself as he stared numbly at the gruesome imagery around him – he had stabbed through all of the Kelpie.

Like air, they vanished into the wind in an instant.

Kurt had no time to mourn.

Dagger slot back into his pocket, he sprinted to his bow and arrows, swiftly loading an arrow and aimed it towards Sebastian, who was on the ground getting trampled by the Kelpie; that paid no heed to the sudden appearance of Kurt.

Not even thinking twice, he let two arrows fly, one aimed at Sebastians leg and another aimed at close to the Kelpie, not actually hitting them.

There was a yell of hurt and the suddenly pause of the trampling water horses as they turned to Kurt.

"Go," He hissed icily, blue eyes filled with unease, making his point clear, he loaded an arrow onto his bow and aimed it at the leftover Kelpie.

"Leave now."

It seemed they werent going to leave but slowly, quietly, the Kelpie seemed to understand, all watching the brunette hunter with sudden fear as they formed back into translucent water spirits heading back into the destroyed crop fields.

Sebastian lay on the ground, his hands grabbing onto his leg, still yelling in pain.

"What the hell Hummel?" He wheezed, glaring with the dark grey green pools.

Not wasting a second, Kurt grabbed Sebastian by the scruff, ice blue eyes blazing with unspoken fury. Ignoring the huff of pain and the glower of disgust, the brunette landed a rough punch on the left cheek of Sebastian Smythe.

Without any hesitation and disregarding the groan of expletives, the younger boy pulled out the arrow that stroked Sebastians leg, cleaned the blood off with his black shirt and glowered darkly over at the other hunter, hand still clutched onto the arrow.

"How dare you," He whispered dangerously, eyes glinted over with venom, "Put those innocent beasts in such a position."

Smythe cringed as he struggled to sit up, his gaze never leaving Kurts own. The hunter let out a scoff and smiled coyly up, a grin plastered over his sunken pale face, teeth bared in both pain and delight.

"You mean put you in such a position," He snorted, "Ah, it didnt matter, you wouldve killed them anyway, wouldnt you, Kurtsie?"

Kurts eye twitched.

"Just like old times, eh Kurt?" Sebastian laughed, raising his arm out for Kurt to grab, "Just you and me hunting together."

Furiously, the latter slapped the raised hand, ice blue pools glaring spitefully over at the blonde hunter. Just like old times, he hissed internally, just like how Sebastian would cause innocent bone puppies to die.

"Are you going to cry again, Kurtsie?" came the taunt from the ground, "Its just a monster, its not like your mother."

Kurt Hummel froze.

The arrow was aimed at Sebastians head before he could even react.

With absolute calm, Kurts head turned towards the other party, a small smile playing on his face. Before Sebastian could grab his gun on the ground, the brunette kicked it away swiftly with his foot, cocking his head slyly over and smirking.

"I could just tell Burt that the Kelpies drowned you." He murmured precariously, eyebrows raised as he inched the arrow closer to Sebastian.

"And mention about how its such a sad loss," Kurt emphasized every word as he knelt closer, the arrows tip barely touching the blondes forehead, "That I couldnt save you."

Sebastian had gone completely as white as a sheet.

"Y-you wouldnt," He struggled for breath.

Kurt traced the tip of the arrow along Sebastians head, dragging it down to his throat, a devilish smirk etched on the brunettes face.

"I killed her." He whispered savagely, tilting his head and grinning darkly at the blonde, "What makes you think I wont kill you?"

Sebastian Smythes eyes watered.

"Please dont kill me," he started to beg, "We are friends, Kurt, and you know Im only joking." He grinned, trying to push the arrow away.

Before Kurt could continue tormenting the other hunter, there was a loud explosion that caught their attention. Curiosity got the better of the brunette as he whipped around to see smoke coming out from the nearby village.

Burt.

"Look at that, something happened, they need help!" Sebastian whimpered pathetically, trying to press away from the arrow at his throat, at the same time trying to reach for his gun.

Frustrated at the turn of events, Kurt pulled the arrow away, glaring curtly over at the pitiful hunter, who was trying to regain his composure. Ignoring the grovelling fool, he stood up, brushed his shirt and got ready to move towards the village when the blonde let out a whoop of delight from behind.

There was a click of a gun.

"YOU THINK YOU CAN TORTURE ME, HUMMEL?" Sebastian shrieked in glee, "Im not afraid of you, little boy."

Sighing, Kurt turned around only to see Sebastian holding him at gunpoint.

"You think you can play around with me, Hummel boy?" He hissed elatedly, "Now lets see how many people will find it a sad loss that youre finally gone!"

There was another click as the blonde pulled on the trigger.

Nothing.

Kurt raised an eyebrow.

"Its empty." He announced, shooting Sebastian a cold glare. "After your trigger happy Kelpie event, you have rendered your own self useless. Congratulations."

The blondes jaw dropped as he shrugged sheepishly, grinning over at Kurt. "Oops."

Turning his back against the blonde, Kurt started walking forward, not caring if Sebastian followed or not.

Then jogging.

Then running.

What happened back there? Why was there an explosion? Kurt frowned as he sped forward, the village coming into a clearer view. Villagers were rushing out, looking manic as they hustled away from the sudden smoke that was plaguing the town.

Brittany.

Kurts heart skipped a beat.

As he closed in to the village, he spotted a villager trudging out from the town, looking helplessly around.

"What happened?" He skidded to a stop, facing the woman, "Im a hunter, and Im here to help."

The brown curly hair middle aged villager just shook her head, as she panted, "Its Brittany, I knew there was something evil about that she-witch!"

Kurt resisted the urge to strangle her.

"What happened?" He prompted again, anxiety filling his chest.

"That she-witch made a monster!" The brown haired lady hooted loudly, narrowing her eyes, "A monster that is terrorizing our town! I knew she was up to no good that little weird witch, we shouldve burned her on a stake!"

Before Kurt could react, he found himself getting pushed forward by a moving force.

Sebastians voice reached his ears.

"Get moving, stop dawdling!"

The brunette couldnt argue with that, nor did he want to waste any more effort as he rushed beside a limping Sebastian towards the town. Most of the houses in the village were built of brick with red tilted roofs except for Brittanys so it would be easy for her little house to be spotted.

Mass hysteria seemed to afflict the villages as they hustled around the slight smog, either locking their doors or running out of the town. Ivy-pottsfield was not known for many strange occurrences and the people lived in little bubble of selective observation where they would rather ignore any sort of supernatural activity and denounce it as witch magic done by Brittany – the towns lunatic.

Case in point, Kurt thought internally as he raced to the middle of the town, a landmark on the direction to find Brittanys oddly sharpened house. Towering in the middle of the entire village was a large oak tree where it was the only tree that bore apples.

A distant memory of Brittany telling Kurt that she could talk to trees rushed abruptly into his mind.

They were just kids when they first met. Brittany was strange but lovely nonetheless, as she brought Kurt around her hometown, telling him that she could talk to trees and made friends with the animals that roamed the village.

"Look Kurt!" The young blonde girl with pigtails smiled up at Kurt from the large oak tree. "Its saying something!"

She pressed her ears to the trunk of the tree, beckoning Kurt to do the same.

Kurt did as he was told, giggling at the silly antics of it all.

"It says that you have a heart of gold, even though you look like you dont care." Brittany cupped her little petite hands around her mouth as she whispered.

Kurt closed his eyes, brushing the memory away. It was nothing but a past memory after all. After Brittanys predictions about Elizabeths death and many others, trying to help Kurt understand and failing desperately at it, Kurt stopped talking to her.

He couldnt bear to listen.

"Where is it?" Sebastian broke him out of his thoughts, the blonde looking at him apprehensively.

Kurt blinked.

There was a long pause as he regained back his focus from staring dully at the large oak tree; examining the village, it wasnt too hard to spot out the oddly misshapen house at the far end near to the river bed.

Fear clutched Kurts heart when he spotted smoke coming out from the little hut at the edge of the town.

He darted off before he could even register what was going on.

And it hit him when he skidded to a halt at the front gates of the hut.

"BURT!" Kurts feet led the way as he barged through the gates and rushed into the house, ignoring the wails from Sebastian; he recalled the same old musty smell of Brittanys stupid potions and aliments, the warning alarm going off in his head as he sniffed out the smell of blood.

Fear gripped Kurt as he flung open the same wooden back door he used to go to when they wanted to play at Brittanys backyard.

The stench of blood hit Kurts nose before anything else.

The entire backyard was charcoaled in smoke and a mess the broken silver cage, the Wendigos chains spiralled on the floor, broken glass and paper littered all over Brittanys backyard. Kurts heart sped up as he examined the area, eyes finally falling onto the sprawled blonde petite girl in the middle of it all.

There was a slight gasp on his left as Sebastian entered the backyard.

"Well, fuck." He murmured, grabbing Kurts shoulder tightly. "Wheres the Wendigo?"

Kurt felt his stomach drop.

Quickly tearing his gaze from Brittany, he scrutinized the backyard. Scanning from left to right, he found Cooper looking dazed at the corner of the fencing, the older man seemingly untouched from any injury except maybe the blast confusion. Brittanys small petite body laid in the middle but Burt and Blaine were nowhere to be found.

Icy fingers drilled up Kurts spine as he took tentative steps towards Brittanys lifeless looking body.

"Brittany?" His voice sounded dry as he walked up to her, staring back into those once bright eyed blue pools. "Brit?"

Kurt swallowed his tears as he knelt over his old friend, reaching out a hand and to grab her fingertips when a loud clatter shook Kurt. He sprung into position, bow and arrow aimed towards the direction of the noise. From the debris of the silver cage, a familiar shape appeared out, shaking off the silver wreckage off as he erratically lumbered out, staring at his bloodied hands.

"Blaine." Kurt hissed darkly, arrow aimed for the beasts heart.

"No wait!" Cooper coughed out from afar, "Dont shoot him!"

The brunette saw red.

"Ive had enough of innocent people dying," Kurt snapped, narrowing his blue eyes, "Because of you," He hissed at Blaine, "Ive watched too many innocent people die."

"Wait!" Cooper seemed to snap out of his daze as he started to hobble over, "Kurt wait you have to liste-"

"He killed HER!" Kurt interrupted Cooper incensed, "Shes dead because of you!"

Blaine didnt move. The curly haired male looked up, a strange glassed over look in his hazel eyes, as he took a step forward.

The hunter raised his arrow.

"You killed her."

"Im so sorry."

There was a pause.

Blaines hazel pools were brimmed with tears as he looked despondently over at Kurt.

"Im so sorry. It took him."

Kurt blinked. Him? He didnt understand. They were talking about Brittany.

"Please Kurt," Cooper was begging now, "Dont shoot."

Sebastian let out a gasp from behind.

And Kurt froze.

Burt.