Jenni

Allow me to introduce myself, I am Jenni March, I am 18 years old, daughter of Rick and Rose, The Alpha and Luna of Crystal Forrest, a community nestled next to a quiet town in Southern Tennessee.  I have lived here all my life and it is the most beautiful and charming place. Between the hills, and the creeks and rivers, its pure bliss.

Right now though, I’d like to tell you a story of how I became the Golden Oracle, and how my pack became the strongest in the country and one of the strongest in the world. There hasn’t been a Golden Oracle for the werewolf community in almost one hundred years, and for one to be an Golden Oracle means you have not only clairvoyant abilities but you can feel what happens in the visions as well. In a sense you are second only to the goddess herself. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. I think we may need to start at the beginning. 

Rebecca Martin, or Bex as we call her, my best friend and daughter to my fathers Beta Josh, and his mate Mary, and I have just finished our graduation party at the pack house and decided we wanted to go to the city, and not just any city, but Nashville Tennessee, home of country music and hot chicken. 

With permission from our parents and a hotel room for the night Bex and I take off for a night and day of fun and exploration. The sights and sounds of the city have butterflies in my stomach as I try to take it all in and figure out where to go first. Bex of course wants food so our first stop is Hattie B’s Hot Chicken. Situated right there on lower Broadway.

“The smells in this place are so amazing” Bex is practically drooling as she talks. I can't help but giggle at her. If there was anything anyone needed to know about Bex is she is a foodie to the core. Never afraid to try anything once, and her tastes have grown as we have. 

We settle in our seats with our order. I am not the foodie that Bex is so I keep it safe with the Mild seasoning. Bex of course orders xtra-HOT just cause you know, she's nuts. As we enjoy our food, an eerie feeling rises around me, like one from a horror flick, and I can feel my wolf pace in the back of my mind. I can't shake the feeling that we are being watched, but no one we know is here with us. Just us girls, and we are supposed to be having the time of our lives. 

I brush the feeling aside as we get up to leave. The lights and the live music keeps the city alive, like it never sleeps. As we walk down the street, you see multiple different museums such as Johnny Cash’s, the ‘Original Man in Black’, and my daddy’s favorite Country singer. The shops are pretty amazing too, with books, boots, cowboy hats galore, I giggle at the thought of buying a black cowboy hat for my father. He’d think he WAS Johnny Cash.

We have been walking around just gazing at the sights for a few hours and I haven't been able to squash this uneasy feeling. I can't tell what it is or where it’s from but it's persistent and makes me nervous. Bex can tell something is up with me and suggests we go back to the hotel. I almost immediately agree for more reasons than one. It's not everyday people like us from back road Tennessee get to stay in a 5 star all inclusive hotel for a night, and man I can't wait to enjoy it. 

Once back at the hotel, I throw myself on the bed ready to relax, but am still having that nagging feeling in the back of my mind, and my wolf wont rest.

“You wanna tell me what's up with you, you’ve been on another planet most of the night.”

“I dunno Bex, I keep getting this weird feeling. Like eerie, you know like someone watching you, Horror movie shit, and Ava won't rest, she keeps pacing like there is something wrong.” 

“Well maybe you are just overwhelmed with everything, you have a lot going on right now and school starts back up in a few months and you’ll be in the ‘real world’ with the normies”

“Maybe, I just hope I’m not ignoring something important”

“Like what Jen? What could you possibly be missing? ” Bex has always been flippant about my gifts and this is no different. Sometimes I can see the future, it's just whether or not I wanna listen. 

“Whatever” I say with a flick of my hand, “I just wanna explore the city tomorrow, like go to the Parthenon, I heard that it has some of the most beautiful pieces of art there.”

“And the park surrounding it is pretty epic also, Hey! We should hit the Flea Market while we are here too, I’ve been dying for another cactus plant.” Bex says.

I still don't understand her fascination with those prickly plants. They are so funny looking to me, but hey, to each his own.

“So what time do you wanna wake up then?” I ask, She can be a heavy sleeper and sometimes waking her is almost impossible. 

“Around 9?”

“Sounds good to me” 

We each take turns showering and getting ready for bed. I lay in the queen bed closest to the door and think about everything that's been happening these past few months. High School is done, I graduated with honors and a scholarship. I said goodbye to my big brother a few weeks ago,when he went off to Alpha training. Bex’s brother Teddy, accompanied him since he will be my brother’s Beta. Mom and dad have been super busy with fixing up a piece of adjoining land we purchased to expand on our little town since we have been growing with new members arriving almost weekly. All in all it's been one hell of a year so far for my family, but I'm still not content. I feel like something is missing. Like I’m missing something. 

Usually girls of an Alpha line will be going to Luna training when they turn 18, I adamently refused, I explained to my parents that even if I did become a Luna (Fat chance by the way) I would still like to have my own job. I sigh as I look at the clock on the bedside table between the beds, and shake my head, three AM. I'm never going to want to get up in a few hours. I roll over and wish for sleep to come.

I'm startled awake with the fog horn alarm I set for 9 AM. I slap my phone as I groan and the room phone rings, I answer and say thank you for the wake up call. I grab the pillow I was laying on and launch it at Bex who is still snoring. The lucky bitch, so wish I could sleep like her. “Ugh, what the hell Jen! I was having the best dream of Channing Tatum, you killed the mood!” “If he ever heard you snoring like you do Bex, that would kill it a lot faster than me.” I laugh as she throws the pillow back at me.”I don't snore” And that starts the pillow fight. You wouldn't think that we were ‘adults’ with how we act when we're together, but hey everyone has to have some fun. 

We get ready to check out of the room and get to the car when my cell rings. “Hold up its mom, Hey mom, whats up” “Hi sweetie! Just wanted to check in with you girls to make sure you were alright and to remind you of the bonfire tonight.” “Yes ma’am we are good and I know, we won't forget” “Okay sweetie, see you girls in a few hours be safe and make good choices” I smile as I hang up, my mother the biggest worry wort on the planet.

The park surrounding the Parthenon is beautiful and full of people with their beautiful dogs and a few kids sprinkled here and there. The coolest thing about being a werewolf in my opinion, is that I can sometimes talk to dogs. Not like carrying on a conversation, but I can feel what they feel, and that is beyond awesome to me. Once inside the Parthenon, which is a full scale replica of the Greek landmark, I'm in awe. The collections of art that are in here are some of the most beautiful I have ever seen. I could spend my life there soaking up all the history and the beauty before me and still not get enough of it. 

We have only been in the museum for a little over an hour when Bex’s stomach starts to growl, I swear the girl is a bottomless pit. We head out in search of the best sidewalk food ever. We located a taco food truck and I am in heaven, I could eat my weight in Mexican food and go back for more. I'm addicted. After we finish our lunch, we start to walk around the little shops that are across the street from the Parthenon.

 I am having a blast when the feeling returns, but with so much force it almost knocks the wind out of me as my wolf goes completely berserk in the back of my mind. I feel like someone is trying to tell me something, or show me something. The store we are in starts to get a little dark and I call for Bex, but she is nowhere to be found. I reach for something to steady me, and I find the table in front of me, I hold it with all my might and try to keep myself upright. Then I see it, a vision with so much power that I am shaking from freight. In the distance, I see a ball of fire, it looks like it is coming up from the ground, and what looks to be spikes, many, many spikes, and on them are werewolves, some in human form, some half shifted, and others completely shifted and all burning. I smell the burning fur and flesh, I hear the screams and cries for help, I feel the heat from the fire. The intensity grows as I’m thrown back to reality with Bex holding me up calling my name and people around us staring. I have no idea how long I have been there, but I know we need to get home, something bad is coming.