Indrik
Do powers cause nightmares? I highly doubt that or Blaire would have spent every other day screaming from her sleep. Or perhaps, they were just signs of my body getting used to its new heightened senses. Again, I doubted that. Those dreams had looked and felt very real. Like something that had happened, or worse, something that was about to happen. I placed an arm under my jaw as I tried to recall my dream. The mere thought of relieving that nightmare scared the marrows out of me but I decided that I had to face it to know what the problem really was. In my dream, I had seemed to be watching the pack from the hill that was just behind the royal training grounds. Once upon a time, that had been my favorite spot for hanging out. In my dream, or was it a nightmare? The scenery had rolled out before me in the same way it had the last time I had been there. There had been the palace to the one side closed off with high enough walls as to prevent me from seeing past them. Then there were the training grounds, spread out from the base of the hill looking sad and empty like it always did at night. Looking straight ahead, I could see the outpost of the major gates of the pack which always remained closed for reasons I could never understand. I mean, we had a pretty open boundary not too far away from it through which enemies could easily attack and which rather ironically, wasn't very guarded. Some distance from the palace and the training grounds, the living area of the people sprawled. Brick and stone spread as far as I could see, lit torches minimizing the darkness that would otherwise be profound due to it being a moonless and starless night. This was where things had started to look strange. It was the dead of night which meant the pack members had to either be sleeping in their homes or be out in the woods patrolling, hunting, or simply taking a stroll. Instead, they all seemed to be huddled before the palace, shaking with fright like they were expecting something to burst out of the gates, something which was likely to destroy them but which they could not escape from however hard they might have wanted to. Even from my vantage point, I could sense the absolute dread that was rushing through their minds, nearly driving them crazy with its intensity. I was still wondering what could be responsible for scaring them so much when the huge white gates of the palace suddenly groaned, falling to the ground and flattening some unlucky ones under its massive girth. I had winced and wanted to scream when the others still would not move. "Fools! Get out of there. Can't you see it is not safe?" I had wanted to bellow but my voice had chosen that time to fail me. I was still battling my vocal cords when I saw what the people were so afraid of. I had never seen a transformed werewolf. From what I heard, it was a preserve of only the strongest werewolves and even those only did it when they totally had to. I had seen a wolf though, if only in paintings. That had not resembled a wolf and I dare say, it did not look like a werewolf either. No werewolf that was the size of a man could transform into something that huge. Its head was massive, large enough to conveniently match the size of the head of two grown elephants. But it was the head of a wolf. The snout and black, beady eyes convinced me of that. After that, it became hard to believe that I was still looking at a wolf. The wolf rose to a height of about ten feet with legs thick enough to be mistaken for oaks. Each leg was so massive that each step caused a mini earthquake, crushing whatever got in the way into an unrecognizable pulp. When it raised its head to the sky to howl, it seemed to block the sky out completely. Its fur was black, blacker than night, I dare say. And its body? Oh gods! You don't want that to fall on you. Trust me! The wolf lowered its head and stared at its cowering audience then slowly, it had turned its head until it was looking directly at me. I had wondered about how it could have known I was there but it was definitely staring at me. Strangely, rather than feel frightened by this massive creature that had just killed several before my very eyes, I had felt a sense of kinship instead, like I was finally meeting a lost part of me. "What will you do?" A voice had asked in the back of my mind. I had looked around wondering where the voice had come from but had seen no one except the wolf who continued to watch me like I was the most amusing thing in the world. I turned toward him, wondering if the speaker might have been the wolf. "Decide quickly. Time is not on your side. What will you do?" I had stared at the wolf, realizing with growing horror that he was the speaker but before I could even think of the proper exclamation to make that would not make me end up in the powerful jaws of a mega wolf, I had felt the vision fading and the next thing I knew, I was awake. I frowned as I pondered upon the question. "What will you do?" I could not shake the feeling that it was a message. "Time is not on your side." He had said. "For what?" I muttered out loud before I could stop myself and then blushed gratefully when I found that I was the only one in the room. I wasn't very eager to explain that I wasn't crazy. I glanced out the window at the slowly brightening day as the words continued to resound in my mind. "What will you do?"IndrikMessage or not, I decided that my thoughts were going to drive me crazy if I didn't snap out of them so I did just that. I pushed away from the window and got out of bed. Looking around the slowly lightening room, I was rather disappointed to find that Luna was not in the room. I had been hoping to be able to have a word or two with her. I decided I couldn't wait and made my way to her room only to get the same result. The unmade state of her bed hinted that she had left the room in a hurry, (what else was new?) which meant I couldn't expect to see her for a while.I paced around for a while, the memories still haunting me until I finally got the ingenious idea to go to an old friend of mine. Now, when I mention friend, you might think I am referring to a childhood friend that I had forgotten about but no, I can count the number of friends I have on a single hand. By friend, I meant the library, one of the many places I used to visit in a bid to both lose and discover myself in
IndrikBeta Green fixed me with a cold stare that caused my smiles to wilt as I was consumed with a premonition that he was about to deliver a very bad news. "What did you just say?" He asked the question like I had just suggested that we pull down the palace and build a cattle shed in its place. I wasn't going to be so easily discouraged though. It had taken me so much time, effort and sacrifices to get here. I wasn't about to be forced to give up by a tone, however cold it might sound. "I said...""I know what you said!" He snapped in irritation. "I was hoping you wouldn't repeat it so I wouldn't have had to tell you this but it is obvious that you are still so young and naive. Perhaps, I ought to enlighten you."My heart sank to the bottom of my stomach as every muscle in my body strained to run, to avoid the verdict he was about to pass. But at the end, I had to stop and listen to what he had to say even if everything within me warned me that I would not like it. He smiled warm
TWENTY YEARS AGO. Heavy rain pelted against the windows of a dimly lit room, distorting the view of the outside world. The ambiance was filled with a mixture of anticipation and brooding melancholy.Seated on an ornate armchair was a man of immense stature and commanding aura— the Alpha— his feet tapping the marble floor urgently as he awaited news from his subjects.He gazed out at the soaked cityscape with a troubled expression, his torment growing larger as long minutes walked by. Tonight, his fate was going to be decided.Or he decided the fate of the child to be born. Alpha Greyson awaited the birth of the son that existed as a result of black magic. A son that wasn't his— an aberration different from anything Druid Peak pack had ever experienced.The gods seemed to have something against him for pinning such misfortune on him. Dilemma crept under his skin just as it had from the very first day his Luna's pregnancy was discovered, and he hadn't been with her. That day marked t
Just a few steps more, and I'd rest. I decided. If I walked longer, I'd arrive at the village and make my way from there.I stepped foot off the dusty path that wound its way to the lush greenery and found myself in the quaint village. Unlike the tenseness of my pack, the air was filled with the scent of blooming flowers, and the sun bathed the scenery with a warm glow.As I strolled further into the village, ignoring their piercing gazes and questioning looks. I expected that much since I was dressed like a foreigner— what I wasn't sure of was if they welcomed people like me.I didn't plan to reveal my identity. It was more like there wasn't anything to reveal anyway, I was no different from them, and that was what led me there.The place looked perfect. I slipped by colorful houses with thatched roofs that lined the streets. There was a sense of harmony— like all was fine with them.Tired and panting, it was noon already, and I'd exhausted every iota of strength that I had, so I dec
"Do you know me?" I questioned him as we stood in an empty space next to a forest opening at the back of the restaurant.I leaned against a tree, my hands folded across my chest, and I watched her prance the small area, fastening her waves into an urgent ponytail."No," he nodded reluctantly. "I do not know you…yet.""Why are you here? Were you sent to me? Why did you think interfering would help me? I didn't ask for your help, okay? So do what you're here for and leave. Don't make things even worse."Quite the direct one. It just made her fit more into the criteria that I wanted. She turned to leave, but I called her back, addressing her by her name, and that seemed to bear more results than I expected. What was even funnier was how she wore a smile through it all."How do you even know my name?""Do you like it here? How long do you want to keep pretending? In all honesty, I'm here for a quest, and I seem to have found what I was looking for. If you could spare me a few moments, thi
Back at the Druid Peak pack, the news of Indrik's disappearance spread quickly amongst the council. This news sparked a reaction from them as the search for Indrik began. The Beta immediately ordered for Indrik to be brought to him the moment he returned, already promising to punish him. The boy had never thought to leave the pack, and he wasn't allowed to. For all the years he had been born, he only stayed within the pack borders, he didn't even dare go five meters close to it. The news of him truly leaving brought a lot of emotions, and anger was the greatest of them all. All the guards searched around for where they thought Indrik would have gone, even going as far as reaching the popular market where people were known to go. But what would have taken him that far out? They all wondered.Beta Green thought that Indrik's search for a master was getting out of hand and he needed to stop him before it got too late. The figure of Indrik walking back with someone is sighted by a me
The entire hall erupted in chaos as they all let what Indrik said sink in. No one had ever said no to what the Council ordered, and Indrik had said that today, shocking everyone who was present. Beta Green was the first person to snap out of his shocked state, he was furious at Indrik. “What do you mean no?!” He thundered. He was outraged that Indrik had said no to something the council had decided. “I mean. No, Luna won’t be getting punished,” Indrik answered. He had brought her here after a lot of efforts and he wasn’t going to let them punish her for something he did. “I would be taking my punishment and hers as well,” he announced, and everyone gasped in shock. Beta Green looked at Luna whose face showed surprise, then turned his attention back to Indrik. He wondered the relationship between this two and why Indrik had come home with her. Does he plan on taking responsibility of her too? Luna turned to Indrik in shock, surprise written on her face. Yes, Indrik brought
Blaire's Pov My heart twisted in my gut as I followed the guards who led Indrik out to the centre of the palace grounds. It took all my willpower to stop myself from running toward them and snatching Indrik away from them when they shoved him too hard. I exhaled slowly to prevent making things worse for him. The palace was a dazzling white which was made even more impressive by the way it caught the glow of the early morning sun and lit up under it. The main building and by that, I meant the one storey imposing building that housed all the major rooms (by which I mean the throne room, the meeting chambers, the Alpha's room and, I'm sure you get the gist) of the pack was set in the center of the half moon formation with two relatively smaller yet no less impressive buildings on the sides. I normally would take a moment to admire the beauty of this place like I always did but I couldn't because right in the center of this formation, under the eyes of everyone who cared to watch, my