Waxing Moon Pack

On a private beach house on the town of Riverville, a group of people gathered to discuss a very important matter. To elect their new leader. These are no ordinary people. They are unbelievably strong, fast and cunning. They can hear your heartbeat. As soon as they got your scent, they can smell you from five hundred yards away. They can hear you from afar. And they are extremely dangerous. All these may sound impossible but it's true. Because these people are not just people. They are the Waxing Moon Pack. They are the Lycanthropes. Werewolves.

"What are we doing here, Sebastian?" One of the elder asked as soon as everyone arrived. Sebastian is one of the wealthiest among the werewolves and the most influential.

"We are here to elect our new Alpha. We can't go on without a leader." He looked at everyone, making sure he's got all their attention. "Our strength comes from our numbers and our alpha. This past twenty years are numbers have diminished and so our strength." He was pleased to see that everyone seems to agree with him. "We are greatly outnumbered by those bloodsuckers. No more!"

Lycanthropy was a curse place on an ancient tribe by the Moon Goddess Selene for slaughtering the wolves on the wooden area surrounding their tribal village. The Goddess Selene was angered for wolves are not food or producers of clothing. On a night of a blood moon, the night when the moon bleeds. Goddess Selene, the moon goddess who adores the wolves above all others came to the village and cursed every member of the tribe to be slaves of every full moon. She cursed them to turn to the very thing they hunted and killed. She also placed the future generation of the tribe under the curse. Every time a descendant of the tribe takes an innocent life, the curse will be activated.

For thousands of years, the tribe did everything to live in secret. They kept a low profile, ensuring the truth about their affliction to stay hidden. But as the tribe grows, the aggressive behaviour of its members became more uncontrollable. Some of them started to slaughter villages and draw attention to the tribe. So the tribe leader decided to banish those who he can't control. But it turned out to be a huge mistake. Those who were banished from the tribe became more dangerous. Instead of learning from their mistakes, they became rogue.

This forced a servant of nature to tap into the dark magic and create another species who can match the power of the tribe. The werewolves are only dangerous during a full moon. In any other nights they are just extra strong and fast. So the witch created a species that can hunt the werewolves in any nights. A species faster and stronger than the werewolves but is also beholden by the sun. That's when the first vampires were born. Another creature of the night with heightened senses and incredible speed and strength.

"I agree with Sebastian, we can't wait anymore." Gary, Sebastian's best friend stood up. This made Sebastian more pleased. He knew Gary would stand beside him even asking. And he needs Gary on his side. His best friend came from a family of trusted and respected beta.

Every Lycanthrope in the room whispered to one another. 20 years since their alpha Selena was allegedly killed by the vampires. They were never able to find her body and that's the reason why many of them didn't believe it to be true. Besides, who would replace Selena? She's the true alpha.

"We haven't confirmed the death of Alpha Selena." One of Selena's loyal followers disagreed. "We can't just choose a new alpha unless her death has been confirmed." Sebastian knew there are still many of who hopes that Selena will come back.

"That's why we will invoke the Trial of the Moon Goddess." Sebastian was too quick to respond. "It will determine the worthy replacement to be our new alpha."

"Invoking the trial without the consent of the current alpha or if the alpha's confirmed to be dead is forbidden. Our pack will face great disaster. We can't do that." Another one of Selena's followers responded.

The Trial of the Moon Goddess is can only be taken by the heir of the current alpha. If the alpha doesn't have an heir he or she needs to name the candidate. No one else.

The whispers turned to shouting as the Lycanthropes argued about the future of their pack. It is true that unless the alpha blessed by the moon goddess is confirmed to be dead or the current alpha gave the consent to invoke the Trial of the Moon Goddess a new alpha can't rise. Disobeying the law of the goddess will result to a grave punishment. It's the very reason they lasted twenty years without an alpha.

"What do you want us to do? Continue hoping that Selena will suddenly came back from the dead?" Sebastian made a mistake. His eagerness to have Selena replaced draw too much attention.

"Why do i have this feeling that you are so sure the alpha is dead?" Another thing that didn't expect was Vlad to be in the meeting.  "No one saw her dead body. We knew Charles was dead because we saw his mangled body but no Selena. So how are you so sure that she's dead?" He looked at Sebastian as if he something the man was hiding.

Everyone fell silent after the Emissary of the pack entered the room. He is a powerful seer who was trusted by Selena to be the Emissary  of the pack after the previous Emissary was killed by the vampires. He was Selena's childhood best friend. They grew up together and knew each other very well.

"Since Selena disappeared, you've been so adamant to elect a new alpha." Vlad leaned on table facing Sebastian directly. "You've always been so sure that she's actually dead. Why?" What Vlad said made everybody looked to Sebastian for answers.

"Selena is very close to me and i knew her well." Sebastian immediately responded. "If she's alive i know for sure that she won't let us go twenty years without an alpha. If she's still alive she won't leave us to fend for ourselves. She will come back to us." He tried to be as emotional as possible. They can't know that he's just after the position of being an alpha.

"What makes you say she didn't?" All eyes turned to him because of what he said. Confusion is written on everybody's faces.

"Are you saying that you have proof that Selena's alive?" Sebastian's voice rose again.

"I"m saying a new alpha will not rise. Not now." Leaned closer to put emphasis on what he's saying. "This meeting is done. Go back to your families. You don't want to anger the moon goddess with these ridiculous ideas." With that, Vlad left the room.

Everybody listened to the Emissary. Seers have always been a trusted counsel of the werewolves because they have the power to peek into the past and the future. The werewolves believed it is bad luck to disregard a seer's advise or warning. But there's one that doesn't look to happy with how the meeting turned out. His eyes was full of hatred towards the Emissary. This is not what he planned things to be.

On the other hand, while walking down the hall, the Emissary had a vision. It was bloody and chaotic. Dead bodies of werewolves, burning bodies of vampires and witches tied on a stake. "ch’erek’a ina t͟s’eḥāyi ānidi yihonalu ፡፡ birihanina ch’elema yigach’alu ፡፡" In his vision, the moon and the sun will become one. Collapsing the very boundary of the supernatural. In the middle of all the blood and chaos, he saw two people. A servant of the moon and a slave of the sun.

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Translation:

Amharic

ch’erek’a ina t͟s’eḥāyi ānidi yihonalu ፡፡ birihanina ch’elema yigach’alu ፡፡

English

The moon and the sun become one. The light and darkness will collide.