Chapter 3: Path of the Huntress

"Oooowwwwwwoooh!" The howls continued, Jason couldn't resist the urge to cry his heart out to the moon.

(Hah hah! I need to keep moving) Jason said in his mind since he no longer had the ability to speak English.

He continues to run through the forest noticing how fast he has become now that he was a wolf.

'splash!' he falls into a small puddle and sees his reflection for the first time through the moonlight.

He was a gray wolf, a little bit bigger than a normal wolf, he had blonde tuffs of fur around his neck and his eyes were blue (how am I going to explain this to mom?!) He wonders to himself however.

'Boom!' a large explosion goes off sending tree chunks at him.

"Wwwwwwwaaaaaarrr!" The wolf cries out as it evades the chunks swiftly.

"Haaaaaaaaa, you won't make this easy for me will you.... Huh Jason?" A girl's voice came from behind the destroyed tree.

(Clara!) He yelled in his mind his fangs showing hostility towards his childhood friend.

The red haired girl stepped up and watched as the wolf ran away again "Even as a werewolf you're still weird" a vein appearing on her forehead as she began the chase again.

Her father Joseph Knightley had thought her that Werewolves were one of the most evil creatures to exist, their goal was to eat and kill humanity and this was true. Every single wolf Clara had fought tried to kill her as soon as they looked at her.

Only Alpha werewolves had their sanity intact while new breeds(betas) only had two things on their minds

1.Kill

2.Eat.

However standing in front of her, A friend, a beta werewolf who seems to recognize her and refuses to attack, instead he runs away.

"How long can you keep that act up!" She raised her blade and swung at a nearby tree shattered it and sending the chunks flying towards Jason again.

(Oh come on! I've had it!) the wolf vexed and stops in his tracks only to then lunge at the red haired girl.

"Finally showing your true colors!" Clara said as she took her stance however.

'Chomp!' the wolf grabs a large tree branch mid air and swings it at Clara surprising her.

(He's using weapons?! But a wolf can't!) She bit down hard as she's flung aside.

"Geeehh!" She hits her back hard on a tree and shouts, another memory floods her mind.

FLASHBACK

An 11 year old Clara was facing a bald man with an orange beard, his eyes were serious and he had an eternal frown on.

"You'll be stay with me in new dawn city from now on" the man told her.

"Yes daddy" the young girl answered with a sad tone.

"Today will mark your first day as a Shepard, from now you're a protector of man no room for mistakes" Joseph spoke out

Her Father began training her strictly leaving no room for errors, this put a load of pressure on the young girl and if that wasn't enough.

Middle school was no joke either, the other children were so judgemental, even one slip up would mean her reputation and friends would leave her immediately.

She had to be perfect in both aspects, it was exhausting, everyone expected the best from her.

FLASHBACK ENDS

"Hah hah haaaaah!" Clara stood back up even angrier than before, "I can't lose! I won't lose!" She began running after the wolf again.

"Wroooooof!" Jason barked at her to stop but she didn't care she continued to rush until.

'slip!' she tripped over what seemed like a large Ditch in the ground.

"Eh?" She was too caught up in her rage to realize.

"Ahhhhhh!" Clara screams as she falls down a the edge of a deep slop.

"Wrrrrrrraaaaaaaa!" Jason jumps after her and cushions her fall.

'Bam!' the two fall down and thanks to his transformation the boy isn't severely wounded from the fall.

"Uhhhh you....you!" Clara regains her senses, seeing Jason save her was too much, she grabbed her blade placed it towards the wolf's neck, ready to strike the final blow.

(Fine, if you have to do it, do it I'm done running) Jason said in his mind and closed his eyes (I'm sorry Mom) he remembers his mother and his expression turns bitter.

"Haaaaaaaaaah!" 'Stab!' Clara stabs her sword hard on the ground next to Jason's furry neck "I..... I can't do it! Of course I can't do it!" She yelled tears falling down her cheeks "you're the only one.... The only one who didn't care if I was perfect or not... You were my friend from the start!" She yelled.

Jason looked at her crying face and it pained him down to the bone.

"Why... Did this have to happen to you?! I'm so sorry! I'd never wish this fate on my worst enemy yet my best friend....." She continued to sob.

"I'm a horrible person, I'm a horrible person!".

'lick!' suddenly Jason gets up and licks Clara's cheeks strangely calming her down

The girl embraces the wolf and says to him softly "I promise you, I'll find a way to turn you back, I'll protect you with my life until we can" grabbing his fur tightly.

(Clara) Jason thought as he felt her warmth through his hairy body, it was soothing and made him feel at ease for the first time during this long night.

KNIGHTLEY HOUSEHOLD

At the end of an abandoned street far from the forest stood and old and creepy looking gray mansion, this was the mansion of the Knightleys passed down generation to generation now in possession of the current head of house Joseph.

Joseph was watching some sports in his large living room which looked like it needed some cleaning, cob webs everywhere and dust on the furniture, Joseph wore an orange Tracksuit with a beer in his left hand.

"Darn rangers! They can never perform well!" He yelled at the television.

Suddenly Clara walks into the living room with something covered by a large black sheet.

"Oh Clara, didn't hear you knock, done with tonight's hunt?" He asked not really paying attention to his daughter.

"Not really... Remember when I told you about the Alpha that escaped?" Clara said in a soft tone.

"Yeah, not too happy about that but it's alright, Alphas are really strong after all" Joseph said taking a sip of beer.

"Well that Alpha bit someone.... Close to us" Clara said slowly.

"What... What are you talking about.... Ahhhhhhhh!" Joseph shouts dropping his can of beer as he looks at Clara's direction.

Jason had lifted his head from the Black sheets to look at the house (Hey My Knightley!) "WOOOF!".

"Jason I said not to reveal yourself until I told him everything!" Clara yelled at the wolf.

"Jason? As in Elizabeth Snow's kid?! He's that werewolf?!" Joseph stood up searching around the house as if looking for a weapon.

"Yeah, since you and his mom are friends then you can help turn him back" Clara said.

"Turn him back?! That's incredibly difficult! First we have to catch that exact alpha and have him kill it, well that's the method my father thought me... Still!". Joseph yelled.

"How did you let this happen! I trained you better than this!" He shouted at the girl.

"Grrrrrrrrrrre!" Jason growled at the man.

"I'm sorry, I've.... Had a lot on my mind lately it's been distracting me... But please you've got to help us, and look! Jason isn't like the others he's Normal, he can control himself" Clara pointed out.

"Course he is, the Alpha that bit him probably did it as a last resort that's why he isn't sired to him, Jason's a lone wolf" Joseph calmed down and got another beer.

"A lone wolf? You didn't teach me about those, you said Werewolves always travel in packs" Clara said confused.

"They're very rare! Very rare, lone wolves are a type of Werewolf bound by no one, they have complete freedom and complete control, not to mention their strength it rivals some alphas" Joseph explained.

Jason couldn't help but awe at this revelation, he wouldn't blindly attack people like other werewolves, he was free.

"And another thing, I'm a retired Shepherd but I can still help prut with training the boy, no one knows about wolf techniques more than me" The man stated hitting his chest.

"Wait you want to train Jason?!" Clara said confused.

"Well yes, I won't let you go hunting alone anymore, Jason can help you with that, even though I don't want to put him in harm's way, 2 heads are better than one" Joseph explained.

"Besides pretty soon more shepherds are going to come after him, he better be prepared"

"Owoo" Jason whimpers at this but Clara grabs his fur again.

"Don't worry, from now on we'll be partners, I won't let anything happen to you" Clara smiled at him.

Determined to not look weak Infront of her as well, Jason said in his mind(As will I, I'll protect you with my strength as well).

The two friends now reunited by a bond of combat, what adventures await them.