Chapter 1 - Intro
In the faint light of the sinking sun, a hundred furry paws were seen running towards the glowing horizon. The wolf colony quickened their steps, racing toward the empty and vast dirt clearing in the middle of the forest. Even the young wolves, most playful and frisky of them all, had unexpected serious looks on their snouts. There was going to be a big event happening right in the heart of the forest. It was going to be the experience of a lifetime. Something only the wolves knew about.... and not anyone else.
As the colony approached the borders of the wide space of dirt, they looked up at the sky with eyes each expressing a different emotion. Some were hopeful and enthusiastic, while others were struck with fear and horror. "Okay guys, go!" a shout echoed from the middle of the pack.
In a perfect choir, the wolves lifted their snouts and howled as loud as they could. The howling echoed throughout the forest. It was the only sound in the silence of the forest and in the depths of the darkness. Suddenly, a flash of thunder struck the vast clearing, blinding the wolves with a strike of light. The horizon disappeared in the brightness. The clouds parted, showing a group of stars form the zodiac sign of Capricorn. Another bright light struck the face of the earth. In the light, a shadow of a young baby wolf appeared.
"It is us, the Divine Gods. We fulfil our promise as to bless your baby with the power of the Krachtigs. We thank you for your willing sacrifice of 10 years of mortality. Now we shall present you your baby. " a distinct booming voice was heard from the peak of the clouds. In a flash, the clouds closed up and went back to their original positions, gloomily scouting the wide sky. All was left was a huge crater - and a little young baby wolf.
The soft patter of paws echoed through the silence as Marikitt, the mother of the baby wolf ran towards the deep crater and towards her baby. Dilise, the father of the wolf was right on her heels. The couple glanced down on their baby.
The baby wolf looked back at her parents with big, red and round eyes, gleaming with a special twinkle. She was covered in thick fur, and looked totally beautiful. She was holding a smooth round object in her tiny paws thet glowed brightly in the dark. As Marikitt pried the object out from her baby's hands, she found out that it was a red glowing orb. "I'd better not touch the orb. It might contain the magic, " she thought, as she gently handed the orb back to her baby, who was clutching the orb as tight as she could as if it was her life's treasure.
All the wolves gathered round Marikitt, Dilise and their baby with soft smiles. Dilise carefully picked the baby up in his jaws, and looked up at everyone with a happy grin. Suddenly, all the wolves burst into excitement, as they chattered and shouted to celebrate the first magical wolf of their pack. The baby wolf gave a tiny smile as she took in the happiness of the occasion. Everything was going great... but not for long.
A rustle was heard in the bushes - and a mean head appeared. It was King Ntshai, the king of the wolf colony!
Queen Derajeer was right on the King's tail. "What are you all doing outside the den at night? A secret ceremony?" King Ntshai growled, showcasing his most grumpiest and meanest face. He slowly stiffened his paces as he walked towards the pack of wolves. All the wolves gave terrified gasps. The king wasn't a fan of ceremonies without him, and magic too!
The wolves nervously parted into two groups to let the king through. All that was heard in the night were the king's stiff footsteps and Queen Derajeer's dainty footsteps behind. "Now, now, what is this? " the king grunted, narrowing his eyes and throwing a death stare onto the terrified wolf baby. He lifted his paw and roughly yanked the baby out of Dilise's grasp. Marikitt gave a horrified shriek. "Don't touch my baby! " she yelled without a thought.
King Ntshai looked surprised and glared at Marikitt. "Shut up, woman," he shouted and bared his teeth. Dilise watched the king's every move with caution. He wasn't going to let his baby get hurt.
The king roughly grabbed the baby in his polished paws and looked at the baby carefully. The first thing he noticed was the glowing orb. "What's this? " he said with a smirk, trying to snatch the orb away from the wolf.
"Yip! " the baby wolf yelped and gave a blood curdling growl. She gave the king a hard bite on his furry arm. "Ouch!" King Ntshai screamed, throwing the baby onto the ground.
Marikitt immediately picked the baby up with her gentle jaws. King Ntshai glared at her. "Get rid of that baby, " he growled angrily. "That's an order!"
Dilise looked at King Ntshai in horror. "You can't do that! " he shouted in dismay, eyes wide with shock. "Marikitt traded 10 years of her life for the blessing of the Krachtigs!"
Queen Derajeer placed a hard paw on Dilise's snout. Her eyes gleamed like glowing daggers. "That baby is cursed. I don't care what you all say, but she's cursed. Look at that evil emitting aura from the orb!" she said out loudly so her message reached every ear of the wolf colony. The baby clutched the orb tightly, and let out a small growl. She threw the orb on the dirt ground and nimbly jumped on top of it. Everyone looked at the determined baby. She did look dangerous.
The queen sniggered. "Now scurry off, you cursed being," she commanded with a wave of her paw, looking at the wide eyes of fear of the little wolf. The baby wolf disappeared behind the orb, hiding in immense fear and suspension. Dilise put his paw down and blocked the tension between the queen and his baby. "She's not cursed! " Dilise tried hard to fight back. "The Krachtigs are one of the most powerful angel tribes!"
The smirk on the queen's face disappeared, and a look of scorn washed upon her face. "We can't have another magical being here," she muttered softly, glaring at the big orb with the baby wolf cowering behind it.
"What do you mean, dear? Is there another magical cursed wolf here? Show me! I'll banish them! " King Ntshai's voice boomed across the clearing.
"Well... you'll never know, " Queen Derajeer gave an evil smile and backed off. She charged at the clearing in full speed. Once she was in the middle, she raised her voice. "May the power of the Satanas charge in my soul, may the orb of the Dark in my heart sing a song, may the colony of wolves forget what they're told, may this effect last for long!"
Suddenly, a wave of darkness shook the ground like a tsunami. All the wolves except the queen fell to the ground and sunk into a deep sleep. "Gain consciousness!" the queen ordered, delighted that her spell had worked.
When all the wolves got up, the first thing they noticed was the baby wolf with the red orb. "The evil spirits!" a wolf cried out, rooted to the ground in fear. The other wolves gasped, and all eyes were on the poor baby wolf. "Chase the bad spirits away from our tribe! " King Ntshai ordered. All the wolves got up and started howling with their might. In the light of the moon, a hundred wolf shadows were seen chasing a tinier shadow with a glowing red orb. Meanwhile, Queen Derajeer was standing on her feet, watching the shadows race across mountains.
"Nobody will take my place as queen. I'll manipulate them for eternity!" she laughed in satisfaction as she walked back to the colony's hideout.
