Raised by Centuars

Chapter 3

     Steven went into his room to freshen up and get settled in for the stay, as he was settling in there was a knock on the door.  He walks over to open the door and Harmony is standing on the other side.  "Come in," Steven says opening the door wider and gives her a big smile as he does.

     "What where you and my father talking about by the training grounds?"  Harmony asks in hope he will tell her the truth.

     Steven sighs because he doesn't want to scare her, but knows that he needs to be honest with her and answers, "I was just telling your father that you are going to have a hard road ahead of you and that I am here to help train you to make sure nothing bad happens."

     "I been training since I was old enough to," Harmony states with pride, "What else do I need to learn?"

     "I will help you train your wolf," Steven replies, "it is important that you train with your wolf as well as human form."

     "I see, so what did you tell your parents about me?" Harmony's asked out of curiosity.

     "I told them that I have found my mate that I am spending time with her and her family to get to know each other," Steven answered, "the only person who knows everything is my beta, I can trust him not to tell anybody."

     "So why keep it a secret from your parents?" Harmony asks.

     "The less people know who you are, the less your life will be in danger," Steven explained, "you are the true queen of the werewolves and if the imposter king finds out about you he will try and kill you."

     "I see," well I guess first thing tomorrow we better start training," Harmony gets up to leave, but is stopped by Steven.

     "Harmony I will make sure you are prepared for what is ahead in your future," He reassures her, "and I will be there by your side, but the road ahead of you will be hard because you will have to fight to take your thrown back."

     "Thank you," Harmony smiles, "but I still have a lot to think about and learn."

     "Don't worry honey," Steven says as he brushes her cheeks with the back of his fingers, "we will take our time and make sure you know everything you need to know."  Harmony smiles as she closes her eyes and leans in as he brushes her cheeks.  She has never had these feelings of butterflies in her stomach until she met Steven and the more he is around the stronger the feeling gets.  Steven wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her close to his chest.  "You are very beautiful and I thank the goddess that I have finally found you."

      "Hmmmm," is the response Harmony was able to give because she felt so content in his arms that she couldn't form any words to respond.  Steven then kisses her forehead as he holds her in his arms.  "I think I should go," Harmony softly says not wanting to leave, "dinner should be ready soon."

     "Well why don't you lead the way and we can talk more," Steven suggests, "plus I don't know my way around here yet."

      Harmony chuckles, "okay I will show you around along the way."   They leave Steven's room and she points out where things are, her room which was a couple doors down from Steven's room.  The library, which is full of books written by centaurs.

     "So I know you haven't went to school, so just curious what has your mother and father been teaching you," Steven asks.

     "Well they taught me some basic stuff at first, reading, writing, math and all that, and then they just started to teach me about reading the stars," Harmony replied.

     "Reading stars,"  Steven smiled, "What can reading stars help with?"

     "They tell you somethings in the future, but not everything," Harmony replied as they reach the dining hall, "they tell you if there is anything bad about to happen."

     "I see well that is interesting," Steven smiles and they sit down next to each other by Zarek and Raven and continuing with their conversation trying to get to know each other.  Harmony learned that Steven is the future alpha of his pack and that an that as an alpha his duty is to make sure that his pack is running properly and that they have what they need as in food, clothing, shelter, plus he is to make sure they are trained to protect themselves in case of a rogue attack or an attack from another pack.

     "Why would another pack attack your pack," Harmony asked "and what are rogues?"

     "A pack will attack another pack if for one they want to expand their territory or if they feel that we have wronged them in one way or another, a rogue is one who separated himself from a pack or got kicked out of their pack," Steven explains, "if they separate them from themselves its their decision and most of the time its because they have lost their mates, but sometimes they choose not to live a life as a pack member and to be banished from their pack they did something like betray their pack or caused to many problems."

     "I see," Harmony replies, " so rogues are bad then."

     "Not all rogues, the ones that lost their mates usually end up dying because they are so depressed and keep to themselves, the ones that choose to live a solitary life most of them are harmless but the ones that are banished causes the most problems," replies Steven.

     "So if the alpha is gone from the pack who is to say that your members don't cause problems?"  Harmony asks.

     "Well aside from an alpha there is a Beta and a Gamma.  A Beta is second in command and the Gamma is third in command if just the alpha is gone the Beta takes charge and makes sure everything is good and if both the Alpha and Beta is gone then the Gamma is in charge," Steven explains, "you met both my Beta and Gamma considering haven't taken my fathers place because I haven't found my mate yet."

     "What if you didn't find me and your father passes away?"

     "Well if that is the case then I would take his place, but I would still search because every alpha needs his Luna."

     "Luna?"

     "You are my Luna and you hold as much authority as I do."

     "So I am your Luna and the queen of the werewolves," Harmony states with a scared feeling deep in her.

     "Yes you are, but you don't need to worry I think you will be a wonderful queen," Steven grabs her hand and gently squeezes it for reassurance.  They start heading up to their rooms talking and mostly Steven answering questions, but he didn't mind.  All he thought was how truly innocent she was and that he needed to do what ever he needed to, to make sure that she isn't hurt or worse.

      "So what is the names of your Beta and Gamma?"  Harmony asks.

     "Brent is my Beta and we have been friends as long as I can remember, and My Gamma is Jason and I met him in high school and became good friends fast."

     "So does your pack have a name?"

     "Our pack name is Moon Tide," Steven smiles and kisses her cheek, "Well here is your room, get some rest because your training starts tomorrow."  Harmony walks into her room and closes her door as Steven turned to go to his room.  Harmony's mind is whirling with all this information that she just received that she had a hard time going to sleep, but finally settled down around 2am and slept a few hours later she was woke up by some knocking on her door.  Groggily she rubs her eyes and looks around and from looks of outside it was around 5am.  She has never had an alarm clock so she learned to tell what time it was by the stars.  She gets up and opens the door and Steven was standing there in his work out clothes.   "Sorry to wake you, but we should start training."

     "Wow you are an early bird," Harmony chuckles groggily, "give me a few and I will be out."  Harmony quickly closes the door and starts getting ready.  She puts on her training clothes which was armor, because she was raised with centaurs they mostly wear armor.  She opens the door and Steven asks if she had anything else.  "No this is my training attire," Harmony replied with her cheeks starting to blush.

     "Give me a sec," Steven smiled and heads back to his room and grabs some sweets and a tshirt,.  He knew they were going to be big on her, but it will have to do and he will contact his beta to pick up some clothes for her later.  He heads back to her room and hands them to her.

     "I think these will be better for you to train in and it would be more comfortable and easier," Steven smiles and glides his hands through his long brown hair which matched his brown eyes.  "Plus these will help you move easier."

     "These are going to be big on me," Harmony stated, "they aren't going to fit."

     "No worries a will contact Brent and have him grab ones that will fit, but for right now these will work," Steven smiles and leaves her room so she could change.  Harmony changes into the clothes Steven handed her and walked out.  Steven's smile grew and he stares at her thinking about how cute she looked in his shirt that looks like a dress on her and the pants barely holds on to her waist with the drawstring tied up her long blonde hair flowing down her back.

     "I don't know these don't fit right and I look horrible," Harmony says as she fiddles with the hem of his shirt.

     Steven steps closer and lightly rubs her cheek, "non sense you are beautiful and these look cute on you."

     "If you say so," Harmony sighs.

     "Come on Harm, lets get started in your training," Steven says, "I am going to access your skills in human form first to see how you are and then help you with your wolf."  They head down to the training grounds its still early so they are by themselves and its quiet.  "Okay lets get started."

     Harmony goes to grab the shield and her weapon of choice, which was a wooden sword to make sure that there is no mishaps.  "You won't need those most of us fight hand to hand or in wolf form," Steven grabs them and sets them down."

     "I have a little training in hand to hand but I usually train with these," Harmony states, "I am better with weapons."

     "That's okay we will make you better in hand to hand," Steven replies, "Take your stance and then when you are ready I want you to throw a punch at me."  Harmony follows what Steven asks and throws a punch at him.  Steven steps sideways and grabs her wrist, but not hard.  "So your stance needs improvement," Steven says.  He then shows her how to stand when she is fighting and starts showing her some moves.  They trained all morning and some of the Centaurs were spectating and taking interest as he was showing her what to do.  They spared a little longer and then decided to go in and get something to eat.  Steven then calls his beta about getting Harmony better training clothes and noticed that Harmony had a curious look on her face.  "What is with that look honey?"

     "What is that?" Harmony asks as her cheeks flood with blush.

     "This," Steven chuckles holding his phone up, "this is a phone helps you get a hold of others when you are far from each other."  He then hands her the phone and shows her a little on how to work it and notice Zarek and Raven took some interest in his device, so he decided to show them as well.  He showed how to look things up on the web, play some games and everything he could on how to use the phone.  The Centaurs have lived their life in solitude and never known such devices so he let all of them take their turn on playing with the phone making sure they didn't call anybody at least just yet.  He wanted to keep the respect for their hospitality and make sure they stay safe and no harm would come to them.  Only with their permission will he tell anybody about them.  Humans have a hard time accepting what is different and knows that they have a knack of hurting creatures that are different.  Hopefully one day they wouldn't have to hide anymore and be accepted in the outside world.