The Wolf Chronicle

Chapter six

FENRIS’ POV

We walked into the Metairie cemetery, also known as the city of the dead. The darkness of the night was thick and the moon was the only source of light, the grief in the atmosphere could be felt deeply that there was no need to depict the reason why there was a weeping angel statue there.

I could hear the sounds of crickets chirping in the tiny bushes around the cemetery,  “what kind of witch lives in a cemetery?” an old wood creaked as I stepped on it

“An old one” Maccon answered as he led the way towards a cave that was well lit with old torches “wow, she really does like living in secluded places” I remarked as I looked around in the cave, that was really spooky and crawling with spiders and cockroaches.

“are you okay boy?” My dad asked as he took a quick glance at me and I nodded positively, we soon stopped abruptly behind a young woman

Probably in her twenties, kneeling in front of a table filled with candles, dark objects and spell books.

Raising her hands in the air with a bowl, she proceeded to drink from the bowl.

“Morgan le fay” Maccon called

“Long time no see, what brings you by?” she asked still backing us

“Didn’t you say she was old?” I whispered to Maccon, “excellent question, but I don’t age” She swerved as she got up answering my question

“What can I do for you? I still have prayers to perform to Hecate so spare my time and talk” she blew off the candles on the table

“We need your help, the princess is alive” Maccon started, “but she doesn’t want to claim the crown, isn’t it?” she finished and my jaw dropped

“ye-yes” He stuttered, “we want you to…..” she cut him off

“I know what you want me to do and it won’t work, you might kill her” she leaned by the long table beside the wall as she watched us one after the other with folded arms

We all looked at each other, “how do you know that?” My dad asked

“Because you can’t force nature, it has it’s own time. Same way you can’t force a flower to bloom.” She explained, she doesn’t even look old at all

She’s dressed in a white flowery gown that hugs her body perfectly; her curly hair falling on her shoulders with a little scarf on her head and her red painted lips.

“We have to try, we can’t wait till the full moon before she discovers her powers. The barrier would be broken by then” Halter protested

She sighed, “A spell like that could shatter every bone in her body if it goes wrong, you realize the risk you’re about to take right?”

“Then it won’t go wrong, It’s for the good of the pack; would it be better if the dark lord gets a hold of it?” Felan stepped forward “I like your spirit, it’s worth a shot but if i sense anything funny I’m stopping” she warned

“Agreed” Maccon answered, “and what’s in it for me, if all this goes perfectly well?”

“I’ll speak to Freya and let her allow you back into the coven”

“Sounds fair enough” She smiled “when do I start?”

“How about before hell breaks loose?”  I said, “I’ll need something that belongs to her, as a point of contact”

“let just make this a one on one experience and take you to her” I suggested

“Casting a spell like that will take a lot of energy, I’ll have to perform it in the cemetery” she disagreed

“I’ll give you just one task, get me her hair”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 “She doesn’t just expect me to walk into her house and be like “hey princess I just need a bit of your hair” The sarcasm in my voice could be strongly heard by my father that was rummaging the kitchen in search for something

“You have to do it one way or the other if you really want this to work, we have just 3 hours left before midnight. You had better figure it out” He grunts as dragged a drawer out

“Ugh! Fine I’ll figure something out. What are you looking for anyways?” I looked at him pacing around in circles

“an alternative, in case you couldn’t get the hair” he grunts heavily as he brought down a wooden box from the top of the shelve.

“You have a stack of her hair there?” I arched a brow, “No dimwit” he rolled his eyes

“I remember the queen gave me some of Nakia’s old baby stuff to throw away back then”

“And you kept them? Why?” I asked

“Well at that time, your mother and I thought we were having a girl so I decided to keep the toys and then we had you” he shrugged and opened the box

There were a few toys and clothes, the clothes were dirty looking. No doubt cause my dad had kept them tucked away for quiet some awful amount of time.

“We have something of hers now, very easy I must say” he picked up one of the toys

“No need for the hair then, saved me an awfully amount of time and maybe an explanation if I had gotten caught trying to cut her hair”

“Call the elders back; we need to perform the ritual”  I noticed a black bird fly away from the window.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MAUGRIM’S POV

The black bird flew back in and landed on the floor behind me, “what news have you manage to collect?” I swerved and watched the bird change into my daughter

“They are planning a ritual father” she exhaled, “a ritual?” my eyes widened

“of what purpose?”

“I think the princess doesn’t remember she’s a werewolf and has never changed so…” I raised my hands to stop her

“they want to force her shift” I cackled loudly, “fools!, I am no witch and even I know that the ritual can kill her”

“Then let her die” Daciana scoffed, “No no little one, you see I need that pest to use her hands to hand over the crown to me. Passing to me generations of power”

“I also heard that if she’s not crowned my midnight the barrier will break” she leaned by my desk, twirling the small horse figurine on it

“Hmnn” I mumbled

“why wait for her to give you the crown? Take it yourself, steal the power” she urged

“Oh my little black demon, if I lay hands on a crown that has existed for generation I’ll be lost forever. You don’t want that for daddy do you?” I caressed her hair

“No but that’s why the universe gave us witches, they can alter anything. Change anything, so why not find a way to steal that power”

“I like what you’re saying but we don’t have much time, if the ritual works and she’s queen she’ll close the barrier and it’s over” I walked towards my open window

“Then let’s buy ourselves more time by opening the barrier ourselves” I turned swiftly and she swerved

“Opening that barrier will unleash demons of ancient times, you realize that?” I raised a brow

“Exactly my point, opening the barrier will take their concentration off the crown”

I smiled brightly, “what a devious little brain you have there”

“I learnt from the best” she complimented back

“Get the witch” I ordered and she nodded before walking out of my office

I will get my hands on that crown eventually and sit on that throne, ruling these beasts with iron fists. Making every one of their lives miserable

Daciana soon came back dragging a dehydrated witch by the shackles on her hands, she let go of the chains and the witch fell on the floor

“Hello once again, I’m sure you’re happy to see daylight”

Ple-pl-please let me go, I’ll do anything” she begged

“shhhh, sweetheart I’m afraid I can’t do that. But there’s something you can do for me”

“what?”

“Let’s unleash the ancients ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NAKIA’S POV

I laid on my bed facing the ceiling with my duvet covering my body up to my neck, my room is surprisingly cold tonight.

Meredith decided to spend the night with me, she would have been the one sleeping on  my bed but she insisted on crashing in the living room

I exhaled as I kept remembering the conversation I had with Meredith earlier, what if everyone is right and this crown is actually mine to claim? And I’m just avoiding my responsibilities as queen to these people?

Isn’t it shitty that I’ll have to make them beg before I claim something that is actually mine? I don’t even know what to believe

What if they are actually in danger? I got up from the bed after much tossing and turning and walked into the kitchen to grab a glass of anything cold in the fridge

That’s if I still have some things left, that weird girl and her lizard made me lose my groceries

I grabbed a cup from the cabinet and gently opened the fridge so I won’t startle Meredith, ou! There’s still a bottle of cranberry left.

I poured it in my glass, I sipped from the glass and continued flowing in my river of thoughts, I was about lifting the glass to my mouth again when I felt this sharp pain in my ear

“argh!” I winced and quickly looked at Meredith who is still sound asleep, “what the hell was that?” I muttered under my breath

I closed the fridge and wanted to walk back in with my glass when the bone in my shoulder popped out, I screamed in pain as the glass in my hand fell and shattered on the tiles, spilling cranberry all over my kitchen floor

“what was that!” Meredith sprang up, “Nakia?” she rushed towards me “what’s wrong?”

Almost falling on my knees, bones in my body started breaking and I screamed even more. Falling completely on my knees, Meredith stood in awe as she didn’t understand the situation and therefore didn’t know what to do

Two long canines started coming out in my mouth and fur on my skin, “what’s happening to me!” I yelled as I ripped my shirt off my body

My spinal cord popped out and I started having claws, God I have never felt pain like this in my life

“Meredith !! Help me” I cried and she placed her palm on my head,

“I know what to do, I’ll be back. Keep it together Nakia” she snapped her fingers and vanished immediately

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~