Destiny Finder (complete)

A Long Lost Memory

Beautiful day, forest blooming with flowers. I was picking up some violets to bring back home, I know my mom loves violet when I hear a growl. I know I was near the border on the Eastside, but I was sure I did not cross it yet. I always come were in the spring to a meadow that has all sort of flowers, each spring I find a different one, never I had crossed the path on the border, so my first thought was rogue. I sniff the air and do not catch any scent, so maybe it was the wind bringing the howl from the other side, I look around but don’t see anyone. Strange.

I was going to pick up another flower.

“What are you doing on my land?” I look up and see a naked boy around my age in front of me. I never saw in my 15 years a naked boy, even in our pack we do not shift in front of underage. I blush extremely hard and closed my eyes, with my hands in front.

“Could you… “ I pointed at him, up and down. I open my hand a little bit, just enough to see him, laugh. “What never saw boy naked.” I blush.  “No. Can you?” I was getting tired because he did not move his place. I took my hand of my red face, and focus on looking at his face, straight in the eyes, not looking down. “Get some clothes now.” He opens his arms. “Why? I like it this way.” Crossing my arms, “Really? This meadow as Azaleas, that are poison in contact with the skin better to be fully dressed.” He looks shocked at me “What… poison flowers?”  I saw him running bum naked, a nice bum by the way. And come back fully clothed. Well, I did lie a bit, they have toxicity but not by contact.

“Which flowers did you said are poisoned?” I pointed at a group of pink azaleas a little far from the point he was on. “Are you sure? They seem normal.” He keeps looking at the flowers.  “I have been around flowers all my life, I am sure.“ I am sure, they don’t do any harm by just touching, only the nectar for bees and the leaves.

“By the way, who are you?” I ask making him look at me. “I was doing the same question before you become all weird with me being naked.” Ok, this boy should learn manners. “Maybe if you don’t go around naked, I did not have to be weird.”

He smiles very strangely. Stupid boy with a stupid smile.

“I always come here to pick flowers for my mother. And you, just strolling around naked, seeing who is bigger, you or the trees?” He laughs, really laughs, like clutching his belly laughing. Stupid boy. “You are in my pack land.” I look around me.  “I am not, the border is after the yellow tree.” He makes a funny face.  “Wait yellow tree?” I point. “ A Laburnum tree or golden chain tree, a tree that the flower’s flow down the branches, almost covering all the tree and are yellow.” He puts his and o the shin. “Ohhh yeah, I passed a bush like that on my run.” I look at him intensely.  “Is a tree. So that means you crossed territory, where are you from?” Putting his hand on the back of his head. “I am from the…. East pack.”

I sense his hesitation, but since he did not smell like a rogue, I just figure he did not want me to tell me because I could tell the Alpha.

“Don’t worry, you still have time until the pack patrol comes around this area.” He looks at me like I am crazy. “Why would you say that to me? I could be a rogue and kill you.” I shrug. “You don’t smell rogue.” He comes a little bit closer. “How can you tell?” I sniff a little. “To be frank you don’t smell anything.”

“I will take that as a compliment. Because it's rude to talk about people smelling.” I sit on the grass, eyes sad. “Yeah, I know. But what if you did not do it purpose, what if the smell comes to you?”  He sits beside me. “What do you mean?” I start fidgeting with my fingers. “Promise not to tell anyone.”

“Why do I?” I look up at him catching him by surprise. “Promise?” Giving him my best puppy eyes, and that seems to have affected him. “Ok, I promise.” He puts his hand over his heart. “By your family?” After a few seconds, he nods.  “I still don’t know exactly why, but do you know how there is a myth about looking for your Mate.” He just nods. “I found an old diary, that explained that the Moon Goddess, chooses the perfect Mate for us, that other half that you can’t live without, in that diary explains that there is a scent that every one of us has, that the wolf recognizes, and that joins the two mates together.”

“I know something about that, our pack still lives by some old rules.” I look at him a little suspicious, all the pack must follow the Alphas Arrangement for survival, but I ignored it. “What if someone could smell those scents and knew who is the Moon Goddess Mates?”His face became hard. “She or he will probably be in danger.” He seems so serious saying that. “What do you mean by that?” His face turns to a thinking face very serious.  “That is a big power with a lot of responsibility. In the old days, the packs were stronger, because Destined Mates make the couple stronger, they complement each other, the flaws, they learn from each other which makes a pack stronger.”

“What the danger in that?” Still looking at me. “The packs now a day, they don’t have strong warriors because they can’t find Destined Mates, we got crazy because of that, and then they came up..” I interrupt.  “With the Alpha’s Arrangement.” He continues. “Yes, that thing.” I give him a, what look. “That thing? Don’t you think like everyone else that the Arrangement helped us survive?” He thinks for a little bit. “I do believe that but also made us weaker than before. If someone like you said is born in this world, it could mean war all over again, for the new costumes and the old.” I just looked at him, eyes widen, I never … a war?

“Do you think someone like that exists?” At this point, I was not very sure I should share anymore. “Maybe, it was something that got me thinking once I read the diary.” He started to become curious. “Do remember the person that wrote the diary?” Better to finish the subject. “I can’t remember.” He just got lost in thoughts of his one, I in mine.

“By the way, what is your name?” Leaving the daze.  I have started picking up flowers because my time was almost up. “Al….. Andrew. And Yours?” I responded still picking the flowers. “Aleena.”

“Is a pleasure to meet you. Do you have a chosen mate yet?” That made me froze, but I continued not looking at him. “No, and I won’t have one.” He lays down on the grass.  “Why not, everyone as a chosen mate nowadays.” Hmmm “I don’t want one.”He rolls to the side looking at me. “You gave me all that Moon Goddess talk but you don’t want a mate?” I look at him, his eyes were sad. “I don’t want a chosen mate.” His face was waiting for me to continue. “Because I want to wait until I am 18 and find my True Mate.” He seems to find that answer good.  “If you don’t find your true mate?” I breathe.  “I will be helping others find theirs.” He looked at me weird.

“If you don’t find a mate, on your 18th birthday I will come to get you?” I look down on him laying back again on the grass. “Why?” He just smiled. “For you to be my mate.” I stop.  “Wait, what?” We got interrupted by the howls of the patrols. “What do you mean by that?”  He gets up. “Seems I must go, trespassing will not go well with my family.” He got ready to go. I pulled in his sleeve, he almost fell to the ground again. “What do you mean by that?” He looks at me whit a smile.  “Exactly what you heard, on your 18th birthday I will come to the Lagoona Pack and make you my mate.” And started running to the forest, while I stood there looking at the spot, he sprints out too, my mind was a mess at that point.

Soon the patrol found me and Pacey gave me peace of his mind about me going far away from the pack without telling him, the same one I got by the time I got home, escorted by Pacey, and an angry father at the door. I tried to tell them that I was just picking up flowers for mother, but that did not save me from being grounded and never to go to that part of the pack again. By the time I got to my room all sorts of things came to my mind.

How did he know I was from Lagoona Pack? Will I ever see him again?

I woke up in the morning, sweat all over me. I already have forgotten about this, why now did I dream of that day.