Luna (The Sovereign's Soul)

The Misty Forest

.:Author POV:.

This forest holds true to its name, it constantly has mysterious thick mist in it. The six of them journeyed in the forest carefully. From a far echo a siren's song. The winds blew on them, finally the mist was blow away revealing a plain garden with lush of flower growing around. "Oh wow, underneath all this mist it's truly a beautiful place!" Mewdonis prance lightly on the grassy ground.

Connor is fascinated with everything, he saw flowers blooming around. One in particular captured his attention. It was a bell shape flower with luminous turquoise green color. Slowly he went up to it, reaching out to feel its beauty.

Snap! Nolan pulled back Connor just in time. Connor fell back on top of Nolan. That plant snap towards Connor, Nolan pushed him aside, "Onyx Detriemont!" Nolan hit it just in time. That flower wilted after getting hit. Pretty soon their surrounding starts to revealed that underneath those beautiful things they saw, has now turned into horrifying scene. The flowers have snappy sharp teeth jaws, the green grass has now revealed to be the throbbing vines of those flowers. The siren's song they heard got louder as those plants around them goes berserk.

"Okay, literally this is a siren song!" Mewdonis yelled as she tried to escape those flowers. Givane got her father on her shoulder leaping around to avoid those snappy flowers. "There!" Nolan notices there a slight opening of the mist and lead all of them out of that horrifying garden.

After they went through the opening, the flowers all return to their calm state. "Its no wonder those who ventured here never return," Givane puts her father down again. "Shoot!" Mewdonis shouted gaining everyone's attention. "I've dropped my tracker while escaping just now!" Mewdonis looks back at the garden's direction anxiously.

"I'll get it back!" Connor rushes towards that direction. Nolan grabbed on him, "You'll not make it." Connor return an anxious look, "We need it to find Luna!" Everyone's expression turned gloomy.

Suddenly, something beep from Nolan's wrist. The bracelet he wore is blinking in blue. He instantly lit up, "Yes, She have her ears with her! I have tracker on that!" Everyone's expression lit up again. Nolan chanted on the bracelet, it let's off a whiff of luminous wind in glittery blue. "Well, you should have gotten that out earlier," Mewdonis pouted. "It wasn't activated before," Nolan reply leading everyone in the front.

Mewdonis coughed, Nolan turned to check on everyone. Mewdonis waved her hand slightly,"I'm fine, but we need to rest. Cause our boy back there is hurting." She eyed pointedly to Connor who is limping heavily, trying to catch up with them from the back. George sees it, "Might have hurt himself back there."

Nolan looked on before speaking again. "Do you think we can camp for a night?" Nolan turned to ask Quez. "We can, Givane can setup camps from her backpack and I will set up a barrier over there." Givane nodded to her father so both of them went to setup a chanting barrier. "I'll get us food," George went off heading to the river.

Nolan walks up to Connor, "Need help?" Connor reluctantly look to the side, Nolan took Connor's arm and places on his neck. Then he hold up Connor's waist. "Whoa, watch where you're touching!" Connor slightly startled, but lean on Nolan for support. Something developed in Connor at that moment, tho he not sure what.

Nolan sat him down within the barrier. Mewdonis came over, "I'll take a look." Nolan nodded and went of to help setup a camp. Mewdonis expression instantly turn impish while fixing up Connor's leg, "I saw that." Connor looked up confused, "What?"

Mewdonis let's out a short laugh, "Don't tell me you didn't realize?" Connor still couldn't fathom what Mewdonis is getting at. Mewdonis crossed her arm after she's done fixing Connor's bandages, "You have a thing for Nolan."

Connor jolted a little at Mewdonis remarks, "f**k that! me?! In love--what more with th-that-Pfft a joke!" Connor looks away from Mewdonis but his eyes met Nolan's. Nolan gave him a thumbs up indicating he'll be fine with Mewdonis then continue on helping Givane setting up the camp. Connor's ear burn a little. "See that? A thing!" Mewdonis grinned like a cheshire cat. "I have a crush and her name is Janice!" Connor wavers when he stands up, limping away from Mewdonis, trying to avoid her taunting smile. "I don't judge!" Mewdonis told Connor while laughing at his cute reaction.

As Givane tries to stand the camp it keeps crumpling. She tries another time when Nolan showed up, "Need help?" Givane looked at him awhile, then she nodded. "So, my sister's death really had nothing to do with you huh?" Givane said as she's setting up the camp. Nolan stopped awhile but continue, "Not entirely, she died saving me. How can I forgive myself for that?" Givane peeked at Nolan,"My father can be harsh, but we know Grande died by Velocious blast from an unknown."

Nolan downcast his eyes, Givane goes up to him, "To escape was to not imagine at all." Nolan's wet eyes blinked, "Sounds like what Grande would have said."

Givane lifted his chin up, their eyes met, "Stop imagine yourself trapped and start envision yourself moving forward. Perhaps that's what my sister would have want." What she said enlighten Nolan in some way as they both shared an understanding gaze. Then Nolan smile and puts his glances around, "You're very much like Grande." Givane smiled, "We're sister." Then both of them continue setting up a few more camps.

That night they sit around the campfire having dinner consist of fishes George caught. "How's your ankle?" Nolan asks out of concern. "Fi-fine, " Connor staggered a little on his word while he elbowed Mewdonis who tries to hold in her snickers. "Should be fine by tomorrow, won't limping or waver when he walks" Mewdonis happily eat on her fish and sneakily muttered, "Unlike his heart."

"What?" Nolan ask, couldn't hear clearly what she said. Connor gave Mewdonis the eye signal, she quickly reply, "How's the signal going?" Nolan looks at his wrist band, "We'll be able to reach her location by tomorrow." Then Nolan look into the sky, wondering how's Luna doing right now.

In the wooden room, Luna check on her fake ears again. "Tsk, is thing working right?" she huff at it. A knock on the door startled her. She quickly place it back on her head. Grayson walks in throw the tray beside her. There's plate of meat on the tray, raw. That stench from the meat invaded her nose causing her felt nauseating. Luna turn to give Grayson a look of dismay, "What's that?"

Grayson took a chair sat in front of her, "Dinner. I've hunt the best one down for you." Luna looked at him in disbelieve. "This is no twilight kind of werewolf, this is...just not right," Luna thought to herself. Luna looked disgustingly at the meat, "I can't have that," Grayson laughed, "Picky eater! What do you prefer then? Moose? Horse? Or...cat?" Luna jolted, "No! What's wrong with you?" Luna felt like she wanted to throw up, knowing those pieces of meat on that tray is not ordinary ones she had on earth.

"I can't have my hostage die on me, eat." Grayson demanded. Luna glared back, "Back in my place, I don't eat it raw." Grayson snickered, speak with an enticing tone, "Too bad, would have enjoyed it better in raw." Luna looking baffled, "What?" Grayson stood up from his chair, took that tray then look at Luna, "Make sure you eat this time." Then he went out only to come back with a cooked piece of meat later.

This time Luna eats it, trying hard not to think where the meat really came from. She's too hungry that she almost gobbled it up at once. Grayson laughs a little at her. Luna realize she's being laughed at, she a bit ashamed. So, she tried to distract him from observing her by asking questions, "So, what really happens that you'd look for Mr.Quez?"

Grayson's smile fade reminded of the incident again. Luna notice his mood changed, "Urm, You don't have to answer if you don't want to." Grayson solemnly speak, "Some werecats went berserk, invaded and start attacking our packs. We were able to take down almost all of it, but one escape and that one puts my father's life at edge. Our Shaman said, it none like he ever seen before, he couldn't heal him."

Luna empathize on Grayson as she thinks of Peter. Grayson continue speaking, "Our shaman then told us, there's a Cathonion might knows how to help, they called him the Fabled Kahuna. So, you know the rest." Luna nod slightly then cautiously asked, "Seems like you guys have some history with cathonion?"

Grayson expression repulsed when he thought of Cathonions, "Those sly creature, always scheming. Hard to trust!" Luna thought of Nolan and friends, immediately speak up rashly,"I don't know which cathonion you met in the past, but ones I've been hanging around are the finest group I've ever met." Grayson curled his hand into fist, spoke slightly agitated, "You don't know them!" Luna jerk back a little, startled by Grayson sudden reaction. Grayson notice that, tries to keep his cool and calm down a little.

"Cathonion and werewolfs just don't mix well. Its been centuries. Although my dad did fight alongside a Cathonion once before, but that's all it is," Grayson explained. Luna wondered,"Fight?"

Grayson thinks of what his father told him before, "Oh, that. They once fight together to keep a soul sealed. But recently, father mentioned someone told him that a guy name Venus or something try to break that seal. He said needs to meet someone, then the werecats attack happened." Grayson turned gloomy.

Luna pondered on what Grayson said and sympathize with what Grayson is going through now. She lost her parents before, twice. She hope this time, she can protect George. She sincerely hope on that. Then she realized, she's the amethyst holder. She can stop the awakening and also defeat Venus if she's strong enough. She gave Grayson a reassuring pat on his shoulder, "Venus has done too much damage, I will stop him for you."

Grayson smile watching her tenacity. Her pure intention attracts him, he have not met his mate yet. He discreetly hope she is his Luna. Then, their eyes met again, this time Luna's round innocent eyes entices him, Grayson does not resist what he wanted. He just let his instinct take over, leaning closer....and closer to Luna.