A Luna Is Born

It was the end of January, the day I came into this world. My eyes seeing everything for the very first time. My grandmother, mother and father as well as our packs doctor are the first to greet me on the day of my birth. But I'm getting ahead of myself. My story like most starts before I was even born. My mother Sara an omega born to the Alpha & Luna of the Savage Wolf Pack, was given to my father Raigar the Alpha heir to the Moon Walker Pack. They had been given the news that my mother, also known as our packs omega Alpha breeder (a terrible term for a female that is given as a "gift" to a rival packs Alpha or Alpha heir, to be used to produce pups), was pregnant with me. The first born to my parents, but second born to my father, which we learned later on. Well back to it then. My name is Persephone and I am the first alpha female born to my father and mother. And when I say my life has been rough until recent years I am not joking. Granted it has had many happy moments too...but not enough to out weigh the bad. Yet that is. My first year of life wasn't all bad. I was born under the first full moon of the year, it was a very beautiful time of day, when the stars and moon were shining brightly just before the sun came out. I myself only know this because my grandmother would describe it to me as a bed time story when I was a slight bit older. We are what you would call Lycan Shifters. We have two parts to our being. One body that houses two separate sides of one soul. Our half that looks human, and our wolf half. Though shifting from one physical form to the other is quite painful at first. Our first shift is when we start to bound fully with our wolf souls. It takes a few weeks after birth to make the connection easier, then years to build the bond solid. At ten years old we have our right of passage. This is when our wolves are able to come out if our bonds are solid...some take a little bit longer than others. At sixteen we are able to sense our mates. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Back to it. At just over a year and eight months my mother had given birth to my younger sister Bella. Soon after her arrival, things between my parents became strained. Because my mother had only provided him with female heirs, he had grown angry with her. He even kicked her from the pack for a short time. During her limited banishment she found her mate, and they conceived my younger brother. But her mate rejected her and returned to the female he had previously had pups with. Leaving my mother broken hearted and with no where else to turn. So she came back to my father. My father being the sly Alpha that he was made a set of conditions. That the pup would be claimed as his own. And that she would bare him a true male heir. The next couple of years were rough on her. But she lived by my father's rules and obeyed his decree. My brother though half was now claimed as my father's pup and Adreus was treated in every way as our equal. My sister and I loved our baby brother. And then our mother became pregnant with my second younger brother. My father named him Azreal. He was beloved by his older siblings, myself included. After that my mother gave my father two more pups. The youngest of them being Samuel. And just before him was my sister Celestia... It was the day of my eighth birthday. And I could feel my wolf Akyala as if we were already one body. Tonight would be our right of passage ceremony. Normally we didn't get our wolves until our tenth birthday but my grandmother said I am unique and she could already feel that my wolf and I were very special. My grandmother told me that before I was born my mother had tried to end her existence and my own. But I prevented her from doing so. That my Alpha aura was so strong I was able to stop her from the womb. It was then she told me, that she knew I was strong and very special. My abilities would go beyond that of my tyrannical father. Don't get me wrong, my grandmother mother loved her sons. But ever since my father became the Alpha heir to my grandfather, his narcissistic personality was unchecked. He won the title after nearly killing his older brother in a duel for the title of Alpha heir. My uncle forfeit as his was a coward and never stood his ground in a fight with my father. My uncle James knew how abusive my father was to his breeder and even his pups. He only ever cared about one thing. Being the strongest pack in the territory. But today was my right of passage day. The day Akyala and I would fully become one. And be free to run with the pack in the annual hunt. I was so excited. Akyala had been my best friend and strongest supporter during my childhood. Growing up with a father such as mine, you learn to protect yourself fast. The whole pack was getting ready for my special night. When the moon would be at its highest apex I would begin my first shift in the lake behind the pack house. The pack always did thier first shift in water, as it made some of the pain of shifting easier to handle. Persephone POV It was time. I was ready to begin my ceremony. I walk out into the crisp cool air of the night. The moon light bathed the pack house is the most beautiful soft white light almost making the pack house glow in the dark night. The stars twinkling in the deep distance of space. It was beautiful. As the gentle breeze blew through the garden leading to the lake, I could smell lavender on the wind. It was calming. I take a step down feeling the grass beneath my feet, for the first time I feel completely connected to nature. Like every fiber of my being was coursing with a light electrical energy. My bond was ceiling. I feel Akyala smiling within me. And it makes my heart happy. I make my way down to the lake where all our pack is gathered waiting for me to become whole. The sound of the crickets are all that can be heard as I approach the area where my father is standing before the pack. "I Alpha Raigar of the Moon Walker Pack, announce the first shift of my Alpha daughter...and possible heir to the pack" my father says to the pack I an Alpha tone, that makes everyone stop and watch us silently. I step forward and my father instructs me, headed for the edge of the lake. I take my first steps into the cold water. It sends cool tingles through my skin. The water is cold but feels nice as my body has begun to heat up. Signaling the merge of our two souls. All of a sudden I feel unbearable pain course through my body. Starting from my feet and ending at my head. I hear my own bones cracking and shifting beginning to form my wolf figure. My jaw bone cracks and extends forming my muzzle. I can feel my canines stretching out from my jaws. Then the next wave of pain hits as my forearms break and reform into two large silver white paws and legs. I let out a howl from the pain, that triggers through the pack...and they begin howling with me, letting me know I am not alone. More cracking and breaking can be heard and the waves of pain as they do sweep through me like death on fire. I feel like I am about to faint and as I look down into the water at my reflection...I freeze. I see her....Akyala and she is beautiful. Akyala has a coat that is so white it looks like untouched snow, with a hint of silver in her fur. But her eyes, they are what draws the attention...her eyes are a soft but bright lavender color. And they seem to be able to see into your soul. "Hello Persephone, I am happy we are fully one." Akyala says calmly. "I am too, and so very happy we survived the merge unscathed" I reply happily. By this time the pain has receded and I feel full of energy and ready to hunt. I let out a long howl, that shakes the ground. My first Alpha howl. My father has already shifted into his wolf Kain (a massive solid black wolf with nearly pitch black eyes) and joined my howl, signaling the start of the Hunt. As Akyala and I run through the thick brush, picking up the scent of our prey. We crouch low instinctively. Nearly on our belly we creep in close, the stag unknowingly close to our grasp. One swift leap and a sharp bit to the throat and the stag is dead. "Not to shabby for our first hunt" Akyala says very pleased with ourselves. "I agree, hopefully father is pleased with this catch", I reply. Knowing full well, she already knows what I've been through with Raigar as our father. I begin to drag my prey back towards the pack house, when something doesn't smell right. I can smell other wolves. There scent sends red flags up immediately. I let out a warning howl, to let my pack know there are other wolves in our territory, as well as make the other wolves know that I know they are there. I listen quietly. When I hear my mother and father howl as well. Then out of nowhere I begin to hear growling and whimpering, cries of pain and the sound of fighting. I rush to get back to the rest of the pack. Upon reaching them I see the war and c*****e that has broken out before me. Our rivals the Savage Wolf Pack have crossed our borders without permission. Among them is the Beta Darren second son to Alpha Nathan of the Savage Wolf Pack also my mother's father. They were breaking the treaty that was set up when my father accepted my omega mother as his breeder. The fight seemed never ending. But is was over in under an hour. As my father challenged the Alpha to a duel. My Alpha father against the Alpha of the Savage Wolf Pack. My father was used to winning every fight he had ever gotten into and with him being as cocky as he was, he never let his beta fight in his sted. But this time he felt it was beneath him to face such a weak opponent. He sent his beta in to fight for him. This act alone enraged Alpha Nathan. He faced off with Beta James, (my father's elder brother). The beta needless to say lost. And we were chased out of our territory and forced to move, from the only home I had ever known....