The Illegitimate Royal Blood

A Wise One

Ever wondered how it would feel to think 'yeah, I am going insane.'? 

Oh, don't be. I can assure you that the feeling would just make you triple insane. At least, I am going more than triple insane.

Heck! How do you expect me to be calm after getting to hear a wolf speaking?

"D-Don't!" I whispered, while stepping backwards, while the wolf just shook it's head. "You don't even know how to stop an animal from attacking you, girl." the wolf spoke, in a distressed tone, while I gulped, although it's words were hurting me.

The Wolf is speaking! It was not my imagination!

"Now, would you mind taking a seat? I am done standing." it spoke, before slumping itself on the ground, while I gaped at the animal. So...its not going to eat me? Maybe, talking wolves are not carnivorous? Maybe, yeah!

I looked around, to see none to help me with this situation, not that I ever got any help from anyone else but Emma.

"If you looking for a human help." I turned to the wolf, when it started speaking again. "I am afraid, you would get any. Humans are scared of me, just like you are." it added, and I felt my hands going sweaty. What am I going to do? What am I going to do? What to DO!!

"I don't like repeating my statements." the wolf spoke again, and I noticed it's voice going gruff. It is angry. And that would mean, it can eat me alive. I gulped in fear.

But wait!

Did you not want to end this life, Aveline? It would be so easy if the wolf is going to eat you, rather than hanging yourself on a tree or stabbing yourself. The wolf just made it easy, Ave!

"Take a seat, Aveline!" I widened my eyes at the wolf. "H-How? How did you know--my name?" I stuttered out, and the wolf shook it's head again. "For now, sit, Aveline." it commanded, and I found myself taking a seat, on the muddy ground.

"Very well, then." the wolf seemed to be impressed. Was me taking a seat that important? Or maybe, its impressed by itself for being authoritative over a human girl. "Now tell me, Aveline." my head snapped up, due to it's gruff voice.

"Why did you call yourself a mistake, a while ago?" it asked, and I stared at it wide-eyed. "So, you--heard me?" I managed to ask, feeling utterly amused that I am talking to a wolf. When did wolves start to speak, though?!

"Let me make it clear. I do not like when someone interrupts me while I do something important. So, do answer my question first." he spoke out, and I stared at the animal. It did not look like any normal wolf. It carried a kind of strange yet powerful aura that screams danger, yet, here I am speaking to it. I say, My life is full of complications.

"I am a mistake, because---I am illegitimate." I whispered, while looking down. If anybody thinks its too easy to call yourself illegitimate, even when its the reality, then they are wrong. Its a shame.

"And that's bad?" I looked up at the wolf, with my eyes widened in confusion and surprise. "Wh-What?" I asked, confusedly. But it looked like a stone, and I realized it will not repeat it's statements. "I mean--you do not find it a shame?" I asked, and it's eyes were narrowed at me.

"Did you ask your so-called parents, to have s****l relationship with each other. Oh, before you were born, obviously." the wolf wagged it's tail, sounding casual, and I gaped at it. "I-I-I do not think I can say that to my parents, when I was not even--born." I said, sounding hesitant.

"That answers your question to me." he said, and I realized he did not find me as a shame. "But why?" I asked, and suddenly I felt like I was not talking to an animal, but someone I can rely on. "Everybody thinks, it's my fault that I was born. I was never wanted. My parents..they did not want me. They just..wanted to have fun, which they did, but they did not expect me to be born. I was born out of wedlock, and that's considered as sin by the people. That's why I am a curse for them. If everybody thinks like that, why don't you think the same?" I whimpered out, while letting my tears flow out continuously. "Just because..you are not a human?" I added, and it stared at me with something warm pooling in it's eyes.

"No!" It replied gruffly. "Just because, I am not one among them." it added, and I stared at the animal. At the mysterious yet gentle animal. I am speechless. How is it that this animal, who is considered raw and merciless can be kind to me, but a human who is considered to be merciful and generous had only been cruel to me?

"You see little girl. Being Illegitimate was not your fault, like your people say. You never asked your parents to mate with each other and produce you. You were born after they mated with each other, willingly. You cannot be a mistake, when your parents never thought mating with each other out of wedlock could be a mistake. If they are not ashamed of what they did, why should you be! Why should you fear people and hate yourself when they are blind and selfish that they let a little girl weep to herself?" the wolf spoke out, so wisely, that I stared at it teary-eyed.

"It should be them, who is supposed to be hurt. Hurt for hurting a child. Hurt for messing with a girl's mental health, that you wept over and over, and decided to die." it said, and I widened my eyes at it. How did it know? "Oh, don't give me that look. Did you think I did not know why you preferred to have a word with me, rather than running away? Of course, you are here so that I can eat you and you'll be free of your problems." it added, and I did not blink. Its such a genius wolf!

"But would you look at that? You are a coward, in here." it said, and I raised my head to look deep in it's eyes, which were disapproving. "Humans are supposed to be overconfident, in my perspective. They think, they can achieve everything if they have money and fame. I mean, three-forth of your specie think the same. But you in here, are being a coward. You are letting those people believe that indeed, it was your fault that your parents mated with each other. You are encouraging them to treat someone like you the same, in the future. Why? Why would you do that?" it asked, and I felt my shoulders slumping down.

"Because, I am weak." I muttered to it, barely audible, in despair. "I am not a strong one. Physically and mentally as well. They've made me weak enough to think that death is the only solution to my problems. My own parents do not want me there. What else am I supposed to do, then?" I yelled out, at the end, feeling so helpless. Why can't I be just able to stand for myself? Why am I so weak?

"Then be one." it said, and I looked up at it, blinking my tears away. "Be one that you desire for. It will take you time to build yourself up, but be the strongest and fight the odds, to be what you are ought to be. Life is worth fighting for, not wishing for death." it spoke out, before standing on it's paws, and turning away from me.

"Be what you deserve to be, Aveline. And remember to never let anyone look down at you, but look up at you." it said, before sprinting towards the forest, while I stared at it's retreating figure, in awe. Never have I ever felt it in me. Motivation. Motivation to become what I truly dreamed to be.

All because of..A Wise Wolf!