Alexandra's Chosen One

Screams. Chaos. Running. Crying. Blood. That was all 5 year old Amanda from her mother’s arms as they headed a small group of she wolves and their pups to a safe house. How the pack came under attack, she had no idea. She was sleeping cosily on her bed when suddenly, she heard the cry of a wolf and was startled awake. What happened next was slightly blurry and all she knew now, was that she was in her mother’s arms running away. She looked around only to witness, her pack warriors fighting with all their strength either in their wolf or human form. Other than that, she could see kids and the females with them around crazily to avoid all this horror. Some women were sitting and crying next to lifeless bodies of their children or mates before they too went limp on the floor in a fraction of a second. She didn’t understand how that was possible. She also could not make sense of how the number of females behind them were significantly reducing. Superfast. That’s the one word she used to describe them. Them as in those creatures or rather things which were attacking her pack. But the pack warriors were at a loss. They were outnumbered. Their numbers were dwindling at a considerable rate and there was no way they were going win this. The last straw of hope relied on her father – he could either surrender and save the lives of the remaining pack members or die fighting and go down in history as a glorious warrior. Amanda knew what her father would do. He would never accept defeat. That’s how he had been brought up and that’s exactly how he had raised her up as well. She frantically searched for the peculiar black fur and green iris combination amidst the ongoing war while still clinging onto her mother’s neck. “ Right over there ! “, shouted her mother over her shoulder on spotting their escape but let out a loud gasp when she turned around... ***** We all believe that we live in a world where only 1 type of species thrives – the humans. But what we all are oblivious to, is the fact that apart from humans, there are other types of species who also walk the Earth. Many of us might have come across these “ supernatural beings “ in books or movies but little do we know that these species actually exists ! What’s more peculiar is the fact that they roam on Earth in their human form which gives you a highly likely chance that you may have encountered at least one such species in your life before, or you may as well be interacting with them right now. These beings are referred in a number of ways – creatures, supernatural, magical, etc etc. But they just go by the name of shape shifters. They are just like you and me – an average human just trying to get through life except for the fact that they have certain powers which make them stronger than humans and hence, for this reason they can pose as a threat for the human population. That’s why all these years, they have kept their identities a secret. Before the 16th century, there used to be many internal battles within the different categories of these shape shifters as there was that one person who wanted to rule over the entire Earth. This had almost lead to humans discovering about them. To prevent further damage, the heads of all the shape shifters formed a treaty that by declaring peace amongst all species. The treaty was made so that all shape shifters lived in harmony with each other and the humans. It was also important for thus treaty to come into effect so that the shape shifters who were larger in population wouldn’t try to wipe out the ones who were smaller in number. The peace offering ensured that all shifters would continue to live on their lives without interfering with the others. If 2 shifters of different categories were to cross paths under any circumstance, then the matter would be dealt by the heads of those shifters without any interference form any other species. And alas, this was how things had been going on since 5 centuries. A vampire and a fairy could be working together in the same office whereas a witch and a werewolf could be 2 doctors working together on a surgery. Things went on peacefully between all the species with occasional disputes popping up here and there. But unbeknownst to most, this peace was soon going to be disrupted. Ultimately the greed for power was going to prevail over rational thinking. One of the species had broken the peace treaty and had started waging wars across the globe. They first started by attacking the smaller groups comprising only about a 100 to 200 population. This lead to the heads coming together once again after 500 years to discuss the current situation. “ I think we should just give it a while. For all you know, things might settle down. These attacks are quite sporadic and there has till now been no clear cut evidence as to these killings being caused by one of the species. It could have been the humans doings...who knows ? “, said Drecaerus, the head of the vampires. “ I’d rather disagree. Just last week, the entire fae population ag San Francisco was wiped out in less than 10 hours. And all of them shown to have died in freak accidents. It was as if they were specially targeted. For the sake of share shifters, even the children and games were not spared. “, said Lucinda, the head of the fae while holding in a sob. Decades just rolled his eyes. ‘ Well if what he says is true, if there really is a war building up, then obviously anyone in war would be sacrificed – including women and children ‘ , he thought. “ We must do something about this before this progresses further to such an extent that we cannot control. “, said Lucinda. All the other head approved of this in unison. They slowly turned to look at head of the werewolves, who had by far not spoken a single word. Hayden had quietly been observing everything but waited patiently till everyone would ask of his opinion. Of course, he was aware of how much his words mattered to them. He was the most respected Alpha of the largest pack in the world, the Blue Crescent Pack. The werewolves occupied the maximum population of the entire shape shifters...almost reaching up to 40%. Apart form that, Hayden had always been a just ruler who had carried on his family's name by being elected as the 3rd Alpha of his pack to represent the werewolves. Hayden unhurriedly intertwined his fingers and placed them on the table in front of him, “ As much I would hope for these attacks to be just sporadic cases, I can’t agree with Lucinda more. “ Glancing at the scowl on Drecaerus's face and the hopeful smile on Lucinda’s lips, he continued, “ We need to be extra alert form now on. There is a traitor sitting among us right here in this room. “ This sent everyone in an uproar. Quieting the room just with the raise of his hand, Hayden said, “ As much as we like it or not, one of us is the root cause of these attacks and seeing the gravity of the situation, I think I might have to step into this to investigate further. “ At this, Dreacaerus scoffed, “ And what makes you think that all of us will trust you on that? For all I know, you may be the one behind these attacks...” He trailed. The room fell dead silent. Keeping in mind that the largest population was currently occupied by the werewolves, there was a high likelihood that Hayden may have been behind all this in order to over throw all the other species and come out as a solitary ruling power... “ Do you want me to take the blood oath to prove my innocence ?", Hayden suddenly said. The room was still dead silent. The smirking vampire was now serious and began squirming in his chair. The blood oath was considered the most supreme way of getting the truth out of somebody. It was taken by piercing oneself using a special dagger, primarily containing silver. All the heads had one such dagger with them at all times. Whenever there was a dispute between any 2 species, the heads would drive the dagger over their fellow species' palm to ensure that he or she spoke the truth. This was done by both the parties, which had allowed justice to prevail over all these years. Without waiting for Drecaerus's reply, Hayden took out his dagger, ran it over his palm and looked expectantly at the vampire. Seeing how he had brought this upon himself, Drecaerus did the same and finally shook hands with Hayden. “ I promise to try to do my best and find out the real culprit behind these doings. I also state certainly that I have nowhere been involved in these attacks and will never, even in future, be the cause for the same. “, spoke Hayden truthfully. The dagger, even though made of silver was controlled by magic in such a way that it would only incur tremendous pain and suffering on the person taking the blood oath, if he or she were to lie. Hence, even though primitive, it had been used for the longest time to separate out liars from honest people. When Hayden continued sitting calmly even after 2 minute of speaking, it was proved that he was speaking the truth. This agitated Drecaerus to quite an extent but he just kept quiet about it. The one person all the heads could trust blindly now was Hayden as had been proven already. Thus, the meeting ended. Everyone started returning back to their houses. Hayden got into his car, followed by his Beta, Ryan. They had come all the way to London to attend this meeting which had been called on after several decades. Hayden slowly reclined back on the passenger’s seat while his Beta drove to the airport. All he could think now was what had to be done in order to start another war. A war now would cost a lot and would lead to the destruction of a lot of families... Thinking of family, Hayden couldn’t help but let a smile make it’s way in his lips. He fell deep into his reverie of how he had met his mate for the very first time, which was now 12 years back. He couldn’t control widening his grin on remembering his cute daughter. She had grown up so much. It just felt like she was born yesterday. She was complete daddy’s girl – right from the moment when she had started to walk, she wild run up stairs, one by one, to his study and cling tightly onto his legs. She wouldn’t leave him until he promised her to buy her some ice cream. Sigh! How was he to explain to a toddler about the ill effects of eating ice cream everyday? Nevertheless, he used to always take her to the nearest ice cream parlour and help her finish her cone. His mate had been pretty mad about it initially. “ Mom, I need energy to fight and defend my pack one day. And anyways, one cone a day will not do anything bad to my health. “, his daughter would justify in her baby voice. His Luna always retorted, “ You want to become strong, right? You need to eat more proteins for that not ice cream, for the sake of shape shifters! “ And in between their continuous battering, Hayden would always have a good laugh. These 2 females in front of him were the best part of his life. He would never lose them for anything else in the world. As he started boarding his plane, he wondered if he should just shift to his wolf form and run all the way to California from London. ‘ Wouldn’t that be faster than travelling by this damn plane? ‘, he asked his wolf, Xavier. ‘ Unless you plan on swimming across the entire Atlantic Ocean in half the time required by this plane to reach our destination ? ‘, spoke Xavier. ‘ But you were actually quite good at swimming when you were younger...how about you do the swimming and I do the running, say what huh ?’, teased Xavier. Hayden just rolled his eyes at his wolf and cut the connection between them. He was going to get a good night’s sleep so that when he wakes up, he would be all cheerful to meet his family.