Chapiter 12 : Anna's curse...
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- Alexander?, I said.
- Yes ?
- I would like to know... If you had a friend that you thought you knew well. But you find out he was a monster. Would you still be friends with this person? I asked him.
- Everyone are monsters in the background. There are all kinds: some are psychopaths, rapists and many others... But...
He was initially silent for a few seconds before answering me.
- I think if I considered that our friendship was real and that this person had been like a real friend despite what he is or what he had been. I will always accept it. Not everyone is good and no one wants to be rejected. If this person had to hide the truth it means that he wanted to be accepted. He was afraid that I would judge him the way society s*****d him. A friend is not just someone you can count on, it's also the person who shows you that despite all the ups and downs, despite that you find better than him, he will never turn his back on you. for friendship and like loyalty. It is won and it lasts forever. Accept it and if the friend and a monster transform it and don't judge it. Help your neighbour.
Alexander was right... It's not just monsters that can be called monsters because even bad people can be bad too.
Alexander had made me open my eyes that I had to explain myself to Anna... Yet I was afraid of her.
As I was about to thank Alexander, a girl called him. She watched me for a few seconds. Then in his eyes, I could see anger even if it was only briefly. Alexander went to talk to her for a moment before heading to the building opposite.
I was going to enter my room when the girl who had spoken with Alexander restrained me by taking me by the hand.
- You must be Cassandra, right?, she asked me.
- Yes it's me, I had answered.
- My name is Monika, I'm Alexander's girlfriend.
- Nice to meet you, I said reluctantly.
I didn't know why I felt bad. I would never have believed that Alexander's girlfriend was so beautiful. Her face that looked so angelic changed. She was like mad at me.
- A piece of advice, she said to me in threatening weather, if you still want to live... Stay away from Alexander.
She pushed me roughly afterwards before going to her classroom.
All day, I had to avoid everyone at school. But I so wanted to talk to someone. So after school I decided to go see Anna's father.
I wanted to know if he knew his daughter was some kind of werewolf. When I arrived at the bakery, I hesitated for a long time before entering.
Anna's father was there.
He was putting rolls in the oven.
When he saw me come in, a big smile lit up his face.
- Hello, I said to him.
- Good morning my little Cassandra. How can I help you?, asked Anna's father kindly.
- Forgive me Mr. Red, but I came here to talk to you about a sensitive subject concerning Anna.
He then motioned for me to sit down before joining me at a table for customers.
- SO ? Did something happen to Anna or with Anna?, he asked worriedly.
- Well... I would like to know if, just like Anna... Are you also a...
I was so scared that I couldn't say my sentence correctly.
I took a deep, deep breath before rephrasing my question.
- Are you also like Anna?
His father looked at me for a long time before answering me: "no". He knew very well what I was referring to.
He then began to explain to me why Anna had become a werewolf.
Anna's father was from the Lenape family which was called "wolf" in French.
The Lenape was an uprooted community since there were three branches of people: the Munsee, the Unami and the Unalachtigo.
Lenape men were considered "authentic men".
Their custom was for young girls to marry old men and young men to older women.
But Anna's father worked part time not far from the village, it was from there that he had met Anna's mother.
Anna's mother was very young. They were initially staying together for a while before deciding to get engaged. But the Lenapes had not been happy with this decision. Anna's father had refused to marry an elderly woman. So he left his village and went to live far away with Verse, Anna's mother.
Three years later, Anna was born. Mr. Red had decided to return to his village to present his daughter to her grandparents.
Alas, this act cost him dearly...
Anna's grandparents, as well as all the Lenape were still angry. Mr. Red had defied tradition, and that was the day they cursed Anna.
The Lenape were descended from the family of wizard and wolf. So to punish Anna's father for marrying a young woman, having a child with her and leaving the village.
They have therefore decided to curse Anna by transforming her into a werewolf as soon as she is 3 years old until she gives birth to three other children and who will suffer the same fate and that she frees herself and so that her children to her also to their always inherited her curse from their age of three years.
- Anna is a good girl. You have to believe me... I never wanted my daughter to carry such a burden... She never killed or hurt anyone she always manages to control herself with each transformation... I feel so guilty of destroying my daughter's life, Anna's father told me crying.
At that moment, the door bell rang.
- Dad I am...
Anna was the one who came in. She didn't continue her sentence at my sight. I was extremely tense.
In reality, Anna should have arrived a long time ago, but she had looked for me everywhere without finding me. Disappointed at not having seen me, she had come to see her father. But to his surprise I was there.
- What did you come here to do?, asked Anna.
- I just wanted to have an explanation...
- And did you get the answer to your questions?, she asked me.
I went to her to hug her tightly.
- Sorry, I said crying hot tears, I was so scared.
- I understand you... Humans are always afraid of what they don't know... Know that I forgive you Cassandra. It's alright now, don't cry anymore.
At that moment, I was happy. I had been lucky to have an exceptional friend. She had saved my life. Besides, it wasn't his fault that she was like that.
And faced with this situation, I understood that Alexander's words had taken on their full meaning.
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