The Witch Luna

chapter 12

Chapter 12

POV: Elizabeth

Morning class was fun. I don't think the future alpha knew much about witches. We were able to perform almost the exact same as werewolves. As I was born into the bloodline of a high priestess I was especially strong and fast.

I also had very strong magic. I have kept it under control since being here. I hadn't had any slipups! I was quite proud of myself.

While we were running in class I made sure to stay just ahead of Johnathan. I could tell he was getting super mad as he tired to pass me. When we had finished our 5 miles he collapsed on the ground.

I stifled a laugh and began to stretch. I was quite tired too but I tried not to show it. Using a little magic to help make it seem like that hadn't winded me at all.

Our teacher came over and paired us off once everyone had finished running. I was paired with a she-wolf that looked quite angry. We began to spar, me never letting her get the advantage on me.

She seemed to be getting frustrated so in pitty I let her get one partial connection. She definitely wasn't pulling her punches!

I hit her one good time in the stomach and she went down with a huff.

Just then the teacher called the class to an end. I wanted to talk to Johnathan. I had barely spoken to the man yet and I was supposed to marry him…. I went to find him and saw he was halfway across the yard to the pack house….

"Hi there, Elizabeth is it?" I heard a voice from behind me. I turned and it was the teacher.

"Yeah, it is" I said with a smile. She extended her hand and I shook it.

"So I watched you today really close. You're quite good at this! I didn't expect you to be so good!" She said with a smile.

"Thanks, Ive been in martial arts my whole life" I said.

"Oh awesome, I'm glad we'll have a strong Luna for the pack! A lot of people were worried after the announcement that you'd be too weak to help our future Alpha rule. But you're amazing!" She took a pause and looked a little awkward.

"So do you uh, have magic that you use to fight? I don't know really how to teach that?"

"Yeah, I don't need teaching. Practice would be nice though…." I said trialing off.

"Do you think tomorrow we could see some of that in our sparing? I'd love to see what you're really capable of! Maybe against someone in wolf form?" She said excitedly.

"Sure sounds fun!" I said. She thanked me and then hurried off saying something about another class she had to teach.

I looked at my watch and it was already 7:30. I couldn't remember what was next so I pulled out the paper that the Luna had given me.

6am: sparring with seniors. Practice field.

730am: breakfast

8am: Lycan history with Milo

10am: fitness class- pack house gym.

1130am: free time

12:30pm: lunch

1pm: Luna classes with Evelyn-meet at Luna's office.

230pm: Meet omega at front doors for lessons on the grounds

430pm: library study

6pm: dinner

I walked up to the pack house and went into the kitchen, there were a bunch of people all bustling around carting food out through a door in the back of the kitchen. One of the people cooking came up to me,

"Elizabeth! Hi, I'm Ashlyn! I'm head omega around here! Are you just grabbing something quick as you pass by or do you want to sit down for a full meal? If you want to sit go right through those doors, if it's something quick feel free to grab anything you see!" She was a short and stout bubbly woman. Her hair was all pulled up under a white hat, same with all the other female omegas. She had.on the same dress as them too, a light blue floor length dress. They all had on white aprons, many of them were dirty no doubt from cooking breakfast.

"Oh just grabbing something, thank you" I said politely. She was very nice. I grabbed a bagel and an apple off the counter and headed to find the pack gym. "Thank you" I called as I left the kitchen.

I went upstairs to the library and there was Milo.

"Elizabeth welcome welcome! Let's jump right in, we have a big lesson today! The creation of the wolf!" He said excitedly

I sat at the table and Milo jumped right into a great lesson.

"Long ago there was a man and a woman. They were just kids and they loved to play down by the river's edge. The girl, Ivy was her name, she loved to use the magic that was in her blood to make the rocks skip. She would use her magic to make the wind pushed the trees about, quicken the rivers current or even slow it to almost a halt. She would spend all day playing by the waters edge. Her best friend, Lucian, loved to watch her magic. He was fascinated by the young girl that could control the world around them.

Soon they grew, and Lucian was a man, and Ivy a woman. They had, as many young friends do, fallen in love. Lucian had declared his love for Ivy and vowed to always love her and do right by her. She was his golden haired goddess. She vowed to always protect him and to love him until the end of her days.

Lucian asked Ivy's mother for her hand in marriage and her mother could not refuse the love she clearly saw in her daughter's heart.

Soon they wed. She wore a dress made of silk her mother had made for her, and a crown of stone from the river they had loved to play with as children.

It seemed they would be long on their way to living their lives out as a happy couple. But, life is often cruel.

Another coven attacked in the middle of the night only a fortnight after they had wed. And while Ivy was an expert in defense her new husband was fatally wounded

Ivy held her husband as he bled out on the ground in front of the home they had shared only 14 days. She looked up at the full moon that was illuminating her yard and screamed. She cried and let out wails of pain they say we're heard for miles.

Finally ivy looked to the sky and begged the moon goddess to save her husband.

"GODDES OF THE MOON! FOR ALL MY LIFE I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING TO SERVE YOU, PLEASE DO NOT LET MY HUSBAND DIE! I WILL PAY ANY PRICE, I WILL GIVE ANYTHING, JUST SAVE MY LOVE!" She cried to the moon.

As her tears fell, her husband's wound began to glow. He rose into the air, Ivy watched on, with hope in her heart her husband would not die.

She watched as his limbs stretched and his clothes ripped off. Fur grew on every inch of his body. Soon he was fully transformed into a wolf! Twice as big as any Wolf Ivy had ever seen.

His body stopped glowing and he began to lower back to the ground. His paws gently touched down.

Ivy cried tears of happiness and rushed to hug her husband. He was a wolf, but he was alive!

A figure appeared behind them. She was glowing in the moonlight, with silver hair and a gown made of pure moonlight.

"My daughter, I heard your cries and could not ignore them. Your husband is alive and strong. He will not be hurt by any human weapon. He is strong. He is fast. But every full moon he will change. He will be a wolf while the moon shines bright. But you're children my dear, they will be able to change at will. They will not be subject of the moon. I will watch over your children as my own. They will be my people." She said this, then with a bow of her head she disappeared.

Ivy was overjoyed to have her husband alive. He ran into the woods and for the first time ever, a man ran these woods as a wolf. In the morning as the first rays of sunlight hit him his wolf skin fell off and he was man once again.

Ivy and Lucian went on to have 14 children, 8 boys that all shared their father's wolf ability, and and 6 girls that shared their mothers magic. "

"That's a beautiful story, Milo." I said when he had finished.

"Yes it is, it is the story of our pack Elizabeth. Ivy was a witch from your coven. Now this happened some many thousand years ago. But we have dutifully kept our story of origin passed down. The moon goddess saw the love they shared, and hearing Ivy's pleas she created us. The Lycan, named after our first wolf, the father of us all. Lucian."

"So when you say moon goddess you're referring to the same goddess I am? That's really cool." I said. "If that's the origin of your pack, why were we at war for so long?" I asked.

"Ahhh well you see that would be a story for another time. It is almost 9:30. So it's time I let you go."

I got up and began to leave, I thanked Milo for the lesson. I really did enjoy it.

I began to head towards the gym. At least where I thought it was. This place was huge! I realized I had forgotten to eat my food, I had just put it in my bag. I grabbed out my apple and ate it while I looked. I finally found the gym just as I finished my apple.

I entered the gym and threw away my apple core In the trash by the door. I expected the room to be full, or at least have more than just one other person. But only the beta was in the gym. Two classes in a row with him I thought.

"Ah Elizabeth, right on time!" He said with a smile. "Let's warm up!" He said.

We did a quick warm up then began to lift weights, he wanted to just see what I could do today. After that we did some agility training. It was all really simple. I had a good time. Milo was surprisingly really nice! He was great at teaching.

I left the pack house gym and decided I wanted to spend my free time and lunch in the woods. I stopped by the kitchen and told Ashlyn my plan. "Oh that sounds amazing! Give me one second I'll pack you a lunch! Now make sure you're careful out there! Those woods can be dangerous. And make sure to keep an eye open for rouges. It's unlikely they'd be this far in our territory, but it does happen! Here is your lunch have fun!" She said it in such a mothering way I couldn't help but smile.

"I promise I'll be careful." I said as I grabbed the bag and headed out.