The Forgotten Twins

From suffering the wild are born

POV: Third person

It had been nearly five whole days since Nora went to pick up the twins from Dalein, and was informed they could not be found. It was because the Min twins were so quiet and behaved the teachers did not notice when they had not returned to their final classes. Even though they had taken attendance they were so used to the Min Twins sitting quietly in the back corner they hadn't noticed. The teachers were always busy trying to keep the rest of the children calm and focused. The school apologized but this did not soothe Nora, Kern, or Jackson. They were full of sadness. 

The police had told them on the third day the medical examiner deemed the previous abducted children died within three days. Now on the fifth the police and royal guard had begun a body recovery mission no longer a search and rescue. Jackson did not understand what was happening he still believed with all his heart his twin siblings would come home any time. He waited by the front door looking out the window barely moving. 

As this was happening the twins had been taken to the duos' home, in the wildland. This was a very dangerous area. Full of deathly plants, faeries, beasts of nightmares, and unspeakable horrors. This made escaping difficult for small children. When in the wildlands the duo had to be very careful, even if they were on the edge. They would spend most of their time Zana Sticla as homeless men. using their home only as a base for playing with their caught children. They had taken and killed 12 children already. A range of boys and girls. They had no preference. The police only found 5 children, as most were buried in the wildland. 

The twins had become nothing more than mere playthings. The duo would dress them up, pull their hair, cut their skin, r**e them, bite them, and so much more. Most children break and become useless toys so they would toss them out fairly soon.

POV: King of Alphas, Oliver

Who would've thought I would come back from council duty to such a mess. The children the Duke I had been trying to build a good relationship with snatched from their school. If they had been at the werewolf school I am sure this would not have happened. Why did that stupid Duke not let them attend our school? He let his oldest why not the youngest. Was it the rumors about their heritage? Everyone knew they were adopted, they had to be. Their odd looks and sudden appearance made it impossible to think otherwise.  Yet the  Duke and his wife never denied or confirmed it. The Duke being stupid was one thing but his Wife Nora was the one to prove the existence of other worlds no? How could she think people would just forget about it? 

Still, if I wanted human and werewolf to live together, this was a perfect opportunity to push that forwards. I know the most likely outcome is finding their bodies and not alive. Still, it would be a good jester to search for them. That is why I find myself standing in front of a crying Kern, and hollow Nora. Their son Jackson stares at me with a look of hope I can not shoulder. Has no one told him the twins are most likely dead?

"As I said, I can't promise to find them alive but I do think I  can bring them home. All I  need is their scent" I repeat once more. 

"I'll get you their stuffed wolf toys!" Jackson smiles at me then runs to I presume their rooms?

"I just want to be able to bury them at home, I can not stand to think they are rotting away lost and afraid for all eternity" Noras voice was so small and weak devoid of any emotion. 

"Here Alpha Olli!" Jackson returned with two blue stuffed wolf toys that seemed to have seen better days. I suspect the twins have had these for a while as most parents did not buy stuffed wolf toys anymore. 

"Thank you Jackie" I figured if he calls me Olli I can call him Jackie. The smile on his face confirmed this. 

"My little brother and sister are waiting for you" with this his tiny hands pushed me out of the manor. 

POV: Minreila 

How many days has it been? I mink link my brother

Too many sister

At least we made it to eight years old right? I smile at him lopsided, my head was jerked back by one of our captures, we did bother to learn their names, or cared to think too much about them. One was blonde and burly and the other thin with sandy hair. Sandy hair guy was doing my make-up. 

I guess eight is an achievement, but why not go for longer? My brother was also being dressed nicely. 

Apparently, we have gotten too boring for them, we had no more tears to shed. We had stopped screaming out for someone to help us, not that that had ever worked before. We had begun trying to escape so many times that they had to bind our feet together.  Which meant they couldn't play as easily with us. 

"Now you are ready for your walk" Came burly man's voice,  only his voice was sweet. 

They dragged us outside and we walked in the rising sun for what seemed like years. Finally, they stopped at two holes in the ground. 

"Get in," Sandy said. 

"No thank you" I heard my voice before I could even think. 

WHAT ARE YOU DOING my brother yelled in my head

I began to laugh, why am I laughing? I felt like something had broken deep inside me

Obedience has only ever gotten us death in the end, you said it yourself why not live longer? locking eyes with my brother I ran headfirst into sandy knocking him into the shallow hole. 

My body began to c***k and hurt, so much, but all  I focused on was hitting Sandy with all my might.  I bite, spit, hit, and pulled at him. Until I noticed my hand were paws, and Sandy was no longer moving. 

I climbed out of the hole and saw my brother, but not my brother. 

In his place stood a silvery green fox.

Is that you? we both mind linked together

Minreila you are a silvery blue fox!

Minrowen you are silvery and green I tell him

We both seem to fad back into humans, both covered in blood and naked. We began to giggle. Both men were dead, and we had survived. While being disobedient. 

A very pretty fairy interrupted our giggles.

"How to  you suppose you'll get home from inside the wild land?" the voice was like a sweet lullaby 

We smiled at one another, "We'll die right here and leave this world" in unison we spoke for we knew that faeries of this world were not kind according to our parents. 

"Hmm you two, I like you, become my friends?"

"What?"

"if we become friends I will lend you power, and might even help you get home"

"Sure why not? My name is Minreila and this is Minrowen" 

"My name is  Suflare nice to meet you"

I couldn't help it, neither could Minrowen we both began to laugh loudly as the sun began to set.

This is how we were found, laughing madly alone, as Suflare had flown away. 

POV: Oliver

I had run for the whole day with the stuffed toys tied to my legs. My beta and some warriors ran with me with clothes for us all. We were now in the wildland. Did I want to continue or wait until tomorrow, the wildland was no place to be at night. 

Then I heard it, laughing? 

it sounded like children. 

Alpha? Are those the children? It smells like it my beta was right of course. 

I began to run towards the laughter before I reached the kids, which I could now see. I got dressed in the human form alongside my warriors who stayed in wolf form we approached them. 

What I saw will forever haunt all of us. They sat the Min twins of Duke Kern and his wife Nora. They were covered in the blood of their captors, who looked like they had been half-eaten. The twins just sat there laughing as if they had not noticed us at all even though they were looking right at us

I slowly wiped off the blood with the clothes meant for my betta to wear. Beneath the blood, we could see each had a crescent-shaped birthmark on their chests. However what made us cringe was the bits, burns, scratches and other wounds we could see. The birthmarks conformed they were probably wolf born, it was not uncommon to have moon marks. However, if they had not shifted yet they probably ever will as most with moon marks shift around five years old. Those without could shift as late as twelve. 

Slowly the  boy stops laughing and reaches forwards

"My puppy! you brought us our teddies!" 

"Yes I did, here you can have them, are you ready  to go home?"

"Yes" They both had stopped laughing and taken their toys, then they just curled up and fell asleep?

"What is wrong with these children?" I ask for the tenth time as my beta (who stole someone's clothes) and I carried one each up the drive to the Duke's manor. 

"Well Alpha even you have heard how polite, and obedient these children are no?"

"Of course Kevin I have so?"

"Well I think their five day endurance of those awful child predators have changed that"

"How so?"

"Alpha we will just have to wait and see, but I think they have become wild"

POV: Third person

Alpha Oliver delivered the Min twins back to their parents. 

All were very overjoyed. It had the outcome the King of Alphas wanted. The Duke was grateful,  as were the humans of his territory Lern. This brought over the next few years peace with the different species. 

However, Kevin was also right. As the Alpha and his men forgot about the moon marks on the twin's chests, they began to hear rumors. Still going to public school, the twins had earned new names "The wild children the Duke" or "The king's wild niece and nephew" even with these names everyone seemed to like to add "but they are so polite and kind". The children were known to run around without shoes, and thin clothes. So unbecoming of nobles. Still, the Alpha was happy they had survived, it brought peace.