LUNA'S QUEST

CHAPTER 3

Nola’s POV

“I'm not in the mood for your games Ava, as you can see, I am yet to touch my lunch”

“Yeah, about that” she turned and passed a signal to Mia who was already standing behind me as she grabbed my hair causing me intense pains.

At this moment I let go of my food, the sound of the plate and the contents pouring away all added to my anger as I held her hands bruising it with my fingers trying to make her let go off my hair.

“I hate for my hair to be touched, can't you all get this little information into your shrinking skulls?”

“Huhhh…Mia she said we have shrinking skulls, why don't we pull her hair out to see the size of hers” Ava said with a mocking tone.

My strength was no match for theirs but I won't let them go scot free for this, I used my elbow to hit the sides of Mia as sheet out a painful gasp, on seeing this Ava rushed to my side and gave me a powerful kick on the stomach that sent me crashing to the ground.

“Let's go Mia before daddy shows up, I don't know why he loves defending this little brat” she spatted these words as they left my side.

The pains In my stomach grew as hunger made my bellt growl, I picked myself up from the ground and ran out of the hall heading to the forest, with the current rate of my speed, I soon reached the forest.

I stopped by an old bent tree, though the tree is old and bent, it still bears flowers. This is my spot and it looks so beautiful, here in the forest I could be myself, feeling my whe senses coming alive, i turned to face the old tree which i named grandma.

The anger still lingered in my heart as I turned to hug this grandma tree, allowing her absorb all the negativity In my heart, I stayed there for a couple of minutes before disengaging from the embrace.

“Peace at last” I said to myself, my stomach grumbling as if to remind me that I haven't eaten all day. I strolled around trying to remember the particular area I spotted a blue berry bush.

I hadn't wandered far off when I spotted it not too far from where I was standing, on reaching there, I saw large footprints that was left by a larger person, a male to be precise.

I bent down to observe the prints and I sensed they were still fresh and the person must have passed by a few moments ago. I didn't read much meaning into it as I pushed the thoughts to the back of my mind.

I picked some berries and held out the rim of my shirt to be used as a carrier for the berries as they were too many than my hand could hold.

I quickly went back to my spot to sit an enjoy the quietness while eating my berries, as soon as I finished eating them I laid down to have a nap on the soft grasses near my grandma tree.

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I woke up to the feeling that someone was watching me as the sun had already gone down, it was getting dark and I was having this bad feeling, I hurriedly set out to return back to my pack.

On reaching there, everything seemed normal as everyone was going about their duties preparing to retire for the night. The moon was already out and instead of me to feel the peace and easiness it always brings within me, I felt greatly troubled. Is something bad about to happen?

I had no one to tell as I was treated as an outcast in this pack, I discarded the feeling as I went to join them by the bonfire, there i spotted Ava and Mia i could feel their eyes looking at me with malicious intent, I shifted my gaze and my eyes met with that of Commander Marsh who nodded towards a chair for me to sit down.

Rougues do not have Alphas, only commanders and trainers and Commander Marsh made it a daily tradition for the pack to sit by the bonfire before retiring to their various houses.

Dinner was served and everyone began to eat quietly, Commander Marsh hates noise while eating, he always talks about good table etiquette.

“FIRE, FIRE, FIRE”! just then someone shouted from the back as a hut was being burnt, the whole place broke into

commotion as the reason for the fire was unknown, just then a torch of fire landed on another hut, another torch flew in, and another and even more.

“We are under attack!” one of the trainers voice broke out.

No wonder I was feeling troubled, if I had just listened to my instincts, I would have told the Commander and all these could have been avoided.

“Am I about to lose another pack? Please moon goddess, please don't let this happen, save us” i prayed silently in my heart but my prayers were never answered as a group of powerful warewolves emerged from inside the forest.

Confusion was evident on Commander Marsh's face as he ordered his warriors and trainers to form a barrier to block them from reaching the rest of us.

They immediately transformed to their warewolf form as they stood closely together to avoid the barrier from being breeched, there was no way to escape as these warewolves already surrounded the forest.

“Everyone to the safehouse now” trainer Bardulf’s voice could be heard giving instructions from the back. Chaos broke out as everyone was running to avoid being caught by the enemies.

The safehouse wasn't too far from the bonfire ground as the first set of people already entered into the safehouse and was to escape through the secret passage if they were discovered, I was among the third and last set, looking back I saw the barrier was already penetrated as many of the warriors had been killed. Commander Marsh was still fighting to hold off the strongest of them but I knew he wouldn't be able to keep it up for long.

On nearing the safehouse a group of powerful warewolves suddenly appeared in front of us as everyone scattered to save their lives, the whole place was already burning to the ground, the fire was burning bright making it hard for anyone to find a suitable hiding spot.

With no much time to think I hurried over to the nearby bushes to hide there. A loud cry suddenly broke out as this warewolf who seemed to be their leader used his claws to penetrate Commander Marsh's abdomen, I could see blood gushing out from his mouth, the ground were already soiled with the blood of our warriors as none of the warewolves from the enemies side was injured, they had the upper hand.

Commander Marsh’s body fell to the ground with a loud noise, as he transformed back to his human form, the insides of his stomach was pulled out and i knew he wouldn't make it.

The safehouse was immediately closed as they couldn't risk the enemies coming in. Those of us who were blocked by the enemies were left out to fend for ourselves.

“Damn you Beta Cedric” Commander Marsh cursed with a weak voice.

“Your pack is no match for us and you know that Marsh” Beta Cedric said before using his hands to tear apart the remains of Commander Marsh.

The rest of the warewolves set out to kill anyone they could find around, once again I could hear the familiar voices, the people I considered family pleading for their lives to be shared while I could do nothing but hide.

“Gather any valuables you can lay your hands on and let's get moving” the Beta's voice sounded commanding the warriors.

“I'm saved, once again I'm saved” I whispered to myself hugging my knees tight and thanking the moon goddess.

“Hey, what's that white thing over there by the bushes” one of the warriors alerted the others.