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Chapter 1

LOCUPLES CLAN

They are big hairy werewolf who can transform into human but they are extremely handsome tall men who have green eyes.

Character Name (Antogonist): Magnus 

He’s a vile creature that doesn’t care who you are. If you get in his way, he’ll shred you to pieces.

MEDULLA CLAN

They are very intelligent creatures who are known for great observant skills they are against LOCUPLES CLAN due to their arrogant and unfair treatment to humans and werewolves. 

Character Name (Protagonist): Cloudius   

A kind hearted bibliophile werewolf who usually go to the human town wherein he stays at the library most of the time.

He has black eyes. And it is known for being the next generation clan leader of Medulla Clan.

INOPS CLAN

They are servants by tradition. They can be mean or kind depending on the environment they grew up with. They usually close to the MEDULLA CLAN since they are the kind and fair clan but most of them are servants of LOCUPLES CLAN.

Character Name (Protagonist`s Friend): Fortia 

Close friend of Cloudius who only loves to see pictures from the books but does not really read it. Usually seen with Cloudius at the human town.   

Character Name: Magnolia

She is an angel looking lady that has been orphaned since she was 18 years old. The only she have is the grandmother who took care of her.

Her parents died in an accident while going to the forest to search for new plants. Both of her parents are professors.   

It was raining heavily, thunders were heard from inside the car of Magnolia.  Even though it’s raining hard that she couldn’t see it clearly. She was still to Nick Lowe`s cruel to be kind… when lighting strikes and she saw dark figure jump over the car that surprised her. She quickly step on the breaks the car careens off of a mountain side on the way to her grandmother’s house. Now she’s lost in the woods and it is raining heavily when she saw a big shadow and loud breathing noises coming towards her it’s a big bear she thought. With claws and fangs that are so sharp. She was about to be attacked by a bear. When someone came behind her. Hold her hand and the next thing she knows she`s back the road again only without her car. And as the rain stops the clouds slowly parted ways and when she open her eyes she saw a man who looks like about her age and has black eyes, she was amaze by the man in front of her. She thought those only exist on novels that she read. The aesthetics of the man in front of her are irresistible not to look at as the moon lights the path of the road where they standing. She would like to say something but her eyes closed again as she fainted by the sight of blood that she saw as she felt the dripping water seemed too thick and had a weird smell. She tries to look closer at her hand only to realize that it was her blood. Suddenly she fainted and woke up in her grandmother`s bedroom. She thought it was a dream. But she went to look outside the window and saw it had just rained. I turned around to see a person in dark clothes with a knife standing near the door…

Let’s eat! It’s my grandmother, Felicia dressed in flowery clothes that shouts spring to my utter shock…. Magnolia thought and she wondered as she got down to the stairs, who is the man that saved her.

After eating Magnolia went upstairs of her grandmother`s house to take a bath. Looking at her reflection on the mirror, she saw that she doesn’t have any wounds except for minor bruises which is not deep enough to bleed just like in her dream. She is now convinced that it’s a dream because she saw the car outside of the house.  She really like the place where her grandmother lives.

 It’s in a middle of the forest, that’s what it feels like living at her grandmother`s house. It’s a two -storey house that stands out among the trees due to its painted red bricks and wood. It has black roofs. The backyard is a miniature woodland of holly trees and native shrubs, each of them trimmed as if they were green flames. To Magnolia`s grandmother the house itself is the salt of the earth only in red. She said that grandfather built it for her which she thinks is impossible and probably told it that way to make it sound more romantic. But she still love her grandparents only her grandfather died in an accident. The same way her parents died thru in the forest. Magnolia wants asked her grandmother if the thunders can break the house, but her grandmother just laughs about it. Outside of her grandmother`s house she can see the trees and flowers that were planted by her grandparents. The flowers and trees are like season tellers different flowers bloom on different weather. As she looked in the window, she felt like someone is watching her, so to her curiosity she finished taking a bath, got dressed and went down to explore the forest. She passed by her grandmother.

As she was wandering at the forest, only hearing her feet tread, hearing the damp falling leaves being stepped on, hearing the cracking of twigs, now she is trying to brainwashed herself by repeatedly telling herself that it is only a coincidence that it rained. What happen last night is just a dream. Clutching her fists tightly, she keeps moving forward. Whispering voices are coming, as she come closer. It became quiet again. Then she looked up and smiled. She thought to herself it’s only the sound of the trees talking. She imagines with her eyes closed that the family of big oak trees are chatting together. A smile ran across to her face.

The sun is bright, radiating the warmth across the distance, though she is feeling frigid inside. She is tired and in need for a little rest, sitting on a big elm tree log, Hearing sweet laughter’s coming from where she was sitting! Looking around she found a hole in the log and took a glance through it! She was surprised of what she had seen, baby squirrels with their mother telling them a funny story. It reminded her of something... her heart went fervent! She did not disturb them because she knew she had a long way to go. Walking some distance she came to the top of a hill where she was standing she saw a brook stretching along the sight with beautiful shinning waters, it had induced her to come down and she went down following the waters. Enjoying the scenery along sides the brook where the flowers were dancing, the bees singing lovely songs, sucking the nectar and sprinkling the pollens all around ...... the trouts were racing with her splashing water up high. She heard the bell. She hurried to run down but she got lost. 

She looked left and right and found out that she forgot that she should not get passed the line that her grandmother made for her not to get lost. Scared and about to shout. Magnolia hold back her tears and tried walking straight but she kept getting on circles. She was about the shout for help but someone from behind cover her mouth. With eye widen she remembers, it was the same man in his dream. But different. This time she can see him in broad daylight and everything about him is really breathtaking, for he is proportional in stature. He got black hair, that’s what magnolia thought but every time the sun rays peek thru the leaves of trees the man`s hair looked like darkened gray. She cannot think straight because right now her concern would be…if she will be able to come out alive in the forest. She again lost her consciousness and when she woke up from the sound of beating eggs. She realized that she was again in the house of her grandmother. And it feels a déjà vu moment for her. But this time she is sure it is not a dream because she deliberately left a note at the mirror. She went to the bathroom and saw her reflection and saw her note that she wrote…

Hi again Magnolia next time you see this note it means it is the second time you are in the bathroom.

Magnolia was very shocked that a thing like that happen again. She doesn’t know if she will tell it to her grandmother. She is scared that it might not be good to tell strange things about her grandmother because it will might make her grandmother sad. Magnolia got down the stairs and went into the dining area, pretending to her grandmother that everything is okay. She greeted her with a smile and try to be calm and happy as best as she could because her grandmother is a very sensitive person and she can sense if Magnolia is lying.

The two of them were eating. Talking about Magnolia`s job at the library downtown. Asked if she was dating and Magnolia smiled and said that sometimes she dates sometimes she did not. Depends on the weather she told her grandmother half-jokingly. Then she stopped talking when she heard noises outside of their home. Her eyes grew bigger as she hears the sound of footsteps getting louder. She holds the knife and told her grandmother that she needs to hide. Magnolia shouted to stop her grandmother from opening the door. She was ready to stab and run whoever is at the door when some so fast holds her wrist and to her utter amazement it is the same man again from her dream which she is now convinced that it was the true and not a dream. In Magnolia`s time it feels that it stopped. All she does is gaze at the man that saves her and it dawned at her that she tried to kill the very man that saved her. She laughed nervously and told the man that she was very sorry on how she behave. But Magnolia still has her guard up since it might be the man is just pretending to be good. Magnolia came to her sense when she heard the loud laugh of her grandmother. Telling her to put down the knife and let the man come in.

Magnolia must have stared at him so intense that her grandmother apologizes and introduces the man.

This is Cloud. Her grandmother said. Later Magnolia realized that it’s not Cloud but Cloudius and the reason that he was called Cloud by her grandmother is because Cloudius sounded like a girl`s name.

He nods shyly and laugh nervously as he held out his hand for a handshake. Magnolia showed that her hands were full. Right hand a fork and the left hand holding a knife. Cloudius motions his hand down. The grandmother noticed that Magnolia was being rude to the guest and clearly explains to her that the reason he was here was that he was invited by her grandmother to thank him from saving her when she was lost in the forest and when she fainted at the road.

Magnolia was being cycnical about Cloudius because he did not tell to her grandmother the truth about what happened last night. Still it is hard to not to stare at Cloudius. Since he looked like he was drawn using digital art.

Cloudius tried to not look at Magnolia but he cannot help but notice that she has kind eyes. And he likes to stare at those eyes. It makes him wonder what it would be like to able to talk all day to Magnolia. Her scent in Cloudius point-of-view is scent that makes him smile and be calm he really cannot help it. So the two of them tried really hard not to stare at each other. They are so afraid to be seen transparently. Afraid to be vulnerable on each other presence.

Felicia, Magnolia`s grandmother laughed again. She told them that there is no need to be angry about each other. She said that it is a misunderstanding and they should converse about happy things and good things. Felicia told Magnolia that Cloudius loved going to the library, to which Cloudius smiled. Unknowingly, Magnolia smiled. But then she remembers that he can be an enemy. She hates it about herself. Her hard to control smile. She hates it. But she finds it crazy that someone who look liked Cloudius did not make it to Hollywood. She told to herself if given a chance to speak at him she will ask about it. Still his smile is disarming, Magnolia thought.

Cloudius, smiled when he heard about the fact that Magnolia works at the library downtown. Now he doesn’t have to be sad if one day Magnolia left the house because he knows where to find her.

It was the end of dinner. Grandmother Felicia was really happy that Cloudius came over. She would like Cloudius to stay for a hibiscus tea, but Cloudius said that he needs to go because there are unfinished work to be done.

Magnolia thought as Cloudius walked away. What could be the unfinished work? Really in the middle of the night? Who does that? Magnolia thought. Well she thinks that it is not of her concern. She went upstairs to unpack her things. She wants to stay to her grandmother for the long vacation before she can finally decides if she will go to abroad to study art. While she was in the bathtub. Warm water running thru the faucet. Bubbles fill the tub, she cannot help but think about Cloudius.

Magnolia thinks that Cloudius has depth in his eyes and a gentle expressions of his voice. Although its deep but it’s a calm kind of deepness. They say that the colour of eyes speaks of importance yet in his case they were beautiful. How can a black colored eyes be so beautiful. Magnolia thought. From the intensity of it. The eyes speaks of gentleness. Magnolia wondered if he is beautiful from deep within too. His features, his bone structure was fine and perfectly symmetrical. It was manly and sexy she thought. Magnolia thinks that when Cloudius has aged he will become more striking and his eyes will make all women cry. She laughed at the thought of it. Still she keeps on thinking about how Cloudius.

Magnolia kept on thinking about Cloudius even as she finished taking a bath. She gets dressed into pajamas and still thinks about how amazing it would be if Cloudius would walk right into the library and it will make the people that he passes by stop their tracks. But then she thought maybe Cloudius is used to that. As Magnolia got tired of thinking about assumptions towards to Cloudius, she fell asleep thinking that it’s impossible for her to see him again because it would be a disaster.

Cloudius walked away from Felicia`s house, Magnolia`s mother. He thought that the time went really fast. He would like to stay longer and hear all kinds of stories about Magnolia. He does not understand but he feels strange leaving the house like that. It feels not right. He thought and he cannot explain it. He looked at the sky and replayed the night that he first saw Magnolia. It dawned to him that if he ever saw Magnolia again he should do something that will caught her attention in a positive way. He practiced different scenarios and tries to act upon it. Thinking which line from the books he read that will help him win Magnolia`s attention. Tries different approaches, to the point that he starts laughing at his stupidity. It gave him a good laugh. And tries to recall again the first time he saw Magnolia.

It was raining heavily when he sensed danger. When he was at the scene he saw that a car careens off the mountain. Did his best to help the woman inside. Anger came rushing to him again when he remembers that Magnus part of the locuples clan still manages to do things their way. He hates it that Magnus thinks of human as lowlife beings. He hated everything about him and his clan how they destroy anyone who got on their way. He thinks that Locuples clan are so super ficial and cruel trying to be almighty towards everyone else. He does not understand why Magnus have to be that way. They used to be friends, Cloudius and Magnus but everything changed when the wise said that his prediction. Cloudius really thinks its absurd to believe on those things. He thinks that even though they are werewolves still they can choose.

Cloudius kept on walking, he walked on the same path that Magnolia walked on. He liked the idea that maybe someday they will be able to meet again. Magnolia really looked like an angel. Like the ones that was described in books that he read. Only she wears jeans. Magnolia wears casual but smartly dressed in jeans, a hipster jacket and red neck scarf knitted by her grandmother. Her long brunette hair was pulled back into a pony-tail. There was shyness in her voice but fierceness when provoked. She had beautiful brown eyes and long lashes. Cloudius still thinks about her, the way she looked at him and the way she laughs nervously. Everything about Magnolia made Cloudius really curios about humans. Her scent is different among the humans that he encountered. She is just different. Cloudius cannot wait for tomorrow as he ran faster and faster wishing that if running could make the time go faster. He wanted it to be fast forwarded so tomorrow he can have the reason to see Magnolia. He runs really fast and jumps high on the cliff of the mountain as he transform into a full werewolf. A white werewolf.