Like Magnets

Ch 21 She's right love

Chapter 21

•XOILA•

He sat back next to me and said "okay so one day Pan is in full control and he's just running around doing his own thing and I hate to say it but he was having the time of his life chasing a butterfly... when all of a sudden he trips over something falling over"

he smirks and then says "Pan was about to go ballistic and angrily got up but then he saw him...It was a wounded human man. Pan was confused so he gave me back control... I think what he said to me briefly at that moment was

'A human! You deal with'

All I could say to him before he cut the connection was 

'Alrighty then'

At that moment I shifted and since I was stark naked I did the only thing I could think of…" 

I could feel as everyone was waiting in anticipation for what he did next 

"I took off his blood-stained V neck and pulled it on over my lower half-covering my junk so I wouldn't scare him" he smirks I roll my eyes, Stacy just smirks and shakes her head, Zari looks like she doesn't get it and Zen just started laughing. So naturally, I said what any other person would say.

"Why Oris? Not proud of your small Junk?" Then they all laughed he full-blown smiled at me and then he said "Nope I'm very proud of my junk actually"

I just rolled my eyes and he continued "after covering up I picked up the man Bridal Style and went to the nearest cave and placed him on the moss-covered ground and examined his wound it was deep claw gashes on his chest and abdomen after taking a closer look they looked like it was our kind who did it"

Everyone gasped because we are to never attack humans under any circumstances no matter how infuriating they may be at times we can't because that would expose us. That would only bring us back to a repeat of the times when werewolves were careless and killed humans left and right which lead to the Humans fighting back. Those were the times known as the Eclipse era, a time when our kind was hunted down and nearly wiped out in many regions of the world because they didn’t have good control over their wolves or packs to guide them.

It's known as the eclipse era because we are the moon goddesses children and the blood of many wolves was shed leading to the short poem

The ground covered crimson

the reflection of the moon and its light 

turned red 

leading to goddess tears shed 

as her children were left cold 

And nearly dead

No one really knows where said poem originates but everyone knows it as the Eclipse Era. Remembering those times and the beginnings of unity amongst werewolves, forming packs and alliances only leaving the battles against Vampires and Rouges to keep us united. Then Oris continued "so being the person that I was I pocket-checked the dude found some cash and after memorizing his scent which was rosewood and cinnamon I took off running to find the nearest human-populated area. I mean where there are Humans there are med supplies”

•3rd P- ORIS•

Oris ran in human form and then tripped over something but caught himself before he face-planted into the forest ground and looked at the perpetrator. He reached over and pushed the leaves off and pulled it up from the ground. It was his old bag with the items aunt Loren had packed for him. He opened it up and found some clothes that were placed in plastic bags. He pulled out a bag and pulled on some boxers, he pulled out some black and red basketball shorts, a black Kiss band tee, and pulled those on. He checked the plastic bags and found some black ankle socks and slipped those on and then his black dad sandals.  

He put away everything else that had spilled out, closed the bag putting it back on, and took off running. As he ran he heard the sound of crunching and clicking of metal he kept running as he pulled off the bag and saw a metal sun charm, a silver sunflower, and a red clip hook with hair ties and headbands and for once he never knew he would ever feel as grateful as he did right then because of Aunt Lorens packing. He unclipped a red headband pushing his hair back and then proceeded to check the contents of the bag and opened the slightly smaller pocket and saw some bandages and a 12 oz bottle of alcohol disinfectant and sent a silent thank you to Aunt Loren.  

All he needed now was probably some Neosporin, non-scented soap, a clean t-shirt for the guy laying in the cave, and some clean drinking water.

Oris started running faster and thought 

'Guess I'm gonna go hunting later for some food’. 

After buying everything he needed from Mendocino Market and getting a bag full of apples from a sweet old woman he made sure to secure the bags tying them shut so nothing would spill out. He made his way back to the forest from where he had emerged and once he had gone far enough into the forest he took off his clothes stuffing the clothes in his bag and shifting again.

He was fast enough to get back to the human and careful enough that he wouldn't tear the bags he was carrying as he made his way. He ran a bit longer and then picked up the scent of the human and went full speed once he got to the cave. The human was sitting up looking like he was in pain. He had a sad look in his eyes but once he saw Pan he began to try to back away from the large wolf that had appeared before him.

Oris felt his eyes softened when he realized he was still in wolf form then shifted in front of the scared human. The human's face remains to be in pain but you could see the shock written in his eyes. He hadn't noticed until now but they looked to be the same age so Oris quickly put on his boxers and shorts and then put all the bags down. He moved and got a little closer to the human who didn't seem to be as alarmed as before saying 

"uh hi...my name is Oris and you're injured so I uh went to get some things" he pulled out the change and handed it to him.

"Sorry I grabbed your cash but that looks like it gonna need some disinfectant other than alcohol" the human looked down on his wounds and then looked at the young wolf and said "it's okay Oris this does look pretty bad...I'm Xipil by the way nice to meet you" he held out his hand and Oris gratefully took it giving it a firm shake before letting go and saying 

"Now I know you're not gonna like this but we're going to have to clean those up before I can dress your wounds"

The color slowly drained from Xipils face but he remained Stoic and simply nodded. Oris went to work then taking out the foreign objects like little things that stuck to him while he was passed out on the forest floor and then proceeded to pour alcohol into the wounds. He waited for the alcohol to dry and then gently put some Neosporin on the wounds and then said: "Hey Xipil can you sit up so I can wrap these around you?"

Xipil looked calm but his eyes screamed pain as he nodded his head, he was just ready for this to be over. Oris only nodded back and then placed some gauzes over the wounds and then wrapped the bandages around Xipils torso and then another bandage over his chest securely pinning them down. 

Once Oris was done he said "Well now that that's done I got you a shirt" Xipil looked relieved and said "Thank you" and pulled the shirt over carefully but winced in pain as he brought his arms back down. Oris was debating on whether or not to ask but then Xipil said 

"You're probably wondering what happened" 

Oris nodded and then Xipil got a sad faraway look in his eyes 

"Well as you werewolves would say… I met my mate" Oris nodded his head a little confused 

"Did your mate attack you?" Xipil shook his head, his shoulders slumped a bit as he continued "I'm sure you already know this but I'm a human." Oris looked at him with the phrase 'And?' written all over his face.

Xipil let out a sigh and continued "Well my mate she's a werewolf but her father is the Alpha of the pack she belongs to...I'm not what he wants for his daughter so he...He came to me and tried to reason with me you know?" 

Oris shook his head "Reason with you how?" 

Xipil put his hand on his torso and said "He said that I should reject his daughter because she could never be happy with someone of my kind and that I wasn't worthy of an Alpha's daughter" Oris braced for what Xipil was about to say next because he was sure he knew what it was.

"Well, I refused him and proudly showed him my mating mark… the mark she gave me claiming me as her’s” his eyes filled with love but that emotion was quickly replaced with anger as he said “the Alpha didn’t take it very well...and seeing how stubborn Alphas are he shifted out of anger and attacked me” 

He looked furious as he said this “He clawed at me 3 times and then pinned me down he was about to go in for the kill but then Zinna tackled him and told me to run. I wanted to protest and keep her out of harm's way but she looked at me with pleading eyes and I could never say no to her. She shifted and growled at her father challenging him and I did as she said because I'm sure she didn’t want me to see her fight ” he looked out to the entrance of the cave 

“I ran and ran until I passed out” he sighed again and said “ It was probably from blood loss because the wounds seemed to be kind of deep but that doesn’t matter...I just hope she’s okay...I can’t lose her”

Oris offered Xipil the only comfort he knew “Well I think as a human you wouldn't know...but you would probably feel a really big wave of loss and emptiness but since you're mated and marked…” Xipil turned to face Oris as he said the next part 

“You’ll feel this huge wave of burning pain in your chest and this suffocating amount of emptiness” tears started to run down his face then Xipil put a hand on Oris’s shoulder and said “Thank you for letting me know and I'm sorry... for your loss” 

Oris looked confused and then he raised his hand to his face and noticed the tears “Ah I'm sorry didn’t mean to cry…”

His shoulders slumped a bit and then Xipil said: “No it's okay...uh if you don’t mind me asking how did you lose your mate?” 

Oris nodded and then said, “Well I don’t mind sharing my story since you already shared yours.” Xipil smiled and motioned for Oris to begin Oris smirked and began “Okay well my mate..” 

As Oris told Xipli the story they began to eat apples and drink the water Oris had gotten. As Oris told the story Xipil suggested they go get firewood because caves get colder at night. The boys collected wood and Oris told the story crying when it was unavoidable and by the time they gathered enough wood Oris was done with his story and they had just gotten back to the cave.

Xipil was silently crying as he placed the firewood on the ground Oris did the same and then Xipil hugged Oris and said “I'm so sorry Oris” Oris smiled and hugged him back and said 

“You should be more careful we don’t want you to start bleeding again” Xipil let go and said “Ah your right it hurts a little” Oris laughed and then he said “we should get the fire going” 

Xipil nodded and they moved rocks around and made a circle, placing the wood they had gotten in the center with whatever paper they could find and some twigs then Oris started to look around the ground “Now we have to find something to light it” then Xipil pulled out a matchbook 

“Woah there you arsonist, why do you have matches” Xipil laughed and then lit one and tossed it in the pile of wood and then lit another one and tossed it on the other side. They watched as the fire slowly took and came to life they move and sat against the wall “I'm glad you found me you're a pretty interesting guy”

Oris laughed and then laid on the ground and said “More like Pan tripped over you” Xipil looked confused and then said “Whos Pan? And what do you mean tripped over me?” Oris laughed and then curled up and said “You can meet him tomorrow we should probably get some sleep” Xipil sighed in defeat because he had a feeling Oris was the kind of person you could argue with but never beat.

The morning came and the fire had burned out Oris sat up and then looked over at the pile of wood left over he stood up and saw that Xipil had fallen asleep in a sitting position. He wanted so badly to wake him up but decided to go look for something they could both eat and stripped off his clothes, shifted, and took off running. He sniffed the air and then caught the scent of a deer. He followed it, ran about a mile, and then saw that it was near a creek eating some bark.

He was still undetected, moving carefully yet swiftly so he went for the kill pouncing and biting right into the deer's neck instantly killing it. 

He let it go and it fell with a gentle thud. He closed his eyes and sent the moon goddesses a silent apology and thanked the universe for letting him find this deer. He opened his eyes and picked the deer up, flinging it on his back, and then made his way back to the cave where Xipil was probably still sleeping. He walked for about 20 minutes and when he got to the cave he waltzed right in, dropped the deer that was on his back, and then came face to face with a wolf that was dangerously close to Xipil.

Pan had become quite fond of the Human in the short time they had known each other so he wasn't gonna let any harm come to the human. Pan got in a defensive position and let out a low growl to get the other wolves' attention, the wolf snapped its face towards them letting a low growl out as well. She had icy colored violet eyes and creamy caramel-colored fur, she got in a defensive position ready to attack the unknown White wolf with deep burgundy tips on his tail, paws, ears, that had ferocious golden eyes. They were both about to charge when they heard 

"Iris! Stop!"

Both wolves startled stopped in their tracks the female wolf got close to Xipil and let out a low whine and snuggled him with her muzzle as he said "it's okay he's a friend, now give Zinna control" she whined again and looked at Oris her eyes full of suspicion. Xipil pulled off his shirt carefully so as to not agitate his wounds and then said "Now shift love I want you to meet him" she did as he said and he swiftly pulled a shirt over her head.

Oris shifted and he simply pulled on the shorts he had discarded before going hunting. Once he was done he looked at Zinna who just glared at him with suspicion. She was petite and had long jet black hair that fell in waves down her back, tan skin, caramel-colored eyes, and rose-colored full lips. Xipil reached for her chin and brought her face to his, giving her a gentle kiss he smiled and she spoke her voice full of worry "are you okay my love... Papa hurt you pretty bad" she eyed his wounds and gently placed a hand over the bandages lightly running her hand over them.

He engulfed her in a hug "I'm wonderful now that you're here love" her eyes filled with panic because of his wounds but then Oris said "Don't worry for a human Xi don't break so easy" she looked at Oris making the face of a proud woman and said "I know" her eyes darken with lust and she purred slightly snuggling into his embrace.

Xi looked serious as his face reddens a bit yet he was content with his mate in his arms and said: "is it okay for you to shift right now though?" Zinna snuggled him saying "Yeah Iris said it should be fine because it is still the first week" she wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a peck on the nose "I won't be able to no more further on"

They looked at Oris who awkwardly stood there with a confused expression on his face, Xipils eyes looked amused and he said "Oris this is Zinna my mate" only then did she smile happily in his embrace then he looked at Zinna "And this man, my love is the wolf who saved me by feeding me and treating my wounds." He looked over at Oris with Kindness in his eyes and said "His name is Oris" Oris smiled sitting across from them and outstretched his hand "Nice to meet yah doll face...and pup?" Zinna got red in the face as she shyly shook his hand and Xipil only kissed the side of her head.

Oris only offered her the comfort he knew "it's okay, it's not uncommon for werewolves to have pups at a young age my aunt Loren had my cousin when she was 16." He smiled and Zinna looked relieved "well my father sure as heck didn't like it... he wanted me to mate with another Alpha... someone like you" 

Xi looked surprised and Oris simply said, "You picked up on it?" He tilted his head "and here I thought I was hiding it so well" 

She smiled and shook her head "Come on dom Alphas have tremendous auras it's kinda hard to hide but there are ways to perfect it" she said with a mischievous gleam in her eyes and a sly smirk on her face.

Oris only smirked and said "I think I like her Xi" Xipil only smiled proudly and said, "what's not to like?" Zinna just blushed and then Oris said "well I have a whole deer just laying there so... let's restart the fire… cook the dear and then we can figure out where to go after we eat" 

Xipil adjusted Zinna and then put his head on top of hers and said "I got that covered… I know where we would all be welcomed”  Zinna responded with "Great because now you have two rouge Alphas on your hands love" Oris nodded and said "She's right love" and Xi added, “Plus I think we can all work for them too."

•XOILA•

Oris continued on saying "Xi said that and I didn't think much of it the next day we went to town and bought Zinna some clothes then we went to the more lively part of town and met with Xi's cousins who asked me and Zinna if we wanted to help them make us millions. I didn't really give it much thought and agreed, Zinna looked over at Xipil and said "As long as their okay with me being with you I don't care" 

Xipil slightly smiled and said "It's okay they know already" then Xi and I started off as cleaners and worked our way up while Zinna was trained in medical care"

Then Stacy said, "like washing dishes and clothes?" Oris laughed and said" no more like bloodstains and bodies" all she did was make an O with her mouth. 

Then Oris said "that's probably what you guys will do after your physical assessment to see what jobs you're more qualified for" he looked over at Stacy and me and said "well who knows actually you lot are pretty past our best fighter if you ask me probably even more than Xi" 

He shrugged and said, " I should show you guys to your rooms while the food cooks, yeah?" He stood up walking away from the room and up the stairs. We all looked at one another and scrambled to get our things and followed after him.