Changing the heart of a wolf
Chapter 1: Judgment and a new life
All was quiet in the night of the winter forest as snow fell slowly from the skies above, but the silence was soon broken when a shadow suddenly ran past a few snow covered trees in a blur.
"There he is!" shouted a male voice from out of nowhere.
"Don't let him get away!" ordered a female voice.
The shadowy figure kept running as it jumped from trees and bounded across the snow covered ground while it left behind large paw/foot prints on the ground and large claw marks on the bark of tree trunks. The figure in shadow soon came upon a clearing before coming to a stop in the center. The clouds within the sky slowly started to disperse as the snowflakes started to slowly disappear before the brightness of the full moon began to show its face. The darkness around the shadowy figure began to melt away as it reviled a terrifying beast with blood red fur covering its entire body. The beast had a black mane of fur which ran down the back of the creature's neck and all the way down before it ended between the shoulder blades. The beast stood on two legs like a man, but his figure had more of an animal feature than a human feature.
The beast was none other than a werewolf demon whose heart was dark and cold as ice; it was clear that this creature was male due to its tone of muscles showing on its arms and chest. The werewolf's black eyes wondered around the area he stood within the clearing with his senses were on high alert as his listened and waited for his chasers to make their move.
"Where are you, you pests?" growled the Werewolf as he glared at his surroundings.
All was quiet around the wolf demon as he stood his ground while waiting for his pressures to show themselves to him. The demon's wolf ears twitched for a moment as the werewolf listened to the sounds within the forest that surrounded him on both sides. The werewolf's right ear twitched when he suddenly heard a sound from behind him and quickly jumped ten feet into the air to dodge as golden chain shot out from a bush that stood behind the beast-man. The werewolf demon preformed a back flip twist within the air before he landed back down on the snow covered ground as he glared at the bush that stood before him. The wolf demon smirked when he sensed six more of his enemies surrounding him on all sides.
'*Hump* if this is all that these holy beings have to offer me; then they must be even dumber than I thought,' scoffed the demon through his mind.
The werewolf jumped into the sky again as he dodged six more chains that were thrown at him. The demon wolf floated in the air as he glared down at the forest below him.
"This game of cat and mouse ender her!" snarled the wolf demon as his body started to glow in a dark aura before he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Dark pulse!" shouted the werewolf.
The black aura around the demon's body grew darker and darker until it started to expand around him. The aura suddenly exploded within the clearing as it engulfed the entire forest area around the wolf-demon. After a few minutes, the explosion was over with the trees of the forest lying scorched and broken on the ground. In the clearing was a large crater and in the middle of the crater stood the werewolf demon with the wind ripping through the hairs of his fur, but he wasn't the only one that was residing within the crater that he had made. Lying on the ground in a circle around the wolf demon were seven human beings that were clayed in white and silver armor with their head bare of any protective head armor. All seven of the humans had golden/blonde hair that was either long or short upon their heads. There were four human males and three human females, but there was something off about these humans.
Behind the human's backs were large, pure white, wings that glowed in a pure bright light that shone around the seven humans. It was clear to see that these beings weren't ordinary humans; they were actually angels. The demon werewolf smirked as he looked at the seven angels that were scattered around him as they all lay on the ground unmoving.
"Too easy," boasted the wolf demon before he started to advance towards one of the younger male angels of the group.
The younger angel of the group began to slowly open his blue eyes; his vision was blurry for a moment, but is soon cleared and his blue eyes saw the demon werewolf walking towards him. The angel tried to get up, but found that he was unable to move or get up for that matter; he could only watch as the wolf demon stocking towards him like a predator facing down its prey. The wolf demon was soon standing over the fallen angel that lay on the ground before him as he bared his fangs into a smirk while the beast glared down at the holy being in front of him. The angel glared up at the wolf demon in spite and hatred within his blue eyes before the young being felt the wolf's powerful right claw/hand wrapping around his throat. The werewolf demon lifted the young angel up off the ground with ease as he held the holy being out in front of him. The beast drew back his left hand and got ready to drill his sharp claws into the angel's chest.
"Any last words, runt?" asked the werewolf.
The young angel was quiet for a moment before a smirked spread out across his face before he looked down at the werewolf in front of him: "Just too…you lose."
The wolf demon frowned as he looked at the angel in confusement before he suddenly felt something hot wrap around his left wrist and the demon quickly looked down to see what it was. His eyes widened when he saw a golden chain entangled around his arm. The same thing happened again when another chain encircled itself around the werewolf's neck with three more chains wrapping around his legs while the last chain wrapped around his right wrist.
"What the…?" started the werewolf, but he was quickly cut off when the chains around his body started to send out a large shock wave throughout his veins.
The pain of the electricity flowing threw his body made the werewolf lose his grip on the young angel and drop him while howling out in pain as he struggled to get out of his bonds that held him.
"Keep holding on to him, don't let him go!" shouted one of the older male angels as he held tight to his own chain.
"Yes sir!" shouted the other angels as the held on to their own chains.
The werewolf snarled and roared as he struggled against his bonds while he tried to break out of the chains that entangled around his body parts. The struggle lasted for about an hour until the wolf demon finally fell to the ground with a thud as electricity sparked around his body. The seven angels slowly walked towards their prey before they were all standing around the wolf demon's fallen body that lay limp on the ground before them.
"We finally got him," sighed the older angel of the group.
The older male of the angles was named Carter and he was the leader of the six angels that were assigned to capture the wolf demon that was causing chaos to the humans who live on earth. Carter was a little taller than the rest of his group and he was more muscle toned, than the other two male angels of the group. Crater was clam and organized when it came to capturing demons that run amuck on earth.
"Hey kid, you okay?" asked one of the younger female angels.
The young woman's name was Cleo and she was the tactic strategist of the group.
"Yeah, I'm fine Cleo," answered the younger angle boy.
The younger boy angel of the group was named Kai; he was only assigned to the group by a few hours before he went with the group on their mission so he is still a rookie that still had a lot to learn about demons.
"Man, this guy is such an annoying pest," grumbled a scruffy male angle as he glared down at the werewolf before him.
His name was Rick and he was one of the best warriors within the group to ever fight against a whole army of demons all by himself. Rick was a legend among the angels that protected the earth from the creatures who planed to plunge the earth into darkness.
"Tell me about it," spoke the older female angel whose long hair, which was more golden than the other angel's hair, grew down to her hips. "Yet it seems that this brut is losing his touch in trying to escape us."
The last member of the group Molly and she was the best fighter within this group. Crystal was the most dashing of all the angels within her clan, but she was the strongest and fastest member on the team.
"You can say that again Molly," stepped in Carter as he walked closer to the werewolf's limp body. "Now, let's get this monster back to Master Krisen."
The six angels nodded their heads in reply as they too stepped in closer around the wolf demon's body. The seven bodies of the angels started to glow in a blinding bright light as their wings unfolded from behind their backs. It light lasted for about a minute until it finally died down and the seven angels, with their captured beast, were gone.
Unknown location
It was about an hour when the werewolf demon began to awaken from his unconscious state. Slowly, his eyes opened as he let out a groan of pain. His vision was a little blurry at first, but it soon cleared after a few minutes and he soon saw what stood in front of him. In front of the werewolf demon were steel bars that trapped him from the outside world.
"W-where am I?" voiced the werewolf as he slowly raised his head up. "And, why does my body feel so heavy?"
Everywhere the wolf demon looked, he only saw darkness and the only light source was a candle that flickered through the bars of the cage that kept the demon behind them. The wolf noticed that he was standing with his back pressed against a flat wall of rock; he also noticed that his body was bounded to the wall by the same golden chains that he had been captured with.
"I see…" voiced the wolf demon as he chuckled deeply within his throat as he cast his eyes downwards towards the ground. "So, I've finally been caught at last by those holy beings; I must be losing my touch, or it could be that age has finally caught up to me over time."
Suddenly, the wolf demon was brought out of his thoughts when he heard the sound of footsteps coming towards him. The demon turned his eyes upwards as he watched from behind the steel bars, which separated him from the outside world as he watched the figure of the person appear within the candle light. The person that appeared before the wolf demon was none other than Molly, one of the two female angels from the group that had captured him.
"What do you want?" growled the demon.
"Cool your jets wolf, I just came to take one last look at you before you received your punishment," answered Molly as she stared at the werewolf in front of her.
"How thoughtful of you," the wolf joked with a fang smirk. "But it would have been better if nobody saw me in this pitiful state."
Molly frowned at the wolf demon in front of her: "I'll agree with you on that last statement, you use to be good friends with out leader; what made you change your ways?"
The smirk on the werewolf's face faded away as it turned into a frown. He lowered his eyes and head towards the ground; he became silent for a moment before he finally started talking again.
"We use to be friends," muttered the wolf demon to the female angel in front of him. "We were almost like brothers…your leader and I, but that changed when your master began to be more serious in his work that he didn't have time for playing with me anymore. It got worse for me when your master started ordering me around for his own uses. He always orders me to kill my own demon so he could protect the humans he loves and vowed to protect."
"Can you blame us?" spoke Molly. "We are holy beings that protect the humans who live on earth; but don't forget that some of us angels were once human too."
"I know," muttered the wolf again. "And that was what I hate about your leader; he'd used me as if I were his lapdog for his own needs that he didn't even see me as his friend anymore. I began to hate him more and more when he sent me to do all of hid dirty work for him until my heart finally became hard and cold as ice itself."
"I see…" Molly mused quietly to herself.
"Whether you believe me or not is something that I don't care about; for I am monster that will soon receive his judgment of the higher order at high noon tomorrow, or is it that day already?"
"No…your judgment time hasn't come yet," answered Molly with a shake of her head.
"I see," voiced the wolf demon in a low voice as he closed his eyes from the world around him. "I'd better catch up on my sleep then, because running from you and your team these last few months had really taken its toll on me."
"You're not worried about your judgment tomorrow?" question Molly with a confused look on her face.
"No," replied the wolf demon with out opening his eyes to look at the female angel in front of him. "But one thing is for sure; I will never forgive your master for what he had made me do to my kind."
"And our master will never forgive you either," added Molly in a low voice.
"I know," muttered the wolf demon before he fell silent.
Molly was about to speak to the wolf demon again when she suddenly heard a loud snore in front of her. She turned her eyes onto the werewolf and saw that he was the one making the noise. The wolf demon's furred chest rose up and down with his breathing as the chains held him up while he slept standing up. Molly watched the wolf demon for a few minutes before she suddenly felt her lips twitch into a smile.
'Despite him being a demon; he's kind of cute when he sleeps,' thought Molly in amusement before she turned away from the cage and started walking out of the dungeon.
Unknown to Molly is that the wolf demon was only pretending to sleep. Once the demon heard Molly's footsteps walking away from his cage; he decided to risk in taking a look. He slowly opened his eyes and watched Molly's form melt into the shadows of the dungeon once again, and he couldn't help himself as a smile formed on his face.
'*hump* I have to admit; that female angel is cute,' thought the wolf demon, but his smile soon turned into to a frown. 'But…even though she's beautiful, I can't fall in love with her; we're just too different from each other and I cannot love…for I am a demon who had killed many of her kind.'
With that thought in his head, the wolf demon closed his eyes and went into an uneasy sleep.
Hallway corridors
Molly had just left the dungeons and was now walking down a brightly lit hallway with the wall painted a bright white that if you look too hard; you'll wind up having a headache later on. The floors within the hallway were made out of white marble with a red, long, carpet stretching out on top of the surface. The hallway corridor was quite plain as Molly walked down it with her high heel boots making light thudding noises on the carpet. Molly couldn't get her mind off the wolf demon that she had talked to within the dungeon and for some reason; she felt sorry for the poor beast until her thought came to a halt spotted a familiar face in front of her. The person that Molly saw in front of her was Clark; he was leaning up against the side walls of the hallway with his arms crossed over his chest and his eyes shut.
"Any news on what the demon's punishment will be?" asked Molly as she stopped in her tracks and stared at the male angel in front of her.
"Nothing so far," answered Clark without turning his head to look at Molly.
"I see," voiced Molly quietly as she looked down at the red carpet before her.
The two angels were silent for a moment before Clark began to speak again.
"Molly," started Clark as he turned his head to look at the female angel in front of him. "Our master, Krisen, had given us all a strict order and that is to never go down to the dungeons. He also told us that were to never interact with the demons that are imprisoned down there."
"I know Clark," spoke Molly in a low voice.
"Then why did you go down there?" questioned Clark in a demanding voice.
"Because I wanted to hear what the demon's side of the story was about," answered Molly truthfully to her captain.
"That is still against the rules," growled Clark in irritation. "If lord Krisen finds out about this, then who knows what he'll do to you."
"Don't tell me that you're going to be the one who's going to tell our leader about my disobedience?" questioned Molly with slight fear within her voice.
"No I won't be the one," replied Clark with a sight. "So just be glad that I'm your friend and that I'm always keeping you in line; other wise I would have punished you myself right here on the spot."
"Clark…" voiced Molly in surprise as she looked at the male angel before her.
The two stared at each other for a while until Clark let out a sigh before he pushed himself off the wall: "Let's go, the others are waiting for us in the meeting room."
Molly nodded her head in agreement before she followed after Clark down the hallway, but unknown to the two of them; they were being watched by someone.
The Dungeons
The wolf demon let out a few growls and groans within his sleep as the corners of the lips twitched every few minutes.
"N-no, stop it…"growled the wolf demon in the back of his throat as his claw hands tightened into fists.
Dreamscape
The wolf demon found him self standing on a pillared platform with chains binding both of his wrists and ankles to the ground. The only thing that the wolf demon saw around was a wide vast of never ending darkness from where he stood on the pillar.
"Where am I?" voiced the wolf demon in confusement.
Just then, an image suddenly appeared in front of the wolf demon and what he saw made his eyes go wide upon his face. The demon saw him self in the image that was played out in front of him, but he also saw that he wasn't alone within the image for right beside him; he saw the very same female angel that he had been visited just a few hours ago. She was trapped by the same golden chains that also held the wolf demon. They were both being held up in the air by the chains that suspended them from the ground as their wrists were intertwined with the bonds that were attached by two rock pillars with strange writing scratched on the surface of them.
"W-what the…why is that female angel with me?" questioned the wolf demon in shock.
That was when the wolf demon spotted the lord of angels himself; Krisen. Krisen had the same colored hair that all of the other angels have, but his hair only grew down to his shoulders, and his wings were gold instead of white like the other angels wings. Krisen was wearing silk, white, robes and a golden cross hung around his neck.
"Krisen…" growled the wolf demon in spite as he clenched his jaws in anger while balling his hands into fists.
The angel lord began to speak within the image in front of the wolf demon, but no words could be heard from the lord's mouth. This got the wolf demon more annoyed as he strained his ears to figure out what lord Krisen was saying to him and the female angel beside him, but no matter how hard he tried the demon just couldn't hear anything that was being said in front of him. That soon changed when the demon saw that Krisen had stopped talking as he began to slowly raise his left hand with his finger pointing towards the female angel. Before the wolf demon knew what was happening; a beam of light suddenly shot out from the tip of the angel lord's middle finger. The werewolf's eyes went wide in shock as he watched the beam of light pierce through the female angel's chest. For a second, the werewolf felt his heart stop as he stared at the lifeless from of the female angel before.
"Why…why did he kill her?" whispered the wolf demon in confusement.
His confusement soon turned into anger as the darkness within his heart began to grow and develop around the wolf demon's body, but that was quickly stopped when a bright light suddenly appeared behind the wolf. The werewolf cranked his head over his shoulder to see where the light was coming from, but the light was too intense for him to look at.
"W-what's going on?" shouted the wolf demon as he was blinded by the light.
Real world
The wolf demon shot his head up with a start as he awoke from his sleep with his eyes wide open in shock. The wolf panted as he tried to calm himself as his muscles tightened within his body and his senses going into over drive, but he soon relaxed after a few minutes of breathing.
"What the hell happened?" breathed the demon in confusement.
The wolf demon didn't have time to think for he was quickly brought out of his thoughts when his ears picked up the sound of footsteps coming towards him. The wolf demon stared out between the gaps between the bars of his cage. He saw two, well built, male angels walking towards him with the same type of armor that Molly and the other angels of her group wore. In their hands; they held the same golden chains that bounded the wolf demon to the wall of his cage.
"It's time to get up dog-boy," announced one of the male angels. "For your punishment has been moved up to today."
"What?" spoke the wolf demon in surprise, "What do you mean that my punishment has been moved?"
"It is not our business to tell you, demon," replied the second angel bluntly.
The werewolf glared at the two angels that stood him in front of the cage before him.
'Something isn't right," thought the wolf demon as a frown showed up on his muzzle. 'Why would the lord himself suddenly change my judgment date?'
Main Hallway
The wolf demon was lead down a long hallway to the council chamber while following the first angel in front of him with the second angel was following behind the wolf demon as he held onto the chains that bounded the demon's wrists behind his back. The werewolf kept his senses on high alert as he and the two angels walked down the pure white hallway with candles light on the side walls. The walk didn't last long as they doors to the council chamber appeared before the three.
The door was 20 feet tall and 10 feet wide as the wolf demon and two angels stood before its presents. Carved on the door were carvings of angels and other holy beings who were all standing under a large star that was glowing like the great sun that hung within the sky itself; the wolf demon stared hard at the carving of the holy beings for a moment when his eyes suddenly caught a figure within the picture. Standing in front of all the holy beings, with the star shining high about its head, was a wolf with a tall totem poll standing behind it.
'Why is there a wolf on this door?' wondered the wolf demon as he stared at the wolf standing within the picture.
He would have stared longer at the carving if it weren't for the doors opening to let the two angels and him self in, but once they had stepped into the council room; a horrible sight was met before the wolf demon. On the floor laid a female angel in a pool of red blood that stained the marble floor beneath the still body of the holy being. The wolf demon quickly recognized the female being in a heartbeat; for this was the very same angel that had talked to him when he was still in the dungeons behind the bars of his cage. Anger started to swell within the wolf demon's body as he began to bare his fangs before glaring up at the person who was responsible for this female's death sentence.
Sitting on the throne was Krisen himself. The lord of all angels was just like the wolf demon had saw in his vision that had been shown to him within his dreams. Krisen was wearing the very same robes and the cross that hung around the holy being's neck. The lord's face was devoid of any emotion that would cross his face. The wolf demon's black eyes connected with Krisen's blue orbs as they glared at each other with hatred and distrust.
"So we meet again, old friend," spoke Krisen as he looked down at the wolf demon before him.
"Were you the one who killed this girl?" growled the wolf demon as his muscles tightened within his body.
"This was what Molly had brought on herself," Krisen bluntly replied. "She'd broken our important rule within our clan, ant that is to never make contact with the demons that are locked up within the dungeons before trial."
"You low-life scum!" snarled the wolf demon as the last of his nerve snapped.
Without warning, a dark aura started to flare up around the wolf demon's body. The chains that were wrapped around his wrists began to weaken under the pressure of the dark aura until they suddenly snapped when the wolf demon ripped them apart with a flick of his wrist.
"Look out!" shouted one of the male angel escorts.
Before the second male escort could do anything; the wolf demon quickly slashed his right claw down on the angel's back before going after Lord Krisen in a fully out charge of rage. Krisen only sat on his throne as he stared at the incoming attacker flying towards him.
"Do you really believe that coming at me with full force will solve your problem?" questioned Krisen coolly.
"Shut up!" shouted the wolf demon before he slashed both of his claws down on the unmoving lord of angels.
That was when the wolf demon was taken off guard by a large barrier that suddenly appeared in between him and Krisen.
"What the hell!" shouted the wolf demon in shock and disbelief.
Time seemed to stop for a second before an explosion suddenly appeared as the blast blew the wolf demon into one of the council walls. The werewolf let out a loud roar as pain shot through his whole body before he fell to the floor with a loud, sickening thud. All was quiet within the room for a moment, but the silence was quickly broken as the wolf demon let out a groan as he tried to get up from the ground to attack Krisen again.
"I'm not down yet…"growled the wolf demon as he got up onto his feet slowly.
But the angel lord never gave the wolf demon the chance to attack him as his eyes started to glow while he stared intently at the wall behind the wolf. The werewolf only managed a small step when six silver chains suddenly form on the surface of the council wall before they shot out and entangled themselves around the wolf's battered body. The wolf demon was stunned for a moment before he was quickly jerked backwards into the wall and was pinned there by the chains that surrounded his body.
"My…my strength," groaned the wolf demon weakly.
"Those chains that are wrapped around your body are made out of the purest silver," explained Krisen bluntly as he looked down at the weak form of the wolf demon before him. "So no matter how much you struggle, those bindings will suck away your strength."
The wolf demon slowly lifted his head with great difficulty as he glared daggers at the angel lord while giving out a low growl from deep within his throat. The angel lord only stared down at the wolf demon before standing up from his throne and spreading his golden wings out from behind his back. Krisen rose up into the air as he flew over to the chained up werewolf demon before landing dangerously close in front of the beast with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Now isn't the time to play around," spoke Krisen in a dull voice. "You are only delaying the judgment of your fate that is about to come upon you."
"And what is my fate if I might ask?" questioned the wolf angrily in a weak voice.
Krisen didn't reply for a moment as he stared at the wolf demon in front of him before he answered the beast's question.
"I was thinking of executing you for the crimes that you had committed on both us holy beings and humans by kill us for your own pleasure." Krisen explained to the werewolf, "But I quickly realized that death is too good for you. So I've decided that since you hate humans so much; why not turn you into a human and I'm also going to erase your memory of ever being a demon as well."
The wolf demon's eyes widened in shock and fury as new strength started to flow within his body before he jerked on his chains and began snapping his fangs in front of Krisen's face. Krisen only stared at the wolf demon, unfazed by the beast's fierce actions.
"It is no use," spoke Krisen calmly. "Those chains are unbreakable."
The wolf demon soon stopped to catch his breath before he spoke his final words to the angel lord before him: "You may be able to change my mind and body into a human, but you can never erase the memories of what had happened between the past and here today; for they will always be engraved within the depths of my mind forever. I warn you now, a day will come when I will regain my memories and when I do then you'd better be on your guard."
Krisen's only reply to the threat made to him was by raising his right hand up near the wolf demon's chest as it crackled with electricity before slamming his palm into the demon's body. An electrical current coursed through the beast's body as the wolf demon roared out in pain before he fell silent as he fainted with the chain's holding his limp body up from falling to the ground. Krisen stepped back from the wolf as he watched the demon's body being surrounded by a blue aura before the wolf disappeared in a bright flash of light. Krisen only stood in his spot as he stared at the chains slowly melting back into the wall of the council room.
"Your threats mean nothing to me my friend," voiced Krisen calmly. "You are just a memory to me no and I will not be intimidated of you had said of what is to come."
"My lord!" shouted the angel escort.
At the shout, Krisen quickly turned around to see what was wrong and what he saw made his eyes widen in shock and anger. The reason for his sudden emotion change was a black raven that was standing on top of the dying form of Molly as it glared at the angel lord in front of its sight.
"What are you doing here!" shouted Krisen in anger as he glared at the raven before him.
The raven only cawed at the angel lord before it unfolded its wings from its body as a thick cloud of white mist started to appear and surrounded the raven and Molly's forms. The mist soon evaporated and Krisen that the raven and Molly were gone and the only thing that was left behind was the deep red pool of blood that stained the floor of the council room. Krisen frowned in anger before turning his attention on the two angels that had escorted the wolf demon into the council room and saw the wounded angel on the floor who was still alive and breathing.
"Take your partner to the recovery room then report back to me!" ordered Krisen with a wave of his hand.
"Yes sir!" answered the angel escort before he began to help his partner up onto his feet again.
As the two angels left the room while Krisen flew back to his throne and sat back down with the same frown on his face as he thought about the raven that had appeared within the council room.
'Why did she have to come into my domain?' wondered the angel lord in frustration. 'What was her purpose here?'
In a different time line: deep within the forest of the mountains
All was quiet within the darkness of the forest as the very same raven that had appeared within the council room within the angels realm was sitting on the branch of a tree while staring down at the entrance of a den where a female wolf had just give birth to four healthy wolf pups. The four pups were all nursing as the wolf mother watched her four cubs with a proud look within her eyes before gently licking a beautiful pure white female wolf pup with care. The raven watched the mother and the pups for a few more minutes before it finally spread its wings out to and took into the air where a full moon was shining brightly within the sky.
In a different location that was far away from the mountain's forest stood a town and in that town, something strange was about to happen and it is only a matter of time where two souls will meet each other again one day. The two of them will not remember there past, but will soon discover what they had once been many years ago.
To be continued