Death comes to us all…either early in life or when we grow old. It always claims us in the end. We may fight it, but who are we to defy death and continue on living. There were many people who wished for a way to cheat death. Finally one day, one person found a way, and in so created a drink that made him immortal…but what he didn't know was the side effect….he had to thrive on raw meat…he was a monster as his fellow friends called him.
He had developed a power, a power that changed everything. He was able to transform into an animal. People feared him, he didn't care, he lived on, watching his friends die of old age. Seeing their children grow up and have children of their own. He felt alone.
He started to journey around the world, searching for others like him, who would become like him and live on forever. On his journey, he found a girl, who recently lost her parents, and lived in the back of an alley. To him, all he cared about was testing out his potion on her. What he didn't expect…was how addicting it was.
In the first few weeks of development, her eyes turned blue, her hair turned white, and her body screamed out in pain, the change hurt her, yet it pleased him. He knelt next to her one day, "I am your creator, Auberon, you will do as I say." She had nothing, but to obey.
Months flew by, and she started to stabilize, unlike her creator, she earned much more from becoming immortal. Greed wasn't part of her mind, she never wanted this, but more she transformed, the more she understood, she is not one person, but two. Human and animal.
Auberon brought more people in, this time they knew what they were getting into, they had read and understood how it would go. He also explained how each person had a different animal to them. As his experiment went, she was turning into a pure white wolf. Unlike him, who was a grizzly bear.
He did not understand that, his potion only brought out the true animal out. Checking on his experiment, he laughed, "I never did name my precious experiment, did I?" scratching his head, "I think Lobolita would suite you well, my little wolf."
Lobolita adjusted to her new name, forgetting her past, not remembering her parents, her old life, only pain and the man who created her. Finally let out of the lab, she sat in the corner, hiding from unapproving eyes.
As days passed by, she hid in an unused warehouse. It was the only place she could feel safe, away from those who enjoyed being a monster. She hated crying in front of everyone, only here could she feel herself. Light filtered in, shining in on her, she glanced up, a little boy stood in the doorway.
He walked over to her, "Why do you cry? Why not come outside and play?" she shook her head, not used to human interaction any longer. He grabbed her hand, and with his other he wiped her face clean, "You are alone aren't you? Come home with me, I don't want to see you sad."
Without any other choice, she let him hold her hand, leading her to take on a human life. One that will endanger him, and his world. For now, they can live on and have no care in the world.