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Tears of the Wolf
Chapter One
Prologue
A young man of sixteen years, one with messy brown hair and caramel eyes, stood in a room. Around him sat the twelve Elders of his clan. The boy was Li Xiao Lang, the leader of the Li clan, and he was on trial. He was in an apprehensive mood after he had been dragged to the Elders' room. His cousin, Li Meilin, was in there with him, but as to why, he did not know.
'Dammit, why don't they speak!?' Li Syaoron thought as he stood there.
"Li Xiao Lang you are hereby accused of the crime of treason! You fought against one your own clan!" An Elder suddenly boomed out, "How do you plead?!"
"I am the Leader of the Li Clan! I do not plead!" Syaoron calmly replied, "I did fight a man of the clan, but that man is a disgrace to the clan-"
"That still does not give you the right to attack him!" another Elder argued, interrupting Syaoron.
"He attacked me!" Meilin yelled angrily, "Xiao Lang was protecting me!"
The eldest of the Elders suddenly stood up.
"We have come to an agreement. Li Xiao Lang, you are hereby banished from the Li Clan's lands and you are hereby stripped of your title as Leader. But if you choose to, you can have a chance to redeem yourself."
"What is it?" Syaoron asked calmly, "I'll do it no matter what it is."
"A test," the Elder replied calmly, "You will be cursed and placed into the Kinomoto Clan's land. You shall be turned into a Wolf, but you will return to your normal state with the rise of the sun and every night you will return to your cursed form.
"You must stab yourself, with a dagger, in the chest. If the Kinomoto Clan finds you, takes pity on you, and heals you within a day, you will not die. Your task is to find the Card Mistress and within six months you must figure out the way to redeem yourself or you are forever banished from the Li Clan."
"You can't do this to Xiao Lang!" Meilin shrieked.
"Meilin!" Syaoron hissed and sliced his hand horizontally across his throat, signaling her to be quiet.
"But Xiao Lang!"
"Shut up!" he hissed.
Meilin's mouth snapped shut and she took on a hurt look.
"Xiao Lang, we will allow you to keep your sword; it shall be with you, when you transform, as your wolf's claws. You have one hour to find you mother and sisters and say goodbye before you will be transported to the Kinomoto Clan's lands."
~~~~~~~~~
Syaoron found his mother a little while later, his four sisters along with her. At the sight of her son, Li Yelan stood up; her daughters followed suit.
"Did the Elders decide?" Yelan asked her only son.
"Yes Mother," he replied softly.
Syaoron's next sentences was each like a stab in Yelan's heart.
"I am banished."
The Eldest of the four sisters dropped her tea cup, smashing the delicate china upon the floor.
"I am stripped of my title."
The other three froze in mid-sip and two dropped their cups as well, neither one broke.
"I must pass a test," he finished.
"What kind of test?" Yelan asked.
"A curse," was all Syaoron supplied as an answer, "A simple transformation curse."
He sat and began to explain his chance for redemption to his family.
Tears of the Wolf
Chapter One
Prologue
A young man of sixteen years, one with messy brown hair and caramel eyes, stood in a room. Around him sat the twelve Elders of his clan. The boy was Li Xiao Lang, the leader of the Li clan, and he was on trial. He was in an apprehensive mood after he had been dragged to the Elders' room. His cousin, Li Meilin, was in there with him, but as to why, he did not know.
'Dammit, why don't they speak!?' Li Syaoron thought as he stood there.
"Li Xiao Lang you are hereby accused of the crime of treason! You fought against one your own clan!" An Elder suddenly boomed out, "How do you plead?!"
"I am the Leader of the Li Clan! I do not plead!" Syaoron calmly replied, "I did fight a man of the clan, but that man is a disgrace to the clan-"
"That still does not give you the right to attack him!" another Elder argued, interrupting Syaoron.
"He attacked me!" Meilin yelled angrily, "Xiao Lang was protecting me!"
The eldest of the Elders suddenly stood up.
"We have come to an agreement. Li Xiao Lang, you are hereby banished from the Li Clan's lands and you are hereby stripped of your title as Leader. But if you choose to, you can have a chance to redeem yourself."
"What is it?" Syaoron asked calmly, "I'll do it no matter what it is."
"A test," the Elder replied calmly, "You will be cursed and placed into the Kinomoto Clan's land. You shall be turned into a Wolf, but you will return to your normal state with the rise of the sun and every night you will return to your cursed form.
"You must stab yourself, with a dagger, in the chest. If the Kinomoto Clan finds you, takes pity on you, and heals you within a day, you will not die. Your task is to find the Card Mistress and within six months you must figure out the way to redeem yourself or you are forever banished from the Li Clan."
"You can't do this to Xiao Lang!" Meilin shrieked.
"Meilin!" Syaoron hissed and sliced his hand horizontally across his throat, signaling her to be quiet.
"But Xiao Lang!"
"Shut up!" he hissed.
Meilin's mouth snapped shut and she took on a hurt look.
"Xiao Lang, we will allow you to keep your sword; it shall be with you, when you transform, as your wolf's claws. You have one hour to find you mother and sisters and say goodbye before you will be transported to the Kinomoto Clan's lands."
~~~~~~~~~
Syaoron found his mother a little while later, his four sisters along with her. At the sight of her son, Li Yelan stood up; her daughters followed suit.
"Did the Elders decide?" Yelan asked her only son.
"Yes Mother," he replied softly.
Syaoron's next sentences was each like a stab in Yelan's heart.
"I am banished."
The Eldest of the four sisters dropped her tea cup, smashing the delicate china upon the floor.
"I am stripped of my title."
The other three froze in mid-sip and two dropped their cups as well, neither one broke.
"I must pass a test," he finished.
"What kind of test?" Yelan asked.
"A curse," was all Syaoron supplied as an answer, "A simple transformation curse."
He sat and began to explain his chance for redemption to his family.