I can't believe this is happening!! I jumped in joy for my older brother's big announcement. I was finally old enough to join!! It was a miracle!! He and the rest of the gang watched on from the other end of the table as I kept chanting 'We're gonna win!!' over and over again. My big brother's announcement had me crazy for the next War Game. All I had to do now was find arm, train, and help out the team. I kept jumping as my brother and his friends began to laugh at my silliness. My name is Luna and I am fifteen years old. I finally get to go to the War Games with my older brother! Yay!! I have waist long lavender hair and onyx black eyes. I wore a lavender tank top with a small black moon in the center. I wore black jeans as pants and flat pointed ankle-high boots.
My older brother is named Sol. He has black short spiky hair and gold eyes. He wore a black muscle shirt and baggy joggers. He also had on flat pointed ankle-high boots like myself. He had a darkness arm and an nature arm. He commanded the earth and shadows. He had been in the War Games nine. He was rank knight. He is nineteen years old and had first been in the War Games at age ten. The guys in his gang were Mercury and Mars. Mercury had red short and spiky. He has yellow eyes. He wore the same as my brother. Mars has navy blue shoulder length hair and hazel colored eyes. He wore the same as my brother as well. Mars and Mercury were fraternal twins. Mercury has a fire arm and is ranked a knight. Mars has a water arm and is ranked a knight. Sol also has a ring that has a sword on it.
I stopped jumping and sat at the table again. They watched me as I kept cheering though. Mercury and Mars were trying to hold back their laughter but exploded with laughs. Sol just kept his posture and cool. He stayed as emotionless as ever. I finally stopped completely but now the twins were laughing. I giggled at how Sol looked. He looked like he was gonna beat them up or something like that. I looked at Mercury then at Mars. They stopped laughing as my brother was about to speak.
"But Luna. As you already know and had been warned several times, these Wars are not all fun and games." He told me again for the tenth time that night.
"Then why do they call them the War 'Games'?" I asked again.
"Because that is what they chose to name it." Sol said. I sighed loudly. he had told me that everytime I had ever asked him that.
"Oh come on, Sol. Give the girl a break. This is her first time at the Wars and you know that she'll be in good hands." Mercury said in his positive self.
"But Sol does have a point. Luna hasn't been to the Wars at all. Her life could be in danger." Mars said in his negetive self as always. I looked back and forth between the two twins as they kept on argueing.
"Shut up!!" Sol yelled. They both stopped and I starred at Sol who always kept quiet but now wasn't.
"Something wrong, Sol?" I asked him. He sighed heavily.
"It's these wars and stuff. You know, we are all getting tense." Sol said and the twins nodded in agreement. That's when I remembered something.
"But brother, don't we need another member in the group for the Games?" I asked. Sol looked up to me and saw that I was worried.
"We are trying to find someone strong and worthy of joining the group. But all that we have found are lower than knights." Sol said as he looked down at his cup of tea in front of him.
"Then forget about them being knight ranked. If we want to go to the Games, we need another person." I told him. Mercury and Mars looked afraid as the aura of Sol increased.
"Luna, you know that you are dear to me after our parents died. If I don't want you hurt we need a knight or higher in this group." Sol said as his aura began to decrease.
"Then I will help. I will become stronger than even a knight." I told them. They looked shocked at my words. Sol began to chuckle softly.
"Luna. Only a queen and king are stronger than a knight. And both are very hard ranks to be in. You won't be able to get to that level for a long time." Sol said.
"Yeah and you're barely starting. No way you're gonna be able to be at that level by when the Wars start." Mercury stated. So much for his always positive mood.
"I agree with Sol and Mercury. There's just no way." Mars agreed.
"You'll see! I'll be a queen before these Games!! I'll find me a good tutor and I'll help get a knight or higher in our gang!!" I yelled as I ran off to my room.
I laid on my bed and wept. They just didn't believe I could do it. But I will. I'll show them!! I'll beat them in no time! Soon maybe my brother will finally recognize me as an equal and not a burden. I stopped crying and sat at the edge of the bed. I looked out of my window right besides my bed. I looked out and saw the full moon. 'I'll beat them.' I promised in my head. I began to climb out of the window and I landed on my feet. I ran out into the forest that was located right outside. I continued to run until I was a mile away from home. Then I began to train. I had no arm yet so I knew that I needed to find some soon. I stopped when I heard whimpering of a dog.
I ran in the direction of the sound and soon found the source. In front of me was a black wolf with purple eyes. I looked at how it was laid on the ground. I knew that it was hurt. I looked over it and saw blood on its right leg. I approached it and kneeled next to it. I softly caressed its small face in my hand. It only whimpered in pain. I told it softly that I wasn't going to hurt it and then I looked in its eyes. I could see happiness and joy. I smiled softly and looked back at its leg. I quickly took out bandages from my bag and wrapped its injury. It only yelped when I touched it. After I was done, I carried it in my arms and stood. It snuggled close by. I figured out that it had been out for a long time and was cold. I began to run back to my home. I snuck back in my room through my window and placed it on my bed. I walked back to the kitchen and got food for it. I ran back and gave it the food. As suspected, it was starving.
Soon after it was done, I began to talk to it. Something about what he did told me that he was intrested and listened. But how could a wolf listen and understand english? It looked up at me with its purple eyes. I smiled everytime he nodded to something I said. He really was listening. So I decided to ask something that maybe he could answer.
"Are you sad?" I asked. He shook his head.
"Are you happy?" I asked and he nodded. I smiled.
"Are you alone?" He nodded sadly. I frowned at his answer.
"Would you like to stay here?" I asked him. He made the effort and crawled to my lap. He then looked at me with his cute eyes. He nodded and barked. I smiled at this and hugged him.
"What is all that noise, Luna?" Sol asked from the other side of the door. I smiled and turned to the door.
"Nothing Sol. Just talking to a friend in my head." I told him. I felt him leave so I looked back at my wolf friend.
"Your name is Luna." It said. I was shocked that he could talk. I smiled then.
"Why didn't you tell me you could talk? We could have had a conversation!" I told him and began to laugh.
"You never asked." He said.
"Well now that I know you can talk, what's your name?" I asked him. He stayed on my lap.
"My name is Moon." He said. I smiled even brighter at him.
"You just made my day! I have a talking wolf friend." I said happily.
He got off my lap and jumped slowly to the floor. Soon I began to see a flash so I covered my eyes. The flash disappeared and I looked back at Moon. He was no longer a wolf. He was human. He had short spiky black hair and purple eyes. He wore a black shirt that was with purple circles. He wore black jeans that were baggy. I swore he looked like my brother and his gang.
"Don't you mean 'a friend' instead of 'a talking wolf friend'?" He asked. He turned to the window and looked out it. I noticed that he too was a Chess Piece.
"What rank are you?" I asked all of a sudden. He turned back to me with a confused look. "I mean, are you a Chess Piece?"
"Yes I am. I'm a knight." He said. I was happy all of a sudden like he was confused. If I told my brother, maybe Moon can be part of our gang.
"Do you want to be in my brother's gang?" I asked.
"Sure. I don't see why not." Moon said and I jumped for joy again. I grabbed Moon's hand and ran out the room with him. I ran down into the kitchen where everyone was. They looked shock that Moon was there.
"Who is he? No, where was he and were you with him?" Sol asked. Mr. Over protective man to the rescue!!
"Oh stop Sol. This is Moon and he's a knight." I said and they watched Moon.
"Really?" Mars asked.
"He doesn't look like one. He looks more like a pawn." Mercury began but stopped when he saw the earring on Moon's left ear. "Intresting."
"Well? What do you say Sol?" Mars asked my brother.
"I think we can work something out. Moon, is it? Are you willing to join us and fight on our side in the War Games?" Sol asked Moon.
"Yeah." Moon said simply. They shook hands and I looked at Sol. He looked happy to have a new member.
Moon and I walked back to my room. We talked about things and stuff about the War Games. Turned out he is my age and has only been in the Games once. I told him that I had never been there and that this was going to be my first time. He told me that he saw much determination in me and that he was sure that I would one day be even higher than a knight. It shocked me since I had never told him about that. He smiled after he said that. I asked him if he could train me for the Games and he gladly accepted. It was late so I checked on his injury and saw that it was healing fast. Moon transformed into his wolf self and I slept on my bed. I put him on the edge of my bed and he looked surprised.
"Can't have my tutor with a sore back now can I ?" I said and climbed in bed. We slept like that that night.
TWO WEEKS LATER...
"Moon, this is too hard!" I whined as I felt to the ground from being too tired.
"Stop whining, Luna. The Wars are going to be tougher so if you're not in shape, you can be badly hurt." He stated. I looked up at him and blushed slightly.
"You actually care about my safety?" I asked still blushing. I saw him blush but only slighty. Then it disappeared.
"Of course. You are my student after all." He said and began to walk away.
"Hey! Wait up!!" I yelled as I ran to catch up. 'Only a few more weeks. Stand it, Luna!' I told myself.