Well...Hi there everybody! If you're familiar with either of my work (that I am guilty of not updating as of now...) welcome back! If not, please be patient with me! I do get ridiculously busy... Anyways... the Prologue and Chapter 1 are both together in this section because both are extremely short. (If you want me to create separate chapters... let me know and I will get on that ^^) Please enjoy the prologue and chapter 1! ^^
My father used to always tell me that I was born with the moons blessing. It was a full moon when I was born, and it disappeared in that same night the moment it heard my cries. My mother always told me, I was a child of the night, one who would be victorious and as passionate as the stars, the moon would tremble and hide from the light I made. But it was my father who named me. He saw my "blessing" differently. He named me Yuzuki, hoping I would be as gentle and understanding as moonlight. My name, meaning gentle and calm moon, was my first connection.
I was a normal, cheerful little girl for the next 15 years of my life. Then, fate steered its course, and chose to end my life for the first time.
Under the surface of the cold river, that is where my story truly began.
Chapter 1 (The first decision)
Yuzuki's eyes fluttered open, feeling warmth and soft petals rather than cold water. She sat up slowly and looked around, taking in the strange scenery. It was a meadow full of soft colored blossoms, nothing else to be seen for miles. Well, almost nothing.
A lone man walked towards her, he was very tall and from what Yuzuki could tell, lean under his plain white shirt and faded jeans.
But for some reason, she wasn't confused nor afraid and only looked up at him once he was a few feet in front of him.
"You aren't afraid, despite having been thrown into this world." The strange man chuckled.
She didn't understand his amusement and only stared at him for a moment.
"I'm dead aren't I?" She asked.
The man immediately stopped smiling and got down on one knee to be eye level with her, since she was still sitting down.
"Yes, but someone wants you to keep living. And they've decided to let you go back." He explained.
Yuzukis eyes widened and looked around, expecting this unknown person to appear before her. Finding no one, she looked at the man again.
"I have a choice..?"
After a few moments at looking at her troubled expression he placed a kind hand on her head.
"Everyone has a choice Yuzuki. Sometimes choices come in the most unexpected of ways, but there is always a choice."
Yuzuki looked at him, smiling slightly then gasped as she watched his features slowly change.
His dark hair grew a little longer, his mouth and nose elongated, and his hand slowly grew claws and turned partially into a paw.
"Okami..." she whispered in awe.
"This is a warning, if you decide to go back" he said softly, his expression gentle. "You will change, if you go back, you won't be the same as before, and you will be this way until you make a very important decision later. You will know when..."
Yuzuki was confused and opened her mouth to say so, but he continued talking.
"Yuzuki...you will start out your new life alone...your parents, are no longer yours."
Slowly, she shook her head then covered her face.
"How your life goes from there all depends on you." He murmured and stroked the top of her head.
"Don't be afraid."
That one little sentence brought her back to her senses. She slowly lifted her head up to look him directly in the eye, calm despite not understanding why she was allowed to do this. But she would honor what her father had always wanted her to do, even if it meant not being herself anymore.
"I'm not afraid...I'm ready." Yuzuki spoke with finality, her decision set.
The wolf man smiled, changing back to his human form.
"Good...close your eyes and sleep to go back."
As Yuzuki closed her eyes, the wolf man looked slightly wistful, and sat by her when she lied down.
When she was half asleep, he leaned close and whispered,
"If you see them...Please tell them that I will always be watching over them...even if it seems we're impossibly separated..."
The fifteen year old girl drifted off, not understanding his words, nor the reason to the painful longing and sadness in his voice.
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no flames please, I don't appreciate people trying to get me down on what I worked really hard on. *offers cookie* Anyways...
Thanks for reading and look forward to the next chapter!
~Tokala
