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Summary: Ace decides that for his summer before high school to go camping in the woods. His life changes however when he is bitten by a werewolf. The local pack who was chasing the rogue takes him in now Ace has to deal with a new school and being a werewolf.
Chapter 1 Bitten
Ace yawned as he stood up in his tent or hunched over as it was too small to stand up. It was his second day of summer vacation after two months he would be a high student.
Though it would not change much. He lived at Dadan's orphanage, had since he was born. His mother died giving birth his father never claimed him so he was stuck there.
Dadan ran the sole orphanage in the city. There was a high turnover rate for the orphans, he was the longest one who had stayed there the rest left in at most 9 months.
Even though babies typically go adopted quickly he never did get adopted when he was placed there. Around 5 years ago he gave up hope of ever being adopted by anyone. Parents were just not interested in him for some reason. Dadan gave up on him even earlier than that. The women had tried everything to get him adopted even offering to pay parents to take him or waiving the adoption fee. No one would, he was there for 14 years.
As such he was allowed more freedom than the other orphans. He didn't have many friends among them anyway as the high turnover rate and many left before he could get to know them.
The other's that stayed either went to camps, got jobs, or internships for the summer. None appealed to him.
He opened the door to his tent and went out. He was almost to his camp site and should be there by the end of the day if he moved quickly.
Since he had no real reason to stay in the middle of the city and stuck doing nothing or worse forced to get a job, he decided to go deep in the mountains.
The campsite he had found a month ago online looking at maps of the area. Everyone else was talking about what vacation they were going to go on or what they were planning. He decided that he didn't want to be stuck in a city the area he found was a cave that was uphill to a river. It would keep him dry better than the tent would.
He packed up his campsite and loaded his bag. He was already pretty deep in the mountains and off the path that normal hikers would take. He didn't want to be bothered by a lot of people this summer. If he had an emergency he could get to another path that hikers normally took and get help there.
His camping equipment was acquired over the years from various sources. Dadan normally didn't indulge them that much but as he was there for so long he was able to get things though her.
Starting the long trek through the woods again he found the river that would take him to the cave.
It wasn't too hot out for him to go through the woods. He would need to take a break though when it got too hot then he could rest and eat something.
He had enough food to last him a few days but he would need to hunt to supplement it he was planning on staying out here for a long time.
He had a basic cell phone that lost signal the minute he went a few miles into the woods he figured it was the cheapest model that the women could find in the store. But regulations for the orphanage stated that he needed to bring it with him if he was leaving the town. Usually that meant for class trips incase something happened but it applied here as well.
His tent was a small one person tent that fit on the top of his bag. He never really used it or needed too unless the nights would be cold. Soon the nights would be warmer and he wouldn't need it at all.
He continued into the woods. If he was not mistaken, he could keep going for another few hundred miles there was a town.
Not that he would be going there anytime soon. He would have to hike all summer to get there.
His paws hit the ground hard, trying to speed up.
That damn rogue werewolf was still ahead of him. He had been chasing the damn bastard for almost a week now on the wild goose chase and this was the closest he had gotten. His brothers were behind him helping with his hunt. He was faster though and could keep up with the wolf.
That bastard had killed on their territory. He killed and mutilated six people. Three adults and three teens. Mocking them with each kill getting closer to their families property. It was an unforgivable offence to them one he would get revenge for.
He tried to run faster there was no way he was going to let him get away. He could just make out the rogue werewolf ahead. The rogue was pure black and larger than an average size wolf. Each werewolf was unless they were just turned then they started out around the standard size wolf. The rogue was also covered in scars from battles that he probably ran from.
He paused what the hell was he doing now? Was he insane?
The rogue stopped standing on steep hill looking down at him. He then looked off toward another part of the forest and he almost had a heart attack.
No he wasn't he wasn't that much of a dirt bag.
No he was. He leapt up the hill and chased the rogue as he headed toward a camp fire.
This was not his day.
The rogue was still ahead of him and would reach whoever it was before he could stop him.
Growling at the situation he pushed himself.
He was getting closer to whoever was there. Damn this whole situation.
He could see the camper. It was a child who definitely should not be out here alone. At the age where if he found him before he would have made him go back home and probably had followed him to make sure he went. He had black hair and freckles. He must have stopped to take a break but what was he doing here? Any path was miles away from the area.
Ace dropped his bag it was the middle of the day and he was ready to take a break. The temperature escalated to being too brutal to continue. He estimated that he already hiked seven miles and was about another few miles from his chosen campsite.
He gathered some branches and started a cooking fire. He was in no rush if he took too long here then he could easily camp out and continue tomorrow morning. He was planning on being out here for the entire summer, Dadan knew the plan and accepted it easily.
On his way here he was able to catch a wild boar, it attacked him, and it would be enough for him for lunch. He started to gut the boar and get rid of the scraps the last thing he needed was a bear to be attracted by the scent they were annoying to fight.
He continued to prepare his lunch when he heard a large animal moving toward him. He sighed and grabbed a stick that was strong enough to act as a staff. He got ready to defend himself then stared.
What the hell was that? He thought as a large black dog/wolf came running toward him. There was a scar over his eye and headed straight for him.
Ace tried to block with the staff but the second the wolf hit the staff broke and fangs dug into his shoulder.
"GAH!" He yelled and the wolf released him and continued running.
Another wolf that was tan with blue eyes ran into the clearing. Ace watched it as it regarded both him and where the other went.
The second wolf growled at where the other went and howled.
Ace fell to the ground, the bite was burning. He looked toward the wolf except there was no wolf anymore a blond haired man stood where the wolf had been.
The next thing he knew the man was next to him.
"It's alright you'll be okay, yoi." The man said.
"Who are you?" Ace asked trying to stay conscious.
"My name is Marco don't worry I won't let anything else happen to you." He said and Ace passed out from the pain.