Prologue
"Come on, Keller," Jason urged with telepath. "We're almost there." He trotted faster, his brownish-tannish coat glimmering in the moonlight. He looked at Keller behind him, who stopped and panted. She looked at him with her bright green eyes. "At least let me stop to get these thorns out of my paws," she said. She sat and picked a thorn out. "You know, it's not easy to get to the council elders on foot as a werewolf. Don't you think we might be seen?"
"I'm willing to take the risk," he said. "This is something that could change our lives forever."
When Keller was ready, she and Jason continued in the moonlight until dawn. When they got there, Keller was ready to collapse. "Finally," she said as she panted. She looked up at the sun rising up over the horizon of the cave. The cave of the elders. They looked at in awe. It was their first time there. It was huge, and magical. It was almost as if they were in fairy tale. "Let's go," Jason said, and Keller followed.
"So, who are we looking for?" asked Keller. "Are we looking for an elder who's a werewolf, a witch…?"
"I'm not exactly sure," answered Jason in telepath. "All I know is that she's an elder who used to have a daughter, but somehow was separated from her. Probably because she was able to become an elder in the first place, and she wasn't allowed to have her daughter involved." Almost all werewolves also knew that an elder had to be a male. All Keller and Jason knew was that the elder they were looking for was the first female to be one.
When they got to the entrance they stopped. They weren't sure what to do. Jason sat back, confused.
"Oh, nice going, genius, so what do we do now?" Keller said. "Do we walk in or what?"
"I can answer that for you." A woman stepped out of the cave. Keller sniffed her suspiciously, but then relaxed when she detected the woman's smell saying she was also a werewolf. She had an accent which seemed like she was from Scotland. She also had good looks, with light skin and blue eyes. Her hair was chestnut brown, which seemed to flow in the wind. She was wearing a light purple skirt that all the down to the bottom of her knees and flowed in the wind. She was also wearing an ordinary purple loose shirt. She seemed very young, but she didn't fool Keller and Jason one bit. Almost all werewolves knew that they can stop aging whenever they want. This woman could be a thousand years old, for all they knew.
"Come in, you seem weary from travel," the woman said. "You can use your human forms." She walked into the cave as Jason and Keller changed back into humans.
Keller had sleek black hair pulled back into a messy bun. Her green eyes had hints of hazel spots in them, and they looked well with her smooth light skin, but she was a little bit on the short side.
Jason had sandy colored hair that came down to his blue-green eyes. He was very tall, and had tan skin. Standing next to Keller they looked totally different, and nobody would be able to tell if they were related, even though they were brother and sister.
This time, Keller took the lead and walked into the cave with Jason following behind. They caught up to the mysterious woman. She beckoned them to sit down on chairs made of stone. Surprisingly, they were really comfortable. Keller and Jason relaxed into them. The woman sat in front of them, looking deep into their eyes. Keller and Jason both knew what she was doing. She's reading our minds like an open book, Keller thought.
After a while, the woman stopped. "Do you know what is causing this destruction?" she asked.
Jason nodded. "We think someone sent a dark wave after us, and so far it's created massive destruction and it's killed several people already in our village. People we care about," he added. He was still couldn't get over the painful shock that both his parents were dead now because of the dark wave. Whoever caused this, he thought, I swear I will get revenge. He met Keller's eyes. She gave him a look of sympathetic understanding and put her hand on his. He eased and smiled. At least we still have each other, he thought. No matter what.
The woman cleared her throat. "I take it that you are here because you want to know the solution?" she asked.
"Yes," said Jason. "And we're running out of time."
"Then my suggestion that you do is to go find her," the woman said, raising an arched eyebrow. "If you know what I mean."
Of course, Keller thought. Why didn't I think of it before? The Silver Werewolf. The most powerful werewolf of them all. But that's only a legend, she thought to herself. It can't be real. She silently told Jason with telepath what she thought.
"Oh, yeah," Jason said aloud, startling everyone. "But isn't the Silver Wolf only a legend?" he said in a confused manner, projecting Keller's thoughts. "I mean," he added, "This was stuff that the old tribe leaders told us when we were little just to entertain us."
"Only a certain amount of people know the truth," the woman said. "And even fewer who know the whole legend and one of those people is me. By the way," she added. "My name is Arianna. This is just to clear our terms."
"Okay then, Arianna," said Keller. 'How do we find this werewolf and how will she help?"
"Oh, actually, you will have to help her," said Arianna hesitantly. "Because apparently, this girl doesn't even know she's a werewolf." She sniffled at the last sentence.
"What?" Keller said in shocked disbelief. "Then how are we supposed to find her if she doesn't even know that she is the most powerful and strongest being in the world?"
While Arianna and Keller argued, Jason was thinking to himself about the long journey. His head snapped up when he heard the words 'we'. "No," he said firmly. Keller and Arianna looked up in surprise. "No," he said again, which sounded like a growl. "Keller, this is too dangerous for you. You have to either stay here, or go home."
Keller looked at him, shocked. "But you can't leave your sister behind!" she shouted. "I'm coming with you, no matter what."
Jason shook his head sadly. "I'm sorry, but I've lost one too many people already. I don't know what I'd do if I lost you, too. I wouldn't be able to live with myself. Remember what Mom said two days before she died? She asked me to take care of you, and to not lose you."
"Yeah, but remember what she also told us?" Keller said. "She said to stay together no matter. Through thick and thin. You have to let me go with you."
Jason stood up. "I think Mom might give this an exception," he said. He turned to leave.
Keller grabbed his arm gently. "Jason. Please. Don't do this." Jason turned around and looked at her eyes. They were wet, and dangerously close to tears. He sighed.
"I'm sorry," was all Jason could say. "I'll be back soon." Then he turned to look at Arianna. "Thanks," he said. Then he turned to leave.
"But aren't you forgetting something?" she asked him in her accent.
"What?" he asked. He felt around his pockets to see if he was missing something.
"Where are you going exactly?" Arianna asked, raising her eyebrows.
Oh. Jason turned all the way around and faced her. "Oops," he smiled sheepishly.
"Oops is right," she said to him, her arms folded across her chest. She took a slip of paper from her pocket of her flowing skirt. She hand it to him. "I'm not exactly sure if whether or not this has the proper location. Apparently, after a while, I lost track of her."
"Why were you tracking her in the first place?" Jason asked, raising his eyebrows at her.
Arianna narrowed her eyes at him. "Don't question an elder," she said.
"Sheesh." Jason turned to leave again, rolling his eyes. Normally, he would never get away treating an adult like that with his parents around, especially an elder. But none of it mattered to him anymore. The only thing that kept him from becoming insane was Keller. Which reminded him…
"By the way," he said looking at Arianna again with a smirk. "If anything happens to my sister, you're responsible for her." He meant it. He looked at Keller, who was sitting on the chair looking at the opposite direction. His smirk vanished when she wouldn't look at her. He was sad that she didn't get the fact that he had to do it alone. He had to.
He came outside the cave, breathing in the fresh morning air. The sun was up fully now, and shining in the sky, saying that it was going to be a hot long day. Jason looked at the slip of paper Arianna gave him. He read it thoroughly before he transformed into a werewolf. Here goes, he thought to himself, and he started to run until all Keller could see in the distance from the entrance of the cave was a speck.
