I ran soundlessly through the woods, I had to get back, and fast.
Let me explain. My name is Aria, and I live in an obscured village in the woods. Where exactly, I have no idea. I'm not allowed to know that. The thing is though, I'm a wolf. Well, not a wolf but kind of. I can turn into a wolf whenever I want to. It's not like I'm some special chosen one or something, my whole culture or whatever is like this. As in, we all are part animal.
It was a gift, on the 3 fathers. They saved an owl, who then transformed into a young girl, and she told them that the first animal they touched would be their second half. This ability has been passed down from generation, to generation, and now to me.
When I'm not in wolf form, I have blue-grey eyes. My hair is kind of long because it's not like I can go to get a haircut every day, and it's a white blonde color and wispy and slightly curly.
I have an elfish face, and a pointed chin. I've got a wolfish smile but I'm said to be relatively pretty. When I'm in my wolf form, I've got grey fur and my eyes are still blue.
I had to get home before dinner, because I was supposed to be cooking. I convinced my sister Ruby to do my work. But not without giving her a necklace. Ruby is a fiend for jewelry.
I rushed into the village only to trip over the foot of a boy my age. I looked up. Dean.
One word: hottie.
He had light brown feathery hair and bright green eyes. He was some kind of a bird, I didn't know which one. He was tall and skinny, and I bet you can tell that he was on most girls (in the village) mind.
"Cut it out Dean, I've gotta get home."
"Aw c'mon Aria, get a sense of humor."
I glared at him and said in a hard voice,
"I have one."
And then I stalked off. No one talked to me like that, no one. The kids my age and younger were either scared of me, or idolized me. Usually I would've belted Dean, but I really had to get home.
I ran up the path and into the house, closing the door oh-so gently behind me, as to make no noise. Too late.
"Aria! Where have you been!? Your sister over there told me that you bribed her with a necklace so that you wouldn't have to make dinner!"
"Yep."
"Fine. Where have you been!?"
"In the woods."
"There are dangerous creatures in the woods, you could get hurt."
"I'm more dangerous then all of them."
"Whatever Aria, but when you get hurt, don't come crying to your mother."
I grinned. I knew I had won. My mother was 5 foot 6, average height. She had brown and brown eyes. She was an owl, like the one in the legend. (You see, when you get your 'animal' your appearance changes a little to match it) The thing with my mother was, if you bullied her a little, you got what you wanted. Kind of crazy right? A 17 year old kid with control over her family. It's not like I'm some evil witch though.
In case you are wondering, my father is dead. Of a stroke. It came really suddenly, and since we live where we live, there was no hope of getting him to a hospital.
"Ruby, where are you?"
"In here!" She called from the end of the hallway. I sighed; again Ruby was beading a necklace of some sort.
Ruby had light brown hair, and these amber/yellow eyes. The thing is, they weren't creepy. If you haven't guessed yet, Ruby is a cat. When she was born, the cat jumped up onto her crib and viola! A cat girl!
"You do know that dinner is ready right?"
"Well I was the one who cooked it."
"Okay, so you know then?"
"I already ate."
I walked away. I really wasn't hungry; I had eaten at Ella's house. Who is Ella, you may ask? Here's the story:
I was taking my daily walk through the woods. Only, today I had gone farther then usual.
After about 5 more minutes of walking I stumbled upon a house. The first house I had ever seen, outside of the ones in my village.
I walked up to the windows and looked inside. I saw a woman with black hair and a daughter who looked like her eating dinner. The whole scene was different from my house, calm and relatively normal.
After they had finished dinner I moved about the house, peering into windows. I came to a bedroom, and there was the daughter staring right up at me. Her eyes widened and she ran out of the room.
I thought she was just going into another room, cause I had no social pratices, except for in my village.
When she burst out the door and started walking towards me, I instantly froze.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"Aria."
"And…?"
I stared at her.
"Are you like a murderer or something?"
"Nope."
"Oh."
After that we became fast friends. I visited her every day, and I was supposed to be going back now. I told mom I forgot something in the woods, and I left.
After about five minutes I saw the house through the woods. I ran the remaining distance and tapped softly on Ella's window. She came out immediately.
"Aria! I have someone I want you to meet!"
"Who?"
"Well, it's more like six people…"
"Sure."