3rd Person
Chapter One
Rhydian walked through the woods on his way to school. He would run but it felt wrong without Maddy by his side. He had half an hour before school started. He could still smell Maddy, but it wasn't her sent; it was what she had left behind. He lay down on his back by the tree and closed his eyes. Every day he would go to their tree and try to picture her in his mind. But every day Maddy faded from his memory until he couldn't even remember her smile. But she still lived in his memories and her words burned across his mind. I love you. He could hear her laugh and hear her voice. She was still there.
Rhydian's eyes suddenly opened. He sat up immediately, his superhuman senses going into overdrive, trying to figure out what had disturbed him. Then he heard it again. A twig snapped behind him and he stood up. He spun around but all he saw was the solid tree trunk. He took a few steps backwards. He was being watched. Rhydian knew he couldn't transform until he knew for certain it was a wolfblood. But his veins grew inky and his eyes flashed gold. Midnight black crept up his neck and pulsed across his cheeks.
"Stop!" Rhydian looked to the side and saw a girl a little younger than him, maybe thirteen or fourteen. She had long blonde hair and dark green eyes. She was slim and looked oddly familiar. Rhydian was confused. She smelt like a wolfblood but also like a human. She was wearing skinny jeans, a grey sweatshirt and a green jacket. Maybe her clothes smelt like a human? No, that couldn't be it. The ink faded from Rhydian's skin and his eyes turned blue, again.
"I don't know who you are but you can't stay here!" Rhydian tried to keep his voice steady but the adrenaline from almost transforming was pumping through his body. Her green eyes flashed a green that was near luminous.
"Who are you? This is my pack's territory, you can't stay here!" She gasped and Rhydian felt bad, in spite of himself. But it wasn't anything he'd said.
"Rhydian...?" Rhydian blinked at her. He'd never met her before, he would remember. He hadn't told her his name.
"Who are you?" The girl bit her lip and looked at the ground. But then she turned her green eyes on him smiled, meekly.
"Sophie Morris," Rhydian's eyes widened. It couldn't be a coincidence, "I'm you sister,"
"I don't have a sister, you've made a mistake," Was Rhydian's first reaction. He couldn't have a sister as well as a brother, could he? Surely Ceri would have told him?
"Well, technically, you don't," Sophie replied, a hint of a smile on her lips. Now he thought about it, Sophie did look a bit like him. Her hair was the same colour, she was quite tall, her smile was definitely the same and though her eyes were a different colour they were similar to his, "I'm your half sister," But that makes even less sense. Wolfbloods mate for life, how could I have a sister younger than me but older than Bryn?
"I know what you're thinking," Sophie said, "But it's true,"
"Ceri would've told me,"
"Your mum doesn't know,"
"And how does that work?" Sophie sighed, not answering his question.
"There's another thing..." Rhydian met her eye. He took a deep breath in through his nose. She smelt the same. Like a human but also like a wolfblood, "... I'm a halfblood,"
"No. I can't have a halfblood for a sister, you've got to be kidding!"
"Oh, don't hold back, it's not like I'm right here, or anything," Sophie glared at him, but she was genuinely hurt.
"But my mum would never do that. She'd never have a child with a human, never! Ceri wouldn't break that rule,"
"You're right. Your mother wouldn't. But our father would," Rhydian glared at the girl. It made sense now. She didn't smell like a wolfblood because she wanted one.
Rhydian had learnt about halfbloods when he had been in the wild pack. It brought shame to the family's name if there was a halfblood in their bloodline. Though halfbloods were only one quarter wolf they were far more dangerous than wolfbloods or humans. They would run twice as fast, smell twice as well, hear twice as far and run for twice as long as even the most powerful wolfblood. They were better at controlling the wolf because there was less of it in them but once they transformed they basically became a wild wolf unless they had proper training and would kill anything that wasn't in their pack. All halfbloods had green eyes and their eyes changed to bright green instead of yellow when they transformed or got angry. It was an unspoken oath between wild wolfbloods and tame wolfbloods to never mate with humans. Most halfbloods were left to die. But not Sophie Morris. She was still alive.