Chapter 1:

Born of a Dark Deed

I was born in Early November of the year 648, in a now forgotten village named Stallavine in, what is now Vale; 23 years before the Great War. My Mother's name was Anna Carbones. She was 22 when I was born, she was native of Vacuo and yes, She was a faunas; A wolf faunas. She graduated as a huntress from Shade Academy. My father's name was Umber Slaune. All I know about him was that he was from Mantle, moved to Vacuo when he was a teenager, also graduated as a huntsman from Shade Academy, and was heavily affiliated with a Cult that worshipped Grimm and Salem herself, the Cult was called "Noctem Aurora".

When I was born, I was an uncursed, normal human child for about 6 years. When I turned 6, My dad took me somewhere and I met his friends. We met in at a small entrance of a deep, dark cavern somewhere. The entrance was big enough for only one person to go inside. And the cavern was at the base of a well-known mountain. Mountain Glenn. It took us 2 hours to get here on a carriage. Then again, My dad was a fast driver. They all wore the same thing: Blake robes with red tribal designs on the back, Black, leather shoes, and all of them were carrying face masks of different, what I now know to be, Grimm. We walked into the cavern, full of people wearing the same thing, Blake robes with red tribal designs, Black leather shoes and different face masks of different Creatures of Grimm. The cavern was as large as a castle with a body of water inside of the cavern on the far right. Instead of feeling uneasy, I began to feel tired. Like as if I wanted to sleep.

"Daddy," I said getting my father's attention. "I'm tired." "Okay, Daken. Go lie down there." He pointed to a bed in the end of the cavern on the far left. "Ok," I said getting more and more sleepy. By the time I got in the middle of the cavern, I was so tired that I fell down unable to move my body. "Let the rites of initiation begin!" Shouted one of them. "Salem, Goddess of Darkness, True Ruler of Remnant, We ask of thee to bless this child, Daken Ookami, with the powers of the Grimm!" After the opening of initiation, The floor began to quake. Then, a black fog descended from the roof of the cavern. The fog had no form, but had a voice. "My forever faithful disciple of mine," Said a loud, female voice, clearly pleased. "I accept your request, This child, will now take place upon him the power of the Alpha Beowulf. Under one circumstance, if the father of this child accepts." "What will you have me do, Goddess and Saviour of darkness?" Asked my father. "The birth mother of this child must no longer have knowledge of this child. And she must have unwavering loyalty to me."

"Thy command will be done, my Goddess." My father said to Salem. "Go and do my bidding, my good and faithful servant." My father left without hesitation to do Salem's assignment. After my father left, Salem spoke again. "Foolish tool. He is my loyal dog, forever to do my works as my faithful missionary. Little does he know of the consequence of fulfilling my task. The boy will have the power regardless of Asudoggu's decisions. It doesn't matter if he kills her and gives me her body to use as an avatar, or simply tells her that her child is dead."

"My Queen, forgive me if I seem out of place but, How will you know that the task is done?" Asked a disciple. "My Child, I have eyes and ears everywhere. When the task is done I will know it has been done." Just as she finished her answer, Then Salem began to laugh sinisterly. "He killed her! Struck her down with the dark arrow that I gave him for his faithful service years ago! He struck her right in the middle of her forehead! He saw my desire! This era of light is drawing nigh!" Salem laughed again, more sinister this time. "Tis a great time to rejoice brothers and sisters! Salem now can take a physical form!" Shouted a Disciple. Just then, Father walked in with mothers limp body dressed in long, black cloak with red designs. "Don't speak, my child, for I know you have done what I have wanted to be done. And now, I give your child the power of the Alpha Beowulf."

After Salem finished, I began to feel pain, as if something is being forcefully placed inside of me. I tensed up my body and screamed in pain. Thrashing around on the cold, stone floor like a dying animal. My body began to hurt with a hard, pulsating heat, running throughout my body. This seemed to go on forever until the pain began to stop. "He still lives, My Goddess! Tis truly a miracle!" shouted a disciple. But Salem was unheard from.

But then, Mom's hair and skin began to turn paper white. Next, Mom began to rise and the Disciples began to kneel in reverence. She turned toward me. I opened my mouth to call for my mother but, that wasn't my mother; It was Salem. She has taken over, what used to be, my mother's body. Salem's evil glowing red irises and black eyes looked into my shocked, terrified eyes. Deep red and purple veins began to show on her arms and from the sides of her head moving toward her eyes. "Child," Salem said in a relaxed tone, "We're not done."

I got up to run toward the exit to the cavern, then another explosion of pain began to take over my body. This time, the pain wasn't a weird, pushing pain, but the pain of my body changing its form against its will. The pain was so extreme, I fell back down onto the floor now roaring in pain. My bones popping and breaking to take on a new foreign form. My voice began to sound less human and more beastlike. My skin turned to a black leathery texture and spots of white plates began to show, looking like boned armor around my new form.

"Now the transformation is complete, Goddess?" asked a disciple. "Yes," Salem responded. "It is done. By taking on this form, he has become half-human, half-beast for the rest of his life." What was she talking about? "Daken, My Child, look at yourself. Your beast-self." Salem told me. I tried to, at least walk, to the water on the far right side of the dark cavern. I managed to walk over to the water. What I saw was not what I was expecting. A white skeletal mask designed as a wolf's skull with red tribal designs and glowing reddish yellow eyes burning with a fiery hatred. My heart rate increased dramatically.

Please, I begged wake me from this terrible nightmare. Tell me I am having a nightmare. I roared in absolute horror and terror, with a sudden shooting of pain to my left hand, or paw, I was realizing this was reality. "How do I change back to my normal form?" I tried to ask. "Try to think about your human side." a disciple suggested. I tried to calm myself down to where I can think a bit clearer. Next thing I knew I was back in my human form. But, I wasn't my innocent, 6 year-old self anymore. I was now cursed. I have a one if not two secrets that will destroy me if not my life. I finally was able to move my legs and I bolted toward the entrance again. The disciples tried to stop me, "Let him go! He'll come back, to me, at least." I was able to make it out. It was a dark and stormy night tonight. Lightning danced in the sky with its partner in crime, Thunder, chasing after it. How long was I in the cavern? All afternoon? All day?

I didn't know where I was and I didn't care. I chose a direction to run and ran as fast as my legs could carry me into the forest. But I couldn't run from who I am now.

I was born of a dark deed.