Maplestory Werewolf 2 A Wolf's Travels
Chapter 1
On the Road, Meeting Arcane
As we left the village, we were saying bye to everyone we passed by. Linda's dad Jeffery was at the gate leading outside the gate and he stared at all of us.
"Linda..." he started to say.
"Dad, I want to go, someone's gotta look after these two." she said.
"I know, that's why I want to give you this." he said handing her a wrist band with a blue jewel in it. "This is a flare jewel, use it if you are ever in trouble."
"Thank you daddy." she said smiling.
She put it on and we left the village. We walked for quite a while and I looked at them.
"So, did your parents give you books too?" I asked.
"Yep, my dad gave me a book on identifying plants and mushrooms that are edible." Linda said. "What about you two?"
"Mom and dad gave me a book on animals that you can eat, especially desert animals if needed." Drake said.
"Mom gave me a survival book, remedies for wounds and fevers." I said.
"That'll come in handy. But so will our books too." Linda said. "Speaking of which, lets stop for lunch."
"Sounds good, and after lunch lets look for medical herbs we can dry out and use." I said.
"Yeah since it'll take a while to reach a town." Drake pointed out.
See, we don't have a hospital in our village so Lisa wasn't able to be treated so easy, that and her mom refuses that she's treated at a hospital. So maybe I could find out at a town or city hospital what is plauging Lisa. While eating lunch, Linda looked at me.
"So how was Lisa doing?" she asked.
"She was feeling a little bit better when I spoke to her today, I hope she likes the gift I gave made for her." I said.
"Her dad will make sure she gets it." Drake said. "What did you make for her?"
"I made a fancy comb for her out of special wood. It was hard to carve a flower and butterfly for it, especially with using the right glue and lacure wood paint." I said.
"I bet it looks so lovely." Linda said smiling.
I smiled, as soon as we finished eating we went to look for herbs. I looked over and saw a boy around my age laying in the grass smiling looking happy. I walked over.
"Uh, scuse me, what are you doing?" I asked.
"Laying here in the fantastic sunshine, isn't it great?" he asked.
"Yeah, to be honest." I replied.
The kid sat up smiling at me, I noticed he had bat wings and he noticed my tail and ears. He smiled hopping to his feet.
"Hey wow, you must be a werewolf!" he said with excitement. "I'm a vampire but I don't drink blood."
"I don't kill people, never tasted blood once neither has my dad...What's a vampire?" I asked.
"Seriously? You never saw a vampire before?" he asked. "Man where are you from?"
"Name's Alex, I'm from a village that's hidden because of the few werewolves that live there, So I've never been outside the village before." I explained to him.
"Oh I see, My name's Arcane Dark. Vampires are normally creatures of the dark that feast on blood. I was supposed to when I was 6 years old, but when I saw the morning sun and felt the warmth of day, I forgot. But I love feeling the light on me. My family shuns me for my choice and the servants at my castle hate coming in my room unless I shut the curtains." he said. "My big brother is probably frantic about me again."
"Why?"
"The humans from our town hate us because we suck blood from living things." he said.
"I think I've figured out why I wanted to travel now."
"Huh?"
"We need to show humans that not all creatures are bad, I've got another werewolf with me plus a human."
"Can I meet them?"
"Sure, follow me."
He followed me to our campsite and looked at Drake and Linda. They looked up as well and smiled at him.
"Hey there, I'm Linda."
"Yo, I'm Drake."
"Sup? I'm Arcane."
Arcane smiled and we all talked for a while as he was sitting with us enjoying a baked mushroom. Thankfully, Linda has that book so we don't get poisoned.
"Hey can I ask you why your not scared of your friends Linda?" Arcane asked her.
"Heehee, I've known Alex and Drake my whole life. Alex is the son of a werewolf who saved the world." she said.
"Whoa! Really?!" he said now looking at me starry-eyed.
"Yeah its true, he faced off against three werewolves with help from his friends and allies. One werewolf turned to join my dad, the other was a power hungry werewolf, and the third wanted to cast the world into a permanent darkness." I said. "Dad lost his mentor Zaicho to the power hungry werewolf and faced him after awakening a power he earned since he never tasted blood."
"Wait, Zaicho? My brother told me stories of him. My brother would be sad hearing about Zaicho's passing." Arcane said. "Hey, why don't you come meet my brother?"
"You sure that would be alright?" Drake asked.
"Yeah no one will hurt you if you stick with me." he said.
"I have an idea. How about you accompany us on our journey." Linda said.
"That would be so cool!" he said, but we have to ask my brother and also watch out for the Masqurade Hunters."
"Masqurade Hunters? Who are they?" Drake asked.
"I was about to aske myself." I said.
"They are a group of highly skilled hunters hoping to destroy every monster whether innocent or not. My brother said its impossible cause a balance would shift, only the leader of the group will hear out a plea if one's lucky enough to be captured." Arcane explained. "For some reason they are hell bent on finding something important, what that something is, I have no idea."
"We'd better be careful then." I said.
"So, wanna come meet my brother?" he said smiling.
"Sure, hopefully he'll allow you to travel with us." Linda said.
Arcane looked at Linda with a shy smile and nodded, he said follow me and started to lead us to his castle. I wonder what his brother is like, hope he'll be fine with Arcane traveling with us.