Rose: An email about a review and a marathon of South Park later...chapter four is born!
Hazuki: Shut up...we didn't even eat today because of this chapter...
Rose: We can eat later! AJ has finally arrived! Enter the Dragon's Cave!
Alex's POV
"AJ! Slow down!" Lillith yelled from behind me. I, of course, ignored her and kept running deeper and deeper into the thick forest. I could smell it, a scent that wasn't there last night when I did patrol. My paws thumped against the compacted soil as I drew closer to the odd and somewhat scent smell. I came into a large and unfamiliar clearing and was blinded by the sudden bright sun.
"What the hell?!" I heard Lillith snarl from behind me, "This was never here before!" I nodded by large head and scanned the area. In the middle of the clearing was a ginormous mansion and on the vast front yard was….snow?
"What is this?" I muttered out loud enough for Lillith to hear. Lillith tilted her head and hears lied flat in her head in confusion. She stepped in front of me and her tail swiped my nose.
"Who cares? Whatever this is it's on our territory. We need to get rid of it before your mother sees this." My tail lowered at the thought of my mother would react that we never even scented this place until today. I nodded and padded up to the house, sniffing the air in caution. There was many things in the house, about eight of them. All of them had an overbearing emotion covering them, except for one, jealousy, arousal, severe anger, intoxicated, sleepiness, protectiveness, and bragging? I couldn't tell it was the one cover in a hint of sweetness.
"Careful." Lillith warned me as I approached the door. I slowed my steps and sniffed the door. A growl of pleasure slipped out of my mouth. That scent was unbearable and I wanted to know where it came from and fast.
"Watch out!" Lillith howled, but it was too late. I was sent flying with the door as someone blew it straight off the hinges.
"I was looking for a fight all day!" An angered filled voice said from a cloud of smoke. Fire started to rain down from what seemed like the sky. I used the door to block the fireball and sprinted over to Lillith. When did it rain fire?
A male stepped out of the smoke cloud and wore that spelled 'I'm-going-to-rip-you-a-part-and-eat-you'. I gave my own wolfish smile at the challenge for the intruding stranger. My body tensed up as I assessed the male. He was shirtless, for some reason, and had tousled black hair. His hand shot out and sent a fireball flying our way. Lillith and I ran opposite ways and turned back to angry male. On closer inspection of his scent I realized, a bit too late, that he's a-
"Vampire." Lillith snarled and decided to morph back to her human form. She shook out her long, bright pink hair. Her being a werewolf had no qualms about the vampire seeing her in the nude. She usually walked around the house like that.
"Vampire." She announced, "What are you doing on our territory?" The vampire male narrowed his eyes and let out an earth shattering roar of pure wrath. Does this dude have an anger issue or what?
"This is our house and no mangy mutt is going to tell me otherwise!" He fired another sphere made of fire at Lillith in rage, but Lillith jumped in the air and dodged it. In the ground where she used to stand was a large crater, big enough for an elephant to sleep in with some room spare. Yup, major anger issues.
"Ares, calm down and stop burning the garden." A silky smooth voice said from inside the house that sent shivers down my spine. A woman walked through the door-less entrance, her hair was brown and had a short cut that brushed against the nape of her delectable neck. Delectable? Wait…what? My inner wolf howled and my inner Dragon roared 'MATE' at the same time. Suddenly, I was human again and moving toward the beautiful, vampire stranger. The other vampire, Ares I assumed moved and arm in front of her, preventing from getting any closer, and snarled.
"What do you think you're doing, mutt?" Ares spat. I could barely hear the insult as her cold blue eyes met mine. She was mine, my mate, and my destiny. She seemed to thinking the same thing because she visibly swallowed and took a step back.
"Are you a perv?! Why are you staring at Athena?" Ares roared and was probably angry about me ignoring him. He sent a fire attack straight at me, but I morphed my hand and grabbed the ball of fire with scaled covered fingers, not breaking eye contact with Athena once.
"Athena…" my voice croaked out awkwardly. She appeared shocked about the scalded hand, but I didn't care. I brought my fingers closer and closer until I crushed it in my hands and shook off the left over soot from my hand. Athena swiped Ares' arm from in front of her and walked closer to me.
"Who are you and what are you?" Athena, the vampire, commanded in a gentle voice. Lillith growled from having her future Alpha ordered around, but I silenced it with a quick flick of my wrist.
"My name is Alex Junior, but everyone calls me AJ and I'm your mate." I smiled at her. Goddess she was beautiful. She had a round face with a slight dimples in each cheek and her piercing ice blue eyes looked straight through me.
"I know that you are my mate. I want to know what you are. You came here as a wolf, but your hand is now covered in scales." She rolled her eyes and pointed to the hand that was covered in black and gray scales. I brought it up to her face and gently brushed hair from her face. Ares didn't agree with this action and snarled at the action. Athena snapped her hand once and affectively shut up the brash vampire. That was kinda hot.
"My mother is a Dragon and my father is a werewolf." I admitted while I started into her eyes. The way people in the shifter community react is shouting that I'm so freak and abomination then Lillith would kick their teeth in. After all the insults and attempted murder charges, I learned to keep that part of my life hidden and secret. It wasn't like I was ashamed of it, hell no! That is actually coolest thing ever! When I was younger my mother would shirt into her Dragon and let me nap with her and dad. Best pillow ever.
Athena eyes widen and I tensed, by body preparing for the insults and disgust. I waited and waited, none of that came. Instead, she smiled wide and bright. She seemed to vibrate with the news that I was a half-breed and clasped her hand over the hand that was resting on cheek.
"Shift." She demanded in an enthusiastic voice. I frowned a little at the request.
"I can't shift fully yet," her smile fell to the ground, "But! I can half shift, if you wanna see-"
"Yes!" She jumped up and down, which sent things bouncing and jiggling. Ares and Lillith laughed at the antics. Ares at the excitement of Athena and Lillith at laughing at the scent of arousal flowing from me. I jumped back to save me from embarrassment and started to shift.
Black and dark gray scales crawled up my arms and stopped at my elbows, up my legs until the met my belly button, and some even developed on my face. My nails and ears elongated until I looked elfish and had razor sharp claws. My eyes changed from gray to bright red and my tail sprouted from where my spine left while leathery wings erupted from shoulder blades. I cringed from the pain that always followed in shifting like this. How does Mom and Grandmother do this with a flinch?
Athena and Ares were openly staring at me with large eyes. Athena squealed and ran up to me. She ran her small fingers up and down my scales and I shook from the pleasure that shoot down my spine.
"Ahh~ Look at that! We have a horny Dragon in our front garden!" A female voice said in a voice dripped in venomous honey.
"What is so good about a Dragon?" Another female voice spat from inside the house. Two female vampires stepped from outside the house and pushed Ares aside without a second glance.
The first one was on the tall side, had long blonde hair, and ice cold blue eyes that twinkled in amusement. She was wearing a long and revealing black dress and painted red lips. The second one was a little short. Her hair was a lighter brown from Athena's and reached her back. She had the same ice cold eyes as the rest of the vampires. She wore a short white dress that swayed against her upper thighs.
"Does the family have pets now?" The blonde said as she sauntered up closer and closer to Athena and me.
"Other than those filthy cats that Hestia harbors, no." The shorter brunette sneered and rolled her eyes as she leaned against the door frame.
"I can smell the lust pouring from this one." The blonde tried to reach out for me, but her hand was smacked down by the other vampire. The blondes amused eyes met Athena serious ones and she smiled.
"Sister…what is wrong?" She tilted her head and feigned innocence. Athena frowned and stepped in front of me.
"Touch what is mine and I will fry you." She sneered and lightning,lightning, started to pour from her body. I took a step back in fear and surprise. Lillith grabbed me by the shoulders and jumped back, carrying me with her. I freaked about the sudden change of scenery until I noticed her smell and relaxed. I then noticed that Lillith had also half-shifted, fur was running up and down her body and thankfully covered body parts I did not want to see.
"These blood-suckers may be dangerous." She whispered and her ears twitched as she listened to the bickering of the 'siblings'?
"Vampires have elemental power?" I asked in amazement and I notice that the blonde is surrounded in a white light, brighter than the sun that's beating down on us and melting the snow.
"Also, why is there show?" I asked in confusion.
"Oh, that? The idiots were experimenting." A voice said from behind me and Lillith. We both whipped are saw the short brunette and smirked at our expressions.
"How did you-" I was about to ask about her of teleporting, but was cut off from darkness wrapping around me. Lillith let out a cry, but it was cut short.
"Lillith!" I frantically clawed at the shadows, but nothing happened. My claws just slipped right through and I was trapped in the shadowy embrace. I shook my head and thought about my options. A thought raced through my head and smile at the plan. I concentrated all my energy into my hands and swallowed a deep breath. Fire ignited in veins and my body started to glow.
"Holy Dragon Fire!" Bright light erupted from my body and melted away the darkness. The vampire that held me hostage yelped as the barriers disappeared. I stood from my kneeling position and brushed away the invisible dirt. Lillith was a little away, out of breath and covered in minor wounds. My eyes met the girl's eyes and I snarled at her. How dare she harm the Beta?
Fire crept along my arms and legs from the rage I felt about her harming my pack. I ran up to her and aimed to punch her in the face as I hard as I can. Before I could make contact, she sank into the ground and reappeared by a bored Ares.
"Aphrodite. That kid is no joke. He almost as enough anger to match Ares." The small girl said in an uninterested voice and picked her nails, "The other mutt, not much." Lillith growled at the insult.
"Oh well," The tall blonde, Aphrodite, whined, "Hera, it is quite boring here. Let us find better entertainment." Hera nodded and disappeared again. Aphrodite smiled and looked passed her anger sister.
"I cannot wait to see you again, Alex." Athena went to grab her throat, but all she grasped was air. She almost roared in anger and stomped the ground in frustration. Ares just sighed and got up.
"I will fix the door later. If you need I will be in my room." He turned and left, that left just three people outside in the ruined garden. Athena turned to me and smiled. My face was straight and serious and her smile fell at tad at that. I stepped closer and placed a hand on her hip and pulled her close.
"Before anything else, who are you and what are you?"
Rose: That was AJ and his Beta Lillith! If you want more background information I can publish Book One!
Hazuki: Yes, this idiot decided to nix the first project and go ahead with the second one
Rose: I love the characters, but then writer's block slapped me in the face.
Hazuki: Like this? *tries to slap Rose*
Rose: *catches wrist* Tsk. Tsk. Such rude behavior in front of guest...see ya later guys and gals!
Hazuki: If you more and more frequently, this idiot responds well to reviews, favorite, and follows.