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Chapter One: Nemo

Selene ran through the forest. She loved running in her wolf form, it was so much faster. Everything blurred as she moved. Jumping logs and darting around trees. She stopped in a clearing to catch her breath when she heard a cry of pain. Looking around she didn't see anything, until a flash of silver caught her eye.

"Leave me alone!" a little fox wailed as a Jarvey threw rocks at it.

"You pathetic. Little ki,t all alone? Where's ya family? They kick ya out for bein' a freak?" the Jarvey taunted.

"I'm not a freak!" the little fox yelled back.

" You look like a freak to me, look at that stooopid mark on ya head, and ya fur is hideous." The jarvey sneered.

The fox covered his forehead with his paws, and tried to keep from crying. There all gone, all of them, and this This thing is making fun of me. Well I'll show him. The little fox uncovered his forehead and looked right at the other animal.

"I'll s-s-show you! I'm n-n-not afraid of you, you ugly weasel!"

"What!? You little runt, why I oughta!" The jarvey started to advance. But the fox didn't move. He bared his teeth and started to snarl as best he could. What came out shocked even him. It sounded like a growl. Oh well, at least the jarvey was scared. In fact he looked terrified. Another growl came and the fox froze. That wasn't him doing that. He turned around slowly and looked up. And up. And up. There was a wolf behind him. A big black one. And it was growling at the jarvey. In the back of his mind a little voice was screaming at him to run, but his legs wouldn't work.

The jarvey apparently didn't have the same problem. He took off, a large dust cloud trailing behind him. The fox was still frozen as the wolf looked down at him. As it opened its mouth (to eat him no doubt) he did the only thing he could. Made a strange eeping sound and fainted.

Selene blinked down at the immobile kit. She had been about to ask if he was ok when his eye's got all big and he fell over. Maybe he was hurt. She sniffed but didn't smell any blood. He looked like he was asleep. She cocked her head to the side to study the little creature. He was silver. As silver as moon beams, and had a curious little white patch of fur on his forehead in the shape of a star.

She reverted back into human form with a shiver and picked the little fox up. He'd probably get eaten or something if she left him out here. She headed back to the den. Her ears twitched and she looked behind her at the horizon. Dark clouds could be seen. She sniffed at the air and could smell rain. She started walking a little faster.

She got back to the den and walked inside. It was warm inside. With lots of furs covering the floor and glowing rocks that heated it, but didn't burn. She walked over to her adoptive mother and sat down, leaning back against her large body. The gryffin turned her head and examined the creature in her daughter's arms.

"What have you got there, Selene?"

"I'm not sure. I saw him getting beat up by a Jarvey, and after I scared it off he just fell over. I hope he's ok." She said while stroking the kits silvery fur.

" I'm going to go out and catch dinner before the rain comes. Watch your brother until I get back, alright?" Selene moved as the gryffin got up and moved towards the entrance.

"Sure thing mom, see ya." She said her attention still on the fox in her arms. He stirred a little and opened one eye, looked at her then closed it. Both eyes snapped open and he jumped out of her arms.

"Where am I? Did it eat me? Am I dead? This doesn't look like heaven. Oh no, don't tell me I went the other way!" the fox blurted out quickly while Selene looked on in confusion, As he ran around in a panic.

"No, no you aren't dead. I didn't eat you, and this is my home." She explained. He stopped running and looked up at her.

"Oh that's good, and what do you mean you didn't eat me, you aren't a wolf. Come to think of it, what the heck are you anyway." He asked as he looked at her ears. Selene laughed and rubbed at her ears self-consciously.

"Well, I was the wolf, I can shape shift. And as for what I am, I don't know. I know I'm part human and part wolf, but I don't know exactly what its called."

"I've heard of humans but I didn't think they were real."

"My brother Toren is a human, you can meet him when he wakes up, but he's just a baby." She said. She cocked her head to the side and asked. "So where do you live? I should probably take you home before it starts raining?"

His ears drooped and he looked like he would start crying.

"They're gone. These big ugly hairy things came and, and killed them all!" he wailed throwing himself into Selene's lap and sobbing his little heart out. She patted him on the back and ran her fingers threw his fur to try to calm him down.

"Hey, it's ok. You can stay here and live with me. I'll protect you. And you can be my best friend, alright?" he sniffled a bit and looked up at her through watery violet eyes.

"Really?" he asked with a hint of hope in his voice.

"Of course! We'll be best friends forever and then you'll always have a home." She said with a big smile. "What's your name? Mine's Selene."

He smiled back. "I'm Nemo." He said then jumped into her arms and nuzzled the side of her neck.

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Toren had woken up and crawled over to examine the new creature in his environment. Nemo poked at him with a paw and looked at him from all angles.

"So this is a human huh." He poked Toren in the forehead then looked at his ears. "Weird."

"Hey, that's my brother you're talking about. But yeah, he is a little weird." She laughed as Toren tried to grab Nemo's tail.

A shadow blocked the den's entrance and they looked up to see their mother with fish for dinner. Nemo squeaked and tried to hide in selene's hair.

"Who is that." Nemo asked in a small voice. Selene looked at him and said. "That's our mom."

Nero blinked, looking from one member of the family to the next, then looked at Selene.

"You have a strange family." He said seriously. Selene just grinned at him.

"Yep, and now you're a part of it."

The gryffin walked over and laid the fish down on a polished stone that served as a table and started shredding the meat for Toren.

"The dragon's were nice enough to cook this for me, even after the mess you caused the other day. I think you should go and apologize tomorrow if it isn't raining Selene." Her mother said giving her the 'don't argue with me look'

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"Ok, mom. Oh and this is Nemo, he's gonna live with us now, ok?" She said pulling Nemo out of her hair and presenting him, adding in the giant puppy eyes she was so good at. Her mother sighed and then nodded her head.

"Alright, as long as he doesn't cause any trouble."

"Oh, I promise he won't be, momma." Selene said grinning. The gryffin just rolled her eyes and smiled at her daughter.

They ate dinner, then crawled over to the glowing rocks where they curled up. Selene under her mothers wing, Toren between her great talons and nestled against her chest. And the newest member, Nemo, curled in a ball and wrapped in Selene's tail. The sounds of the rain and the forest lulling them to sleep.

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The next morning dawned, bright and sunny. So Selene and her new friend Nemo set out to visit the dragon clan and beg forgivness. Selene wasn't to worried, however she knew that they weren't really that mad at her. So she skipped into the cavern that the dragons lived in and right up to the elder dragon. She then proceeded to put on her most contrite face and puppy eyes.

"I'm really, really sorry about the other day. I was just bored and wanted to play." She added a little quiver to her lip for added affect. She watched the great dragon sigh and then smile at her and knew victory was at hand.

"I know you were bored, you are a very intelligent child, we thought that it was about time you learned some human things, however, and so have asked Rowan to tutor you in the ways of humans. I think its called 'school'."

Selene stared at him in horror. My god, they were angrier than she thought, they had hired her a teacher! The dragon made a gesture with his claw and the sound of hoofs could be heard. Selene turned around and looked into the face of a stern looking Centaur. He stared down at her and swished his tail. She stared right back, and thought about how many ways she could make his life hell.

"Selene, meet your tutor Rowan. He will be teaching you to read and write, as well as many other human things." The great dragon said happily.

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Selene had tried everything she could think up to make this guy go away, but every day he eluded her attempts. And grudgingly earned her respect. She also liked learning how to read and write, it was fun. Math was ok, but she wasn't very good at it. Her favorite was astronomy. They would go out and look at the stars, and Rowan would tell her all the stories behind the constellations. He even started teaching Toren how to read and write when he got old enough. Nemo was even taught how to read, and learned how to speak in the human language. Rowan taught them all everything they needed to know. Up until Selene's eleventh birthday.

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Author note: I hope you all like this. Let me know what you think. Should I continue it or scrap it? Next Time: The Letter