Adrien Foster
Adrien Foster was a lively young man that stood around five foot three. Despite the fact all the ladies towered inches above him, many were seen swooning over his lithe body, striking emerald green eyes and wavy black hair.
He lived with his Uncle Edwin Foster at the man's farm just outside of town. The heavy set Edwin took the boy in when his father and mother died of small pox in Nebraska. Rumor was Adrien's parents were still alive and Edwin only had the teen around to do the chores.
None the less, Adrien came into town every Monday to carry out his uncle's business in Edwin's old springboard wagon.
"Morning Mister Kemp!" Adrien greeted warmly as he stepped inside the general store. "Has my uncle's flour come in yet? He's hankerin' for something other than mutton and weak stew."
The elderly storekeeper chuckled and handed the teen the bag of flour. "Here's yer uncle's flour boy. Anything else I can be getting' for ya?" he asked as Adrien stared out the window.
Adrien spotted two men outside dragging a mass of struggling fur between them. "No we're fine," he said faintly as he began walking out of the store.
Outside Adrien got a better look at the men and creature they were yanking into the saloon.
Adrien knew the two identical overweight men immediately. The Booth twins were oily hair, pimply mirrors with slime colored eyes and a taste for all things illegal. They loved cheating, dog fights that were secretly held in their saloon and stealing.
Adrien had a feeling the creature they had was going to be involved in all three activities.
The creature look like a dog but was definitely a wolf. It was too strong, apparent from the struggle the twins were having getting the animal inside. The second thing was the eyes, they held in them the wilderness and freedom that reached for Adrien.
"Kelly, Ashley, what in the blue blazes are you doin' with a wolf?!" Adrien demanded as he stomped over to them.
"You keep your mouth shut, Foster." One twin snapped.
"Or well beat you within an inch of yer life." The other threatened.
Adrien followed the twins as they went inside the saloon.
"Gimme that wolf, yer gonna get yerselves bit" he said reaching for the leash.
Just then the wolf lunged forward, knocking the twins off balanced, and grabbed a hold of Adrien's arm with his teeth.
Fire leapt up Adrien's arm from where the wolf tore into his skin. The weight of the wolf sent him back into some chairs before he slammed into the floor. His head bounced once and all was black.
The wolf growled at its fallen foe and growled once in warning at the twins before darting out the door. Outside shrieks of shock and some of fear could be heard as the wolf ran through town and back into the wilderness from where it came.
The twins looked at Adrien, then looked at each other.
"I think we better get outta here." They said together before running out the door.
Adrien was floating in a warm blanket of darkness. The pain in his head and the wolf bite seemed like it happened in another life. Suddenly he found himself sitting in front of a fire in a cave.
On the other side of the fire Adrien saw a girl who looked like a feminine version like him! They shared the same stunning emerald green eyes, the same wavy black hair. The only thing different about them was them was their gender.
Strangely Adrien knew this girl. Knew her name, her past, her likes and dislikes. He even knew what she was thinking.
"It's strange, is it not?" she asked with a sad smile. "That a simple twist of fate would bring us to where we are now."
Adrien nodded, too stunned to speak to the girl who even sounded a little like him.
"He loves us, Adren." She told him using their true name "and he sees it as a weakness. That's why he kills us."
He was puzzled, "Who kills us?"
She smiled faintly, her face full of warmth, amusement… and love, "You'll know. We always know."
Her eyes fell and tears filled them, "And when we see him, we must run and hide."
"Or else we die." He finished flooded by memories of his past. "Does he know what the powers have done to stop him?"
She shook her head, "No."
He nodded rising to his feet and almost fell back on his backside, "What is happening to us?"
She sighed forlornly, "We are changing. We are becoming wolf and wolf is becoming us." She smiled, "Another form is being made. First you were human, then we were witch, now we are wolf."
Strangely it made sense.
This morning I had no memory of my past life and couldn't unlock my powers, he thought. Now I know and have become a witch- I mean warlock.
That wolf was a werewolf, he realized. I have to find him!
"Be careful, Adren." She told him.
He nodded and went to wave goodbye… but she had vanished.