Chapter 2
Crack. The sound resonated dully off the old forest trees as a young stag stepped forward from a thicket onto a few dead twigs. The forest, with its multitudes of fur trees, was so thick that in places, animals such as a fox, would find itself stuck and constantly obstructed from its path. So the stag moved slowly.
Neither night nor day could be told apart within the forest, but it was clear that it was a night of full moon when the stag finally came to a clearing. The silvery light of the moon gave an eerie ambience while the stag came to a halt in the middle of the clearing. Perhaps it was sixth sense; it stopped and looked around. It only saw a raven come to perch on the top most branch of a fur tree.
However, if the stag had had a better eye sight, it would have seen two pairs of iridescent green eyes staring at it from the depth of the forest. But what turned the stag's attention to the vicinity of those eyes was a faint rustle of a furry animal moving among the trees.
Before the stag could even move a muscle, a she-wolf leapt out of the trees into the clearing. The stag was clearly her prey and she meant to kill it then and there. But just as she leapt into the air to pounce on the stag, another wolf jumped out into her line of attack and threw her off her track. The wolf was older than the she-wolf, with slightly more human features but both were clearly in their prime.
Aggravated, and recovered from her fall, she attacked the wolf. They rolled around, violently attacking each other, neither of them realised the raven fly down next to the stag which had changed its form into a human – a young male. It was after quite a struggle between the wolves that the wolf was able to pin the she-wolf to the ground for a few seconds where the wolf was able to growl a few words at her, "Change your form. Now."
Fear flickered through her eyes momentarily before she threw off the wolf, and seeing the young wizard standing where the stag used to be, she backed away to the furthest spot in the clearing. The she-wolf crouching down as if to attack once again, changed its form into a young woman in a wolf skin cloak, armed with swords. She immediately grabbed at two of the swords and held them in front of her, ready to strike. The wolf ran to the side of the young wizard who was now pointing a wand right at the woman. The wolf growled a little more, which was only audible to the woman, "Put the swords back in your hilt. We do not mean to harm you."
"I do not speak to werewolves," she replied. This was audible to all of them. Upon seeing the woman wave her swards around in ready, the raven perched on the shoulder of the wizard ruffled its wings, flew up and changed its form into a human. There were now two wizards, pointing their wands at the young woman.
The wolf growled to the woman again, "Put the swords back." After looking warily at the wizards, she must have felt the need to give up, as she put her swords back into her hilt. The two wizards relaxed a little, but not enough to put their wands back. "What is it that you want?" the woman asked.
She looked down at the wolf as it started to growl again, "Take us to your chief."
The young woman began to walk to the opposite end of the clearing. She reached an opening in the forest and before walking into its darkness, she took one of her swords out. "This way," she said.
The two wizards and the wolf followed her to the edge of the clearing and entered the dark forest once again.
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