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It was several hours before they slowed down. Harry and Neville had stayed mostly silent the whole way there, as it was hard to hear someone when they were going that fast. Harry looked around, inspecting his surroundings.
They seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. They had entered a mountain range a little while ago, but before that he couldn't see much, as they were rnning so fast. They were walking through the forest, and Maleo was prancing, seemingly with joy. She sniffed a tree, which had an interesting symbol carved into it. It was a bear, wolf, snake, tiger, and eagle all swirling around a large letter B in fancy script. The details were so amazing, Harry and Neville thought they were moving.
And then they realized the animals were moving.
Maleo crouched, and the boys slid off. The wolf/girl shifted back into her human form and looked at them with a grin.
"Don't you just love the feeling of a run?" The boys giggled at the look on her face.
"Where are we?" Neville asked, glancing around.
They were deep in the woods, with mountains reaching high into the sky around them. The forest was thick, and there were many sounds of many animals coming from the woods. The sunlight filtered through the trees, creating patterns on the ground. Maleo smiled, glancing around.
"Welcome home, boys." Harry and Neville looked at each other, wondering what she ment. Harry opened his mouth to ask, when Maleo put her hand to the symbol on the tree, and let a small pulse of silver magic out. The symbol started to glow silver, and the magic seemed to spread around the tree, like water creating a river, and something in front of the three started to shimmer.
The boys watched in awe as in front of their eyes a small town seemingly appeared in front of their eyes.
"Woah!" Harry gasped, staring shock. Neville was speechless. Maleo was chuckling at their expressions.
"Ah. That never gets old. Come on boys! Lot's to see!" Maleo skipped, like actually skipped, onto the small stone path. The boys, not wanting to be left behind, shook themselves, and ran after her. Ten feet in, off too there left was a small hut of sorts. You could see a large man standing over a piece of hot metal, banging on it with a hammer. Behind him you could see large racks of beautifully crafted weapons. Daggers, throwing knives, guns, swords, bows, bow-staffs, and many the boys didn't recognize. Maleo smiled and waved at the blacksmith.
"Hi Dean!" Dean looked up, smiled, and waved back.
"Hey Maleo! Got yourself some new pups?" Maleo nodded happily.
"Harry and Neville. They share the same birthday, but they aren't related. Besides the blessing anyway." Dean nodded and went back to his work. Maleo continued down the path, walking now, and pointed things out to the boys.
"Over there, that's the ring. We hold competitions there, but that's only every once and awhile. Most of the time, the recruits, or you guys, go there to hang out." She pointed to an area with said pavillion on it. Not many people were there, but some were writing, or reading, drawing,talking, ect. After another minute or so she pointed out another structure.
"That's armory. You'll go there at the end of your training to pick out your weapons that you'll keep for life." A small building that had no windows, and only one door was almost hidden by the brush.
"Our weapons are the most valuable tool here. They can protect you if you know how to use them. That is probably the second most protected building here." Harry saw a look of seriousness on her face.
"What's the first?" Neville asked. Maleo's signature wolfish grin appeared.
"You'll see." The boys were in awe. There wasn't much else around this area, and they couldn't see far ahead due to the thick trees. They walked for a little while more, before they could see the faintest traces of stone through the trees. After a few minutes, they could see it more clearly. The boys gasped in awe.
"Woah!" Maleo laughed at them, racing up the path. The boys quickly followed, eager to get a better view.
In front of them was the biggest building they had seen here. It was three stories tall, and looked like a mash up of an ancient, and a modernized home. It was made entirely out of stone, stained wood and glass. Four large towers stood on the corners,made out of stone, making a kind of odd shape.
It was shaped like a trapezoid, with towering panes of glass framed by wood on the side of it. You could see in to see hallways with plush red carpet, stairs leading to different areas, large pictures of people and animals. They seemed to be like graduation photos, from what the boys could see. Some were framed by silver, others by a shiny emerald color, some by gold, others by a shiny deep blue, and some by bronze.
The hallways were filled with people, talking laughing, running, and playing around. Most wore shiny black tunics (not like plastic coated, more like silk. You know what I'm talking about?), each with accents of either silver, emerald, gold, deep blue, or bronze. They were accented on the shoulders, and a stripe down the side of the pants. Two kids could be seen running with each other, heading towards one of the 6 sets of stairs they could see, one wearing an emerald tunic, the other in a bronze one.
After staring at that for a little while, they turned to what was right in front of them. The front wall was made out of stone, but had windows on each side of large doors, which were open right now, and you could see a large entry hall, with more plush red carpet, and the logo from the tree on the far wall, enlarged, and the detail was even more breathtaking closer. On the right and left side of the hall, there were two large, curving staircases, leading up to a balcony Harry and Neville couldn't see the top of. Before you got to the large logo, there were large, extreamly comfortable white couches, covered in pillows.
To get to the doors, you had to go up a set of stone steps, about 20 total. Each side of the steps were large planters, overflowing with ivy, flowers, and other plants. Some seemed like muggle plants, but others were moving around, not from the wind. People were everywhere it seemed.
The boys stared in shock for what seemed like forever, before Maleo grabbed their hands and pulled them up the steps.
"Come on! You ain't seen nothin' yet!" After walking through the doors, the boys couldn't help but stare at the roof, which was nothing but glass, letting in tons of sunlight. Maleo directed them to the left staircase, and she challenged them to a race to the top. Of course, she one, but it was fun anyways. Giggling, they walked up the last few steps. Harry downright gasped when he saw what was on that floor.
Shelves lined the walls. Shelves full of books.
Harry loved to read, and did so often when he was at school. Maleo laughed at him.
"Well, you are going to get along great with your new sister. She loves to read too. This is just a little bit of the books we have. I'll show you the real library later. These are all on certain types of magic that you'll need your alpha, aka me, to teach you. We'll probably get to it when you're about 12. Come on!" Maleo pulled them to a smaller set of the large double doors out front. A guard in a bear mask stood out front, in a what looked like a black leather mission impossible style mission suit. Harry could see several daggers, guns, knives, and a spear strapped along his back. Upon seeing Maleo, his face broke out of it's stoic expression, and into a grin. His teeth were very sharp looking, not like Maleo's, more like… Well, a bears. He realized something.
'Maleo said she had 4 brother, and one could turn into a bear. Oh! What if the blessing does that to them? Does that mean I'll get teeth like Maleo's?' He mulled it over before returning his attention to Maleo and the bear man. Maleo was smiling back.
"Hey Kyle! I got 2 this time! And they aren't even biological brothers." Kyle smiled and shook his head.
"You know that if those triplets that Hunu thinks has his blessing actually do have the blessing, he's gonna hold it over your head,right? You've only ever had twins." Maleo scowled.
"I love all my pups, but I want triplets so bad! They're so cute at this age!" Kyle laughed and opened the door. He winked at the boys.
"Good luck, I hope to see you 2 around." The boys smiled shyly, and followed Maleo, who was skipping again (how does she have so much energy?!), into the room. It was dark, lit only by torches on the wall. Harry nearly snorted in amusment as he realized they were for a dramatic effect, considering he had seen several people on cell phones down stairs. In front of them were 5 large, comfy looking chairs, in a U shape. The one on the far left was silver, and empty. The one next to it was the emerald color, and had a 17 year old sitting in it. He was pretty skinny, but had plenty of muscle. His hair was the same color as Maleo's, but his eyes were the same color as his chair. He was smiling kindly, and Neville and Harry could see what looked like snake fangs in his mouth, but that didn't intimidate them. His hair was short and spiked, tips dyed green. He wore a skin tight dress shirt, with green accents to it. His pants came to his ankles, and were looser, more like dress pants. They too were white with green accents. He was barefoot like Maleo. The boys could see faint traces of a green tattoo moving around.
Across from where Maleo would sit, there was a deep blue boy sitting in it looked about 18. He had hair like Maleo's too, and Harry realized that everyone but him and Neville had hair like that. He figured out that these must be Maleo's brothers. His hair was longer, about to his chin, but was choppy, and looked feathery. His eyes were too the same color as his chair, and his face seemed to have sharper features than the rest. The family resemblance was still there though. His eyes seemed to see more than the others. He had on what his brother was wearing, but with blue accents. You could see the edge of a tattoo on his wrist in blue.
To the blue chair's right sat a gold chair. The boy sitting in it was around 19. His hair was styled with shaved sides, and it smoothed over on the top (look up jace's haircut from shadowhunters). His eyes were bright gold. His teeth were sharp, but looked more feline like than Maleo's did. His grin seemed as playful as Maleo's, unlike the other 3, whose smiles looked more warm. He could tell this was Maleo's brother that she took after the most. He even was bouncing his leg in excitement. You could see an edge to a tattoo peaking out of his collar in gold. His shirt and pants were the same as his other brothers', with accents in gold.
The final chair was sat in the middle of his brothers' and sister's. It was bronze, and the man sitting in it looked around 20. His hair was long, hanging between his shoulder blades, pulled back in a simple ponytail. His eyes were a bronze, along with the accents of his clothes, which were the same as his brothers'. The start of a tattoo was visible on his collar bone. Also in bronze. His teeth were like Kyle's.
"Maleo, I see you found your pups." Maleo nodded and smiled as the one in the bronze chair spoke to her.
"Yep! Harry, Neville, meet my brothers. Hunu," The boy in the green chair grinned and waved. "Iscarupus," The boy in the blue chair smiled at them. "Telta," The boy in gold grinned and gave them a thumbs up. "And Regneal." The man in the bronze chair nodded to them, giving them a large grin.
"You got twins, Mal?" Hunu asked. Maleo shook her head.
"Nope. Just got the same b-day." The brothers nodded.
"So, Hunu, those triplets get the blessing or not?" Hunu shrugged.
"Their birthday isn't for a few more weeks." Maleo nodded. Harry shifted uncomfortably. Neville glanced around again. Maleo seemed to notice.
"Oh! Come on guys! Let's do the ceremony, then I can show you around." Harry and Neville looked nervous.
"Uh… Will it hurt?" Harry asked worriedly. Maleo smiled reassuringly, and the boys felt better instantly.
"All we do is prick your finger, so a few drops of your blood mix with mine in a special bowl. I say some fancy words, then you'll both unlock your powers. Ta-da!" She finished with a florish, throwing her hands in the air, earning some chuckles from her brothers. She turned towards Regneal abruptly, saying in an purposely over pronounced british accent. Something that sounded like an American trying to do a british accent.
"Brriinng the bowl!" Hunu and Telta let out a laugh as a 16 year old in a snake mask came out and handed Maleo the bowl. Inside the bowl was a small dagger. It was a clear glass bowl. The dagger was made of silver, with a ruby handle. Maleo picked it up, sitting on the floor, telling Harry and Neville to do the same. She placed it into the middle of the three of them, and asked Harry and Neville to hold out a hand each. She pricked each of their fingers, and a few drops of blood fell into the bowl. Chanted something in a different language as she did.
"Berstro largasta ceipl stk quarva hergad yiste ugo jikyr ebasted. Fsd ty bn hsro nin ra berstro- (Blood lock free the chains tightened around the power inside. Let it be freed by my blood-)"
Maleo took the dagger and sliced her palm, letting quite a bit of blood fall into the bowl before using the dagger to stir the blood togeather.
"-gra ra tagie. (-and my magic.)" Maleo finished her chant and a small bit of silver magic swirled from her mouth, floating into the blood. As soon as the silvery strands touched the blood, a bright silver light flashed from it, so bright the boys had to close their eyes.
Harry and Neville felt the change before they saw it. Their ears grew more pointed, their teeth shifted into something sharper, and their height grew several inches. They could suddenly smell things they couldn't before. Mint, flowers, grass, wolf, tiger, eagle, bear, snake, dust, water… The list went on. Their hearing increased, and they could hear Kyle shifting feet outside, the ruffling of fabric as someone crossed their legs... Harry gained some weight and muscle to become the size of an average 8 year old, instead of the 6 year old look he had coming from years of being under fed. But, most importantly, they could feel the magic, that had been so tightly bound before, rush out, pulsing to the beat of their hearts, wrapping them in a warm embrace. They opened their eyes. Maleo stood infront of them, smiling brightly.
"Ohhhh! Here! Look!" She pushed a mirror into their hands, and the boys raised it to look at their new features.
Harry pulled up his lip to look at his teeth, and pulled his hair away from his ears to check. His eyes had gained silver swirls too them, and looked brighter. His sallow cheeks and sunken features had filled out, and his skin had grown paler like Maleo's, not the unhealthy pale it had been before. His hair had somehow grown darker, and that's when Harry noticed the bit of silver on his collar bone. He pulled down his too big hand me down shirt, and looked in shock at the tattoo he had. It was amazing, and said something in another language, most likely the one Maleo had spoken earlier. Maleo noticed him looking and explained.
"It says Maleo's Poroutan. It means 'Maleo's pack'." Neville noticed his too.
"Cool!" He said, looking at his features. He was the same as Harry mostly, but his hair became a richer brown, and his eyes swirled with silver as well. They looked each other over and noticed they were around 4'3" instead of the average 4'0" for 8 year olds. After a minute, Maleo squealed. Harry and Neville jumped in surprise at the sudden noise.
"Go on. Try to shift!" Harry and Neville exchanged a confused glance.
"Uh, how?" They asked at the same time. Maleo got a look of realization on her face.
"Oh, sorry. Got excited. Just focus on the image of your inner wolf, and think about becoming one with him. Then, focus your magic into that." Harry's mind reeled, but he figured he'd better try. He nodded once, and closed his eyes. He thought about the predator within, the presence in his mind, the first instinct known to man, fight or flight. His inner predator would always chose fight, while his inner human would pick flight. He latched onto that fight instinct, and thought about becoming one with it. He felt his magic around him, and tried to nudge it toward that instinct as well, and soon enough, he felt himself shrinking, slowly his ears moved to the top of his head, he grew a tail, his back flattened out, his hands and feet became paws. After everything stopped moving, he opened his eyes. To his surprise, Maleo was really tall all of the sudden. The happiness in her eyes made him happy too. He looked over to where Neville was, just as Neville looked at him. They took one look at each other, and yelped in surprise, jumping a few inches in the air. Harry could hear the siblings chuckling at them.
Harry had become a dark black wolf pup, with paws too big for his body, and swirling green and silver eyes. Neville had done the same, but with a chocolate brown coat. Each of them had their tattoo on their chest still, but it looked like a swirling silver pattern in their fur.
Maleo squealed again. Harry started to wonder if she was really the same girl as the one who nearly terrified the Dursleys to death. That thought was banished from his mind as she ran forward and grabbed them both. They yipped in shock, as she hugged them close to her chest.
"Oh! You are so cute!" The brothers were trying really hard to contain their laughter at the expressions on the wolf/boys faces. Telta called out to them.
"She does that to every new pup, cub, kit, or hatchling. Don't take it personally boys." Maleo glared at the tiger/boy.
"Shut up, ass!" Telta just laughed, and Hunu joined in.
"You know you do, little sis!" Maleo just glared.
"Don't you gang up on me with Tel, Hu. Remember, I train my pups in my methods of pranking." Hunu and Telta paled as Iscarupus laughed. Regneal just smiled and shook his head at his younger siblings antics.
"Go on now, sister. Show your new pups around." Reneal chuckled and Maleo grinned.
"Kay! See you later!" She waved, still holding Harry and Neville, and skipped (seriously how the hell does she have this much energy?!) out of the room. Kyle opened the door for them, laughing as Maleo held the pups out to him.
"Look! Pups!" Kyle shook his head with a grin.
"Don't worry kids, when me and my brother first shifted, she squealed and picked us up too." Harry and Neville glared at him. Harry tried to say 'Not helping!', but it came out as a yip. Kyle chuckled. "Talk to her, I won't understand you." Harry and Neville turned to Maleo and started yipping. Maleo, understanding them, sighed.
"Fine. Just think about your human side and focus your magic on it, and you'll lose the tail." She put the pups on the floor, and a few seconds later, the boys stood in their place. They checked to make sure they didn't have any extra extremities, and followed Maleo back down the stairs.
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