"Were ready dad!" the young boy smiled, as he pushed past his younger brother.
"Alright, remember…be brave and let fate guide you tonight" their father brushed his hands through his son's hair before the trio left their tent and joined the rest of the guild members.
A camp fire had been set up in the middle of the grounds, all the children that had turned five stood in a line in front of the burning flames. Their parents stood to the right; no one spoke as the guild master approached the dancing orange waves.
"Young ones, tonight fate is in your hands as you are tested on your courage and bravery….each one of you will set off into the woods alone, and seek out innocence….each member of the guild has also took this journey, fear is just a feeling my children…if an opportunity lays before you grab it with both hands….failing is not an option if you wish to be a part of Wolfclaw, if you do not come back with the soul of an innocent then you will become an outcast, like some of your brothers and sisters…do not fall as they did….I believe each one of you will make me proud tonight...once you have gained the soul of something innocent you will return to me and the ritual will be completed as you are gifted your magic and receive the mark of the wolf…" the guild master looked over to his left, smiling as the long grey furred pack entered the opening.
Everyone watched the elegant creatures as they approached the burning fire wood; they silently sat themselves down as they joined the guild members.
"Once the sun begins to rise you will no longer be just a person we protect but a wizard! The completion of the ritual will mean you will truly have a place in the family of Wolfclaw….now go my children, the morning draws ever nearer"
The parents watched as their precious sons and daughters entered the dark, overshadowing forest. Praying for their safe return, they knew that some would fail but they hoped it was not one of their own.
The father of the two young boys, closed his eyes as his son's entered into the depths of the trees, he assured himself they would return back to him as men, both holding a power as great as his own.
"Kill the innocence" he whispered.
The guild members would wait until sun rise, were the ritual would be complete and the children would finally become wizards of the great ancient guild known as Wolfcalw.
"Wait for me…" the young white, spikey haired boy called out to his brother.
"Why?" his older sibling questioned.
"I want to be with you…its dark in here and I think we should stick together"
"Were suppose to do this alone, without anyone!" his brother frowned.
"But…but…we could kill the same thing and have the same power" the young boy smiled, hopefully.
"Just because we are almost the same in appearance and shared the wound at the same time does not mean we do everything together, were not children anymore"
"Please….please let me follow you" the younger sibling began to sob as he clung to his brother's arm.
"Get off me!" the darker haired boy yelled as he pushed off the clinging youth.
The white haired boy rolled back into the dirt, tears poured from his icy blue eyes as he sat up on the brown crunchy leaves.
"Please don't leave me" he begged as his brother pulled his jacket back into place.
"Stop being a baby!"
"Sorry…so...rr…y" his brother sniffled.
"Now stop following me and go and find your own innocence"
The young boy watched as his older brother disappeared into the distance, he sat alone. Fear of the dark crippled his body, the sounds of the night creature scurrying around the sheeted black wilderness echoed into the night sky.
"Don't leave me behind" he whispered, hoping he would be heard, but all that answered him was the hooting of the wise owl.
"Stupid child, being afraid makes you nothing more than a coward!" the older sibling moaned to himself as he pushed back the thick branches of the decaying forest.
The eldest boy ploughed through the woodlands, he would not fail his father. He would become a strong and powerful wizard, a person worthy of the Wolfclaw marking. He had prepared for this day for a whole year; he knew not to settle for the first choice that offered itself to him, he needed to find the purest and most innocent thing this forest had to offer him.
"Shhhh, my little one…sleep now, sleep" the soothing voice of a woman echoed through the thick branches of the trees.
The boy crouched down into the dirt as he followed the cries of a child, the forest filled with the humming melody of a lullaby.
The young boy paused as he reached the sound of the soothing, gentle voice of a woman. He peered through the thick, overgrown grass. There in the opening sat a young light brunette mother and in her arms lay a child, the infant was curled into her while she rocked his tiny body. Small, visible tears trickled down her pale white face, as she brushed her hand gently through her sons light blonde hair.
The boy suddenly recognized the woman and child; they had both been a part of his tribe but they didn't bare the mark of the guild, making them outcasts. The boy had failed the test to take the life of something innocent, when he was vanished his mother had begged for her son to have another try, but the master showed no mercy to the weak and so vanished her to. That day had implanted itself in the young boys mind, because his father had told him to never shame him like that.
The boy slid himself across the earth and rested himself against the huge, crumbling tree trunk. He took a deep breath as he gathered his thought.
A child was pure, innocent to the corruption of the world….this was his moment to choose, fate was in his hands.
The young boy opened his eyes and looked down to his hands; he whispered reassuring words to himself before pushing himself up and making his way into the clearing.
The crying mother looked away from her son, as she noticed a dark figure walking towards her. She called out to the mysterious moving object, it did not reply, but paused as the clouds drifted through the sapphire sky, allowing the moonlight to reach down. The woman frowned in curiosity as she saw a small dark, flat haired boy looking at her, his icy blue eyes glared into her soul as he stood motionless; she cleared her throat before calling out to him.
"Wh…..who are you?"
"I am your son's saviour" he replied, as the wind howled through the trees.
"You can do this, just run…" the white spiky haired, younger sibling spoke encouraging words to himself as he lifted his body up from the forest floor and began to run south, the opposite way to his brother.
The young boy knew he had wasted most of his time crying alone in the dark, he had to act quickly! He looked around as he raced through the over-shadowing trees.
"An owl...no I would have to climb, Oh I could kill an ant…...yeah right my brother would tease me for the rest of my life"
The boy suddenly slipped on the watery mud, he quickly gained his balance as he checked over his surroundings, he was in a swap!
"I could kill a fish, I wonder what kind magic that would give me…." he thought out aloud.
Before he could think again he noticed the green, murky water moving, he slowly crouched down as the animal made its way to the water's edge. The hard, scaled creature clawed its way up the bank, snapping its huge jaws as it swallowed the last part of its meal.
"An alligator…"
The young boy gulped as he thought about taking the animals life, could he slay something so big, it would be a hard battle he knew that, but the magic that could be offered for taking something so ancient, it was something he had to find the answer to.
Throughout the history of Wolfclaw no one had ever attempted to take the life of such a large and fearsome creature.
"What do you mean, my sons saviour?" the woman chocked back her tears as the young boy knelt down in front of her.
"His sick isn't he, his dying slowly….I can sense it, his pain….it screams out through you"
The crying mother bit her lip as she looked down to her child, she nodded her head slowly. Finally admitting there was nothing she could do to save his life.
"I can help; I could stop the pain, if you allow me to….neither of you will hurt anymore"
"Couldn't you heal him?" the young mother begged.
"His too far gone, his not even aware of your presents anymore, please let me make it less painful for him, you don't want him to suffer any more than he has do you?"
The woman shook her head, as more tears flowed down her burning red cheeks.
"Give him to me"
The young mother brushed her hands through her boy's hair; she gently kissed his cheek as she hugged him one last time. The sick child listen to the beats of his mother's breaking heart; he tried to open his mouth to speak but he was too weak.
"Trust me" the saviour smiled, his icy blue eyes glared at her as he took hold of her child.
The ill boy felt the warmth of his mother disappear, the weight of his aching body began to drift away and the pain that had once crippled him slowly vanished.
"Mum it doesn't hurt anymore" the boy stood over the sobbing woman.
Darkness suddenly surrounded the child; he tried to reach out to his mother as the blackness pulled him under, crushing his soul.
"You will never know the feeling of freedom, you belong to me now" the dark haired twin smirked, as the ill child vanished into nothingness.
"Nooooooooooo…!" the child's mother screamed, tears raced down her cold, pale face.
The sound of a crippling heart echoed through the forests, the children ran towards the entrance as the sun began to rise, each one of them clinging on to a piece of the innocent they had taken, so as to be accepted into the ancient guild known as Wolfclaw.
A/N: What do you think? Bit of a mystery chapter there for you ;) lol I hope it hasn't confused you too much, the chapters to come will explain more….so much epic things to happen ^.^ Can't wait till you guys get to read them :D
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Chapter 22: The night before
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