I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I understand that this is an unusual pairing, but please just go with it. I personally like Mahad/Isis pairings but I thought I'd mix it up this time.
Chapter One- A Concerning Vision
Isis was in her customary place: the Court Tower doing her fire visons with her Millennium Necklace. The rest of the sacred court were there too. It was the end of a rather peaceful day and it looked as if the night was going to be peaceful as well. Isis prayed that tomorrow would be peaceful as it would be her birthday.
She had had her twentieth birthday a few days after Atem had taken the throne as pharaoh. The kingdom had known prosperity under the young king's first year and there was hope that that same prosperity would continue. It was a hope that the court was determined to fulfill. Isis planned to spend her birthday like she would any other day.
Certainly her Necklace seemed to indicate peace for the immediate future. Good. The pharaoh will be pleased to hear that. Her eyes remained closed and an image of Atem appeared in her mind's eye. Atem had been a little uncertain in his role as pharaoh when he took the throne a year ago, but now he was confident in his decisions. His first several days as ruler had been chaotic as he struggled to serve and protect the people. The sacred court supported him and his decisions and helped him become more comfortable ruling. This support gave him the wisdom to make decisions that benefitted the peopled and assured their safety. She enjoyed serving such a dedicated and handsome young man. Her admiration in recent weeks, however, had changed into affection and finally secret love. She was secretly in love with Atem.
She didn't speak of it as such a declaration seemed inappropriate. It's not as if she was forbidden to love someone, but to claim it to the pharaoh just did not seem right. If Atem was the one making a statement of love, that was all right since he was the ruler. I will keep my feelings for the pharaoh to myself and perhaps I will fall for someone else. Mahad, perhaps.
"See anything, Isis?" Mahad asked, as if he sensed that she had thought of him.
"No," she answered. "It would seem that we are in a period of peace for the city."
"That is what our goal is," Seto said. "We are charged with keeping the darkness at bay and we are doing the job well."
"Indeed," Aknadin said. "When there is peace, the people are happy and when the people are happy, the pharaoh is happy."
"Suppose this is a calm before darkness and chaos returns?" Kalim asked.
"If that is the case, then we will battle it back again," Seto stated.
"Well said, Master Seto," Aknadin said.
Isis heard all this with her eyes closed and was on the verge of opening them when she sensed the glow of her Item. At first there was nothing, but then the image of a black female wolf with blue eyes briefly appeared before blackness filled her vision again.
"Isis?" Aknadin prompted as the Item's glow did not go unnoticed.
"I do not understand it," she said as she opened her eyes to look at her fellow court members. "I saw a black female wolf with blue eyes. That is all."
"It wasn't doing anything?" Shada asked.
"No. Just standing in a black void."
"It could be a threat," Mahad said. "Normal wolves are gray with gold eyes."
"Are you suggesting a female werewolf?" Isis asked.
"Either a magician who can shapeshift or a female werewolf more commonly called a wifewolf."
"A wifewolf is just as bad as a werewolf, correct?" Isis asked.
"In the sense that she could turn others, yes, but she can also give birth to a werewolf or wifewolf child," Mahad said.
"I've read about how a werewolf in his human form could conceive with a woman and the child could carry his or her father's wolf gene until he or she reaches full physical maturity. Then, that person also become a werewolf or wifewolf," said Aknadin.
"Gods," Seto said. "And could that person pass it on through the family?"
"If he or she marries and conceives, yes. The wolf gene would continue to be passed on and every person in the family would be a werewolf or wifewolf."
There was silence as everyone absorbed what was just shared as well as dredging up everything that was known or heard about werewolves. Isis started with known facts. Men and women could be bitten at any time and the bitten would transform at the next fall of night. One could change whenever they wanted and, as noted, could spread their condition to their children. The children could not access that part of themselves until they reached physical maturity which would be twenty-one.
A werewolf's physical appearance depended on the person. The fur was the same color as the hair and the eye color matched the color of their human eyes. They were also bigger and more muscular than normal wolves; even the wifewolves shared this physical look.
Isis now reflected on what she had heard and knew some of these could be rumors with no proof that they were fact. Speech was possible, but not on the full moon. The full moon reduced a werewolf to a simple wolf who was more vicious than a normal wolf and feasted on human flesh during that time.
While a werewolf could change at any time, one had to change when night fell. Their human form bore signs of their werewolf condition. One sign was pointed ears and the other sign were sharp teeth. A craving for raw meat was another sign of being a werewolf.
"Being a werewolf is a terrible thing," she said aloud.
"Indeed," Aknadin said. "If I had been bitten, I would kill myself."
"What kills a werewolf?" Shada asked. "I have not read or heard of weaknesses."
"It is not easy," Aknadin said. "Any injuries he or she sustains heals instantly. The only way to kill one is to impale the heart and brain with silver."
"I see how that would be hard," Seto said. "Particularly if the wolf fights back."
"I would not fight back," Aknadin stated. "Can I count on you all to kill me in the event I get bitten?"
"Yes, Master Aknadin," Mahad said. "We can make both strikes at the same time so you won't suffer."
"I appreciate the thought."
"Truthfully, the odds of being bitten are small as we have not seen a werewolf or wifewolf," Isis said.
"True," Aknadin said. "However, your vision makes it clear that we will encounter a wifewolf. It will be somewhat easy to know who to keep an eye on."
Isis knew Aknadin was right. The wolf had black fur and blue eyes. So, we need to keep an eye on women with black hair and blue eyes…wait! I have black hair and blue eyes. Am I the wolf in my vision? No, I can't be. I may be turning twenty-one tomorrow, but I am not a wifewolf. No way.