Moon Academy | FIN

CHAPTER 9: Once Upon a Time

-Jaquelyn-

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Losing a mate is like losing half of you. All you feel is the pain of the truth that your mate will not be with you anymore and you can't live without your mate. When Oliver knew that his mate Elizabeth is at the death's door with their unborn pup because of the attack that happened at their pack, he's so devastated that he won't let go of her dying mate. He had gone insane.

Remembering about the witch that lives in a waterfall cave a new hope rise inside of him. With a new resolve he brought her mate in front of the said waterfall. He cried the witch name but no one answered him until he pleaded --beg. "Please! Bella! Save her! Whatever may the cost be, just save her!" Forgetting that the witch he's dealing with is the Witch of Abyss who you can never trust.

The witch named Bella appeared out of nowhere with a sinister smile that doesn't match her beauty. She approached the crying man and kneels down in front of him. "Are you sure you want to save her?" she asked with her deceiving soft lovely voice "Even if your family will be the shame of the werewolves' kind?" a glint of mischief in her eyes. He was so desperate that he didn't care at all. He just nodded and pleaded the witch once again "Please save her.." he sobbed

Bella's smiled wider this time and stood up. With a knife in her hands, she cut her wrist and let the droplets of her blood touched Elizabeth's forehead. She instructed the man to put his mate in the water. She chanted the spell while looking at the crescent moon that is smiling down at them. After chanting the spell, Elizabeth opened her eyes.

Oliver thanked the witch several times but Bella just disappeared with a hidden smile.

Only when their first pup turned twelve and didn't turn into a wolf, did Oliver understand what the witch said to him. The news about their pup spread and as the witch once said, they were the shame of the werewolf kind. As time goes by, werewolves' who can't shift into a wolf was called Schande, meaning 'Shame'.

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Nang matapos kong basahin ang napiling kong story, napanganga ako. Paulit ulit sa isipan ko ang nangyari sa kwento na para bang nakikita ko kung anong nangyari. Napahilot ako sa sentido ko at napapikit. Ang lakas talaga ang imagination ko.

"Tapos ka na sa story mo?" tanong ni Ces na kasama ko ngayon sa Pups' Center. Friday at free day namin tuwing hapon. Tapos naman ang shift niya kaya tumambay kami sa table dito sa mini park ng center para tapusin ang assignment namin.

Tumango naman ako bilang sagot at dinilat ang mga mata ko para titigan ang ngayong nakasarang libro.

'Schande'

Maiksing story lang ito, pero nakuha nito ang atensyon ko dahil kahit kailan hindi ako sigurado saan nagmula ang mga schands at kung bakit schands ang tawag sa mga katulad ko. Sa totoo lang, hindi ko mapagtanto kung bakit isang kahihiyan ang ginawa nila. Mahal na mahal lang naman ni Oliver si Elizabeth kaya niya ito nagawa. For werewolves like us, losing a mate is like dying.

And being rejected by your mate is equivalent to that.

"What's with that look?"