The Legend of Mordecai: The Wolgon Prophecy (1)

Prologue

      "Sir, what are you doing here late at night near the village?" A wolf in silver armor questions, standing in front of the odd figure.

      A shadowy figure of a wolf with wings stands before the guard. Then the shadow leaps out of the darkness, revealing their appearance.
      The wolf's body of fur was rather dark and their wings were slightly worn out and gray with a hint of black in them. One eye was a normal amber while the other had an odd smokey aura coming from it.

      "Oh just visiting an old friend" the dark wolf replies, sarcastically.

      The guard turns his head around, reaching for his sword. They unsheathe their blade in their jaws, holding it in defense. "Ha! did you think I would fall for that, Shadoweye?" The guard charges towards him.
Shadoweye swiftly dodged causing the guard to miss. The guard turns around to see a cloud of black smoke disappear in front of him. Shadoweye's cloud of darkness just happened to split its self in half. The other half vanishes and appears behind the guard. Shadoweye leaps out of the darkness, tackling the guard.

      "Get off me, you brute!" the guard growls, thrashing about.

       "Oh, I can't possibly let you go after you tried...intimidating me" the Shadoweye sneers. He suddenly stops. His ears perk up to the sound of unwelcoming growls. He turns his attention to the large pack of other guards, snarling and glaring at him. The guard rolls away from him and gets up, "Shadoweye, you have been outnumbered by us! Leave while you're still in one piece!" He quickly boasts. Shadoweye dashes past him then leaps over the rubble near the entrance of the village. He turns around shouting in a snarl, "I'll be back with a bigger army to crush you fools!"
Shadoweye leaps into the air spreading his wings open and flying away into the dusk sky. Nobody knows how he returned but, this was bad news for the kingdoms, especially the Moonlight Kingdom.

***

      A dark brown wolf quietly sits on the earthy ground beneath them, watching the guard's assemble. He stands up, puffing his chest out.

      "He's back and clueless about most things" the mysterious wolf states, sighing a bit.

      One of the guards approaches the mysterious young wolf. The guard looks up at them in surprise, "What do you mean, sir?" They question, cocking their head to the side. The smaller wolf eyes the white  wolf guard, "The King of Moonlight's child is alive out there somewhere" They respond sharply. "Oh, that's something of good news. I'm surprised the king's brother is back, who released him?" The guard asks. The small wolf looks at him again and says nothing for a moment. He then replies "There were sightings of someone entering the Broken Core. Nobody knows who though." The guard's ears twitch, "That's bad enough. We don't need all of this nonsense again..." he whispers with a hint of worry in his voice. The wolf turns and jumps off the rock. "Where are you going, sir" the guard shouts back. The wolf turns around, "To the city to warn the Elite about his return; don't worry I'll be prepared for any attacks on my way." He rushes through the village, quickly entering the Evergreen Forest. The guard sighs in return and starts to round up his troops.

***

      The cold wind brushes up against the wolf's fur as they run through the forest. He halts at an unusual dead end. There was a stone wall that was covered by numerous amounts of green moss and mushrooms. It seemed to be built in with an odd paw print symbol carved into it.
       The wolf places a paw on the wall's symbol and chanting something quite odd.
The wall clicks and opens upwards allowing him to continue his way through. The wolf heads towards the exit of the tunnel. He stops for a moment to catch his breath.
      He makes his way to a large three story building that had a horn attached to the door. He then approaches the door, speaking into the horn,

"I'm here with some very important news."

The door opens and the wolf steps on to the cold stone floor. He sighs, looking up an unwanted flight of stairs his way.
      He finally makes it to a dark room with a series of candles that seemed to be the only source of light.
      The small wolf then glances up to see four other wolves sitting there quietly, awaiting in the darkness around a black coated oval table. Finally one speaks up,

      "What is the news, Ti?" the first wolf asks from their spot.

      Ti squints his eyes through the darkness, trying to make out the figure, "Shadoweye is back" He replies quickly.
      The wolf says nothing in reply then backs away, growling.

      "That's impossible! The Moonlight king's brother; the one he banished and sealed away?! How?"

      "T-there was a report from an Moonlight Kingdom guard. He was patroling the path near the Broken Core, a rather unsettling path. When he turned his head, an odd colored animal had raced past him. It was hard to identify them." Ti quickly answers back, eyeing the room and the other wolves. Then the second wolf speaks up,

      "Who sent you here, young apprentice?" The second one asks, gazing up at him.

      "Arkoh" Ti replies back.

      The third wolf looks behind themselves for a minute then turns to face Ti.

      "Do you know anything else?" The wolf third asks.

      Ti looks up, "The Moonlight King's heir was found. Whale Island I believe" He says. The third wolf smiles, "So, the prophecy might come true after all. If there is corporation that is"
     
      There is still quietness in the room for a few seconds. Ti had grown uneasy in those seconds. He wondered if his mission was a trick after all. Arkoh had not said a word about the Elite being so odd and suspicious.
The final wolf breaks the silence, gazing up at him. The wolf's green eyes glow through the darkness in admiration.

      "Ti, thank you for delivering  us that information and you should get back to your mentor. He might be ripping his fur out in worry" The wolf with green eyes chuckles.

      Ti glances back at the other wolves and they nod in approval. He bows and quickly leaves.

***

      Ti stops at the den where his mentor was waiting for him. He enters the den, searching for his mentor. He then spots the head of a rather larger dark gray wolf, peeking out from behind a table.

      Ti knew he was awaiting his arrival and the news he had brought with him. He takes notice of the den. It was a little...messy. Books were stacked on each other, paper was scattered everywhere, and scrolls were open and laying on the ground. Ti was terrified by the sight. What had his mentor done, lose his mind?!

      "Did you do it? Was it a success. That information was a critical you know. From that messenger..." The larger wolf asks, tilting his head.

      "Yes I did, I was wonderful, Arkoh!" Ti yips happily.

      Arkoh walks to his miniature wooden bookshelf. He turns his head sideways, grabbing an odd looking book from one of the shelves in his mouth. He heads back, dropping the book and opening it with his paw. Arkoh quietly stares at the first page. The prophecy he thought what does it mean? Ti looks at his mentor, "You didn't know about that heir that was born...not too long ago? A few years ago" He questions. Arkoh glances up at his apprentice, "Why would I forget that? Whale Island is his current location. I have to send them to him." He replies back, lifting a paw to his head.
       "Well that is what the prophecy is all about...I think. Are you sure he won't pick a fight or anything?" Ti questions, eyeing the open book that lay in front of them. Arkoh turns his head towards the book, reading the prophecy for the hundredth time.
      "We can only hope for the better. If things don't turn out well then..." Arkoh responds then shuts the book with a quick swipe of his paw. He couldn't get his head wrapped around the written prophecy. Was the Moonlight King's heir the key of victory or the one to aid them?