The Tale Of The Shifters

prologue

Prologue
Place: alleyway behind the Marion hotel, long island, New York
Time:12:24 P.M
Date: December 4th, y2001
Pov: Seth
I groan as my stomach clenchs once again for it seems like the 24th time tonight, I shiver as I wrap my thin blanket tighter around my small and under fed body. A soft whimper draws my attention to the one thing that keeps me going, as I pull my little sister, Ashley closer to keep her warm.

I bet your wondering who I am, what am I doing here, and were are our parents right? Well I guess you could say we
A loud BANG rang through the alleyway as a young woman suddenly fell into the dumpster we were hiding behind, I suddenly sneezed and the woman called out in a shaky voice "w - whose there?" My vision started going black from the cold. I weakly called out "H - help me." The woman looked around the dumpster and for a split second I thought that she looked like my mom. She gasped as she pulled the dumpster out and to the other side of the alley, she looked around and when she didn't see anyone around she stooped down and picked me up and held me and my sister close to her body trying to keep us warm, as my vision went black I thought I heard her say "stay with me kids, we're almost home."

Kat's POV

I set the older one down as I fumbled for my keys, as I was fumbling for my keys my roommate, a cute 19 year old girl named Alice Forster. Opened the topmost window and looked down at the three of us, I heard her gasp and her say "kat bring them in and I'll get them something to eat, the poor kids must be starving!" The oldest one yawned and just nodded the little girl, Ashley I think her name was, started whimpering and thrashing around in my arms and calling for someone named "vince". The boy, seth groaned and tried to crawl to us but cried out in pain and passed out.

Alice ran in the room carrying what looked like a broom and said. "What happe-" she stopped when she saw Seth's limp form. She immediately run to his side and checked his vitals, all the while calling my husband, who is a docter at St. Francis Hospital. She ended the call and went back to his side and cradled his head in her lap and stroked his messy, black hair and whispered soothing words to him, like: "It's ok, help will be here soon." And "come on, stay with us, you can't leave your sister, can you?"

As this was going on the little girl, Ashley was waking up and trying to get to her brother, but I held her back, as she she was struggling, her elbow hit my eye. I winced, but I kept holding her, she stopped struggling and fell asleep. I sighed and laid her down on the couch with her head on my lap and pulled a blanket over her small frame, I was so focused on her that I didn't notice the door open and close, I felt a hand on my shoulder and me not expecting the contact, jumped slightly and unknowingly pulled her closer. I heard my husband say softly "what happened to them?" I shook my head and whispered "I don't know, I found them in an ally behind a dumpster." He nodded and went over to the boy and examined his wounds, after a couple of minutes he turned to me and when I saw his face, I knew he went into what I like to call his docter zone and said "Kat, get some wet rags and the first aid kit in the bathroom, Alice go get some towels and help me get him on the table, this is going to de a long night."

A couple of hours and a couple blood transfusions later

Cold, that's all I could feel was cold. Is this what death was like? Cold and lifeless? My subconscious argued that if I was dead, how could I feel cold? My subconscious mind was right, I wasn't dead, I was just unconscious. Then my senses started coming back. First was my sense of smell, the smell of faint antiseptic and roses assaulted my nose. Next was my hearing, the sound of kat and an unknown man voices where whispering, so I could only hear snippets of there conversation, like for instance: "You called at just the right time, if you waited a minute more he would have been dead from-" "Well I wouldn't have called if it wasn't an emergency. Vince, he looked like Saul and I thought that-" "I know kat God I know, I miss him to-" stuff like that.

Next was my sense of vision and touch, the feel of a soft bed and good, clean clothes the must have put me in the bedroom. Everything was blurred as my vision slowly returned, as everything came into focus my vision was greeted by the sight of a medium-sized room and bed, as well as the sight of Kat and the unknown man, Vince his name was Vince were standing in the doorway talking in hushed tones. They stopped as they noticed my waking up, Kat's voice rang in my ears "She's alright if your wondering, your sister I mean she just had some minor injuries and a mild concussion. YOU on the other hand, well I'll let Vince tell you."

The man whose name I guess is Vince, walked to the side of my bed and grabbed a clipboard. And started talking "Well young man, you gave us quite a scare, you almost passed three times during the operation, you are in the guest room of my girlfriend and her roommate's apartment. You have three broken ribs, your left arm is shattered, as well as a major case of malnutrition and a cracked spine. Your right arm had to be amputated because of the frostbite. We also had to amputate your legs, I'm sorry to say that your legs will never be the same again."

As he was talking, I heard a faint clicking and whirring noise, they must have replaced them with robotic limbs. I was a little worried about what he said about my legs. that my legs would never be the same

Your sister has a minor case of amnesia and a couple of bruises, would you like to see her?"

I took a deep breath and said in a horse voice "yes, will you help me stand?"

Vince nodded and gently pulled the white sheet that was covering my body, I looked down and almost threw up what little food was in my stomach, my right arm was missing in its place was a black cylinder that looked just like my arm, minus the faint blue lights that ran up and down the sides of his arm, of course. I tried to flex my hand and almost immediately the hand moved into a fist. I tried to sit up, but a thin, slender hand gently pushed me back down. Then I heard a voice I never thought I would hear again, "well mr Kronos, it's time for your treatment." I gave a weak smile and whispered "doc, it's nice to hear your voice after all this ti-" "hush now, you need your rest." She whispered softly as she interrupts me.

As I slowly fell into the realm of sleep I felt the strange presence in my head that I have felt only twice in my sixteen years, the presence has never spoken in ever knew it could. So I was surprised when a soft, velvety voice rang in my head "she is right, your mother I mean, her last words WERE live your life to the fullest and take care of your sister, keep her safe and when you ever need someone to talk to, hold the necklace I gave you and whisper these words 'gaurdian of the Kronos family and friend of the order of the wolf, I summon thee.' I love you, my son and remember that the darkness in your heart is just an absence of light and love."

Hey everyone welcome to "Tale of The Shifters" just a reminder that any characters or events in my story are all my own and if anything seems to sound similar to another story, movie or comics are completely by coincidence and in advance I'm sorry if there are spelling or grammar errors, this is my first story after all.

And in case your wondering, all the characters and events are based off of real people and events. A big shout-out to Elfrin7 and DHGKablamstar for there help and support, if they didn't help me with all the editing and ideas, this story would have still been floating around in my computers hard drive. So from the bottom of my heart, I thank you and if your interested, check out there story's Endless Destruction and A Reminder of our sins there good story's and they have some of the best ideas and writing styles I've seen in awhile.

I'll try to update as much as I can and since it's Christmas break, I'll try to update at least one or two chapters per week, if you have any suggestions for characters, pairings, or events that you want to see, send me an email and I'll try to add them into the story. have a great Christmas break and have a blessed life, drink some coffee, and as always, I'll see YOU in the next update, BYE!!!