The Oath

Chapter 1: Where it all Began

Chapter 1: Where it all Began

Praxton:

I found out that I was a werewolf when I was ten. In my family, it’s like having “the talk”- you know, the bird and the bees. My parents set me down and explained everything: You’re going to turn into a wolf at midnight on your sixteenth birthday. It’s going to hurt, a lot. You’ll probably be afraid, but in the end, you’ll love it. We are faster, more aware, can see in almost any setting or time of day, you never get cold, you’re naturally in shape, and werewolves are always good looking. To top it off, I’ll belong to a huge and loving pack, and there will be one person for me that I will love forever: my mate.

                I must say, it was pro after pro. And besides the pain of the first “shift”, I couldn’t find a single con to the situation. I’m going to be hot and in shape naturally- it’s a guarantee. That takes a lot of worrying off of a guy as he goes through puberty, I must say. At ten, I really wasn’t too worried about the whole mate thing. But, as I got older, I realized that I was actually really excited to have a mate. She was another guarantee in my life and someone that I could look forward to. Because I knew that she would be in my life, I decided to save myself for her.

                That’s how I ended up being 15, “amazingly hot”- to quote the girls in my class-, and never having had a girlfriend. Not that I’ve never been asked because, trust me, I have. But I decided that girlfriends were counterproductive until I met my mate. So here I am, the night before my sixteenth birthday at 10:57 p.m. I am stoked for my first shift. After this hour (and three minutes, to be exact), I will officially be a full werewolf and be able to find my mate.

                Everyone is here for this. The whole pack, even the alpha. Apparently this is a huge deal for everyone in the pack. It is most important for all of the females though. The first instinct in any femwolf is to find her mate and start a family, most weres have their first child by the time they are eighteen. When a male shifts, all the unmated female shifters are required to be there, as well as the unchanged girls in hopes of the male finding his mate.

                At 11:59, everyone is gathered in my backyard in a large circle around me as I wear only a pair of denim shorts. As the grandfather clock in the hall starts to strike 12 midnight, I feel the first bone break, my arm. The left one to be exact and it is excruciating, but I don’t scream or even flinch. How I react during this shift will set my level of dominance within the pack. I am hoping to be high in the ranks, so I hide my entire reaction. As bone after painful bone breaks, I stand there looking around the circle to gauge the reaction of the pack. When my eyes land on the alpha- the head of the pack-, I stop. I can see the extreme pride he feels in me as I make no reaction at all to the transformation of my body to accommodate my wolf. These are the reactions of a great warrior, and are extremely rare.

                As the final snap radiates through the air, I can feel my body finally fall to all fours and hair sprout through all of the pores on my body. This is another crucial part of status within the pack- the color of your fur. Alphas are all white, no other markings at all. Betas, the second in command, are all black. Warriors run in a variety of colors and markings. I was hoping for warrior status as it was the highest you could get without being beta or alpha (you have to be born into those positions). My dad is the lead warrior of the pack, but that makes no guarantees for me. As the transformation is finally complete, I look into the eyes of my parents and hear the collective gasp of my pack. I don’t know if this is good or bad…

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So here we are, my first official chapter ever. I am so stoked that its ridiculous. If anyone could just let me know what they're thinking right now, that would be great.

Next chapter will be from Korallynn's perspective and you all will learn about her.

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Devon