My life used to be perfect, I had an amazing older brother, and caring parents, but one day this all changed.
I knew from that moment life would never be the same, and I was right. Every day I have to fight for my survival, every day I have to find shelter for the next, everything is like a game, if I make one wrong move I'm out.
I am being hunted like deer, and all I want to be is free. I live in the wild, live with wild animals and never want it to change now, i finally am me for the first time in my life.
This all started when I was younger, I was playing with my brother, when I showed signes of magic, they called is some sort of evil sorcery, I call it beauty. My parents tried to hide me from our kingdom, my brother hid afraid of me, I had lost everyone that day.
I was no longer allowed to see my friends, no going to school, nothing. My parents locked me up in their home. I could never call it a home, it was torture. When I was old enough, I broke out, and ran. I ran as far as I could, I couldn't bare to live a life where I wasn't welcome, I hated it.
When I eventually stopped running I was far away from that prison, I was deep inside the woods that my parents forbid me to go into, I knee they would never think to find me here. So from that day on I decided this would be my home. As I grew older I moved about the place in here, I heard news of my brother becoming the new king. I heard that my parents had been murdered, I don't know why I was a little bit upset but I was. I don't know why I still cared for them after what they did to me.
Anyway, I do have friends, might not be exactly what you are thinking of, but I do. I can turn into one animal, my spirit animal, and that is a wolf, I spend a lot of my time being one, because when I am I'm wolf form I can talk to other wolves. They are my chosen family, they took me in when I was younger and I swore to protect them. I have done this till this day, I have never let my guard down and they respect me like I respect them.
We are living at the edge of the forest, just near the river, it's the perfect time of year to be here, spring. It's really beautiful, this is my favourite place to stay. I spend most of my time sitting by the river with my toes in the water, exactly like I am doing right now. I need to be careful not to fall in, the current is really strong and dangerous, so if I fall in I have no chance. I watch as the fish swim about leaping out the water and chasing one another. Behind me the cups play fight and the others lye down watching, I am more distant at this time of year, this it the time of year I left my family. My brother would probably be sitting in his throne and demanding something, but if it was me, I would do everything myself, I would never need servants like him.
I feel something cold and wet touch my elbow, I turn around to see Storm, one of my siblings sitting down beside me, so I transform slowly into wolf form so I can talk to her, she is just about the same age as me, we are both sixteen.
"You ok" she looks at me " I know it must be difficult"
I cut in " nothing is difficult, I chose to leave them because they tortured me, they had no feelings for me... Just please, can we talk about something else" I turn around, I hope I didn't hurt her feelings, that is the thing I hate doing the most, she is the closest to me.
" O- ok, well, do you want to go for a run, I need a break from the younger ones, they are getting on my nerve" she smiles a bit and I laugh
" Yes, what have the little monsters been doing" I say standing up "let's race" I look around and see a fallen down tree " to that fallen tree, I bet I'll win"
She just laughs and looks at me "don't be so sure "
I take a deep breath and count " three, two, one, GO!! "
I take off running as fast as I can, she got a slower start but is already catching up, everything passes by me, only a blur, I'm not able to make out the shapes because I'm going so quickly, this was freedom, I love the feeling of the wind wiping through my fur, I didn't care if it got all tangled up, and long as I felt free I was fine. I turn and look beside me, we are neck in neck, I use all the energy I have and manage to create a 1 second gap, hopefully she had no energy left to catch up again, I leap over some logs that have been left lying on the ground before eventually coming to a halt gasping for air at the fallen down tree, I climb up onto in and sit down,
" I.. WON" I try and speak clearly but I am so out of breath I can only say one word at a time
" Next time... I will " she sits down beside me laughing and we just sit there smiling.
She leaves me alone a bit later because I must have been sitting there for at least 5 hours thinking before I came back, the sun had set by then and it was dark, everyone was asleep. I lay down beside them as quietly as possible, if I made to much noise all the younger ones would wake up.
I love this life, I have everything I need, a family, a home and freedom, I never wanted to go back to the prison I used to live in.
I am the first awake, the sun rises over the hill reflecting in the water, it's beautiful. This is the reason I love it here, I slowly slip away from everyone else and transform into human form, I need to be careful not to be seen like this, it's very rare for someone to be living in the wild like this, but is does happen. I would be recognised thought, many people have seen pictures of me when I was younger. I stand by the water's edge and tie my hair up, it's almost past my waist, because there isn't anything sharp enoughto cut it with. I stare at my reflection in the water, my hair is long and black and my eyes are shining emerald green, it's really rare to catch a reflection so rare, the water is almost never still.
I dig a small hole in the ground and a channel leading to it so I could gather some water and clean it. Once the whole is full I gather what I need, I rarely use magic, just because I have the power doesn't mean I always have to use it. Once the water was clean I cup my hands and lift some to my lips, it sends a shiver down my body and I smile, it is so refreshing, I sit there letting the way run out of my hand and smile. I see me, sitting on the ground, where I belong, I look to my right and see my family and smile. They are all so peaceful, I am so lucky I met them, I don't know what I would do without them.
When I go back to them they are making a lot of noise and seem to be making a fuss about something, I transform,
"What is it?? " I say, I am so confused "why all the fuss, are we leaving " I turn around, no one answers. I catch sight of storm and run up to her,
"What's happening, why is everyone in a hurry?? "
She stares at me blankly "I don't know, just be ready I think we will be leaving soon, if I knew more I would tell you"
Why where we leaving so early, we had never done this, what had happened, something isn't right and I can tell, I need to find out what it is.
