The Life Before Now

Painful Memories

I had a life, before this one, many, many years - well, more than just years, decades even.
This life, was quite amazing, unlike a life anyone could ever dream of, this life, would be something you could call a fantasy - difficult to believe unless you've experienced it for yourself..
In this life, I once had, it was a difficult beginning and an even harder end..

Where do we begin?
I'll start with what I can remember first..
I wasn't born on earth, nor was I born human. I was born as a human like creature, only, I had mainly wolf features, I stood like a human, but the rest of me was presented as wolf.
I had midnight black fur, with a slight blue tint when in the sunlight and a scar going across my right eye. I had an intreresting childhood, my mother, she was the world to me, she was caring and the best mother anyone could ever ask for.. Although, my mother had a dark past.. She was once a soldier for an evil being they called the Wizard (original right) This being, was pure evil.. He had a nack for controlling people's minds and forcing them to be his soldiers - he called them his toy soldiers.

My mother was one of them, in her younger years, my father was also forced to be a toy soldier.. One faithful day happened, my father was able to break free from this control the wizard had on him and in doing so, he also freed my mother. They managed to escape the wizard's grip he had on them and they escaped, they ran as far as they could, away from all of it, they were finally free..
Years go by, they fall in love, they have children, two sons, myself (Zerith) and Raiku
Spending majority of my childhood in hiding, in fear of being found by this evil entity..
My mother always told me that, there was something special about me, something that the wizard was worried about, he feared the power I had, I was capable of destroying him, putting an end to his evil ways once and for all.. But, I was only young, I had no idea as to what she was on about.. I regret not listening to her.. Everytime she tried to tell me something about my powers, I thought she was joking..

Jumping ahead, I was about 10 years old.. My father was murdered by one of the toy soldiers that happened to find him.. My mother was, destroyed, she didn't know if she was able to move forward from this painful event..
I was too young to understand what happened, all I remember is that, my father was killed by something evil, something we needed to keep an eye out for.. We needed to protect each other.. 
We had to change locations, so the wizard would be unable to find us.. We hid deep in the forest, in a little cottage, nice place. The village nearby had lots of friendly beings, they made us feel welcome, they had markets every day, filled with fresh fruit and vegetables.

This is where, I met her.. Raiku and myself were wandering about, looking for some good fruit to collect for mother, in the middle of searching for the best, I meet someone, someone very much like myself, only, her fur was pure white and shone brightly in the sunlight. Our eyes meet, she gives me a friendly smile, heading over towards me, she introduced herself, Luna, what a sweet name. We start conversating, I swear I could speak with her for hours and not once get bored or tired.. Unfortunately, I had to go back home and help prepare dinner.. I was unaware that, I would never be able to see her again after this first and only encounter..
Things start to become a bit more difficult at this stage of my life.. My mother disappears, without a single sign of where she might have gone.. I had a feeling she was.. Reverting back to her toy soldier self.. I was worried.. She leaves myself and my younger brother all alone.. To fend for ourselves..

Years fly by.. Still no sight of.. My mother.. The local healer took us in, protected us as much as she could, Raiku was growing fast, as was I.. He became more curious as he grew older, studying everything about potions and healing and all that light, nice stuff.
Me, I was a crafty wolf, always creating new weapons and teaching myself to hunt and blend with my surroundings, just in case something would happen.
The healer spoke with me about the "powers" I had, I didn't know if I should believe her or not, my mother always spoke about my abilities, I just, never really thought about it, until she disappears..
I needed to get away for a while, take some time for myself.. I go further into the woods, hoping to make some sense out of all of this incoming information.. I was, confused.. Scared even.. I didn't know what to do..