Rejected!!

ZENO

^^^^ image of Zeno

        It was now three months after Jax left and the loneliness was taking it toll already. I miss the days he would shout at me to get up for training, as odd as it sound and all the drills we would do after I leave the pack house and come home to my little run down shack, but it was home. The nightly runs we would do together in both wolf and human form and then ly down under the night sky and enjoy nature as he would tell me story upon story about his childhood and the many lands he had seen growing up.

      Taking a breath of fresh air I walk out my shack to go to the pond to freshen up for the day, loving how the stars and moon light up the sky and my pathway to the pond. On my little journry to the pond I notice a dark figure that has been shadowing me for a good while now out of the corner of my eyes, but never once approach. Ignoring the thing I continue walking. Within two minutes I reaching the pond. I take off my clothes and toss it on a rock and jump into the body of cold water. Loving the feeling of the water as it wash my night and loneliness away, I swim around and enjoy my self the best way I can.

      Taking my shoulder length hair out of my golden brown eyes I ask Ares if he want to come out and swim. As always the lively little thing answer," sure why not" as he wag his tail. Checking my surrounding to see and hear if anyone was near by, after a few seconds of nothing I shift and watch in the back of Ares mind as he jump around, catching a few fish now and again then let them back go, he was my light though all of this darkness, as I was his. After a few minutes of Ares being Ares he shift back and give me control to now take my bath. After my bath I decided to float on the water top and enjoy nature. Closing my eyes and relaxing completely as my sun kiss naked body soak up the cool early morning breeze.

      As I relax completely I smell a sweet scented perfume out of nowhere." What the hell, open your eyes Fross" Ares shout in my head a few minute after, my eyes flew open only for it to leave my socket at what was standing on the water looking at me. Before I could do anything I feel a burning sensation in my chest, look down slowly I see a katana embedded right where my heart is, " what the" was the last thing that leave my mouth as I sink into darkness.

     Sinking deeper and deeper into the darkness, a wave of heart breaking, unknown memories and familiar emotion hit me. Opening my eyes slowly I come to see I was standing in an ethereal milky glow foggy forest, and the air was so thick with sadness, betrayal, hurt and one thing I'm very familiar with loneliness. Walking though the fog bumping in a few trees and spirits now and again I call out to Ares, " Ares are you there", " yes Fross, what is this place, where are we, are we dead?" He reply, " dead" just then the event from earlier play over in my head, " hmm I don't think so, I don't feel dead, do you?", " how the hell should I know what being dead feel like, I'm from the spirit realm" he reply in a sassy tone, laughing my head off at his irritated face he growled at me, " easy their tiger, no need to get your fur in a twist, I'm just as clueless as you are" I reply as he huff in the back of my mind.

          After a few second of observing the area, Ares asked " what's that over there" pointing at a tress in my consciousness where a dark figure was sitting. Looking closely at the thing I realize it was the creature and then the memory of him, who's I now know was named Zeno had been disowned, almost got killed more times than I can count, banish, lonely, sleeping in the dark surrounded by coldness, getting stoned and all other forms of physical and mental abused, and then surrendering to the darkness inside him and allow a demon and other deadly but lonely wondering spirits to merge with him, and other form of darkness, it was like he was me in a different form with more suffering and pain. "Did you see that" I ask Ares as he coil into him self before saying a quite, " yes".

         Subconsciously I walk to the creature and did what Jax did to me. I hug him as to say I know what you have been though as I share my memory with him. The air around us now feel lighter as the thing hugs me back then said inside my head, " I know, that's why I link my self to you, only who know what I have been though and experience it is right to be my master" his voice sound rustic and like there was a 100 different people with scary voice talking inside my head. Ignoring every other thing and how I'm so calm with someone who just put a sword though my chest, me and Ares said at the same time as he hugs us closer " master".  "Yes master , sorry how I did the ritual though it was that way or you would have run", damn right I would I think to myself  " ritual.............." I taught to myself," you pushing that thing through my heart" I reply " yes that thing was my soul, it's now a part of you to do as you wish, if you accept me" he said " Are we dead" Ares asked " no your heart only stop for 30 second" he reply calmly as Ares look at him as if he's an alien.

     "We were dead for thirty second, do you hear that Fross?" he asked in disbelief, ignoring and blanking him out as he materialize and continue to rant on. I asked Zeno to be my friend instead of me bringing his master, which he agreed to instantly, as we did a little ritual where I accept him and every other thing he merge with. It was the most painful and intense thing I have ever been though as I also get full control of what their power were; however I pass out right after as a dark cocoon with dark smoke envelope me. In that state I fought with some of the spirit who didn't summit and wanted to take control of my body, buggers where tough but I conquer them and let them know who exactly is Jacob Almeriz Fross, as they give me their power, their hopes and dreams, their pain and their respect before finally leaving this world.

".....oss........Fross ....... JACOB" Ares shout in my head as shot up from the rock gasping for air. "You're back buddy" Ares said as he wag his tail happily after just giving me a migraine. " What happen" I asked. " Well after you pass out I had to take over your body so we didn't drown, then I beat Zeno ass for almost killing us and then smack him around when you weren't coming to, all in all I was worried and you were pass out for a full day". Ares said as Zeno nod a good distance away in my consciousness. Laughing I said "well I'm back and no more smacking Zeno around he's with us now". As I slipped back into the water and wash up.

    Getting out the water I went to sit back on the rock and run my fingers over my chest still amaze that their wasn't a scare, letting out a laugh as everything final sink in, I said to myself " I'm not alone any more I wasn't the only one, someone has experience the same pain and loneliness as me, someone was drowning in the same sea of darkness just as me, with a heart made of stone" as tears now run down my face I let out the pent up grieve for the all of us.

It has been five month since then and I learn more about Zeno and his dark side, that send shiver down my spine since, as well as the power and forms of the others. We are now merged completely and Zeno was now like Ares only not a wolf but a demon we look insanely crazy merged together in wolf form.

     It was now the day of the alpha birthday and everyone was either trading for clothes or gifts. Since I was here alone I decided to let Ares and Zeno out an ability I acquired from one of the spirit as well as agility to help me scrub the wax from the candle off the walls, clean other part of the house, and then put up the decorations for the party later. Just as we were finish and back together I exit the pack house with some food through the back door as always, but just as we were about to leaving the house a sweet citrus and pine scent evaded my nose, choosing to ignore it I leave the pack house and run to the shack to enjoy the rest of my night, but who would have though this night would change my life forever .