Zane banged the door of Laurel's room, shut and walked back towards his own room.Natalie was wandering in the corridor and tapping her feet in a rythmic fashion. "Hey!",she said, as soon as her eyes located him. "Hi",he replied, disheartily"Looks like someone has been having a bad morning""Yeah you could say that""What happened?",asked Natalie"Nothing much", replied Zane , looking here and there."It's full moon tonight",said Natalie"What?! I - I almost forgot!""Yeah I know, so, are you planning on telling anyone?" "Telling anyone what?""That....that we are werewolves""I don't know""Come on Zane! After everything we've been through together, atleast our friends deserve to know the truth!""I...I just don't know if I can trust them!""Fine! Then trust me!",said Natalie,"Because I trust them!"Zane sighed but said nothing. "Okay, if you excuse me please"Zane walked away from her.Natalie looked after Zane with concern-filled eyes."Where are you going?",she asked"To clea
All the kids had lunch in silence. No one said anything about the disappearance of Derek. Queen Kendra was silent too. She would just smile at whoever would look at her. After the lunch, Scarlett pulled Zane aside and asked him to do something. Zane knocked at the door, and Queen Kendra opened it. He was accompanied by six guards. "What is it, my dear?",asked Queen Kendra"I just want to talk to you about something",said Zane, "But your guards insisted on coming with me"Queen Kendra gestured at the guards to wait outside and she invited Zane inside. "Tell me, what's bothering you?",she asked"Ummm....so, you see, my friend is missing and I can't find my friend anywhere. I thought you might know where my friend is""And what makes you think I know where he is?",she asked"Because I didn't say if it was a 'he' or a 'she' ,yet you know who I'm talking about",said Zane smiling. Queen Kendra laughed "Oh dear......I have no idea what you're talking about. I thought you mentioned it wh
"Wait.....did you just say Forest of Deception?",asked Zane"Yeah", replied the woman"But.....in our realm....I mean from where we all come from, Earth. This forest of deception is there too!""Yes, it's everywhere. This....this forest has a long history of death, deception. And......a part of this forest is in every realm. You must be aware that there are 7 realms. Technically there were 8 realms Earth, Helmfirth, Erstonia, Ebraxas, Craburn, Icosall, Byrandan, Pamlivam but, Ebraxas was........ destroyed so now, there are only 7 realms""Wait, you know about Byrandan?",asked Zane curiously"Well yes.......",said the woman. "The kings and queens of every realm have a treaty. The realms have a treaty never to wage war against each other. Queen Isabella always hated the treaty, she's the queen from Erstonia and she hates Queen Kendra. She's always wanted to attack Helmfirth but.....you know, the treaty kept her from doing it""And now?", asked Natalie. "Well, you see..... Pamlivam was
Zane followed Natalie. He called out her names a couple of times but, she didn't stop. She went right inside her room and closed the door. "Natalie! Natalie! Please come out. I need to talk to you!", shouted Zane, banging on the door."Zane! Not now!", Natalie shouted. "Either you open this door right now! Or I break it!",he retortedNatalie opened it. Her eyes were red and so was her nose. "What do you want Zane?",she asked"To talk""About?""About what just happened out there. I'm not planning on going out there alone! I- I'll take help, maybe we can ask queen Kendra, she's the queen of this realm. She'll know something and then we can go ahead! And about your parents, they might still be alive Natalie don't lose hope""I saw them die",said Natalie,in a low voice. "My brother killed them""What?!",shouted Zane. "I- I thought they died in the Salvern Fire!""No....my brother did it before the fire started",said Natalie"I- I'm so sorry....I didn't know that", whispered Zane"I...
"Will you just calm down?",said Natalie in a low voice. "You were the one who asked me to tie you up in the first place""Good, now I'm asking you to let me go", shouted Zane."I'm sorry, I can't.... you'll only hurt yourself or others""Don't do this Natalie. Please.....please just....just let me go!",said Zane, now crying."The manipulation won't work Zane. All tbe werewolves are blood hungry on the night of full moon. You are, too. Once I let you go, you're only going to hurt someone",said Natalie"No! No! I won't! I promise! Okay? You let me go and I won't hurt anyone!",pleaded Zane"You don't know what you're talking about", said Natalie. "Only a couple of hours more and you'll return back to normal""This is normal!",roared ZaneNatalie didn't reply, she just sat there looking out of the window and occasionally humming songs.Zane resisted a lot. Natalie didn't pay attention to him. She knew that Zane was under the influence of the full moon. He wasn't himself and it would be un
"I miss Alice.....I feel like she shouldn't have left....we shouldn't have let her""It was her choice",said Zane. "We wouldn't have been able to convince her to come if she really didn't want to""That's right....she was one of the strongest among us........ Now stop avoiding the topic and answer my question , what are you going to do?",asked Natalie"I... I'm going to find my people!", replied Zane. They were sitting near the river in Helmfirth. The scenery was beautiful but, Natalie was more interested in knowing what Zane was about to do."I'm gonna find our people",Zane promised. "But that's not what I want", replied Natalie"Then what?""I.....I want you to be safe Zane. I know and you know it too that it's extremely dangerous, going into the forest of deception!""It's a risk I have to take""Why are you so intent on finding them?!""Because my mother might still be alive!",muttered Zane. "When, my planet was being overrun by vampires. Some werewolves escaped into the forest
"And that's it",Zane said,after explaining everything. He had told them all about his home planet. How his father died, how he came to earth, how he and Natalie hid their secrets and how they would sneak out of the orphanage every month on the night of the full moon, how he found out he was an alpha, what he needed the rope for and how he needed to go find a way to his kingdom or wherever his people are."You kept a secret that big, from us?!",shouted Laurel. "Okay but that explains the name.... Zane Alaric? I knew your name sounded like a prince""Man that's so cool",said Bennett"I knew it!",shouted Emily happily"You shouldn't have kept that from us though Zane",said Helen"But, these 7 kingdoms....they are very large, how will you know where your people are? You can't search the entire kingdoms one by one, can you?",asked Scarlett"I know, but, wherever my people might have landed, they will still be inside the forest of that kingdom, because every kingdom will be hunting down wer
Laurel opened the book and there were big pictures of kingdoms and smiling sun and happy trees and there were five to six sentences in one page."It's a children's book",said Laurel to herself and she read the first chapter out loud.Once upon a time, there was a kingdom. The kingdom of Elysium. It was like heaven on Earth. All the creatures, from goblins, to werewolves to vampires to fairies and dragons and humans, and all other beings lived there. The most beautiful kingdom. The king of Elysium, had four daughters and four sons. The king was also in possession of an item 'The sword of Bane'. That sword was the only item keeping the kingdom together, because it was said to have the greatest power and anyone wielding it, was said to possess great power and every kingdom would follow the ruler in possession of the sword. Because only the worthy can find it. But the king soon lost the sword and there was chaos in his kingdom. The children of the king did not like each other and that was