Crucial Desires

--2005--

All of them were there. I couldn’t know, realise, or had any recollection of why everyone was here. All I knew was, that there was a woman in a red and black gown, and she had one of her hands on a boy’s shoulder who was standing right in front of her.

My pack, the Moonshade Pack, was here. I could see fairies, witches, all the creatures that ever existed in our world.

My Mom picked me up and held me in her arms. I was only 5 back then.

“Mommy, this hurts,” I say while I show her the wound on my arm. She smiled weakly, shushed me and paid attention towards the others.

Finally, I see my father and an older man signing a piece of paper. The paper was given by an old lady, who was accompanied by one younger lady and the other in between young and old.

“Mommy, what is happening here?” I ask my mother. She looked down at me, smiled once again, and finally spoke.

“It’s for your protection, little one. Don’t you worry. Daddy, Mommy and your pack will always protect you. No matter what. I promise, okay?”

I nodded as she tilted my head so that I could see my clan behind us and not where my Dad was.

The treaty is concluded. I hear the voice of a woman.

“Any clan that breaks this treaty shall be given penalties, fatal or a lifetime imprisonment in the ‘Galaxy’.”

“Any clan who tries to mislead the other, or cause harm to the other one, shall receive the deadliest sentence.”

“Any clan who decided to break the treaty, and enter the other one’s boundaries, shall be executed on the spot.”

“Hailey?” I hear my Mom calling me. I face her as I see a teardrop forming in one of her eyes.

“What’s wrong, Mommy? Why are you sad?”

“I’m not sad, Hailey.” She takes a pause and tries to calm herself. Finally, she set me down slowly and guides me into the circle where my Dad and the older man were standing.

“I need you to stay strong for me, okay sweety?” She says as I watch that little boy and the lady with him, walking towards us.

“Promise me you’ll stay strong, Hailey?” My Mom asks again.

“I promise, mommy. But where are we going?”

We reach the others and now that it was clear to me, they were standing inside a circle which had something written on it at the corners. I was a child, so I couldn’t really understand what it said.

My Dad and my Mom walked out of the circle..leaving me and the boy with Red Eyes.

“Hey there, sweet creatures.” We both stare at each other, then we look up. It was one of the three woman who passed the piece of paper to Daddy.

“I need you both to face each other and hold hands.”

I watch the boy and see something which was a bit weird. He had a deep cut across his cheek. All I could think about was how he got this injury, but when I looked into his eyes, I was scared to my bitter core.

They were deep red.

“Please, children. Do what we say.”

At first, we were hesitant because I couldn’t realise who this boy was. And as far as I know, we werewolves aren’t allowed to make contact with those whom we don’t know.

One single touch could be fatal.