*** few hours earlier ***
The meeting of the council of the Lycanthropes. Seated at a round table within stone carved walls were eight elders of the council, they each wore a black cloak with a hood over their faces concealing it.
A chair at the head of the table sat empty.
Few moments later, a door opened behind the walls and a figure dressed in a red fur cloak walked in, the figure sat on the empty chair at the head of the table, then after a brief silence...
"Let's get this over with shall we?" The figure in the red fur cloak spoke, it was mrs adolpha, she took off her hood and the rest of the members did. "The revered ancient lycan order council has decided that the only way to be prepared against the prophesied darkness is to match a unique pair of strength. The pair will harness each other's strength, make serious sacrifices, work together and defeat the darkness whenever it arises. The gods left out the details as usual but we will figure it out as time goes on. The pair is the lycan order's only chance of stopping this impending doom and determine if the lycanthrope makes it through to the next century. If they fail, we are all doomed." She paused for awhile to allow the words settle down in their minds "The pair chosen by the great lycan god, Nebuchadnezzar the third is, valerie zella and Lupus fenrir." The council mumbled.
"Valerie zella? As in your ward?" A council member asked in disbelief.
"What about my ward is shocking to you Gretzinger?" Mrs Adolpha asked the council member with a look of disdain on her face.
"Forgive me but you said the gods chose a pair of strength. Valerie zella isn't a pup to be associated with the term strength! The pup hasn't even transformed yet, how do we know it's one of us, how can it be tasked with such a huge and vital responsibility?"
"You dare question the order of the gods?" Mrs Adolpha asked with a stern tone, her grey-blue flaming eyes widened.
"I'm not questioning their decision, i'm only concerned for our order, as is my duty." Gretzinger retorted.
"Well, i doubted their choices too but as we all know and have witnessed, the gods have never been wrong. Not once, not ever. Refer to my ward as 'it' again and the last full moon will be the last you ever saw!" She warned sternly.
"Pardon me" the council member apologized.
"Good! Mr Jacob Fenrir Ragnolf get your son ready for school. I'll see to the paper works, they should be acquitted before the next full moon."
"Yes Mrs Adolpha Balwinder." Mr Jacob nodded.
"Prepare your packs for the what's to come, i only saw a glimpse as i was allowed to and it terrified me. If we are not fully prepared, the next eclipse may be the last we'll ever witness" she announced to the entire council.
The meeting ended afterwards and everyone left.
Mr Jacob arrived at his mansion after the meeting and headed straight for his son's wing. He knocked on the door and walked in after waiting without getting a response, his son was not in his room and the windows were wide open.
He scoffed knowing where the boy would be. Lupus is renown for two things, throwing wild parties and creating horror in distant neighbourhoods.
Jacob transformed into his werewolf form, took a long sniff in the air, after catching his son's scent, he leapt out through the window and made for the path through the woods.
He ran fast through the trees, he could see his son through his mind's eye, he howled loudly.
The Ragnolfs are well known for their super speed, great eye sight and strength, being one of the first lycan order, they've lived around for centuries and belong to the council.
He made it just in time to shove lupus out of the highway where he laid in wait for an incoming truck to scare the lights out of the driver, causing havoc was his thing, next to hanging around girls, 'handsome rich playboy' was his identity in the whole city.
They rolled down the steep path and landed in the river at the bottom. Jacob growled at his son then changed back to his human form, lupus did the same.
"Am i grounded?" He asked in an unrepented tone.
"I'm sending you off to the FIMCI. Get your stuff ready we leave in two days." He replied in a cold deep tone.
"What? What have i done that warrants such a punishment? FIMCI is all the way at the other end of the world, it's cold, wet and they have sirens ugh!" He shivered in disgust. "Are you sending me that far over a silly offense?"
"Son i am not punishing you, the lycan gods have made their decision. You've been paired with Valerie Zella"
Lupus almost fainted from shock "what?! And i thought sending me off to FIMCI was such a worse punishment. Valerie Zella? 'The' valerie zella? The weakest pup in the history of lycanthrope? She's not even a confirmed lycaonia yet, she's called an abomination... How would i look being her mate? Really dad? Really? That's a sleek way of being a disciplinarian. Seriously?! So what,the gods made a decision, what did the supreme council do to change their minds, what did YOU do to change their minds? Isn't council debating a thing anymore?"
"She's your destined mate. The faster you make an imprint the better. It is your destiny" Jacob said in a final note.
"Thanks dad for dooming your son to a destiny that sucks!" He changed into his werewolf form, growled loudly and ran off into the woods.
Jacob sighed, he understood how difficult this would be for Lupus, for everyone.
Valzella was born on a blue moon night, she had to be brought out of the womb with bare hands cause she couldn't come out like every other pup, she was brought to the council after two full moons to be initiated into the order as was the tradition of the lycanthrope, to the shock of everyone, she did not transform into a werewolf under the full moon.
This baffled the council, they made a decision to eliminate her but her parents insisted the gods be consulted and allowed to decide, when they did, they asked for the initiation process to take place and the pup be welcomed into the order like every other werewolf.
The gods named her Valerie Zella cause of the intensity of the strength they saw in her.
Few moons later her parents died in a wild mysterious fire and Mrs Adolpha took her in as her ward.
A lot of things was wrong with Valerie Zella, she had poor eyesight, slow metabolism and growth, weak bones and teeth, she had to wear braces and couldn't walk till she was twelve years of age.
The whole order knew her as the weakest link in the order, her delayed transformation made it all worse.