(Edited 11 January 2015)

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Elektra

Late in the night I snuck out of home and waltzed around the woods to find the particular spot where I promised to meet the other wild cats. All I want is just that one normal night out with the girls. One normal night of unleashing the claws and killing every bloodsucking beast out there, I miss that kind of normality.

The idea made me jump in excitement and spin around searching for some big cat somewhere.

"Sarah!" I cried out overdramatically engulfing her in a bone crushing hug. She returned the favour until both our spines cracked and we winced in pain. "Okay... I think that's enough hugging."

We let go. "Sorry my overpowering wereleopard strength is a little too much to handle."

I narrowed my eyes on her bright green ones. Her eyes are so bright they look someone drew them with a highlighter. "I'm pretty sure we have the same strength."

"Whatever." She shrugged and her straight light brown fell off her shoulders to rest on her back.

"Just not the same levels of intelligence." I muttered. She punched my arm and I giggled watching the bruise quickly disappeared. "Where's the blonde?" I asked her.

"She'll get offended if you call her that."

"That's why I never say it to her face." I replied in a duh tone.

"And you're the Alpha because?" She questioned sarcastically.

"Believe it or not I'm the mature one in the Pride." I beamed then admired her black knee high boots that she probably uses to crush people's faces with. "Are those new?"

"I've had them for ages."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Positive?" I teased. She let out an annoyed yell and I burst out laughing.

"Seriously when is she getting here I'm sick of you already?" I gave her a hug and she waited no second to hug me back.

I've missed my leopard sister.

Yet regretfully I have not told her about Adrian and I don't plan to anytime soon. I just need to move on from it and then it won't bother me.

"Hello!?" Tilli called out. She's the lioness, she has long blond hair and ocean blue eyes and not to mention lion ears on top of her head that she plays off as a headband or will sometimes just wear a beanie to hide them. All of us have some 'catness' showing on our human form.

Tilli the bookworm blonde is the unlucky one here.

Sarah has cat foot prints rather than normal human footprints and of course I have my shadow.

We are the only ones in the Pride there are only ever four werecat's in the world at once. Whenever one of us dies if we haven't bitten some other girl beforehand, the Greek God of the wild Pan will decide the next werecat. He's the reason why I can easily relate to nymphs and still get invites to their wild parties.

Perhaps is the time to explain why there are only three of us at the moment. Pan chooses which ever girls he pleases from all over the Earth. We have absolutely no idea or any clue as to where this tigress is.

I wonder where her 'catness' shows.

Familiar screaming erupted but it was multiple girls screaming at the same time which I am not used to.

"It's just our guardian witches greeting each other." Sarah explained.

I've never actually seen the witches together now I'm watching them randomly screaming at each other in salutation and I can't help but laugh uncontrollably. They look exactly the same except they all wear their own different colour. Maxina is Sarah's water witch so she has pale skin and wears only blue. Ivy rose is the head witch of their 'coven' so she can do anything, she wears pink...

Who knew pink was a very powerful colour? Think the plastics were bad? Obviously you're just human then.

"Elektra I've met two of the most amazing witches in the world. Look we like totally have the same fashion sense!" Claire squealed in delight. I smiled excitedly for her you know happy she finally has a few friends and all but if I am completely honest.

Wasn't one loony witch enough? There has to be three others out there?

"Stop screaming!" Tilli roared at them to which they all ignored. Why does she think yelling at these witches will solve our problems? They hear only what they want to

I narrowed my eyes on her and narrated. "She screams." I sighed. "If you're going to be in that mood I'm happy hunting alone."

She crossed her arms over opening her mouth ready to reply but nothing came out. Is she trying to talk back to me? Or is she imitating a goldfish?

"Okay..." Sarah said awkwardly.

I looked at Tilli strangely for a minute longer than I shrugged and turned around. "If we're done with whatever this is I say we get some hunting done. The place reeks of those bloodsuckers."

"Really? I just smell... Ewe." She sniffed the air and cringed.

"What?" Tilli asked her.

"Wet dog. I smell wet dogs and a lot of them." She gagged.

We all got down on all fours, bones snapping, fur growing and eye sight sharpening. I stretched up my back and unleashed my dearly missed claws. Our great forms towered over the witches and we paced soundlessly through the trees following the corpse smell.

"Have fun!" The witches yelled at the same time. Then they cackled when we dashed.

~*~*~

"It was good seeing you kitty kat." I panted beaming at Sarah as she shifted back with her clothes already on. A gift we were granted by Aphrodite one of our makers. I fitted myself in all black as usual with a black leather jacket.

"Yeah... Where have you been?" She asked as we began walking in the direction of her home.

"Guy troubles."

"Guy troubles? What guy troubles?"

"My trouble with guys is that I don't have any." I said mockingly frowning.

"Right." She said then just began cleaning out her blood clotted nails. Not her blood of course. I began to do the same but then wiped my bloody palms on my black jeans.

"What's Tilli's problem anyway?" I asked. "She seemed really off tonight."

"As if I know. It can't be PMS because she's a late bloomer."

"Lucky bitch." I muttered. We both froze to see a couple of trees painted in various pinks, oranges and blues.

"I'm not cleaning this up." Sarah stated quickly.

Neither will I. "Talk later."

"Meow for now." We shared our last hug and then we ran off in our separate ways. We got lucky tonight, found a clan of vampires and tore them to shreds. A victory within in itself but I don't want the night end just yet. Going home is not option I mean when I look up for once I can actually see the stars and I take that as I sign that if they're awake I'm certainly going to be running more under their light.

Hoo

I jumped in fright.

"Seriously Athena? You scared the hell out of me." The owl fluffed up her white feather and stared intensely at me with her violet eyes. She's neither the real Athena nor one of her messengers she is my owl. Kind of like one of Athena's gifts since Athena is also one of the goddesses that created us.

We get one that will follow us around and I just named it after her.

"Where have you been?" I asked her crossing my arms over my chest.

Hoo

"You."

Hoo

"You."

Hoo

"We could do this all night Thena."

She blinked.

I sighed then ran up a tree and jumped to branch hanging over a lake reflecting the beautiful night sky. I'm tempted to run my fingers through it but Poseidon's dislike for my kind held me back. I know he only controls the ocean but you can never be too careful. His strong hate comes from Zeus disapproving of our existence. We've never been mentioned throughout ancient Greek history or mythology for we were made without his permission by Athena, Aphrodite, Hephaestus and Pan. Why did they make us?

Perhaps boredom?

Or maybe to protect those humans that their children (demigods) can't protect or even to maybe protect the demigods themselves. There's no particular clue of why we exist but we have an unsettling urge to kill anything that sparks out from Tartarus or is undead. So we result to just hunting vampires and demons but stay well away from the ocean and planes.

HOO!

"What?" I whispered hastily at her. She flapped her wings spastically as if in panic and I climbed off the tree running to her.

Hoo HOO!

"Me no speak hoot!" I stated smugly. "What's wrong is there someone out here?"

Something rushing at the speed of light knocked into me and I face planted into the ground. "Ow..." I groaned pushing myself up. That really hurt as in I think my breasts are sprouting out my back hurt. "That was my face and my chest." I dusted my top off keeping my eyes on the trees. What was that? The smell is something I am not familiar with.

The creature let out a wicked cackle and it made me nervous because I can't tell where it is coming from.

I began to panic a little overthinking of any tragedy and any beast I could be dealing with. Then the image of Adrian popped up in my mind and made my heart beat rapidly.

Please anyone else but him.

I'd much prefer the Minator or that creature from the grudge.

I would rather deal with any other monster that one.

"Thena...?" I saw that she was not perched on the branch anymore. She left me! That chicken left me.

How bad is this monster that even she would abandon me?

"Come out and face me!" I shouted at the shadows whipping my head around trying to be braver than I feel. But I finally caught notice of a split second glint of light and stared dead straight at that part of the darkness. "I know you're there." A ball of black fire glowed showing a woman's green face and electric yellow eyes. She grinned psychotically and let out another evil cold cackle. "Nice warts." I muttered but she heard me and whispered something in a different language.

The flames in her hands disappeared and re lit on my jeans burning right through burning my skin and travelled up to attack my face. I screamed so loudly that I swear I felt the ground shake.

~*~*~

Luke

Tap

Tap

Tap

"What the hell?" I rose up out of bed and look at the door.

Tap

Tap

HOO!

My head snapped to the window and my eyes widened in surprise. Is that an owl? I've never seen one so up close let alone visit my bedroom. I quickly jumped out of bed and pulled open the window even more surprised it didn't fly away. It's just sitting there staring at me with really big purple eyes and pure white feathers are glowing under the moon light.

"What is it little guy?" I reached out to touch it but it snapped its beak at my fingers making me jump back. "Alright not touching."

Hoo

It looked behind it into the woods before looking back at me.

Hoo!

"Uh..." It suddenly flew off. Alright that was weird but I shrugged it off and went back to bed only for the owl to fly right back in landing on my bed post. "What do you want?" I asked starting to get aggravated.

Hoo

"Get out of here! Go on get!" It swooped for my head and I ducked rolling across the ground and it swooped for my face again but I protected myself with my arm so it clawed at me with its talons. "Fuck off you stupid bird!" I smacked it away and stood up. It's not hesitating at all and shocked me by grabbing nose with its beak. "AH!" I screamed. Falling out the window and smacked hard into the grass below. I whimpered and the evil bird flew out between the trees and out of pure anger I blindly began to bolt after it.

Stupid bird.

How many people can say that they were forced out a window by an owl? No one can! This is not normal! That bird is probably an evil genius.

~*~*~

Elektra

I gasped and clawed at the ground desperately trying to crawl away from her but I can feel my blood oozing out of me and the burns exploding with sharp painful stings. I waited for the next blow but it never came and it took me a second to realise the howling from afar must have scared the hag off. I relaxed in a bloody heap and forced myself to lie on my back and I watched Athena run literally run over to me waving her wings frantically.

"Athena you came back." My voice is croaky. It hurts just breathing, it hurts just doing anything yet I know slowly they're already healing. I wish it were faster and pain free but this was magic and magic is...

Well magic's a bitch.

Especially for me and any other werecat. We don't have witch guardians for nothing, they're there to protect us from other witches and warlocks. Where was she? Where was Claire?

When Athena flew off again I listened out for the witch but I heard heavy breathing not coming from me this time and just like that the world went a little blurry before I could call out to the person.

"Hey! Holy shit..." A boy voice called out.

My throat caught. "He-lp." I winced.

"Are you okay?" I groaned at the stupid question. You see a girl burnt to a crisp... Of course she is not okay! I want to slap him for that but I physically can't.

"No..." Arms circled around my body and I whimpered at the pain from the stranger rubbing against my wounds.

"I'm sorry." He whispered his voice smooth as silk. I let myself despite the agony sink into his warm embrace and I would have felt safe if he wasn't holding me so tightly.

"Ah..." I moaned.

"Sorry again. I'm just going to clean your wounds." That shook me awake. He what? Huh? Eh? He started walking me over to the lake. I can't see anything but I can smell the water.

I'm helpless... however not completely therefore I began squirming in his arms.

"Relax I'm not going to hurt you."

"Lake." I managed to stammer.

"Yes the water will be good for your burns."

"Bad. Lake. Hurt."

"You will be fine."

I think the witch made me dumb why is it so hard to speak? "No! Die! Die! Lake!" I began hitting his chest and tried crawling over his shoulder.

"Ow hey! That's my butt." He yelped when I accidently pinched. 'Accidently'

"You have a firm butt." I wish to say right now.

"Don't care." I managed to spit out and then my voice came back. "I can't see. I'm in serious pain and I'm not about to be drowned a lake!"

"Hold still I'm not going to kill you."

"The water will!"

"Your burns need cold water otherwise they will scar."

"I can live with that!" My hand touched a wet liquid. "We're already in it!?'

"It's just water you shouldn't be afraid." He flipped me back and held me in his arms again.

I gripped tightly onto his bare shoulders and felt my nose touching his. "No please. I can't... You wouldn't go against a blind girl's wishes would you?" I will not let Poseidon take my soul.

~*~*~

Luke

We both froze as we both heard a woman's evil laugh. I kept holding the girl and she started taking raspy quick breaths stiffening up in my arms. Dark black flames began abruptly began to light up around her body and she let out an eardrum bursting scream but the water from the lake reached up stealing her from my arms. I grabbed her wrist and pulled her out wrapping my other arm around her waist to hold her up but her eyes are sewn shut and she's purposely leaning away from me.

"Have mercy on me." She whimpered. "Please."

"Open your eyes." She did and stared at me confused.

"I am still alive?" She said unbelievably her eyes sparkling a bright inviting blue, suddenly they glowed like topazes. But then they died out to a brown just as dark as her almost black hair. She looked at her hands then down at herself. She's completely healed? "What?" She looked at me her eyes accusing me of something but I am just as equally confused. I just stared blankly at her face at loss of words. I took in her features that are no longer peeling and bleeding and noticed that under the wounds she is beautiful. She has beauty spot on her right cheek, lush dark lips and light olive skin.

"Duck!" She pulled me down into the water then we both splashed out and I choked out all the water. "Sorry." She patted my back as her eyes searched for someone behind me.

"Who's trying to kill us?"

"Some woman with warts." She forced me down into the water again tugged me along as she swam away and pulled us out of the water to hide behind a tree. We sat shoulder to shoulder taking deep breaths.

"How did you light up in...?"

"She's a witch." She replied looking around the tree then sat back and looked at me. "Nice PJ's bottoms but where's your top." I don't how she can criticize my clothes when her clothes are little burnt scraps just hiding everything I'm not meant to see.

Not that I'm looking.

"I usually don't sleep with anything on."

She stared at me her lips parted into a surprised smile. Her eyes averted down to my abdomen, to my pants then back at my eyes. "That's an image." She looked away perking her brow. "Now you stay here I'll jump out and..."

"No are you insane she just lit you on fire by looking at you."

"Be a good boy and sit still." She said in low voice winking at me. A hand snuck around the tree grabbing her shoulder, before I could do anything she was snatched away. "Changed my mind help!" She shouted then she screamed as I scurried out watching the green woman throw her across the ground as if she weighed nothing. She smacked her head hard into a tree and she was completely wiped out.

"Finally." The woman hissed. "Her bloods mine for the taking." I clenched my fists and got ready to shift but suddenly orange fire surrounded her and trapped her inside. "No!"

After a minute of standing there dumbfounded I ran to her and lifted up her limp body once again. This time she didn't fight me and lay in my arms motionless and I ran away. Glancing back a few times to see the which still trapped in fire.

Who is this this girl? I eyed at her noticing how she looks like she's peacefully asleep. You wouldn't think she was flung into tree.

Did the owl lead me to her was this a coincidence? It's following me right now which means it's hers right?

How did she heal in the water?

Why was there a witch trying to get her blood? I didn't even know witches existed!

Then I realised from her scent she's the new girl in town which raised even more questions.