Chapter 2 Dad's Request

-Mekra-

Dad was asking me to go to the Main Land. I was surprised.

My lizard brain got surprised as well.

"What do you mean, dad?" I tried to hide my curiosity. You know that too much curiosity can kill you, I don't want to die yet, I haven't met my true mate.

"I need you to find the way to break the curse..." he answered.

"Come again? Which curse?" I was puzzled by his request.

"The curse of alpha leader will die and be replaced by the son..." he lowered his voice and I could see there was a sad tone in his voice.

"Oh... that one." There wasn't much to say about that particular curse. But surely it had been there since thousands of generations of Nasriantra werewolves. It's a curse passed down from the ancient ones up to my dad for now. Neal's dad died and Neal had to be the head of the clan without knowing how to run the clan.

Neal was devastated, it was in only one night he had to be able to be the leader of the Nasriantra clan. He was 20, so young to be able to manage the clan and the only thing he was good at was conquering other werewolves in many duels. Thus, the Green Valley werewolves admitted him as the alpha of the Nasriantra clan.

That case for me didn't happen that way. Or at least not yet. I couldn't even beat Jacob the second in command's son. Our beta at the moment. That hot big brown werewolf was so fierce that I couldn't stand a chance to beat him. The only thing I'm good at is my speed of running. He ran after me and I kept on running until he was exhausted and he couldn't reach me. I was howling under the big blue moon and the clan thought I won.

I had to explain to them that no one was winning that night. Neither Jacob nor I. I had to make a story that Jacob lost track of and he couldn't find me, which was impossible. It's always impossible for a werewolf to lose track of his friends or prey, especially vampires. Jacob frowned and had to agree because he was not the kind of werewolf who liked to be in trouble.

He thought that disagreeing with the head of the clan's son would put him into trouble. He was wrong, and we were good friends since then because he got closer to me. Being my friend was inevitable for him. The only brother I had in the clan.

I read many stories in the library about this curse. It had been in the Nasriantra clan for thousands of generations. I just didn't think my dad would ever bring it up to be solved.

Here I thought my life would always be boring, but I think it's going to be exciting.

"What makes you think there's a spell breaker for the curse?" I asked Neal how the plan would work.

"There's a campus in Main Land that has an all-know library..." he stopped because I interrupted him,

"Never heard and read about that before, but what's so special about this campus?"

Neal didn't continue, he just sighed and stared at me.

"Sorry..., please continue, your highness..." I tried to calm his nerve by calling him by his title.

"It's not the campus, Mekra. It's the library," dad looked so serious.

"Are you saying I have to be a student of this campus and find out about how to break our curse in that library?" I guessed randomly.

"Attaboy! That's my son!" he finally looked cheerful.

Again, here I thought my life would always be boring, but I think it's going to be exciting.

"What makes you think this all-know library has the answer?" I critically attacked him with my in-depth question.

"Because it's famous for having any kind of answers. Passed down to generations since the creation of the universe." dad sounded excited.

"If it's so famous, how come I had never heard about it before?" my logical thinking spoke out loud.

"Because you never run with your pack, and you're always running alone the lone wolf!" dad replied and looked upset.

"So do you think I'll replace you by being an alpha one day? I don't think that way... I can't even beat Jacob. His dad is just a second in command. Our beta at the moment. What blood runs through my veins? Am I your son or not... Am I an alpha, dad?! Coz I don't feel like one..." I sounded even more upset than him.

"You ARE an alpha! My blood runs through your veins! I'm an alpha, it's just obvious you'll be an alpha. That's how the Nasriantra clan works for thousands of generations!" Neal's voice pierced loudly in the main hall. He looked so fierce. Typical of a strong werewolf with strong will and wisdom.

"Please, Mekra. I need you to find the way to break the curse." now he pleaded with a low voice, almost like begging.

"I just wanna be with you, Crystal, and Cakra longer," now Neal was just being a dad. A dad that I always adore.

"Well if you said so, I'll go to the Main Land." I finally answered.

He smiled from ear to ear and looked ecstatic.

"And I'll mingle with the humans?" I asked for his confirmation.

He nodded still with his smile, now with his big puppy dog eyes.

"That wouldn't be a problem, right? You've always wanted to fly solo...," now he grinned mischievously.

"That's not a problem, the problem is... how am I going to find a place to run when the full moon comes?" I asked a question that seemed absurd. But that's just who I am. Absurd.

Dad chuckled, "You'll always find a way. The beach is always a nice place to run. You can see the moon."

"One more thing... How am I going to go to the Main Land? Should I swim? Think I'm gonna die trying. I'm not a bird, I don't know how to fly..." the annoying me took place of the absurd me.

-to be continued-