The Adventure of Luna

I wasted no time in getting Alana downstairs. I ran faster than I thought

possible. When I rounded the corner I saw to my horror that John was

already transforming. This is why Alana is in pain, she won‟t change too. Me thinking that was a mistake because we barely had time toget her into the cell before she started transforming.

It was a horrible but oddly a beautiful sight. I had never seen a werewolf

transformation and the first one is always the hardest. Or so I was told. This

didn‟t look hard at all it looked mesmerizing; the way their bodies were

bending and bones breaking to reattach into a more animal form. But

something was different with Alana she stood tall on her feet, her body

covered in fur and her teeth were big and sharp like a wolves, and her ears were that of a wolves too. It looked almost as if she was halfway through

the transition, but she wasn‟t. She wasn‟t screaming anymore and you

couldn‟t hear her bones breaking any more she looked like an extremely

hairy woman with sharp teeth and pointyears , and her fur was light brown. What was more alarming was her eyes they were as yellow as any

werewolf you could see but they still held that same kindness in them, she looked over at John and spoke to him. I couldn‟t hear but John turned to

look at Alana too and they stood there quietly talking to each other.

John was a full werewolf. Four legs claws and a nice thick silver gray coat

of fur. He looked beautiful as a wolf, and looking at him so calm and

content you couldn‟t tell that he was once human. He could pass as a wolf except for his size he was huge five feet tall and he was long. I have never seen a wolf that size before except in movies and this was not a movie this was real life. Two of my leaders were definitely werewolves, well one was full wolf the other I had no idea what to call her. She turned her head as

Clarisse started talking.

"Oh my god Monika did you see that?" she said it with so much excitement and fear that I didn‟t know what to think. "Look at Alana what happened to her? Why is she not afull wolf? We should get the others while they are

calm, do you want to come with me or are you going to stay and keep watch?"

"I will stay here and keep watch maybe see if I can sense any evil which I don‟t by the way, but I‟ll get closer and see what I can pick up off of them. Do you sense any evil radiating off of them?" I asked Clarisse.

"No, but it could be because we are not close enough, but Alana did say

that she didn‟t feel evil and she was almost turned we will have to keep an eye on them." She turned and started walking away and yelled over her

shoulder, "I‟ll be right back." And she was gone.

I got closer. Close enough to hear them. Yes them I could hear John even though he was a wolf, he could still talk. It was weird, but what was weirder was the fact that my two wonderful leaders of this covenant were definitely not human any more, not that they were very human before. I looked at

them and waited for a minute to get my thoughts in order before I asked

them questions. I asked them one at a time starting with the most important one.

"How do you guys feel?"

I waited what felt like forever and was about to ask it again when Alana

answered me and said "We feel fine, better than fine actually. No I don‟t

feel evil nordo I think I‟m going to turnout evil and neither does John." She

said it so formally like if this is something she had to answer everyday.

Which it has been a while that she was talking about being evil and not

becoming evil. I was relived and glad to hear that, I was so worried and felt a weight being lifted off my shoulders.

"That is so good, I‟m glad to hear that. John how does it feel to have four legs?" I said sarcastically. And I heard is muffled "Not bad" through his

muzzle.

"Alana, why didn‟t you fully turn? Is it because you weren‟t the one infected so to speak?"

Alana looked at me with a warm smile but all she said was, "That I am not sure, but I am pretty sure that is the case. Although this feels weird I feel like I should look like my mate but I can‟t form my body that way, this

should be interesting facing demons and that bastard Raphael. I will make him pay for what he did to us."

"You think you can face demons? I don‟t think that is such a good idea. We should wait a little before you go out in the field. I love you Alana and I don‟t want to throw you out there unprepared. By the way are you going to be

able to transform anytime you want?"

Alana looked at me with those yellow eyes, it sort of frightened me too look

into them, but I knew that the person who wore those eyes was not

someone that I should be frightened of. All Alana said was "If John is able to I am sure I can too. But we will see, it may take time or I may be able to do it on command." She was going to say something else but stopped as Clarisse and the others came rushing in.

We both looked up at the crowd as did John. Peter still wore the bloodied clothes from Sebastian and he looked upset, but I wasn‟t sure if he was

upset about Sebastian or about his leaders. "Alana, John, how are you

feeling? Do you feel like yourselves, well as best like yourselves given the circumstances?"

"We feel fine" they said together. "In fact I feel like running and howling up at the moon." Alana said sarcastically. "How do you suppose we feel while

I‟m half a monster and my mate is a full one?" She was getting angry

probably because she was getting sick of that question. I don‟t blame her I would hate to be asked that question over and over again, but everyone

needed to know these are our leaders, I thought I should try and calm her down, but then I second guessed that. Who am I to try and calm down

someone I only knew for a few months? "But I feel fine thank you all for

worrying about us, I know this isn‟tan easy sight. After tomorrow I will try

and study my DNA and John‟s and see what the differences are between us and we both try to control our wolves‟ better. I hope you don‟t mind

having a half witch and half werewolf as you leaders because we are not

going anywhere. We were Talking about going to Raphael‟s. We‟re going to take him down and we want your help in doing it, not that we necessarily need it" She held up her hands and said "my powers are changing as well as I have , back up everyone please."

And before we all had the chance to back up she made a little motion with her hands and BOOM! The door to her cell flew off its hinges and she did

the same to John‟s cell. They went by us and ran up the stairs in a speed

so fast you could barely make them out. Then they all heard a faint whisper saying "We‟re going for a run."

It took us until nine the next morning to find them, which I guess is a normal time to wake up on a Sunday, but we searched everywhere for them and

finally we found them back to human lying in a heap around each other.

Clarisse thought they were dead but I knew better. I had watched a lot of

werewolf movies and read a lot of books about them to know they were not dead. When we got closer I noticed that they were naked. "Oh my God!" I yelled. "We definitely should have brought them clothes or a blanket or

anything to cover them up. What are we going to do?"

Before I understood what was happening Clarisse was gone. And then I

knew. " Of course, why couldn‟t I think of that?" I mumbled under my breath. I stayed where I was, in case I woke them. I definitely didn‟t want to see

any of their stuff. I stayed close enough to hear them breathe but far

enough away that I wouldn‟t startle them. They looked beautiful last night

as wolves. I was sort of jealous that they were able to transform into a wolf. I secretly loved them. I always loved reading books about werewolves and I always imagined me as the wolf. How fun must it have been for them to be able to run on four legs and see things the way the wolf does. I would never tell anyone that because I feared they would think I was crazy but, I didn‟t

grow up thinking they were evil, I grew up thinking they were cool. But there isn‟t anything I could do about that because I wasn‟t born one and I don‟t

want to risk becoming evil by turning into one.

When Clarisse came back there was a low but noticeable crack that made me jump. "Holy cow I didn‟t know that teleporting mad so much noise.

Where the heck did you go anyways, to buy them clothes?" I said to her as I realized I waited here for over thirty minutes and I ran out of things to me occupied.

"Um first of all we‟re in the woods where there is like no cars and no noise to keep that low crack covered. And second , have you ever gone into

Alana‟s closet? Let me tell you that I have never and will never go in that

zoo again. It was like going through piles of clothes instead of neatly put away clothes, so I grabbed her robe and I got him pants and his typical white tee."

We heard it at the same time. This low but deep growl, and before we had time to defend ourselves we were jumped on and being attacked by a wolf, not just any wolf, it was John.

"John get off me. What the heck are you doing we came to get you and Alana and bring you home." Clarisse was yelling at him and trying not to get bitten. His teeth looked so sharp this close up. "Monika get him off of me. Throw a low fireball at him or something , please he is trying to bite me."

But I couldn‟t get to her because I was being attacked by Alana and she

was scary. Her yellow eyes glowing in the early morning light, and her light brown fur that coated her body was shiny and smooth like a pets would be, not that I was thinking of her like a pet, but what could I do? What could I

say to get Alana off of me and to listen? Then I thought of it, Rebecca. So I yelled up to her. "Alana Listen to me, it‟s Rebecca, I‟m Rebecca you don‟t want to hurt me right?" I felt her loosen her grip on me and I continued.

"Alana we came to find you and bring you home. We need you, I need you. I need you Nana." That name has haunted my dreams for as long as I

could remember. I dreamt of this Nana taking care of me, playing with me , as a young child. Sometimes I would get these dreams during the day

when I was touching Annie. I would see this lovely girl playing with this little girl they looked like they loved each other a lot and the little girl always

called the older girl Nana. And Nana called her Beca. I knew now that this was my Nana. And I am her Beca.

Alana got off of me then, and looked horrified. "How do you know that

name?" she demanded. "Noone knows that name." she stated mater-of- fact.

"Alana would you clear your head, please this is Beca, your Beca, I came to find you and bring you home. You turned last night remember. You and John made a promise to go after Raphael and then you took off „for a run‟

as you stated when you were running away from us. Get him off of Clarisse before he bites her and turns her into a were too." I finished sounding very drained and desperate. It must have helped because all she did was look at John and he got off her and looked at her as if for the first time, he realized he was attacking one of his own.

Looking very apologetic and ashamed of what he has done he said to Clarisse, "I am so sorry Clarisse, really I am I don‟t understand what

happened to me. I heard you two talking and my first instinct was to protect Alana, so I turned and jumped on the first one in my reach, Alana must

have had the same thoughts because she had Monika pinned too." He said pointing over at me and Alana on the ground.

"It‟s ok but here take these and please put them on, I‟m really not liking

seeing all your goods." She said to them both. "Then we can go home. I

won‟t tell anyone about you almost biting my head off and we can work on your plan to take down Raph. By the way I don‟t think you need to practice turning you both got it nailed." She said sarcastically. " But we can talk more once were in the compound, I feel exposed here like we ‟ re being watched."

She was right of course, it definitely felt like we were being watched and

the sooner we got home the better. They changed fast and we were gone

within a minute. Clarisse must have told someone that we found them,

because everyone was waiting for us when we got home. They all looked

so relived and we were too, except I needed to talk to Alana about those

dreams I had, I know it ‟s another power, so I need to know how to control it, and if it is a helpful one or not, but for now I‟ll let them get bombarded with questions and go and take a shower. I looked at Clarisse and she had the

same idea in mind.

"We are going to shower, so when you are all up to date on what happened we need to come up with a plan on how to take down Raphand when the

best time to do it is. Plus our great leaders smell a little foul themselves, I‟m sure they are in need of hot water and soap too." I said sarcastically.

We went up to our rooms and showered got dressed and we met in the upstairs library. We talked about that feeling of being watched and how it came as sudden as we felt it.

"I don‟t like it. Someone was watching us, if not us at least them. It had to

have been Raph." Clarisse said. "I mean how else do you explain

something like that. They followed us there and kept their distance. I bet

they were expecting them to turn on us, and were going to take us to their leader or something. Ugh! I don‟t like this." She threw her arms around as if to show her frustration.

Clarisse sounded frustrated as well she should be. I didn‟t blame her; I was frustrated too, just kept it under better control. "So what do you say we do? Use our leaders as bait? I don‟tthink that‟s a great idea. Something was

definitely messing with their brains though. It like they didn‟t even recognize us, our voices or anything. It‟s got to be dark magic or some kind of wolf

tricks. I wish we had a better idea what we‟re up against." I was resting my head on the back of the chair now and staring up at the ceiling I

remembered many nights that I read books up here and fell asleep looking up, I always wondered why there was this little layer of paint that looked

slightly fresher than the rest of the ceiling. I usually stared at that spot for hours before falling asleep on the floor, but this time it was seconds before Clarisse‟s voice pulled me forward and out of my daydream.

"Did you hear me, Monika?" She sounded desperate. "I have an idea. We need to get into their layer, hideout whatever those things want to call it. We need to get in and search it, to make off the weak areas, and get it

back to us. It‟s the only way."

"Are you crazy? They would be expecting that, especially if they were

watching us in the woods today. No way am I letting Alana and John go in there, what if they don‟t come out?" I couldn‟t believe how crazy that

sounded, but I was actually considering it. Wow I must be going crazy if I‟m actually considering infiltrating their compound.

"You have a point." She sounded sad almost letdown, it made me feel bad that I didn‟t share with her my actually liking the idea. So I changed the

subject.

" Look up at the ceiling for me." I said pointing to the spot that always had

me mesmerized. "You see how that little square looks like it was recently

painted but the rest doesn‟t? It looks like something is up there, I spend

hours every night looking at that one spot, I don‟t know why but I feel like

I‟m meant to find that and there is something in there for me." I said feeling a little silly for actually coming out and saying it. I got up out of my chair and all of a sudden I was floating in the air. "Oh my God! What is happening to me?" I screamed. "Get me down! How do I get down? Why am I floating?" I said completely freaking out.

She looked surprised that I was floating up in the air but she spoke calmly, "You are not floating. What is happening to you is the same thing that

happened to your mother. Your mother and my mother were the only two in this covenant that could levitate. That power is passed down through the

women. So I can do that too. I'll help you learn how to control it." She said it so calmly as if I have had a lot of experience flying through the air. And as she said it she was floating in the air next to me. "The first thing you have to do is calm down." Reaching out her hand I took it, and we soared up to the spot in the ceiling that has called to me since the first day I came into this

room.

"Thanks." I said as I landed on the floor again. As we landed I heard a gasp of surprise come from behind us. I turned to see Alana and John standing there watching us. Alana had her hand over her mouth and John was just

staring like he saw a ghost.

"You have all of your mother‟s gifts, I cannot believe I have found my Beca and didn‟t even know it. Can I ask you a question? Are there more gifts you have that you are not sharing with us?" I looked at her and her eyes looked faraway, as if she were somewhere else.

"Um can I talk to you alone first about my mother?" I said as I looked at Alana, then turned toward Clarisse "I promise I won‟topen this without you."

"Ok." Was all she said and walked out of the library with John and closed the door.

After the door was closed I sat back down and motioned for Alana to join her. "I believe I amway out of my league here. I know to call you Nana

because of these dreams I have. But I only get the ones with words in it

when I‟m holding Annie. Other than that I just get pictures. I always

wondered who Nana was, and when I picked up Annie yesterday to show you, it came back to me and all my memories of before came back as well. I remember you giving me her and I remember you playing with me and

taking care of me, I remember I couldn‟t say your name so I made one up and you laughed and said „I‟ll always be your Nana, and you will always be my Beca‟." I was crying now. "I don‟t know why my parents left me, what

could have happened to them that they didn‟t leave me with you?" I had my head in Alana‟s arms and I was sobbing uncontrollably. Alana was trying to sooth me by rubbing my back.

"You have a very special gift Beca, one that a few of us have; it is a very powerful and very important gift. The gift of premonitions I know it is

overwhelming, but look what it did for you. It let you see your past. You knew who I was and you were able to keep me from killing you and

Clarisse. If I didn‟t hear you say that name I would have killed you. There

was something there blocking my mind. I felt it; it felt like I was being forced to forget who I was. Or what I was supposed to do. I don‟t know how to

thankyou; you saved me and my mate from becoming something we are

trying not to be." She finished what she was saying with a smile on her face but tears in her eyes, and she gave me a hug so fierce, as if she hasn‟t

seen me in years, and in which case she hasn‟t, well not knowingly.

I hugged her back just as much, but was the first to pull away. "You know what I don‟t understand? If you are so powerful why didn‟t you use a spell

to try and find me?" I said a little upset that they had all this power and they did nothing to track me down.

"It‟s not that simple Beca. We need to have something very important to

you, like a favorite toy or favorite piece of clothing even some hair from

your brush. But when they went to look for it, there wasn‟t anything. They must have known they were going to search for you so they got rid of

everything." She said sounding disappointed in herself and her covenant.

"So your strong connection to me wasn‟t enough?" I asked in disbelief.

"No." Was all she said. She looked so disappointed that I changed the subject.

"I found something that I am pretty sure was left by my parents. Clarisse

was the one to help me get to it, because I have no idea what I am doing. But please don‟t mention my premonition gift to the others not just yet, I‟m getting all these "gifts" at once and I don‟t want them to think of me as

some super which." I bent my head down and looked at my feet struggling with something I was about to say and then I finally said, "Before I forget

did you get the chance to check on Sebastian? How is he doing? He ‟s not going to change is he?" I‟ve so worked up over Alana and everything that happened, I almost forgot about Sebastian. I don‟t know how I forgot about him because he‟s usually all I think about but it‟s been a stressful night.

Alana was the first one to know about how I felt for Sebastian so she knew what I was feeling. And Alana couldn‟t lie to me no matter how much she felt it would be ok to. I am her Beca and she did not want to start their

reunion off on the wrong foot. So she told her "I believe he is going to turn. He has not gained consciousness since he was bitten and is turning very pale. If he was not bitten by a vampire I would assume he was getting the flu or something else, but he looks very ill and the bite is what is causing it.

Beca I am so sorry, you can go and visit him before we put him downstairs." With that she stood and motioned for me to follow.

I did and we went to the infirmary together. It was on the second floor one level below the library I was in. when I walked in I had to fight the urge to run to him. He looked worse than what Alana had said and I hated myself for letting this happen to him. I knew it could have been worse if I wasn‟t

there but if I would have listened to him it wouldn‟t have happened at all. I felt so horrible. I didn‟t know what else to do, so I went to his bed and sat next to him and cried. His eyes were closed and he wasn‟t breathing so

well, so I was sure he couldn‟t hear me if I started to talk. So I poured my heart out to him; telling him everything from the premonitions to the new

levitation power and everything in between, including my feelings for him. I thought that if he was awake he would tell me that I was naïve for thinking that he could have feelings for me, but I would never know. The only thing that happened was his hand reached out and grabbed my hand and

squeezed it, not hard but as firm as he could. I looked up at his face and

his eyes were silted open, the tiniest amount of eye you could possibly see through was looking back at me and it looked like he was crying.

" Sebastian! Are you ok? Can you hear me?"

He shook his head yes and I reached out and hugged him not to tight afraid

I was going to hurt him. And he said "Rebecca..... I‟ve... missed... you." With long deep breaths in between each of his words he continued " I

Knew... it was you... the moment... I saw you... I... just couldn‟t... be sure... until now."

I pulled away a little and looked into his eyes. He looked sincere enough

that I had to ask him, "How did you know me? I mean back then, you knew me? I don‟t have any memories of you or premonitions about us as we

were little. I don‟t understand."

He took me in his arms and said something that I wasn‟tso sure that, that is what he said. "We were... destined ... to be ... mates."

I didn‟t think that those were the words that escaped his mouth, so I asked him "What did you just say?"

He looked at me and smiled and said "You... heard me... right... Rebecca. You... and I... were meant ... to be mated... I felt... your soul... call to me ... the first... time I... met you." He started coughing and pulled me closer.

"Some of us... are paired... at birth... while others... find their... other

half... in other groups... and were not... meant to be... but are great ...

together... I knew... you were... Rebecca and... I have... waited almost... a year... to kiss you. Since I saw you... and felt you... I knew... you were

for me... I just... didn‟t... know how... to talk to... you." He rolled over so he could look at my whole face, take in every detail, so he won‟t forget it. "If I

told... you this... would it... have freaked... you out?"