The Forgotten Wolf (The Tears of Odin)

'No one should know about this'.

An unknown voice told the unknown woman as she made her way down the cliff of Ezra (A place where no one goes).

The voice continued.

'They will kill her, but they do not know who she is. A time will come, when they will plead but their plea would fall on deaf ears. That day, they will realize their mistakes, but it would be too late".

"I know that. But why must you save this ill wolf that would soon die if not dead by now, why?" The lady asked. One could have thought she was speaking to herself.

'You don't know, do you? She is the future Odin, Odin has been re-born'

"But only the royals are born with Odin, how can Odin be re-born into a human, when it is just a mark all royals in the Crescent Moon kingdom have", the woman said.

'A time will come when the real story will unfold. No one knows the story of the Ancient, of love. Odin will come'.

The woman didn't say anything regarding that, she continued her journey down Ezra.

'It is here, wait here, the voice said as the woman came to a halt.

She sat down on a large stone, waiting for the child.

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"Your majesty, the queen has just put to bed. She gave you a girl". One of the royal senior midwife told the waiting king. King Reed who had been pacing around since his wife went into Labour stopped in a halt, turned to face the royal midwife and smiled. The king didn't need to be told twice before he majestically walked into the room where his wife, Queen Annabel was, she was sitting on the bed she gave birth to a few minutes ago, holding up a little bundle in her hands, her face twisted in a disgusting way.

The rest of the royal midwives bowed their head and left the room.

When King Reed got to his wife, he wondered why his wife had that look on her face. But when he got to take a look at the child, his face also was filled with hatred. "She doesn't have the mark of Odin like she was supposed to". King Reed said angrily.

The queen who had been holding her baby suddenly fling the child out of her hands. A cracking sound echoes around them, as the baby's soft body makes an impact with the wall where the queen had flung her. The child cried out in pain. Maybe the child had thought that her cry would soften her mother's heart who would help to smooth the pains spreading quickly round her body, but alas she was wrong. Her mother was not affected by her cries nor her father. They all silently watch her as her cries raise the more.

King Reed without saying a word left the room. As soon as he was outside the room he turned to one of the palace guards. "Go and call me the High Priestess". He said and left them going back to his throne.

Back in the room Queen Annabel wished with all her heart that it should die from there. She hasn't even given the child it's first breast milk before she started praying to the Moon Goddess to take away the child very quickly.

The door opened to reveal a boy of 13 years old with a girl of 13 came rushing into the room to meet their mother who had just given birth to the most abominable. Mere looking at them you will know that they were twins. The girl had beautiful dark blue hair, her eyes were crystal, sparkling. She was utterly beautiful from her head to toe, in fact she is the most beautiful girl in the kingdom. The king and queen were always proud of her. The only difference with her brother was his hair color, his were gold just like his father.

"Mother, father has just told us about the 'it' that you gave birth to. Is it true that she wasn't born with the mark of Odin?". Prince Eric asked, he was a bit taller for his age, a troublesome boy who loves disrespecting and treating the poor as cabbages. He was the Crown Prince after all and all must obey him.

"Yes, that's it on the floor".

Princess Erica quickly went over to where the baby stared at her for a moment and said "She's so ugly Mother. I wonder why the Moon Goddess let her live".

Prince Eric went over to meet his twin sister and looked down on his younger sister, her face red from all the cries, and shook his head. "She is not only ugly Erica, she's disgusting as well".

The baby had quite down a bit seeing that her mother doesn't want to attend to her nor anyone else. Everyone just hates her. Was she truly ugly? She wondered.

Prince Eric immediately kick the baby with the sole of his boot. The Baby cries filled the room again, this time louder. Erica began laughing at the plight of the child and started making faces at her.

If it was a normal child, it would have long been dead as a normal newborn baby can't take such a hit. A wolf can, and can heal at a faster rate.

" You better stay away from that hideous thing before you contact her ugliness" Queen Annabel told her two precious children.

They all watched as the baby cried out the most.

Why is life so unfair? The baby asked herself.

Why do I see so much hatred in my parents eyes and my siblings?

Why do they hate me this much?

With no answer to her questions, she stopped crying. What did she know?

Queen Annabel stood up immediately from the bed "Come quickly lets us go and meet your father, I heard he sent for the high priestess. Let us know the fate of this disgusting child". The queen said and they left the room leaving the little baby behind.

The Throne Room

The high Priestess was with the king discussing when Queen Annabel and her two beautiful children entered. They pause in their discussion to see who had interrupted them, but when they saw it was the queen they continued their discussion.

" We have to kill her, she doesn't have the mark of Odin like my two children have and not to talk of her ugliness and her disgusting looks, she has to die".

"Your Highness, don't be in a haste, you might do what you will regret in future". The high priestess said

"There is no future in that 'thing'. Every child of mine must have the mark of Odin, but she didn't have one, so she needs to die. It is a disgrace to me if a royal blood does not have the royal mark of Odin".

"Think, maybe the moon goddess is testing you".

"The moon goddess can not test us with that disgusting thing", Queen Annabel spoke for the first time. She quickly went to the throne door, opened it and told the guards to bring the child and walked back to meet her husband.

" Well, I have spoken. Kill the child and I will announce that the baby died during childbirth".

"Of course your Majesty". The high priestess replied.

The throne room opened and one of the guards walked in carrying her.

Where had they brought her? She wondered to herself.

"Here is the baby my Queen", the guards said as he knelt down holding out the baby, no one could go close to the baby. The high priestess took the baby and dismissed the guard.

The high priestess still protested again "You never can tell if she will have a bright future, although her future are blocked for me to see, but I know she will be great. Please let her live, the moon goddess might have a plan with her we do not know of".

Queen Annabel laughed out, her laughter held so much hatred in it and said. "My two children here are blessed by the moon goddess herself, you saw it that day, when I gave birth to my twins didn't you, they were blessed by the moon goddess herself. The moon goddess didn't bless her with the mark of Odin and to top it all, she didn't possess any beauty".

Moon Goddess? Who is this moon goddess they speak of? Why do they want to kill me because I am not like my older siblings? The baby ask no one in particular. " Let me pray to this moon goddess, maybe she can help me and stop them from killing me. Moon goddess can you hear me? If you can, please help me. I don't really know why my parents hate me but save me please.

"My words are final, kill it". King Reed said finally leaving no room for comments.

"Very well then". The high priestess said, seeing that nothing can be done to change the heart of Reed, she started a chant best known to her and a bright light shone in her hand only to fade to reveal a sliver knife with a moon embedded around it.

" Can't you think of this thoroughly, I just have this feelings...."

Queen Annabel immediately cut in "Keep your feelings to yourself and kill it, you are delaying this".

As soon as the priestess raised her arms to strike the baby, lightning struck inside the throne room. The high priestess made a pause midway.

"Well, kill the child, what are you waiting for?". King Reed said.

"Don't you think that the moon goddess might be telling us not to kill her?"

"You yourself said you can't see her future. She has no future for me, my king or my children, just be done with it. Soon she will be forgotten by all that had witnessed it's birth, a forgotten wolf that has no use to us". Queen Annabel said with no remorse in her voice.

"What my Queen said here is true, this will soon be a forgotten wolf to us. With time everyone will forget about her after we have made her fake death announcement and move on. So kill it", King Reed said in support of what Annabel said.

The high priestess raised her arms higher than before and struck with all her might towards the heart of the child. Her cries of pain broke through the thick walls of the palace for the last time. She stopped moving, her body suddenly cold.

Her eyes finally closed in death.

"Guards ", King Reed shouted, two guards walked in and bowed " Take this dead disgusting thing out of my sight. Take her and drop her at the cliff of Ezra where no one had ever seek. And both of you should not reveal this to anyone, if you do, I will feed you to my beast". King Reed said.

They nodded their heads in unison and one of them took hold of the dead baby and they left the room.

"Well, we have to announce the death of it", Queen Annabel said dramatically, tears coming out freely.

"Yes we do". King Reed said comforting his wife.

Eric and Erica pretending to be sad.

The high priestess keeps shaking her head sideways sadly...

Odin POV:

When a princess with the mark of Odin (eyes of the moon goddess) is born in the kingdom of Shadow Moon Crescent, that child will be highly celebrated and be given a respectable honor from all.

The kingdom of shadow moon crescent is being known as the second most powerful wolf kingdom in all lands. Their crown prince (Prince Eric) has been treating the poorly wolf like us unkindly. Most time I had wish to be in his twin sister shoe at least to help the needy people of Shadow Moon Crescent kingdom. Princess Erica like her brother (also his twin), has no sympathy for the poor. She deal with any one including, those old enough to be her great grandfather mercilessly.

She was truly beautiful and at times I wish I was her, beautiful with a lovely soul and character. Princess Erica knows that everyone hates her but she does not care, rather she becomes worse day by day.

Regardless of her beauty, many men had sought her hand in marriage. She had turned down all the whole marriage proposals and told her parents who she wants, Prince Philip.

Prince Philip was the prince of the most powerful wolf kingdom, Black Blood Moon Crimson Kingdom. Like I had once said, there are two most powerful wolf Kingdoms in all wolf lands. The first was Black Blood Moon Crimson and the second Shadow Moon Crescent.

The two kingdoms had fought for years trying to dominate each other for as long as I could remember but to no avail.

Well, you will be wondering who I am Right?

I lived with my grandmother in an isolated place, outside the kingdom, according to her 'for my own safety', sometimes I had wondered what safety she was always speaking of. Well my name is Odin and this is my story.

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Author POV:

Odin 7 years

"Mother, am I allowed to go outside and visit that great kingdom you told me of?" Little Odin asked

"Odin, you are not allowed to go anywhere or outside this place. I am trying to keep you safe, a time will come and you will be grateful to me".

Odin 15 years old

" Am I allowed now, I have been here my whole life, please let me just see inside the kingdom". Odin pleaded.

"Odin, it is not time yet, when you are 18 I will let you have a peak at it".

"Really mother? " Odin asked happily

"Yes really".

Odin 18 years old

"Mother, I don't know why you won't allowed me to go outside to meet my peers, I had told you that I can disguise myself that whosoever we are hiding away from won't know that it's me, I am perfectly good at that mother, please let me at least take a look around the kingdom I have so much heard about, please mother please". Odin said, kneeling down begging her grandmother.

The old lady sighed.

" Odin, get up"

"No, I won't until you approve of me going to take a look at the kingdom".

"Odin, I am doing all these to protect you from dangers and from harm. I came here to hide you away from the..."

"......World, that a time will come for me to show myself to the world, but for now, let me follow your word". Odin completed the word for her grandmother. " I know that mother, but you also know that I am an expert in disguising myself. The other day I disguised myself into a young man, I can do that again. Please ". Odin pleaded.

"Alright Odin you can go but promise me you won't go near Crescent palace",

Odin nodded her head, of course just to confuse the old lady that she wouldn't be near the palace. "I promise not to go near the palace mother".

"You can go Odin, and be very careful, child".

Odin nodded happily and ran inside their old house quickly to disguise herself into a beggar, a old begger, and quickly went out towards the kingdom before the old woman changed her mind.

As she walked out of the forest, she saw her friend, Owens, a black huge Python, hanging on top of a tree.

"Where are you heading too Odin? Can I follow you?". Owens, the Python, asked.

"I am going to into the kingdom of the Crescent and no you cannot follow me". Odin reply

"Why?"

"Because there are people out there who don't like snake like I do and would do everything to kill one if they sight it, so no".

"Very well, I will wait for you here". Owen said. Odin patted his head and continued her journey

She had met the snake when she was still a little girl. She didn't know why she wasn't scared of it rather she picked the snake and started petting it.

'What is she doing?" The Python asked no one in particular.

"I am petting you". Odin replied obviously.

A shock look appeared in the eyes of the python.

Did she just reply me?

'Can you hear?"

"Yes I can". Odin replied smiling and continued "I want to be your friend, can I?"

The black python came out of its shock state and nodded "Okay, at least you can hear me".

That had been some years ago, Odin and the python had grew so close.

Odin quickly walked into the kingdom of Crescent, she was disappointed when she saw how it was. The great kingdom she had heard so much about isn't that beautiful.

"Rubbish, and here I thought that this kingdom would be as elegant as I have heard".

Although no denying it, the kingdom was beautiful but how could a kingdom be beautiful when the people living in it has sorrowful face.

Why would there be so much suffering in this beautiful kingdom? Does it mean that the king do not know that his people are suffering? How could the royals be so cruel?

Those questions were left unanswered as she walked deeper into the kingdom.

After a while, she couldn't see anything worth of seeing to her, she then left the kingdom.

"Well, there is nothing worth seeing in that kingdom". Odin said to herself as she began her journey back home.

As soon as she re-entered the forest, she heard her name.

"Odin".

She stopped as she looks around her, seeing no one she shrug her shoulder.

'Well that was strange, maybe I am now hallucinating'

Odin thought and continued her walk.

"Odin" the voice called out.

This time Odin knew this was no hallucination, the voice was real and is calling her, but from where.

As if on clue, Odin turned and started heading to another path of the forest she hadn't been or seen since.

It was as if she was no longer in control of her body anymore.

Where am I heading too? She had no idea.

She came upon a large clearing. By the side of the clearing was a big cave, it looked so ancient.

Where is this place? Why am I here? She thought as she looked around.

"Odin, help us". This time the voice came in multiples.

And it was coming out from the cave.

What is really going on? Why are they calling out her name, asking for help? Who are they? How did they even know her name?

Those where the thoughts that crossed her mind when she heard her name been called again.

"Odin, help us". The voice came again.

Without her knowing what she was doing, she ventured into the dark cave. Her feet started taking her deeper into the cave.

The cave was quite, she heard nothing and continued.

She came to a stop when she saw five mould wolves.

What are all these things? Are they mould or real wolves?

She was about to turn and get the hell out of there when something caught her eyes.

A writing, written by the wall beside the wolves.

Without thinking she walked towards the wall and saw it was a strange writing.

She began to say the words.

She was so focused on reading the writings and did not noticed her surroundings.

As soon as she finished with the last strange word, not making sense to her, she turned to go then she stopped.

Staring at her were the moulded wolves she had earlier seen before she started reading, only that this time they were real wolves.

Wolves of different colors.

Blue, red, yellow, black and white wolves.