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The Lycan Underworld



A piercing pain stabbed through his head causing his eyes to water and burn. He grabbed the sides of his head with both hands and curled up in the fetal position. He inhaled and exhaled deeply to alleviate the pain. After a few minutes of lying very still, the pain began to dull.



Slowly he opened his eyes. All around him were the trees of a deep and dark forest. He sat up and looked all around as he tried to remember what happened and who he was.



Rolling over on all fours, his hand slipped in something wet and thick. Looking down he found a dead deer carcass torn to shreds and blood pooling all around him.



That was when he realized he was naked and covered in the blood.



Fear snapped through him and he jumped back away from the blood. Panic overtook him and spread like a virus, when the coppery metallic taste that was still coating his tongue, didn’t disgust him and he sat back against a tree. He licked his lips as partial memories flashed through his mind like snapshots.



He remembered the pain he felt morphing into a beast, his bones popping and cracking, and the feeling of his skin ripping from his body.

The thrill of running through a meadow and into the woods and the freedom he felt, the excitement of the hunt when he stalked and chased the deer through the trees. All the memories and his feelings came back to him, but his memories stopped before his change into the beast.



How did he become a beast? Who was he before or was he always this way? Was he all alone? Were there others like him?



The next few months he spent wandering through the woods and changing to the beast on full moons. He survived on his kills and on fruits and nuts between his hunts.



One day he came across a group of thieves herding several young men and women deeper into the woods. He watched from the shadows as the thieves taunted and teased the young people. He noticed the young males were defiant against the vagabonds while the young females huddled together in fear.



He felt anger boil within him as the rage overtook his mind. Without being a full moon his body cracked and popped while skin ripped from his torso. Landing on all fours he raised his head towards the starlit sky and howled.

The thieves and young people nearby turned towards the eerie sound. One of the young males smiled as he recognized the animal that howled off in the distance.



The forest became quiet and the thieves turned their attention back to the huddled group of young people. They saw the one young male looking far off into the woods and smiling. The large brute of the thieves walked over and whacked the young male in the head, knocking him to the ground. The women screamed and cried.



Suddenly a large and massive wolf came crashing through the brush growling and baring its fangs. The thieves did not have time to react before the fierce beast wrapped his dripping jaws around the brute’s neck and snapped his head from his body.



The rest of the thieves began scattering through the trees, screaming as they fled. The young females and males turned to run the opposite direction but the one young male who had recognized the howl stopped them. He herded his friends over to a safe distance by a large brush and had everyone to sit down and remain calm.



The wolf dropped the brutes head as the limp body fell to the ground with a thud. His red eyes scanned for the rest of the thieves and found them scattering through the trees. His massive body turned towards the young group down on the ground and huddled by the brush. He slowly walked towards them and eyed the young male in the front who was calmly whispering to them to be quiet and suppress your fear.



The wolf got so close his snout was in the young male’s face. The young male lowered his eyes in submission avoiding direct contact. The wolf sniffed the young male’s face and skin taking in his natural scent. The wolf recognized the scent but couldn’t place it in his memory.



The wolf turned and dashed off into the woods leaving the young group of people behind exhaling in relief. The young male checked on the females and made sure everyone was alright and only shaken up. Suddenly they all heard screams in the distance, one after another.



One of the females looked to the brave young male with questions in her eyes and asked him about the werewolf that just saved them. He smiled at her and explained to them all, the werewolf was their leader and was to guide and protect them, and their leader had just awakened.