Hello, dear viewers. My name is Rose, and right now? I am going to sever ties with my pack for good. Oh? You want to know why? Well, that's a long story. Maybe we can start from the beginning.
The spirit connection ceremony at nineteen years old. The Alpha twins, Markus and Drew, were at one point dedicated childhood friends of mine. The Beta, Anny, was a fashion icon and a fashion bestie. And the Gamma, Selene, was the late Gamma's daughter. When she lost her parents, I was the first at her side. She and I became friends that day; we were... ten? Eleven? I don't know now, but that's how long I was friends with them until the ceremony. We were walking together. The twins went first, and both had a black wolf with these red markings on each. Their wolves were very attached to me when they emerged. We joked about it while Anny went next. She got an elegant grey wolf with a white pattern. Her wolf would lick my hand while the twin wolves fought for my attention. Then came Selene. Her wolf was a fuzzy grey mass of energy. But when the twin wolves got too aggressive, Selene's wolf would snap at them and separate them. Then it was my turn. I was nervous.
Stepping forward into the moonlight, but... no wolf appeared. I was confused. The elders were just as confused. I looked to my friends, and they looked just as confused. the elders did tests in magic, but found nothing. They suggested I was human, but both my parents had an animal: Dad had a bear, Mom had a wolf. I should've had a bear if I had no wolf, but no, there was nothing there. My parents were there, and they demanded that someone test my blood if something was wrong. Nothing, I was fully their blood. My spirit creature didn't exist. My friends all thought I knew and was going to trick them. I promised them I didn't know, or that I was not going to trick anyone. They didn't believe me. And they grew to hate me. the bullying began. Their wolves would turn on them to protect me. My parents did all they could for the next three months, but it got to the point I couldn't take it anymore.
I told my parents I was leaving. They wanted to go with me, but I wasn't going to take them from their community. I am old enough to go out alone. They hugged me tightly and sent me off with my bookbag and tears in their eyes. I snuck through in the night, the houses full of laughter and bliss. But... the twins' home was silent. I took extra care to move silently. I stepped on a stick that snapped. Under the window in the bushes, I hid as the twins and their wolves looked out. The four of them didn't move for a good thirty minutes, then left. Peeking in the window, the twins were drinking alcohol. guess they really hate me if they were driven to drink. I moved quickly to get out of there. I kept going through the woods to the moon goddess temple. To sever ties with this pack is to open a vein and let it drip on the altar. if done incorrectly, the wound will heal, and the blood will vanish. It depends on the reason for leaving as well.
If the reason is like mine, sometimes the spirit attached will show itself, and the wound will heal. The tests didn't show any sign of a spirit attached to me. So, I don't think I will be a part of the pack for much longer. the way to the temple was long, cold, and quiet. The most I heard was owls and some mice here and there. The more I walked, the more memories I didn't want to leave behind filled my mind. I fought back tears as I walked. I didn't want to say goodbye to my life before this, but I can't take these awful memories and actions that are from thinking I was tricking anyone. I shivered in the night air as I carried my bookbag with things on my back to the moon goddess temple. the building was huge, almost glowing with quartz stone under the moonlight. I made my way to the doors and opened them, making my way inside. I used to come here every full moon with the others. hard to believe this will be my last night here.
Shakily, I set down my bag, took out a knife, removed the covering, and made my way to the altar. Looking up to the wolf statue of the goddess, I let out a shakey breathe, and held the blade in my hand over the altar. I shook as I prepared to cut open my hand. counting in my mind, I quickly cut my hand, and let the red drip onto the altar, holding my hand open. but it healed, and the blood disappeared. I looked between the confused and felt something strange. A light emitted from my chest, forming a symbol on my chest, as moonlight erupted, swarming me like a spirit. the doors burst open behind me. I turned, and the twins, and the girls came in, their wolves howling.