Chapter 34

" What are you thinking about?" Zaria scolded herself. She wasn't actually thinking in the line of becoming an Alpha but in the line of carrying all the burdens on herself.

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" What are you talking about?" Raphael asked really surprised.

" Don't you ask me what I am talking about when you know too well what I am talking about. How dare you bring a dragon born, a weredragon, an enemy to be the ruler of us all? The weredragon yelled obviously not pleased.

" She isn't dragon born." Raphael tried explaining.

" Then she is what?" Another weredragon asked this time.

" A full human who can wolf shift and dragon sift when she wants. I have never seen anything like that, it's pretty amazing but I think we should count ourselves lucky. We had a dual person by our side and yet we are looking for ways to  not accept her? " Raphael couldn't believe what they were saying.

" I'm so sure the weredragon is seeking ways to have her all to himself. And they moment he lays his fingers on her, she will be the deadliest being that ever worked the earth." Zaria who had returned now said.

" Silence. " Another werewolf yelled.

" You really don't know the what the repercussion of your actions will be. But thankfully, we found out on time. Get this woman out of here before we kill her ourselves. We will not have a descendant of the cursed forbidden blood live in our midst. I'm so sure Adrain placed her here to be spy to him. If Sham our own kind could betray us, then I wonder what havoc this supposing deny creature will wreak.

Raphael wanted to reason with them further when he noticed Elsa standing behind him. She was holding her arm but she died look much better compared to the last time he spoke with her in the tent. Immediately their eyes met, Elsa ran as fast as her legs could carry her away from them.

" Shit" Raphael groaned before running after her.

" It's best you explain to Raphael the decision of the pack because the poor girl will not like how it ends." The werewolf continued ignoring both Raphael and Elsa.

" What is wrong with all of you? A solution, a weapon had been freely given to us and yet we are proving stubborn, we are acting like it doesn't matter. We are actually the real problems to ourselves and not the weredragons. The earlier we accept that the reason Elsa was born is to liberate us from the weredragons, the better for us all. Why are you bringing confusion? Why don't you allow the rest of the pack to decide for themselves?" Zaria said angrily noticing the division occuring in the pack.

" Says someone who delayed the rescue mission for Zaruch. You know, I'm beginning to doubt your loyalty to this pack. I saw the way Adrain looked at you, he delighted to see you. And you tell me your hands are clean? I'm beginning to detest you Zaria you better watch your actions properly henceforth, it might be the last stupid thing you do." The werewolf who had been on logger head with her earlier said.

Zaria wanted to respond but she thought it best go remain silent. These werewolves were making things really difficult and it was prolonging the whole final fight with the weredragons that would bring about their total freedom.

" No need to argue further, we need to train Elsa first. She isn't fully prepared, maybe when she comes in her full strength, then they will have no choice but to support her." Zoe whispered to Zaria while holding her hands.

Zaria looked at the face of the one who spoke and she was force to smile.

" Why are you smiling?" He asked wondering if he said something stupid.

" You've grown so well overnight. I agree with you, let's try our best to bring the best out of her." Zaria said smiling. 

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Meanwhile, Raphael ran so fast so as to try catching up with her. Infact he had to look for her footprints but it was like she never walked the ground. Her tracts stopped few meters away from the camp ground. 

" Where did she?" He asked worried. He continued sniffing the tracts trying to get her scent or even something to prove she walked this path but nothing.

Still lost in his search for Elsa, he noticed two dragons flying upwards. He recognized one to be Elsa from earlier but he wondered who the other was.

" Elsa" he screamed as loud as he could.

" I'm sorry Raphael, I need to be with people who will accept me for who and what I am." She replied using telepathy.

" Come back Elsa" he shouted as loud as he could. He knew Elsa heard him because she looked back at him before flying off with the second dragon.

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EARLIER BEFORE RAPHAEL CAME

Elsa was seen seriously crying. She ran as fast as she could earlier to a nearby stream. Elsa wondered why everyone rejected her. She wondered why she couldn't leave a normal life and be loved and accepted as everyone else.

" Why am I so different? If only my being different made people love me, then I wouldn't have been so worried. But my being different turns so many against me and some times, I have to end up standing alone. My people and parents left me alone after the fire , the merchant sold me off, even after leaving Madame Hornet, not one day did any of them come looking for me. These werewolves are suppose to be my true tribe, my kind  but instead, they already threw me away before even getting to know me. I wonder the kind of bad aura that surrounds me that makes people want to do away with me." Elsa soliloquized soaked in tears.

" Hey Elsa, I've been searching seriously for you guys." She heard Fiona's voice behind her and a soft hand on her shoulders.

" Oh Fiona, you startled me." She turned abruptly on hearing her voice. It suprised her that she didn't hear her footsteps or catch her scent before she got that close to her.

" A lot happened and we waited for you but you weren't coming, so we assumed you had something to do since you didn't drop or send any form of message." Elsa replied not really interested in the discussion. She knew Fiona to be strong and more than able to defend herself so she wasn't shock when she saw her looking all fine.

" Oh, where are others and why are you sitting here alone crying? Did something happen?" Fiona asked looking genuinely concerned.

" I don't know, they don't need me so I left." Elsa responded doubting her own words but she needed to say it out loud to convince herself.

At first, Fiona was confused on the next action to take and then remembered her father did talk about wanting the Alpha all to himself.

" This is a great opportunity to show my dad that I actually have great skills up my sleeve other than going after cute guys." She thought to herself but thankfully Elsa couldn't hear her thoughts.

" Little wonder why Raphael shouted at you at the slightest opportunity he had and Zaria never ceases to show her displeasure any time I came to your rescue. They pretended so we'll to love and accept you and yet see what happened. But, I don't believe you can hated by everyone. I believe that there are still some people who will do everything and anything to make sure you are happy." Fiona added softly.

Elsa wanted to explain to her that it wasn't Raphael and Zaria but she she didn't see the point as they are all werewolves.

" So, what exactly happened that made them reject you the way they did?" Fiona asked realizing that she might have been too forward.

" They found out that I am a part of me no one else knows about apart from a few werewolves." She said.

" What part exactly?" Fiona asked really curious. As far she was concerned, she thought she knew Elsa very well so she was really suprised when she heard that she had a secret that she Fiona didn't know about.

Instead of explaining in words, Elsa decided to show Fiona. Like she did few days ago, she closed her eyes and tried to focus on that door she opened gradually, a kind of mist enveloped her. Gradually, She transformed into a dragon. Her wings shot out and she clapped them majestically. After the full transformation, Fiona's mouth opened in shock as she saw Fiona in a dragon form for the first time.

" O my big ass!" She exclaimed staring at Fiona.

" When? How? Who ? You look so amazing? or is it beautiful? strong? " She asked several questions at the same time unable to compose a complete sentence.

" Yeah, that's the same way everyone acted when the so me for the first time."