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Home…
That’s the last thing you ever wanna lose.
I don’t even know who my real enemy is. I don’t know who or what to blame.
The hunters? Or the neighboring wolf packs who has been a pain in the @$$ to my people??
So to talk of peace, we never felt that. Not even for once.
Everything I cherished the most were taken away from me. My dad, and my mom. As if that wasn’t enough, they took my best friend who had just followed me back to the village as soon as we heard the scream.
And every single day, every single moment of my life, I keep asking myself why it all has to be me? Have I in anyway offended life?
I won’t go further, you just have to hear the whole story yourself.
By the way, my name is Theodora Van Amstel. And here is how it all happened.
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Theodora was with her best friend, Camila in the farm when a very loud scream was heard. It was coming from the village, and that scream wasn’t just the kind you may think.
The two girls dropped what they were doing, with unpredictable speed, they rushed back to the village.
Theodora’s heart was racing, she has never run a marathon race like this before. But that wasn’t the main reason why her chest was beating so fast.
” No. No, I hope it’s not what I am thinking.” She muttered to herself, shooking her head as she kept running.
From afar, they could see black smokes flying up to the sky. ” Mom!!!” She cried. ” Dad!!”
They reached to the village, but all they could see were few dead bodies and scattered homes.
Theodora’s eyes searched for her mother and father. She froze as soon as she saw her mother laying helpless on the ground with her hand stretched out like she was reaching out for something… Or someone.
And she followed the direction of her mother’s gaze, it was her father’s body laying dead, lifeless and hopeless.
” Mother!!” She screamed. ” No. No, no. Please wake up. Please, don’t die. You have to wake up. ” She wept bitterly, shaking her body for any response.
But then theyhe realized that she was indeed dead and there was no way to bring them back to life, not even with her scream.
” There they are!” Cried a loud voice.
Theodora didn’t want to move, she was ready to die with them. What was life for her without them? Nothing!!
As Camila rushed to pull her up to her feet and get themselves out, a bullet landed on her shoulder bone.
She yelped painfully, falling to the ground. ” Dora!” She called.
Theodora turned, her eyes flew open in terror to see as Camila dragged herself on the ground. She left her mother and sister, running towards her.
” What happened?”
” This is not the time to ask questions, Dora, this is the time to run. Leave this place. ”
” Without you? Not happening. We came here together, and we are leaving together. ” She holds her hand, placing it around her neck. ” I’m gonna save you. I’m not going anywhere without you.”
” Get them!!” Camila looked back, pushing Theodora from her and they both fell to the ground. ” Forget about me, save yourself.”
Theodora forced her way to Camila, trying to jerk her up but she refuses. ” If I let you die alone, I will never forgive myself. ”
” Don’t you dare blame yourself for my death. This is not your fault. ”
” No, it’s not. But if I let you die, it becomes my fault. ”
” Maybe this was fate’s decision, we can’t change it. Maybe it’s time I see my ancestors, I have always wanted to know what they look like. ” She smiled.
Theodora wasn’t interested in any of those, all she wanted was to save her friend’s life and get themselves out of there.
” This is nonsense, Camila. We have to leave or they get us.”
” You are the one who deserves to live. You still have a lot to work on yourself. You don’t have to die with your wolf dominant, and we don’t even know what kind of wolf you are.
If not for anyone, live for my sake. Now go, run away and never come back. ” She groaned. ” Don’t even look back. Never look back. I will always be with you, Dora, even in the after life.”
Holds her hand. ” Always remember this, Dora, I love you. Now go!! Run!!”
Theodora stood to her feet, endlessly running. She ran and ran without turning back. Even when she heard the gunshot, knowing they had finally killed her best friend, she didn’t stop.
When she tried to, Camila’s voice would echo in her head. ” Don’t even look back. Never look back.”
And she didn’t. She never did look back. But the memories, the whole dead body, her mother, her father and Camila, they were all in her head, and she knew it was a memory that will always live with her forever.
