Chapter 7 : Invitation

“Restraints exist for a reason young one” the guide says as she caresses my face like a mother. It’s soothing then she stops, moves away from me her eyes darting back and forth like she is looking for something “cave!” she says and begins disappear, I open my mouth to call out to her but no words come out

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REALITY

I come to and I am in my bed holding my favourite plushy. Sun rays are sneaking into my room through the little space in my curtains; it was all a dream again at least this time I did not end up in some weird place. “No” I hear my father’s voice, he is downstairs and he has company I take in a whiff to determine who it is and it is my brothers and Mirena (Anthony’s girlfriend) I jump out of bed to go out to meet my brothers and immediately my legs hit the floor I fall face down “Argh!” I scream and I hear footsteps running up to my room. “Just how many bones do you plan on breaking, young lady?” I hear my dad say and then I feel someone lift me and put me back in bed, it’s Greg. My mother sits on the bed beside me and puts the back of her hand against my head then my father says “that’s good to know” (okay show offs, we get it). I can sense that there’s a question hanging in the air and so I ask “what happened?” Noah is the first one to speak up “funny I was going to ask that, what did you do to Plankton?” the wooden dummy? It wasn’t a dream? It actually exploded? How is that even possible? I start hyper-ventilating as these questions start swimming in my mind. My mother tries to calm me down and Mirena walks into my room and whispers something to my dad and Anthony that makes them look even more surprised. What is it this time? My dad walks up to the opposite side of the bed and he holds me “it’s okay sweetie, it’s fine” he kisses my forehead and then my mother nods, great everyone is communicating with each other and no one is telling me anything. 

This is another thing you most likely got wrong; how fast do werewolves heal? Well faster than humans but not at the hyper unrealistic rate that is usually projected by the media. If it’s a pureblood, a small scratch would heal in less than an hour, a deep cut wound would heal in a day and broken bones, give or take two to three days. A half blood would heal a broken bone in about seven days and it would take a regular descendant maybe two weeks. So faster than humans, but not that fast. By some miracle, I have no broken bones, however I did manage to sprain my ankle so I have about nineteen hours left to heal. I don’t want to be stuck in my room all day so Noah carries me downstairs to the living room where the rest of my family is discussing plans for the games; It seems like that’s all everyone can think about now. This year’s games are being hosted by the Aegaeon pack and my family has been specially invited because last year’s champion was the Heraeus pack led by Greg. As part of tradition, the opening ceremony for the games will have Greg returning the trophy and placing it on a white marble pedestal then he will give a speech encouraging the contesting groups to be courageous and fair (the whole shebang) and when he is done he lights  the ceremonial torch and the games begin. 

My family is now discussing transportation and housing arrangements for the games, it’s in three months but these people like to plan ahead and yet they wonder where I got my overachieving brain from. “Can I join you in training for the games?” I say to Noah and immediately Anthony and My dad say “No”. I look at my mum and Mirena, I am trying to convince them with my eyes to help me. My mum smiles while Mirena shakes her head at me, almost like she’s saying “you’re on your own kiddo”.

“You visited the academy one day and landed in the infirmary” Anthony says 

“And then look at what you did to Plankton” Noah says.

I take in a deep breath then finally looking at everyone I say “you know if I can make my opponent explode merely by touching them, I think that makes me a valuable asset to have on your team” there’s a long pause and then Mirena starts laughing soon we all join her. “You little troublemaker” Greg says and he and Noah try to grab me, I bolt from the couch and run to the kitchen where my mother is. I am still giggling when I notice a shocked look on my parents face and soon realisation hits everyone else; it hasn’t even been up to two hours and my ankle is healed.