As you walk through the forest searching for an exit, you keep getting the feeling that you’re being watched. You stop walking to close your eyes and take a few deep breaths in an attempt to stay calm. “Nothing is following me,” you think to yourself. “I’m just getting paranoid because I’m lost.”
The sound of a stick snapping makes you jump in fright, frantically looking all around for whatever caused that to happen. The sound came from close by, so that has to mean that someone, or something is nearby. You swear you hear something move behind you, so you turn around and look for whatever is behind you…and see a pair of squirrels run out of a bush and up a nearby tree. You let out a sigh of relief, feeling a bit more at ease now that you know the noises you’ve been hearing were just some squirrels. You turn around and take a few steps forward, still looking over your shoulder…
You’re stopped in your tracks when you run into something large and furry that causes you to fall to the ground. You rub your head and begin to look up at what you ran into, only for your blood to run cold.
Standing over you was a massive creature covered in midnight black fur. It stood on two digitigrade legs with large, four-digit paws instead of feet. Its chest was large and rather muscular, with the creature boasting a well-defined six pack. Its hands appeared to be mostly human, save for the sharp claws and leathery pads on its palms. Behind it was a large, furry tail that swayed side to side occasionally. The most notable feature, however, was the creature’s head: a wolf’s head, complete with a canine snout filled with sharp teeth and golden yellow eyes. You didn’t need to be an expert on mythical creatures to know that what stood in front of you was none other than a werewolf.
“Well well well…what do we have here?” the werewolf speaks in a smooth, masculine voice. “A human out in the forest all by his lonesome? Don’t you know it’s dangerous to be out in the woods by yourself, human? There are werewolves out here!” The wolf lets out a hearty laugh, but you can only stare at the creature in terror. The werewolf seems to sense your fear and gives you a rather toothy grin.
“Frozen in fear, are we?” He asks. “Can’t say that I blame you. Most humans don’t know how to react when they run into a werewolf for the first time. My brothers sure didn’t know what to do!” The werewolf laughs for a second before continuing. “Anyways, let’s take a good look at you.”
The wolf begins to circle around you, looking your body up and down. When he’s behind you, he grabs your shirt and hoists you onto your feet before placing a clawed hand on your shoulder to prevent you from running. When he’s in front of you again, he grabs your left arm and raises it above your head before sniffing your armpit. When he finishes sniffing, he lowers your arm and begins to think.
“You’re young, though you aren’t very virile…” the wolf says, giving you another look up and down. “Alright human, I’ll give you two choices: you come with me or I eat you. Which do you want?”
“I-I’ll come with you…” you stutter, not wanting to be eaten. Your timidity makes the werewolf chuckle as he pats you on the back. “Good choice, human,” he says. “Though I would’ve taken you with me even if you wanted to be eaten. You’re too valuable to be eaten.”
“V-Valuble?” you stutter as the wolf leads you deeper into the forest. “Wh-What do you mean?” The werewolf grins, making you shrink back a little in fear. You don’t like the way the beast is looking at you, even if he supposedly isn’t going to eat you.
“Oh you’ll see,” the werewolf replies, chuckling to himself.
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The werewolf leads you to a cave deep in the forest. From the mouth of the cave, a slow-moving river flows out, going deep into the forest. Further in, you can see torches lining the wall of the cave, illuminating a safe path for you and the wolf to follow. The wolf guides you into the cave, leading you deeper and deeper. Eventually, you can see more light at the end of the tunnel. With every step you take, the light becomes closer and closer until eventually you arrive in a large open cavern. The walls of the cavern are lined with torches, making it rather well lit. Near the back against the wall is a large pile of what appears to be hay, arranged comfortably in a way that makes it look like a large bed. However, what stands out to you the most are the occupants of the cave.
Situated around a large bonfire in the middle of the cave are four werewolves. One has white fur, one has red fur, and the remaining two both have grey fur. Each one is much larger than you, but none of them are as large as the black wolf that found you. As you and the black wolf walk in, the four wolves turn their heads. Upon seeing you, they begin to grin and look at each other.
“You finally got one!” the white one says. “Way to go boss!”
“God, it’s been so long since we caught a human,” the red one says. They turn to the pair of grey wolves and ask “How long has it been since we found you two?”
“Six months,” the first grey one says.
“Best six months of our lives!” the second grey one adds.
The black wolf grins at you and ruffles your hair. “Seems like my brothers like you, human,” he says. “That’s a good sign.” The wolf guides you to the fire, stopping when the two of you are in front of the other wolves. The black wolf then clears his throat and begins to speak.
“Brothers, after many moons of hunting, I’ve finally found us another human!” The wolf turns his head to you, keeping one arm wrapped around you. “Human, these are my brothers: Conri, Fenris, and the twins, Romulus and Remus.” He gestured first to the white wolf, then the red wolf, and then the two grey wolves. “And I am Alpha.”
“Wh-Why did you bring me here…?” You ask meekly, scared of the pack of large werewolves in front of you.
“You hear that, brothers?” Alpha says in a loud, boisterous tone. “He wants to know why he’s here!” The wolves begin laughing, finding your question rather amusing, though you don’t have the slightest idea as to why. When the laughing finally dies down, Alpha looks at you with a devious grin.
“You’re going to be one of us, pup.”