October 16, 883
Lucas Alexander White
Lucas woke up to the smell of bacon. After rolling quickly out of bed, he hurried to get decent before heading down stairs. He stopped to look in the mirror only to notice how his silver eyes seemed to shine more than they did yesterday. Looking at himself he noticed how his hair had grown longer and darker and was now a dark shade of black while his skin had darkened and turned to a medium tan. Overall he thought he was handsome but would never tell anyone since it's not a good trait to be over confident.
Once he got downstairs he headed to the dining room using his nose to follow the smell of bacon but as he got closer he could hear smell 5 people in the dining room and could hear each of their heartbeats.
Since he turned 13 his senses gradually started to become sharper, to the point where he could track a rabbit better than most hunting dogs. He even started to be able to see at night which made it more convenient for him to train longer in the forest than he used to as well as study longer. He also noticed he needed less sleep than before as well.
He decided to act surprised when he saw everybody standing waiting for him, when he walked in. He looked at the people here, his father, Matilda or Matty, the head chef Earnest, his trainer Gregor, and the newest addition to the estate Hercine. Who was a tall dark skinned woman with short hair and a gentle smile.
Hercine was his shape shifting teacher. She had been teaching him the history about werewolves shifting abilities. As well as how it takes practice and patience to stop the shift halfway. Which is how werewolves got their humanoid forms that everyone knows about most. What they don't realize is it takes years of practice to achieve this for most people l. To some however such as his father it took less than a year. Lucas however thought he liked the full shift form best he wouldn't know until after the Ceremony of Fenrir.
Once he sat down each of them brought him a gift. Hercine gave him a dagger that was a deep shade of blue on the blade but, the hilt was made of deer antler with intricate carving of wolves howling on it. After seeing the blade Lucas couldn't help but smile big and hugged and thanked her. Gregor gave him so light weight dark leather armor. Lucas said his thanks but Gregor just nodded in return. Earnest gave him a pair of black boots. And Lucas shook his hand in return. Matty gave him a pendent with a 4 wolfs circling the moon. It showed on it his family crest and he gladly put it and gave her a hug.
Finally was a gift from his father. "Now Lucas I know that you're a nan now and every man needs a sword though we prefer fighting with tooth and claw you have too much talent to not make use of. So with that being said I give this to you." What his father handed him was a slightly curved sword with red linen wrapped hilt with a round guard on it.
Lucas had never seen a sword like this before was amazed at its craftsmanship. Alexander continued talking " it's called a katana, it's from a nation long forgotten. Not even the dwarves could mimic its unique forging technique. The maintenance in it is unique but I'll have Gregor show it to you later I hope you like it son".
Lucas couldn't help but draw the sword from its sheath which surprised him even more as one side was sharp and the other was blunt but, even more surprising was the color. It was as dark as night with silver wave patterns etched in the blade. Lucas decided he would treasure this for the rest of his life. Lucas thanked his father and continued talking "Where did you find such blade? Wait never mind where you found it doesn't matter as well as how you got it I'm extremely grateful for your gift father. I will keep it by my side always."
After hearing this Alexander replied " For you I wish I could give you more but alas you have to bake you're own way in this world. As you know after the Ceremony in four days, you will join the university at the start of next year and will no longer have my support. That doesn't mean you can't come visit me anymore. As far as the Ceremony have you figured out what you're offering to Fenrir is going to be yet?
After thinking for a moment Lucas replied with a determined look " I'm gonna offer Fenrir a wyvern." This caught everyone their by surprise because they were not as rare as dragons but we're still full of vitality making them very hard to kill. Alexander spoke up,
" if that's what you wish do you know where you're gonna go to kill one because it so you should probably leave first thing. Be careful though my son as I will not help you Gregor will be with you to carry you off should it get to dangerous. After hearing this Lucas told him his plan, " I'm going to fang mountain. My plan is to trap one down with a woven metal net similar to what you would use on the out of control feral werewolves. Only difference is it will be much bigger but, not to worry I already have everything packed and planned out."
Alexander couldn't help but smile at the man his son has become. Alexander began talking again while standing up to leave, " Lady Elizabeth sends her regards and wishes she could make it but her father is still out visiting the capital again so she could not leave.
After hearing this Lucas smiled and said " that's ok I know that I will see her soon after all I've waited this long so waiting a little longer isn't a problem". Even though Lucas said that Alexander could still see his sons heartache from his eyes.
Although the two hadn't seen each other in some time they still talked often using the transient tower to do so even thought it's supposed to be off limits for such simple uses. When they couldn't do that they would send letters. In some cases they even used carrier pigeons to speak to one another. Thinking about this Alexander couldn't help but smile for what the future had in store for those two.
Lucas spent the remainder of his day going over his plans and practicing with his katana which he discovered would require different sword moves than those he previously used. So after spending the rest of the day figuring out what motion worked best he decided he would head to dinner then get to bed early just to be safe. As tomorrow he would set out for Fang mountain.