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Chapter 2 - Outside Life Encounter: The Straight Road

Are we going outside now?", Clara asks with her eyes forming like a heart out of excitement. "A Big No! Okay? So, stop dreaming like he will come out automatically outside of this farm", I said in reply looking at her with disgusting look. "Oh no you're such an id-!", she didn't add and trying to hide her disappointments when she notice that I stare at her. "Why wasting your time here if we can find him that he's nearby and yet we little recognize it?". "No... you miss the point, Clara. Do you think finding him is a better way out to hide from Victor?", I paused to wait for her response but there is not. "Yes, I need him, we both need him. But it doesn't mean we can escape to Victor after all". Looking at the rainbow fountain firmly, it changes the color to whole blood red. As if saying of an upcoming consequence. We all gaze on it, trying to fathom the whole scene. When all of a sudden Clara interrupts my thought. "I think we should better find out the truth before Victor will find and win over us. The dark fight is not yet over not until he will come and see us surrender in his hands". "I won't let that happen. He needs to pay the price for taking the life of my parents and the rest of our Wol-pire pack", saying these out of my great pain and hatred. "It's better if we change our life starting now. What do you think?", an encouraging word from Clara who is eager to face Victor once and for all. "Our training is not yet over. But I think we've come far for it. We will do as you please to do. But we cannot trust anyone around." Stepping back from the fountain to find a sit near to it. "Yes, you are right for that. I wish this guy of yours will lead us to look for the former member of the council", a phrase that we wish would it be since we two both long to find the members of our pack after what happened 390 years ago. "Do you think we will see them after so much years we hide ourselves and we conceal our aura in this human state?", trying to hide my doubt. "It's hard to tell, my dear. But let's hope that we can find them before Victor will shatter us to pieces", saying as she tries to analyze when she remembers something, "He steals something that deserves to be with you! And now we live in this hell we don't know if it's safe to be silent or will bring us to death."

I stand up from my sit, and decided sternly to keep everything on its place. "Tomorrow our journey will start. We will keep everything lock here by my own charm. We will be back here from time to time. This place is our safe refuge. I will use my teleport power but we can't use it often so that he can sounds our strong aura. Our life is still at risk, do I say it clear?" "Yes, your Highness", she chuckles and lead me to go back home to prepare our necessary things for our tomorrow's quest in search of the man of my Half-life.

The next day comes. Inside my home, I pack my things needed for our journey. Bringing everything all I need from my secret weapon down to my clothes when suddenly I come to think of a better idea. "I think it will be better if I start my life outside as an office clerk. In there, I can do my better strategies. What do you think?", asking Clara who keeps on moving here and there. "Ahm, maybe you're right. But just so you know working in a company we don't have the background information might pull us closer to Victor." "Kind of but don't worry we'll try to find out everything we need before we settle to the environment. Our main task is to look for the former members of the council that I'm pretty sure they are still alive. Victor cannot take a hand on them. Only if….", I paused remembering the last thoughts I wanted to say but I remain the words on air. "If you're afraid for the consequence, so do I. But like you, I still can't understand why Lady Amelia foresee an event that will make both the two different worlds together. I know it's not impossible but meeting Victor at the same time, meeting him? It makes my head in pain", facing me while I'm struggling to keep the things on hand. "I care less of this unity. But it's more important to meet my linking guardian. He will lead us to Lady Amelia and it will be easy for us to locate the rest. I just wish this battle journey is not as much as like we've encountered already. We lost our family, we lost our home and now, we live on this earth that doesn't deserve to be the center of our battle", trying to pack the last remaining box before heading to the garage. "Yes, you're right for that I hope so too. This is our time to appear to our community council. We both don't know what happens right after we lost track to their sight", Clara's reply heading to the garage while I'm holding all the boxes we need to our quest. Before we make our way outside the home, we make sure we sealed the Fountain of Angel no one can touch. "Is everything we need are already inside the car, Clara?", placing myself to the driver's seat. "Yes, it's already here…", as she inspects the boxes one by one. "Okay, let the engine starts for our long way journey,". I start the engine and the gate opens wide, a reminder to welcome me to the outside world. We let the window's car open to see clearly the outstanding beauty of the view we never have seen before.

While inside the Lamborghini car, I can feel the winds differently opposite in my mansion/farm. We both feel contented and doesn't make a sound as if we wish our life is just like this. I click the song, "Paper Crown" by Alec Benjamin but in the middle of the song, Clara switch the song to Shaun feat. Conor Maynard's "Way Back Home". "You really like that song so much huh?", giving her a smirk smile. "I really do! It reminds me to groove. Hahaha. And ohh let me remind you that I'm more updated than on your not-so-new songs", looking at me with her teasing tongue been out and look back at the window as she enjoys the view outside. We passed the narrow road of fields seeing those kids flying their kites on the air. They wave their hands enough for us to wave back too. Their wide smile makes me think that they are proud of their kites and how they made it to fly freely on the air. After passing the narrow road, we notice the two different crossing paths. One is going straight, while the one is going left. I try to locate our destination on where must be going using my compass power ability. When it turns out on the straight road, we never hesitate to go ahead. The road seems not anymore new to us. Thinking like we already encountered the road, I started to ask my half-soul wolf. "This is not good for me. But have we ever encountered this road before Clara?". Clara become silent for a while trying to remember if the road is not anymore kind of not seen before. "Hey, are you still with me or not?", confused of her quietness. "I am not sure but I feel there is someone we see here along the new world we will live". "What? W-wait I think you just feel it because even if you don't tell me, I know you go outside my farm house without my approval. Roaming around acting like you know everything", rolling my eyes while I manage to drive the car. "Okay fine, you got it. there's no way for me to hide it", her only response as she knew she hid something for me. As we travel by the straight road, we were both amazed of how the passing years help change the environment to adapt on the advancement and improvement of the county. We saw those humans who were busy of their everyday living. Some were working on the small dine-in restaurants, working on the little gasoline stations, flower shops, legal loggers of trees on which soon will help widen the road that will lessen if not could not stop the car accidents especially during unexpected heavy rains. This ordinary occurrence reminds myself of the beauty beyond different personalities that lived on this human land.

In the middle of the road, the engine suddenly stops. We both look at each other as if we feel something is strange behind that abrupt incident. We notice the passing cars looking on us yet they just ignore us. So, we both decide to go out on our car and check it if there's a problem. As I open the engine machine on the front, I notice everything is fine and I wondered how come there's an engine problem. "Is there a problem on our car, your Highness?", asked Clara. "I don't know why but we both use our powers to start this and…" I paused as I feel something in my ear whispers that I walk forward not far from our car while Clara is trying to analyze the car especially its wheels. When she noticed that I walk away from her, she runs behind me trying to ask me and follow the gaze of my eyes looking towards the old abandoned house not far from the car we stopped by. But before she could do that, she observed that my feet walked backward on hers. "Something is not good here. We need to hurry to go back to our car, your Highness", as she smells the surrounding that smells like a taste of blood. I face her behind me as I say, "I need your help. Something I feel that this house we stopped by can help us to give us the answer we're looking for".

I hesitate to follow her command that I step back and wanted to run to get inside the car when Chiara hold my tail and wanted me to enter first the old abandoned home. "What comes into your mind that you wanted to enter this home? Seriously?!", I try to protest since our mission is about finding the members of our council and our community. "Just think of this as the start of our mission", my replied to her while we're near to the gate of the house. We noticed the gate was left open, with no signs of any probable causing troubles. "This house seems like owned a long time ago", I told Chiara as she tries to perceive with prudent attention the whole surroundings, making sure no one is following us. "I guess you're right but….," stepping her feet to mine. "Did you notice something is obvious here that seems like we're oblivious from the very start?". Confused of her words, I answered with a disgusting submission, "Fine! We're done with this playful obser----", when suddenly the image of the house recalls on me that we left an hour ago.

"Are we lost of the track we've been looking for?", trying to stepped back and don't want any more to proceed to knock on the door. "Why is it that our home is here?", looking terrified as I'm behind on hers. Before Chiara tries to run away, I stepped forward to do the action. "Let me do it. Like always when you are on your wolf-figure, you forget to be brave, huh?". As I saw her covering her ears with her paws while she's on my back. "Hey! Don't try me! You were the first one who did this to me!", trying to answer her bravely while my feet are shaking out of being a coward. "If not because of you who controlled over me and over again because you desire not to look for your mate a long time ago. If he's here around us, you will see how mighty I am! You are the reason why I am still like this innocent helpless wolf because you never want me to enhance my ability by doing it on my own. You never allow me to improve and you take away the power that you now enjoy!", trying to control my tears to flow down in my eyes. Realizing the fact of her words, I stop to knock on the door and face her with my deepest sorry. It brings me hurt at the same time as I realized what I have done to her. I try to calm her down by looking on her eyes and try to wipe her tears by my hands. "I didn't mean to hurt you this way. I wasn't aware of my words that I made you feel bad for that. I am sorry for waiting you too long looking for our mate. I didn't take away the what's really yours. I concealed your powers for your safety and my safety. At the right time, you will gain it again. You have to trust me for this. We will never be separated. You are always by my side. I am your Highness always remember that". I kissed her forehead, easing the pain the felt. I didn't wait for her reply but she leans on me as a sign of surrendering herself, making me feel my words made worth for her the comfort that she needs. Suddenly, the door opens wide and our eyes we're surprise as I see that it is really the old Victorian house.