William showed me where I'd be sleeping. Beside my bed was a suitcase, trunk and a backpack. The trunk contained school essentials I'll be needing books,text books about things the human mind wouldn't even be able to begin to imagine exist. The suitcase contained my casual clothes, Pj's, uniform. Yes uniform it sucks I know but it's a boarding school I got no choice,at least they look nice.
After I was done unpacking my belongings William gave me the grand tour of the tour of the tower which consisted of a living room, a small kitchen, a gym and a gaming area. I guess werewolves love video games just as much as humans do.
So I'm currently talking to William about the things he's into and vice versa.
"You see those guys over there"Williams says as he motions for me to look. I follow his gaze and my eyes land on three buff looking dudes with shirts that really compliment they're muscles. They're playing a game of poolwhile laughing at what one of them just said.
"Yeah I see them" I reply
"They're our leaders, the one on the left is Nathan white our Gamma , the one on the left is Ethan Fang our Beta
and the one in the middle is Tanaka Hatake our Alpha." he says
"Alpha, beta, gamma what these titles stand for..? " I ask,completely clueless as to what he just said.
"What do you mean to don't know what they stand for..? William asks with a surprised look on his face.
"To be honest with you I didn't know any of this till acouple of days ago"
"That's explains it, you're one of those kids whose parents try to hide them from this world believing that they'll be safer not knowing what they are making them believe they're just human" he says triumphantly as if he'd just solve a mystery.
"Well I guess you could say it's something like that" I was glad that they were others who were just as clueless as me I didn't want to be the kid who everyone thought was weird just because he's mother hid him from the truth. "So those titles, what do they mean again..? "
"Ahhh right"William begins to explain "The Alpha is the leader of any given pack and he's either the strongest or most cunning of the pack. The Alphas are faster, stronger and slightly bigger than the rest of the normal wolves. They run the pack and everything they say goes, trust me you do not want to disobey an alpha especially in front of others." He looks at me to see if I'm following.
"I'm good "I say "Go on"
"The Alpha's spouse,mate ,wife however you wanna put it is the female alpha so every pack has two alphas. The beta is second in command meaning second strongest and biggest followed by the gamma. The same rules apply to their mates as well"
"That's a lot of people with a lot of authority don't you think" I say " Two Of everything it's really confusing don't you think. "
"Think of it this way, humans have what they call a government right, now the Alpha is the president and the first lady is he's mate. The beta is is the vice president and the gamma is the Prime Minister it's 's simple as that only they're two of each one female one male, so you see its not that confusing well honestly it is but you'll get used to it" he says with a laugh.
"So if you're the strongest you become the Alpha?"I ask
"Well yes and no. Being the strongest doesn't automatically make you alpha you have to smart strong,fast and of course have the packs interest at heart otherwise you can be overthrown. In order to do that one has to challenge the current alpha although that rarely happens since no one wants to fight an Alpha "
"I see, so do you guys bow down and do everything for those guys" I ask
"Nah those guys are cool they treat everyone nicely, it's why everyone likes them. Those kind of stuff does happen in some packs if of course the alpha is a dictator of sort either way it all depends on the pack. For instance my pack doesn't bow down or act like slaves to our leaders but we do respect them?"
As I'm listening to William about werewolves and their hierarchy and customs a bell goes off. "Ooh that must be dinner we better get going"William says as he stands up and offers me his hand.
"Dinner!! "I exclaim "What happened to lunch"
"We had lunch a few hours ago remember "William says clearly surprised by the fact that I had forgotten that we had eaten earlier as he was giving me the grand tour of the tower.
"Yeah sorry I forgot, I guess I'm just really hungry" I say as I take his hand.
Earlier we had lunch in the small kitchen as it has its own food supply but I guess we have to gather at the dinning hall for dinner.
As we walk into the dinning hall again I'm surprised by the sheer size if it.
'Is everything here big'
The hall is big enough to host a ball. Lining the walls are medical weapons such as swords, axes, shields ,crossbows, portraits and etcetera.The walls were made of fine marbel and with such artistic design no human could have possibly accomplished.
The floor was made of polished black stone and the ceiling was a painting of what must have been a war. The hall contained eight of the longest table ever. Each seemed capable of sitting over two hundred people.
"Alex this way , here we sit according to our year as you can see the first years are on this table"
We each take a seat when we get to the table. Around us kids from all parts of the world were talking and laughing, it reminded me of my own friends. The chair in front of me is empty but in he blink of an eye a blonde haired girl is sitting there making me almost jump out of my chair in surprise.
"How the hell did you do that..? " I half shout.
"Vampire speed, what are you dumb..?"She responds "Hey guys, so whose the new kid? "she asks William. "Hello Sara this is Alex and he's one of those guys if you know what I mean "
"Ahh one of those that explains it, anyway how was your holiday? "
"Mine was awesome thank you for asking. Mom and dad took is to Egypt gosh you guys should really look up on Egyptian magic those guys were geniuses."A boy with dark brown hair sitting next to Sara responded. I presumed with what he said he might be a witch.
"What of yours Kira. What did you do this holiday? "he asks her
"Mine was boring Sean. All I ever did was sleep all day long"says Kira.
"I'm not surprised since its what you guys love to do"says William with a slight chuckle.
Just then the same white haired woman walks in with the three sisters in tow. As she does all chatter dies down.
'She must be important '
'Greetings everyone"she starts" I'd like to welcome you all back to school for our second semester "
"That's Lady Katherine Vincent, our headmistress"William whispers in my ear as she continues addressing the school.
"Today I'd like to welcome anew student please make him feel at home. Alex may you come up please"hearing her say my name and everyone's gaze lands on me.
"Alex dear"she continues"Will you please come up" she says encouraging me to to join her where she stood. I stand up from my seat with about a thousand eyes on me. I stride slowly towards her not one bit liking the attention on me. As I near her she offers me her hand which I take. Her hand is slightly cold but comfortable maybe she has a cold.
"Introduce yourself please"
I have never been a fan of crowds let alone introducing myself to one.
"Hello everyone" I say with a slight wave "My name is Alex Wolfgang"
A series of murmurs arise. "Silence please"the headmistress says and motions me back to my table. As I approach my chair I'm bombarded with questions.
"Dude why didn't you tell me your name was Wolfgang'William asks.
"Cause you never asked" I reply"Besides what's the big deal with it anyway".
"The Wolfgang family are the leaders of the strongest wolf pack in the world. I'm surprised you know so little of who you are"he says.
A bell rings and in walk in people with hunched backs and small eyes and big arms carrying trays with all sorts of food. They set the food on the table and left.
"What are those..? "I ask
"They're called Varkeen, they prepare the food here. Lady Katherine hired them because they make the best food ever"Kira says.
"You can say that again I love their food, it's all I could think about when I was home. Mom and dad say they're too expensive to hire"says William
Once the food is set everyone starts to fill their plates. Upige my plate with everything that is in reach because everything just looks soo mouth watering. I'm about to dig in when I notice Sara munching on some steak.
"I thought vampires only drank blood"
"Well that's what humans think,we eat and drink just like anyone else. We drink blood because our own bodies aren't capable of making enough of its own plus blood is tasty and gives us strength. "
"Good to know, so what's this about my family being such a big deal? "
Sean looks at me with an expression that clearly states .
'Seriously are you that clueless '
"Your family the Wolfgangs have been the leader of the strongest pack for over five hundred years. Your family has the strongest wolf blood in the werewolf world being able to run a pack for five hundred years is incredible no other family has had a leader fare that long" he responds
'As I was saying earlier Alex, you interested born an Alpha, anyone can rise to that title. You have to be the strongest it's how it is even to normal wolves. It's the strong shall rule over the weak kind of thing. Now your family has been able to hold in to their ruling position for over five centuries which is pretty impressive" says William.
"Pretty impossible if you ask me" says Sean.
"Rumor has it that your ancestor Eric Wolfgang made a deal with a witch in order for his family to remain the ruling power"says Kira.
"Well whatever it is you've got to be pretty badass to remain in power for five centuries. Well with the fact that you die quite quickly of course "says Sara.
I fall silent as I digest all this. Why on earth did my mother hide all this from me. If my family is so Badala why weren't they there to save my mom? And why have I never met any of them? Why would my mother even hide her own family members from me?. All these questions run in my head making me even more confused.
I'm brought back to reality after hearing the sound of plates clanging as the Varkeen collect them and the leftovers. We say goodnight to each other tym William and I head off to our dorm. Once there I head for the showers. I take a long shower to relax my nerves. When I'm done I dress in my pjs and get ready for bed.
"Night, Wiliam"
"Good night Alex"