"Ahhh!", Fenris screamed in pain. He slowly opened his eyes. He was in a grass field, with nothing and no one to be found in sight. "Where am I", Fenris said.
After Fenris asked that question, he realized something else: he just didn't know where he was, he also didn't know who he was. Fernis, looking to be around eight years old, started to panic.
He tried desperately to remember who he was. Wait, he could remember something. Fenris! Fenris that was his name. Remembering that, a smile appeared on his face which later disappeared when he realized he remembered nothing else.
"Come on, I can do this. Remember something else, anything else". Fenris tried once more. Maybe the same thing would happen when he remembered his name, but sadly he wasn't that lucky.
Nothing happened, despite all his efforts he remembered nothing. Apart from his name Fenris's mind was a complete blank. He began to cry. "Why why can't I remember anything". He tried hitting his head, hoping some memories would resurface but that didn't work.
He wiped his tears. "Maybe I could find someone who remembers me. Yeah, maybe my family is nearby". Fenris got up from the ground and took a look at what he was wearing.
A laced-up shirt, crumbled trousers, and no shoes. He noticed something else, a wooden necklace. "This looks nice". Fenris played with it for a while. He didn't know why but he seemed infatuated with it.
He stopped playing with it and decided to look for someone, anyone who could tell him who he was. He didn't know where to go and just picked a random direction.
As he walked he saw no one, just trees and grass. "I really hope I'm going in the right direction, and not walking away from my family". Fenris could suddenly hear something. That wasn't accurate. He could hear multiple things, people talking, the stomps on horses, and drum-like sounds which were heartbeats.
Fenris stopped, he saw nothing in front of him, to his sides, or even behind him. "What was that? Am I hearing things". Fenris then stopped hearing the noises. Fenris then tried to hear them again and the noises returned.
It turns out that Fenris had the ability to turn the noises on and off. When he did choose to hear them they were coming from a particular direction. Fenris decided to follow it.
It didn't take long for the voices to lead him into a town, well more like a city. With carriages, people in armor, and everyone in expensive-looking clothes. "Am I from here?". Fenris looked at what he was wearing.
"Who am I kidding? With the way I look, my family's probably dirt poor". Fenris went over to an adult on the street. "Excuse me …".
"Sorry I don't have anything on me", the adult said. He quickly walked passed. "He didn't even let me finish", Fenris said. Fenris went around hoping to get help from someone.
"Excuse … ". "Sorry kid I got nothing for ya", Another adult said. "Excuse …". "Shoo I don't want you to dirty my clothes", This time it was a woman in a pink dress.
This went on as Fenris went adult to adult, but they all turned him away without even listening to him. "What's going on? Why are all these people not listening to what I have to say?".
Fenris wasn't aware that the reason why all the adults weren't listening to him was because they all thought he was a beggar. With the dirty clothes he wore it wasn't that hard to assume.
After trial and error, Fenris finally gave up. He sat on a water fountain and started to cry once more. He found the sound of rushing water calming. "This isn't fair, I can't remember who I am, and no one will listen to me. How am I supposed to find my family".
Fenris couldn't control his tears, he kept wiping his bearings but they just kept coming out. "Hey kid, what's wrong", a voice said. Looking up Fenris could see a woman looking to be in her late thirties. She had short black-green eyes and seemed to be wearing clothes that were a little dirty, not like his. Another thing Fenris noticed was that she was quite muscular.
"I can't find my family", Fenris said. "Okay, where did you last see them?", the woman asked. "I don't know?", Fenris answered. "Okay, what are your parent's names? Someone's bound to know them especially if they have a last name" the woman asked.
Fenris tried to remember, but he just couldn't, he squinted his eyes as hard as he did. "Hey, kid you're not going to GO right here are you?", the woman asked in fear.
"What are you talking about? I was trying to remember my parents' name. I can't", Fenris said. "You can't remember your own parents' name", The woman asked. Fenris nodded vertically. "What about how they look? We don't have a lot of dark skinned folk, so they should be easy to find".
Fenris tried to remember what they looked like but he couldn't. "I don't know what they look like", Fenris said. "Wait, you're telling me that you're looking for your family but you don't remember their names or faces?", The woman asked.
Fenris nodded slowly. 'Is this kid trying to scam me or something?', The woman thought. She looked at Fenris, he looked sad and confused. 'If he is then it's working, he's just too adorable to ignore'.
She scratched the back of her head, thinking of what to do. "Tell you what. You can come stay with me until you can remember them".
"Really?", Fenris asked. "Sure, but you won't be lazing around, you'll help me with my business. I'm a blacksmith, you're too young to work but you can help me with a lot of errands I'm too busy to do" " the woman said.
"So what do you say?". Fenris thought about it, on one hand, it sounded good he couldn't remember anything and he couldn't take care of himself, what the muscular woman was offering him sounded good on the other it didn't just sound good it sounded too good to be true, he may have been a child and he may not have any memories but even he knew that trusting a complete stranger could end badly for him.
But did he really have a choice? "Okay", Fenris answered. "Great, I guess I should ask your name. I'm Sarah". "I think my name is Fenris", Fenris answered,
"Pleasure meeting you Fenris". Sarah extended her hand for a handshake. Fenris shook her hand. "You too".
Fenris then had a large bell ringing, it seemed like Sarah could hear it as well. "I guess it's time", Sarah said. "Time for what?", Fenris asked. Fenris saw a large crowd of people rushing toward a particular direction.
"Follow me Fenris, there's something you need to see", Rosa said. Fenris followed Rosa and ended up in a crowd of people. There was a wooden platform and six people were placed on it.
They were on their knees, their hands were on the neck bound and their mouths were gagged. A man stood on the platform wearing armor that appeared to be silver.
He began to speak. "These monsters here have been disguised as one of you for years, pretending to be your friends, lovers, and colleagues. But thanks to me their true natures are about to be revealed".
He took a powder from his pocket, it was purple in color. He went to one of the tied people and removed their gag. It was a woman, with red hair looking to be in her twins.
The man rubbed the purple powder on her face. It irritated her, she shook her head violently then her eyes glowed yellow and her teeth elongated. She let out a roar, which caused the crowd of people.
"Werewolves! Hiding among yourselves, they've been killing children at night and pretending to be one of you in the day".
"That's a damn lie!", the werewolf said. "You dare talk back, beast", the hunter said. "Yeah, if you're going to kill us I might as well say what's on my mind".
"We haven't done anything wrong, my family and I have lived in this for years. we laughed, ate, and celebrated with all of you, you never had a problem with us then. But now you find out that we're werewolves and you suddenly change face, we've never harmed a single one of you, we just wanted a peaceful life, we don't deserve to die for that".
"The bitch lies!". A man yelled from the crowd. "She's a monster only pretending to be human. Only the gods know how many they have killed. Kill her and the rest of the abominations".
"Kill them! Kill them! Kill them! Kill them!", The crowd yelled in unison. "The people have spoken beats" " the hunter said. "We do not accept your kind and we never will".
He grabbed the girl and led her to a guillotine. She was beheaded and the crowd screamed even louder. "Why … why is this happening? What did she do?", Fenris asked in horror.
"She was a werewolf", Sarah said. "Maybe you shouldn't be seeing this because you're still a kid but it's something you need to know".
"Werewolves are monsters who can look like us but they are merciless killers. So be careful who you make friends with, and if you ever suspect someone of being a werewolf report it to an adult. They'll know what to do".
Fenris turned away as more of the werewolves were being executed. He didn't realize it but he was witnessing how the world truly felt about his kind.