Once Upon a time .....

That was how my mother began every story she ever told me and my little sister. She would tell me about the mythical creatures and monsters that once existed in the kingdom and near bye lands.

She spoke of the Griffin, Harpy, Cerberus, chimera and many more creatures, but she never missed the chance to tell us about the Fenrir. The Fenrir was known as the most dangerous, terrifying and vicious amongst them all.

The Fenrir wear also known as shifters ,as they could take the form of any creature they had devoured and if they were to even disguise as a mere mortal you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

"But mother, how does one know what a Fenrir looks like in their true form" Annabelle couldn't help but asked.

My mother chuckled as she tapped on my nose," Well according to the myths they are extremely hideous beings, the stance of a human giant, fur covering every part of their body, long pointy ears, sharp claws, and teeth's that looked like it had being sharpened with a blade. O....how could I forget and their blood red colored eyes, which made them look extremely vicious and wicked.

"But mother, is there really no weakness for a Fenrir" I asked, her curiosity getting the better of me once more."

But mother only looked at me with a smile on her face, as she acted like she was thinking of an answer to my question.

"Well legend has it , that the one thing that is can kill a Fenrir is LOVE".

"Huh?? Love, but how is love suppose to kill someone isn't it a good thing". I asked.

My mother stared at me before she gave me an answer to my question," It is baby.....It is, but for a creatures like the Fenrir, it is a deadly weapon, because Fenrir's feed on selfishness and all the negative emotions that come from other creatures. But love is the opposite of all that and the strongest of emotion one can feel."

"A Fenrir fear's love, for there was once a tale of an ancient Fenrir who fell in love with a human who could use magic, the story says they were so in love but one day the human came to learn that the Fenrir had fallen out of love with her and fallen for her sister, and so she cursed him. So when ever he loved or felt love for another he would die a most painful death."

"And ever since then it was said that, the only thing capable of killing a Fenrir is love. Love is their weakness". My mother looked at me while tucking my hair bangs behind my ear.

Now you should get some sleep , don't you think? My mother said in attempt to get me to agree.

No we're not sleepy yet, Amelia say something. Annabelle looked over at her sister and she was already fast asleep. Annabelle couldn't argue with her mother anymore.

She carried my sister to bed while I followed behind. As she tucked us in that night I couldn't stop thinking about the Fenrir.

Good night my love, Mother said as she kissed my forehead.

Good night mother, I said almost immediately.

I noticed my mother smile at the same time a drop of tear ran down her face, I was about to ask her what the problem was , but she immediately said something had gotten in her eye.

I knew she was lying but didn't say anything.

Now go to sleep my dear, sweet dreams. She said before she closed the door of our bedroom door.