I OWN NOTHING, EXCEPT MY OC.

'thinking'

"talking"

It all started from a legend. . .

"This world is once coming to it's end. When that day shall come, a Paradise will appear.

However, only wolves can enter in there. Lunar flowers shall guide them to Paradise.

But until then, a Firefly shall protect and guard these flowers. And when wolves finally come for flowers,

the Firefly will guide wolves to them. Firefly shall company the wolves on their journey, if they wish to accomplish their fate."

I sit on the prance of my favourite tree, as it grew on top of some ruins of a building and you could see pretty far to the Freezing city from it. I could see almost everywhere from here and it was somehow relaxing.

Tomorrow is my birthday, and I am going to be thirteen then. I can only think of these past eight years, thought nothing had really changed, even if I have had something to look forward to. I was still a homeless and parentless, just a stray.

Stray, that no-one wants. Stray that has no place to belong. Stray who trusts no-one. Or at least, that was what I was before I met HER...

My mother died when I was five, and I never had a father. It's not like I miss my mom thought, she never felt like one anyway.

You see, my mom never planned to have a kids of her own. I was just a careless mistake from one night stand. Now, you must be wondering, if she didn't want me, why to keep me? Well, my mom was raised only by her mother, (my grandmother), who was very strike. But she also was a good mother, meaning, if my mom would have abandon me, grandma wouldn't treat her as her own blood anymore. (READ AS: would have thrown my mom to street.)

And as my mother had NOTHING of her own, she would had been so screwed. My grandma died when I was three, so I don't really remember her.

I was, and I still aren't nothing like my mother, on the inside or from the outside. She had blonde hair, that was cut just under her ears. Her skin was pale, and she had mud brown eyes, that had always had this almost dead look in them.

I, on the other hand, have a dark brown hair, almost black, that I usually keep on a low ponytail and it stops around my waist. I also have short bangs, usually looking like I had been standing in the middle of a whirlwind. My skin is also little light, but not pale. My eyes are bright amber, normally filled with curiosity.

My mother had hated my long hair and tried to cut it more than once, but never success doing it. One time, when she tried to cut it, I bite her hand. She had to keep it bandaged for month.

And as much as she disliked my eyes she couldn't do anything to them, other than hide from her sight. She gave me a grey hoodie and ordered me to keep hood on my head when I was with her. Which really wasn't much. After my mom died, the first thing I did was get a rip of that horrible hoodie.

Even if she treaded me like I was air or as if she was forced to take care of me, (well she actually was), I didn't mind it. I didn't annoy her and I was fine, it just was how my little innocent mind worked back then. I was a weird child.

But I was most of the time alone. I would go for walks, that way I discovered my now favourite tree. My mother never asked where Iwent or did, as long as I came back before night.

On my little adventures, I ran into quite many street gangs. And most of the time I couldn't escape. Once they picked a fight with me since I was small and they were bored. I only had I walking stick, that was more of a sides of a staff now that I think about it. I discovered, that I was quite good with it. After some hard practice, I could defence myself with it, so I didn't have to worry about get beaten by some thugs.

And I looked totally badass with it!

So yeah, she wasn't like a real mother nor did I want her to be. It would just have been creepy...

Still hurt thought... In her dead bed, she said to me;

'I never wanted a daughter, and I wouldn't have had you, without your coward father. You really look like him, which is why I hate you so much. It's almost sad that I can't see how you will turn out like him, as a weak and unwanted pest. Would have been fun for me.'

After her dead I DID mourn, for a day, since she HAD given a birth to me and looked after me for five years.

But after that I went forward in my life, like she never existed. I made a promise with myself, on my sixths birthday. I promised that I would find myself a dream, and I would make it come true. I wanted to proof my mother wrong, that I had a reason to be born, I would be NEEDED.

Little did I know that I would find my reason of living on the very same night.

I knew I had already fallen a sleep, when I found myself in a black space. And when I looked at down at myself, there was this soft yellow glow around me. Like morning sun. Now, normal people would be cautious or wary, or even scared, but I was just curious and interested. Yes, I know that isn't good for my healthy, but what can I say? Curiosity killed the cat.

But satisfaction brought it back.

And that was when I heard soft voice behind my back. "Hello there, little one". As I turned around, I was met with a sight of beautiful girl with light lavender hair and beautiful reddish-pink eyes. She was smiling softly and her eyes were the kindest ones I have ever seen. She also had this pure white glow around her.

"Who are you?" I simple asked out of curiosity. I didn't ask why or how she was there, since it was a dream, and I had this feeling that I would get to know her better soon.

(I said it didn't I? I was a weird kid.)

"This one's name is Cheza, and this one has chosen you as her guardian". She said with a kind smile, i blinked as I tilted my head in confusion. "A guardian? Of what exactly?" I asked to humour her. To my confusion, she gave me mischievous smile.

"A Guardian of the Flower maiden, who is supposed to lead the chosen wolf to a paradise".

My eyes widened when I heard that, before I beamed at her, "Eh, you're the flower maiden?! You look really pretty! Sure, I can be you're guardian, but what am I suppose to do?" My smile melting into a frown.

"And why me? After all, I'm nothing interesting. And I'm small and weak, no one ever wants me." At this she smiled knowledgeable at me.

"Fireflies are small too, yet they were choose to protect the Lunar flowers. This one knows that only you can be this one's guardian. When this one will open the paradise to wolves, only you can protect this one and close the gates of Paradise." her smile turned into more kinder as she kneeled down to my height. "It has to be you". She said surely. I hesitated a little before giving her smile.

"Maybe I can do it then. I will be your Firefly."

I smile to the memory, Cheza had appeared in most of my dreams since then. I also found out that glow that I saw, is actually my aura.

Last eight years have gone by as she has told me everything about wolves, or at least what she knew. I now knew that there was tree wolfs living in the Freezing city, (Thanks to my aura sensing training).

One was quit young, (or at least, he was mentally young), about other one I didn't know anything expect it was a male, and third one lived in an apartment around my tree.

I learned that he was a leader of some gang, after all, they do gather under my tree. It was a grey wolf, and his name is Tsume. He's human illusion is a tall tan-skinned man with amber eyes and white, straight cut hair that has a small rat tail. He wears black leather jacked, that's sleeves are ripped off. He also wore black leather pants and black shoes. He has a large scar on his chest that is shape of 'X'.

And he has yet to realize that I even go there every day. Of course, I leave the tree before he can even smell me, but I pretty much live in it.

I'm wearing a short brown hooded cape. Under it I have sweater in lighter shape of brown, and I have light blue baggy jeans and black sneakers on my feet. I have a simple shoulder pack on my side as I stare to the horizon. Suddenly, I sense someone limping to my tree, a wolf, to be exact.

I stay at the branc, laying low and under the wind so wolf can't smell me. I know I'm good at hiding my presence, so hopefully this one is no exception.

Wolf doesn't notice me and it goes to rest under my tree. I see a glimpse of white fur, and somehow it remaines me of something, but I don't know what. I decide to stay and see how things will turn out, since Tsume and his gang are coming back soon.

By the time Tsume comes to my tree, others have already discovered our new guest. By the looks of it, he is from mountains. Then it clicked in my mind.

'Cheza has said she was waiting for someone. A wolf that would find the paradise! Thought, how I can be sure, it is that one? I have to make a contact with it, to make sure it is that one.' I snap out of my thoughts as Tsume ordered his men to take the wolf out of the hole under the tree. Feeling sorry for them, I decided to give a little warning.

"If I were you, I wouldn't do that. That thing is really NOT a dog."

As they look up in shock, I leap down from my branc to the ground, just next to the entrance of thr hole. Some gape at me, some gasp and others, well mostly Tsume, just widen their eyes in surprise. As they try to get over their shock, I walk to the wolf.

Kneeling down, and stretch my hand out to touch the white wolf, who is clearly injured. Just before my hand is about to reach his fur, he jumps on me. There's shocked gasps on the background, but I merely flinch a little. I look calmly into wolf's golden yellow eyes.

They are breath taking. He growls at me, but as we stare each others it gets a little fainter. We form a connection, and I feel that he is an Alpha, so I expose my neck in submision. It only lasts few seconds, but it feels like hours.

But of course some idiots try to 'help' me and second they get too close wolf snaps out and jumps at their throats. As I rise up a little I see him staring straight at red-haired-boy's eyes, taking it as a challenge. Boy has frozen from fright, and white wolf is about to attack him, but then Tsume punches the kid aside, making white wolf glance at him. Tsume smirks, challenging white Alpha.

I only hear him muter something, before wolves dash to somewhere else. Snapping out of my awe, I stand up and run after them, can't lose them now. Beside, I have to talk to the White Alpha. There is no doubt that he is the one that Cheza told me about. There is no way, not with that kind of aura, that THAT wolf, would not be the wolf of the legend.

Suddenly I feel Cheza's aura just burst out.

'They must have broke in to a fight' I think with a grimace. 'Cheza react like this only to the smell of wolf's blood'. I run faster, now knowing that they had already started to fight. After quite few sharp turns and jumps over the roofs, I make it to the top of stairs to some roof.

I look around, and I see Tsume fighting with the other wolf. I stay out of the way but come to their eye sight.

Wolves stop their fight the moment they see me. As expected. The white wolf stars to stalk closer to me, not taking it's eyes of from neither off me or Tsume.

"Who are you human?" I rise an eyebrow, not saying anything as he continues. "You know our true identity, yet you aren't afraid. You respect us and know how to show it. You also smell weird, almost like-" I cut the white wolf with my own segment.

"Like flower?" I say sarcastically, annoyed by the last comment. Hey, I live on the street. What you expected? But I don't smell THAT bad. . . Right?

White wolf just glares at me. I just rise my hands slowly, telling that I mean no harm.

"Easy there, I only came to see that you and Tsume don't kill each others." Now it's Tsume's turn to glare at me.

"How you know my name?" He demand. Ah, right, he hasn't met me offically before. Oopsie. I smile slightly at them.

"Well, the tree you guys use as gathering place has been closest thing for me to call home, for last eight years. It would be little hard for me NOT to know your name. Ah, but no worries, I mean no trouble for you. I know when I'm out matched." I smirk as he growls at me.

'Really, Tsume? Treating twelve year old girl, who lives at street?' I thought, but keep my mouth shut. I would want to live until the next day, thank you very much.

I turn my gaze upon to the white wolf, he glares back. I lower my hands and turn towards him, never breaking the eye contact. My face is serious as I talk to him.

"She is waiting. You have heard her call, so hurry up, neither of us wants to wait much longer." White wolf looked shocked from what I said, but it didn't lower it's guard. After I say that I look towards staircase, that kid was coming after us.

"Now, if you excuse me, I would like to leave before that kid comes." With that I run to edge of the roof and make my escape.

Not looking back I make my way to the streets, I HAVE to get as close to Cheza as I can.

Wolves can smell her, yeah, but I KNOW what she feels.

And she is awake now, I can sense it. I feel like I could explode from happiness, it's almost time, finally we could leave this city! I know that I won't get inside the lab today, after all, Tsume and his gang are going for break into the warehouses and it will make so much fuss. Best thing I can do for today is to eat, find a place where I can sleep for a night, and make a run for it tomorrow.

After finding an abounded alley, I go to sleep, I will need all energy I can get tomorrow. I will go with Cheza, no matter what. It is the only way to find my destiny.

"And so, the Firefly finally meets the Wolves. . . "

21.9.2015

Edited: 29.9.2016

I hope all of you enjoyed this! I will edit the rest of the chapters too, no worries!