"A loud noise shattered the silence in the western forest of the country Agelanida near the royal city of Newhurst. Footsteps left noises on the forest floor but were still quiet and voices spoke in a kind of human language. But not quite human. A large shadow scurried across the forest floor followed by several smaller but faster shadows. The shadows disappeared into the forest shadows. But the screams of an injured, no! dying animal could be heard. It didn't get quiet for several minutes. Then silence. No birds chirping, no voices. Just silence. But then something shattered this silence. A female voice could be heard. "Ugh, disgusting. All the blood is now stuck to my fur. Did we have to hunt it? And now we're not even going to eat it?" "Silinea! Stop whining." The whining of the female voice was interrupted by a rougher male voice. "It stole our supplies, so don't complain and come. Or should I throw more mud in your fur?" threatened another. The shadow had not emerged from the protection of the trees up to this point. As they made their way back, the female creature reached a large, wide area. The Sun light touches the female body, shining light on her. The creature with the female voice had beautiful red fur, with a more pink snout and pink paws. The other two creatures now also entered this area. One also had shiny red fur, but with a more white snout and white paws, and the other was a normal, tall teenager with brown hair and red-blue eyes. "What now? Do we go back to our pack or do we go and look at humans?" asked the human as the two wolves ran across this large meadow with the young one on their backs. Suddenly the male wolf had a sad look on his face. This was recognized. "Sly? What's wrong?" asked the female. "Uh, nothing. I was just thinking about how we brought Thomes into our pack. My father still doesn't like him. He only took him in at my request. If he finds out that he also went on this mission and helped us, he will be kicked out of the pack because my father always thinks 'wolf business is wolf business and not human business'. So be careful the next time you follow us," said the male wolf in his rough voice as he looked sideways to catch the reaction from the human on his back.

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"Watch out! Thorns," I shouted as we made our way through the dense forest. Although we only came here a short time ago, the path is overgrown again. "These stupid people," shouted my little sister Silinea. Her fur is fiery red. But unlike me, she has a pink snout. But her fur is less red than mine. As we made our way through the forest, I suddenly heard Thomas shout. "Ah, watch out..." He couldn't curse any more when a thick branch hit him in the face. The impact was so violent that he lost his balance and fell to the ground. The fall was cushioned by the ground. He picked himself up and climbed back onto my back; he had a large scar on his face from this incident. When he was back on my back, we made our way back to the camp. The way there was quiet. All you could hear was the grasshoppers and the birds singing. We couldn't even hear our footsteps. After a while we reached the camp, our home. A large area with a large hut in the middle. Around it were lots of smaller houses and to the right of it a small collecting pillar for found loot, which we would then eat at the campfire in the evening. As we got closer to the camp site and had a better view of it, I could see my father. The Alpha. Thomas was frightened, climbed off my back and ran behind one of the nearby buildings. As if he had known, my father turned around the moment Thomas disappeared behind the building. I couldn't see his look, but from my scent I could see that he was worried about me. When he saw me and Silinea, his face broke into a smile and he did a friendly dance. But that left him as soon as he noticed that everyone was watching him. He tried not to seem embarrassed as he approached us. As he came closer, his steps became faster and faster, as if he knew that Thomas was on a mission and was trying to catch him. But he came towards me, his look, which had just been happy and content, turned into a sad and unhappy expression. "Sly!! A word!" he called. I bent down to show my respect to my father. "All right, see you late Silinea!" I asked my little sister as I made my way to talk to my father. "What could be important that he needs to talk to me about now?" I asked inwardly. But as if he could read my mind, he asked me, "I know, today is your first day of the wolf and you want to experience it. But I have an important task for you. I have seen people in the northern part of the Westerwald." "And what is my task?" I asked, slightly annoyed. His eyes met mine as he gave a small smile, which was rare for him, and said "So, Sly. Humans are our natural enemies. You know our story, right? And now they're trying to break that law and track us down. Which they've already done. They caught Emmy when she was hunting." My shock was clearly visible when he mentioned this. "They caught Emmy?" I couldn't believe his words so I had to ask again. He paused briefly before continuing but he didn't answer my question. "They locked her in a cage like an animal." His voice sounded disgusting for a moment and after just a short second his voice was back to normal as he continued. "They can't find out where we have our camp. YOU have to stop them, Sly," his emphasis rose as he looked at me about the task. Why me? I saw his responsible look and thought to myself, 'One day, my son, you will be the alpha of the pack. YOU have to be responsible.' I could read that in his look. He didn't say anything, I just knew it.His gaze was fixed on my confused expression as I tried to read his gestures. "Then come with me," he said, indicating with a small nod of his head that I should follow him. He turned around and headed towards the clearing on the other side of the camp. As we got closer I could see it. Newhurst. My father had forbidden us to enter this part of the forest, for safety reasons, he always said. But it was something else, I could feel it. As we walked across the clearing we entered the Dark Forest, that's what we call this forest. Conifers as far as the eye can see. It was scary. Although I was born as a wolf and shouldn't be afraid of the forest, since wolves normally live in such an area, he made me nervous. I could feel my own fear. No, not mine, that of a human trapped in my body. I was so lost in thought that I didn't notice that my father had stopped. But I couldn't hold on any longer. I rammed into him. But his body, which was like a bear's, didn't move an inch. He didn't flinch either. But my chest hurt. As if a bone from a meal had gone down the wrong tube and was now living in my lungs. I shook myself but the pain was still there. "I'm sorry," I said a little shyly, but all I got in response was "Huh? What?" He didn't even notice. I took a quick breath as I said "Nothing. It's fine." I tried not to look confused and hoped he would start to discuss my new mission with me. "People have something they call a school," my father said. That came suddenly. "They train people there with abilities called magic. To catch creatures like you and me." His words sounded like a scream in my head. "Monster! Monster!" they screamed in my head. I shook my head free of these thoughts and asked "and?" my father turned around and said "Sly, she has to be there somewhere. I have a hunch where she could be, you have to save her." My gaze turned to the large tower of the Imperial City which could be seen on the horizon. SO she looked friendly, I thought. "Ok, and what should I do?" I asked, as my mission was still vague. "I enrolled you in the academy." I was shocked. He enrolled ME in a HUMAN school? As a WOLF? So many questions formed in my head. "I know that's a lot but I've already prepared a lot. He took a mask out of his fur bag, which was attached to his upper body. The mask was gray and completely round. When he put it on I couldn't believe my eyes. His body, which had just been massive, had shrunk by three times and I could no longer smell his scent. Only that of a human. His tail disappeared and his paws became hands and feet. Really. He turned into a human. The mask became transparent and you could see his human face. Shaggy cheeks, green eyes and brown hair. So that's how he got into the human city without attracting attention. I glanced over his face, on which a small shimmer could be seen. It was the mask. His voice was no longer as smoky as before. Rather soft. "Sly, that's the mask of the "transformation" while he was describing it he took off the mask and all the changes returned to his previous self. Wolf smell, his size, paws and tail came back. Only his voice was still soft. But after another sentence it became smoky again like before. "This one can help you in the city, but you are still very young and it will not transform everything", in human years I am 25, but since wolves have their own timelines I am still 6 in wolf years. Which is very young but mature to be a wolf. I took the mask, and put in on.

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