Broken Luna (The moment)

It was the moment I had been waiting for my whole life.

Mum always said that when a cub gets to the age of eighteen, they get to turn into a wolf under

the full moon. One of the best moments in every wolf's life, But the problem with transforming to

a wolf is that it's really painful.

You get to feel every single bone and joint In your body get broken for proper transformation. I

would be able to survive some lil pain, I guess?

It is at the full moon on every young wolf's 18th birthday, they get to experience a new change

and chapter of their life. They also get to meet their future mate, if they're lucky to find them

among pack members, and every special wolf gets gifted with a special ability.

My older brother, Micah, got his wolf after his first shift. Every wolf will have to kill a human, for

the full transformation to take place. There are few exceptions though.

But taking a human's life is the last thing I would ever want to try, because I love humans and

my best friend Annie is a human. We've been best of friends since childhood and she knows I

can't hurt a butterfly, not to think of a human. It gives me the chills to know that all my family had

their first kills after experiencing their first full moon. I wish there's another way I could go about

it, but sadly there isn't. Father says it's tradition, and our ancestors did it, so we had to follow in

their footsteps as well.

Six months from now will tell what will be my fate. I still had a few months before I fully clock

eighteen. I also can't wait to meet my mate. Annie has been waiting her whole life for this cause

she finds the whole wolf's thing fascinating.

“Diana!”

I sat up on the bed and groaned. It was Morgan, my oldest brother. He was really overprotective

of me and he got to experience his wolf shift three years ago and met his mate soon afterwards.

A glance at the wall clock told me it was past six thirty.

Time to get ready for school.

It is said in our wolf custom that every little wolf cub must attend Every college which only

happens at night, but here in my story I prefer to attend the Corinth college during the day and

Everly college at night. Because that's the only condition set down if I want to keep coming in

contact with the humans, but it wasn't too much to handle seeing how I got to meet my best

friend Annie.

It was finally time I got off my bed because Corinth college activities started by 7:30am. I head

over to the bathroom sink to brush my teeth when I realized that I hadn't played my favorite

Lana dey Rey song. It was so unlike me to begin the day without my favorite song playing. It

made the whole preparation for school so fun and I headed over for a shower with some

shouting in distress, just to let myself get heard and doing that makes me love the human lives

better. Too bad when I reach the age of eighteen, a new chapter of my story would automatically

begin.

I got ready for school and headed downstairs for breakfast.

Mom and Dad were already seated when I got to the dining room. While Mom shuffled about,

setting the table, Dad was engrossed, reading in the morning papers. I plopped my backpack

down on the floor and scooted back a chair to sit. “Morning, Dad. Morning, Mom.”

My Dad, Gerald was the Beta of our wolf pack, Our pack was the strongest, toughest, richest,

and the biggest pack in our country. Mom set down a plate of waffles in front of me, and patted

my head. “Eat up quick so you don't keep Annie waiting.”

“Yes, Mum.”

I was done having my breakfast when I heard a loud hum coming from outside. Annie was

already here with her brand new sedan; a gift she got from her father for her eighteenth birthday.

I was really excited to hear the car hum, because every morning Dad never failed to lecture me

about not using my wolf instinct in school. It was already bad enough that I had so much contact

with the humans. I slung my backpack over my shoulder and I went outside.

"Finally!!"

“What took you so long, we don't wanna be late for the first class. You know how Miss Madonna

hates tardiness.”

“Sorry about it! you know how Dad is. There isn't a day he doesn't drum into my ears about not

using my werewolf instincts in school…”

I pulled the front passenger door open and clambered in, kissing her slightly on the cheek.

“Good morning, you big grump.”

“Morning,” she grunted, starting up the car. We drove slowly down the empty roads. It was a

little too early for cars to be out.

“So Diana, how are we gonna plan your birthday and your full moon transformation?

“To be honest with you, there isn't going to be a special celebration. Mum says we just have to

pray for luck to be on our side and perform wolf rituals which I know nothing about.”

"Girl! That's distasteful. You really need to question your parents about wolf culture, cause it

seems there's a lot to be learnt.”

“You're right.”

I felt some distress as it came to my realization that I've only been excited about the

transformation and no clue on wolf rituals. When we finally arrived at Corinth, Annie drove in

carefully to the parking lot, and I had to check myself in the mirrors to make sure there wasn't

anything I had on which would bring attention my way. This wasn't my world. And I hated the

idea of the humans becoming scared of me.

“This is it, girl. Our last year in this fucked up school. You don't know how glad I am to say I'll

finally be leaving this messy town and starting afresh someplace sane.”

“I totally agree with you,” I said, my pulse picking up, my breath becoming irregular as I recalled

what happened last semester. The disaster that claimed my social life in Corinth. Annie noticed

my sour mood, and placed her arm around my shoulder, prompting me to look up at her.

“Oh, come on now, Diana. Everything is gonna be alright, okay? Stop overthinking anything.

What happened last semester is not your fault. And it's in the past. This is a new session. A new

you. You've got to be brave.

“Yeah, right,” I exhaled, still looking glum. “I'm sorry. I shouldn't... you're right. It's in the past. I

shouldn't still be mulling over that.”

She beamed, pinching my cheeks. “Cheer up. Here's what we'll do. We're going to hold hands

and walk in. It's going to be a spectacular entrance, trust me. They're fellow humans like us. Not

gods. Relax. We're in this together.”

I glanced at her, giving her the look which she understood quite well. I was scared, but I knew

as long as I had her beside me, I would be fine.

We headed to the school hallway, not without the usual silly gasping, sneering and gossip in the

air. We'd gotten used to it, so we kept our heads down, trudging towards our first class of the

day. Unfortunately, Skylar, the most popular girl in Corinth wasn't going to let us slip away that

easily. She intercepted us in front of the lockers, eyeing our appearance, her hands on her hips.

“Well, well, well. Who do we have here? If it isn't miss Diana or should we say miss heart

breaker…”

I shut my eyes, and felt like the ground was about to open up and was about to pull me right in,

cause I couldn't take it in anymore. But I could feel the anger simmering off Annie like she was

about to explode. I turned my face, right on time, and saw that Annie was about saying

something which could lead to something worse