Destined To Be Greatness novel Chapter 3

The non-shifters who we consider outsiders usually stick around the pack for a few months after their birthday. The elders discovered that once they near their seventeenth or sometimes eighteenth birthday they disappear. We have yet to discover as to why they disappear. It could be due to the fact that they could no longer take it in the pack so ran away or the Alphas of the pack had had enough of them. It is still a mystery even to this day.

I was shocked. They disappeared? I was hoping that they simply ran away, I couldn't imagine any alpha killing off their own pack. It was just unheard of but I guess if 'my kind' was really a bother to the pack I doubt they would question their actions.

I placed the book back on the stand and left the room, closing the wall behind me. I had come here looking for answers but I have left with more questions. I guess the only question that was really answered was why everyone looked at me with disgust. The elders had told them that my 'kind' were not normal, unheard of and simply a human. No wonder everyone changed so suddenly you can never go against an elder. They were like the council of our kind and were thought to be the wisest of them all.

I couldn't get the last passage out of my thoughts. Seventeenth and eighteenth birthday... disappear... ran away... or killed. I was hoping that none of this was true as it was nearing my seventeenth birthday. I didn't want to be killed and I had no thoughts or desire to run away from my family. I guess I was still hoping that one day they would all come to accept me and welcome me back into the pack with open arms and everything would go back to normal.

I trudged all the way back to my room which was located under the house. I don't think you can really call my room and room it was more like a basement. In my room I have an old worn down bed, with a mattress that was uncomfortable and thin blankets covering my bed. In one corner I have a beaten, small wardrobe which contained all of my clothes. I was no longer allowed all of my designer clothes as the pack redeemed me unworthy so I had to wear worn jeans, plain t-shirts and trainers that were starting to feel too small on my feet. On the other side of my room I have a desk where all my school books were stacked. For lighting there was a bulb that hung from the ceiling and from time to time it would occasionally flicker and leave me in complete darkness. The wiring was starting to fall out of the ceiling and is dangling dangerously low. Other than that I had little possessions. My parents had given away the majority of my stuff to the younger members of the pack and they threw away all of my memories which included photos, videos and anything that reminded me of my old life. Before they could through all of it away I managed to grab a photo of me and my parents that was taken when we were on holiday in the Caribbean. That was the summer before my sixteenth birthday when everything was normal and we were all happy, when I was happy.

I flopped onto my bed and stared at the ceiling. I tended to do that a lot now. I would stare at nothing for hours, alone with my thoughts until sleep took over me.

My body was aching as I slowly got myself out of bed and to the bathroom. I stripped off my pyjamas and jumped into the hot shower with a squeak. Once my body was used to the high temperature I began to wash myself and my hair. The steaming droplets helped ease my aching body. I stood in the shower for a bit longer just enjoying the water raining down on me. Reluctantly, I stepped out of the shower wrapping a towel around myself and started to get changed. I was now wearing my blue faded jeans with a plain white top and a black jumper over the top and on my feet I wore my black trainers. I went back into the bathroom to brush my teeth and to try to tame my hair.

Now I wouldn't say that I was pretty but I wasn't ugly either, I guess you could call me neutral or average. I'm 5"7 with fairly tanned skin that I inherited from my father's side of the family and from my mother's side I inherited my sun kissed blonde hair and sparkling ice blue eyes. My body on the other hand didn't know what it was doing, I wasn't curvy and I wasn't fat. I was just me. I must say that I was thankful to get my boobs from my mother's side as on my father's sisters were near enough flat chested.

I combed out all the tangles in my hair and tied it up into a high ponytail before glancing at myself in the mirror one last time. I made my bed which didn't take long then I climbed up the stairs from the basement that led to the kitchen. I stopped at the door to listen to see if there was anyone awake yet. When I didn't hear anything I turned the door knob slowly and the door creaked slightly telling anyone that was around that I was here. As quickly as I could I rummaged through the cupboards searching for something to eat that took my fancy. Finally, I settled on a bowl of Shreddies and an apple for later. Once I finished my breakfast I cleaned up the mess I had made and put everything back where I found it.