Outcast

I can feel it, the electricity, the power, the rush, the feeling as though the universe itself is slowing for me. I look around the room, and I can see the faces of my father in shock, the look of terror in my sisters eyes. Then the pure anger and fury of the elder. Right away everything speeds up again, and I can hear the elder explode with rage. You abomination how dare you he screams at the top of his lungs. "I refuse to believe, you... a nobody from no where, can share the same abilities of our founder the great Wolf!?". Apperently I did something wrong and I don't even know what that is. I ask the elder, "have I done something wrong? Have I offended you somehow?" I am completely in the dark here. While I am deeply confused, my father grabs my arm, and shouts to Emery to come along as we rushed home. I could hear the elder still screaming at the guards. It seemed like eternity, but in the blink of an eye, we were already outside the temple heading home. As we entered my dads demeanor completely changed. My father who was caring, the dad that always smiled no matter how hard the day was, the dad that only wanted happiness for his kids wasn't smiling. I saw no happiness from his eyes, just fear and anger. It made me wonder if this was due to something I had done. As we returned home, my father told me to gather my things. Telling Emery to gather all the essentials, food, water, lanterns, and get the horses ready as instructed. My father took control like a general on a battlefield, but we weren't soldiers so we asked questions instead. "Dad what's going on I don't understand, why did lightning erupt from the orb, and enter me?" I asked worried. "Son I'll explain everything once we leave the city, just gather your things. With my father rushing me away, I go to my room and as I close the door I hear shouting from Emery and my dad. As I walk out dad, is pacing the room concerend. I walk over to him and tell him that everything is ready. That's when we hear knocking followed by screaming to open the door from the town gurads as they shout under the authority of the wolf clan and elder zephyr. As the wolf clan guards are banging on the door, my father walks up to me, and tells me... "Ezra... no matter what happens don't blame them, You need to understand that you are diffrent, and in this world diffrent is dangerous." He looked down at me and told me... "when you leave this clan, you need to find your mother; She will be able to answer all the questions you have." With a look I've never seen in my fathers eyes he apologizes.. saying he's sorry he couldnt protect me. With that last statement he kisses my head, and headed towards the door. As I stood there anxious about him opening the door, instead he never did. I look at my dad bewildered. Then I could feel the atmosphere in the room change. It felt like a wind, not a breeze but gale force winds blowing through. Without notice my father unleashes an attack to the front of the house, blowing down the whole front of the house. I curled into a ball, and all I can remember through my ears ringing is what sounded like things being reduced to rubble. Somehow with my ears ringing and feeling disoriented. Yet when I heard my father yelling, "If you want my son you'll have to kill me." First I came too, my father turns to me, and tells me to grab my sister and run. Still dazed I get up and rush over to my sister, knocked out by the blast. I sling her over my shoulders, all I could think was..geez sis you need to lay off the honey bread. She couldnt hear me, but I guess I needed that laugh to calm myself. I rush to the horse, lay my sister across the back, and hop on. As I look towards my fathers direction I see him fighting, throwing the guards around like an elite soldier from the waring era. What I saw next was unbelieveable. I see him talking to the guard in front of him like they were friends who haven't seen each other in a long time. Then there was a pause, and for a second if you listened close enough you could hear them take a breath. But just as quick as they took that breath, and that even in itself is too slow to describe how fast they were moving again. I could feel gusts of wind clashing from every direction, slamming aginst each other causing blasts of sound. Then it all stopped. When the wind and dust settled stood my father. His mouth spitting out blood, part of his arm was missing, his leg was wounded, there was blood seeping through his shirt. Then a new voice Ive never heard starts speaking... "So tell me captain how'd I do, Better then before huh, Good enough to beat a garbage traitor like you, yea I think so." with a smirk he continues on, "I will say the fact you broke my ribs was impressive; I'll give you that, but you do know you have to die now, and you know what the best part is I get to do it in front of your kids!" The last words I hear is GALE SLASH, then seeing my dad get cut down. Unknowingly Emery woke up, and saw the whole thing and screamed out to him "dad..no!" I remember sitting on the horse, stuck, not being able to believe what I had just witnessed along with watching our father getting killed. My father was one of the kindest people anyone could ever meet, but as I found out also one of the most dangerous warriors there was, and he just died in front of me. Before his body even hit the ground the other soldier dashed to us with the force of hurricane winds, it felt like something had punched me in the face so hard it made my brain scream. I flew off the horse into a wall that definately didn't cushion anything, but rather made the pain I was feeling alot worse. I could hear screaming, and as I look up I can see Emery being bieng choked, while being lifted in the air. I can see her gripping at his hand. With rage I shouted.. "Get your hands off her you son of a bitch!" With an energy I had never felt, I began to stand. I see the elder smiling like he just won the battle. The mystrious soldier looks at me, and smiles and says "you know my order was just kill your dad, and capture you... but if you so happen to die.. oh well; I Ambrose get to kill a variant!" He looked so amused, and pleased. As I see that look on his face, I fill with rage I haven't felt since I was a child. A feeling I swore to keep inside as it it took so much energy, and half the time it always led to other people getting hurt. He needed to die and I couldnt control the rage within me. With no warning, something happened inside of me.. I thought back to before dad blew down the house. Telling myself to just breathe, let the lightning engulf you, let the electricity flow through your muscles, allow the energy to flow through your blood. Over and over this voice echoed within my mind, but this time I had no choice but listen. I had no control over my body at this point. Rage had taken over. With fear as to what I may see, I open my eyes. Theres Electricity coming from my body, the hairs on my arms standing, muscles feel tense and full of blood, but I feel light. Ambrose infuriated screams.. time to die you spec trash! As he goes to unleash an attack, it was like time stopped. I could see evrything as if time itself had frozen. I decided this was for dad. In a way, it was like I could see myself doing all this but from above. With a force I never knew, before I could blink... there I stood next to him. Something tells me to place my hand on his breast plate, and my hand touches his armor. I fell a sensation of electricity rushing through my palm, releasing a rush of lighting through his chest. As the energy subsides, and a hole is formed from where I placed my palm. Just as quickly time had slowed, it returned to normal. As I stood up I see Ambrose crash to the ground dropping Emery. I rush to catch her and after doing so I walk off to the horse. After I place her on the horse, I look back and elder Zephyr face filled with terror. As Im turning the horse around I scream at him... "If you chase after me or my family I promise I'll kill you, and your entire family! I swear this to my father" while looking to the skies. We ride off, and stop by the border of our clan and the Eagles clan. "Ezra what have you done?" The look on my sisters face was as if I just murdered our father myself. 'What do you mean what did I do?"I asked. "Are you serious; I just avenged father, and you ask me what did I do; You should be giving me praise!" looking at her with hurt and anger in my eyes. It's your fault he's dead she screams. If he wasn't trying to protect you he would still be alive. I stood there in shock, that could come out her mouth. Looking at her I could see this wasn't from her hurt and anger, this wasnt an insult.. she truly felt it was my fault. I ask what she's going to do, as it's become obvious to me, she won't travel with me. I start to realize that our path no longer will be together. I had to come to grips that I have no one. No family, friends, nothing and no one. I look at her one last time and I can see it in her eyes, I could never explain the hurt I felt seeing that just like that.... I was a stranger to her. "I am going to go back to the clan, and tell them where you are, and you are going to stay here so we can fix this insane situation you put us in!" With fury and distain I tell her, "you can take the horse, and head back, Just so you know I won't be here when they get back" I understood that from here on, that I am an outcast of the wolf clan. I have to find my own path and walk it alone. It's up to me to survive and I will survive. As I walked away, trying to hold back the tears, I try to find the strength from the lightning. As I'm leaving all that I can think of is that everything I care for in my life... my clan, my dead father and hardest of all... Emery. I have to let it go for now and survive. And I will survive.