The Reluctant Golden Wolf by CityKim

Izabelle's POV

I'm Izabelle. My friends call me Izzy. I'm waiting for something for many years. And that thing is my birthday. It's not just any birthday. It's my eighteenth birthday. 

I'm excited because I know that this is the day

when I'm going to get my answers. There are a lot of questions that keep bugging my mind and no matter how many times I ask my parents, they never reply. They just ask me to wait for my eighteenth birthday. They say it will be easier for them to make me understand when I turn eighteen. I hate my parents when they behave so mysteriously. To be honest, my parents aren't the only thing in my life that is mysterious. There are a lot of things that are beyond mystery.

Let me start with my schools. I'm a normal girl

who wanted to live a normal life and could grow up playing with her friends.

But, it is just a dream for me. I don’t know why but, my parents change city after every year and force me not to have contact with any of my friends. It sucks when I have to leave my friends behind and go to a strange city and start making friends all over again... 

Let's come to the second part. It's my dream. I

kind of have nightmares every night. I see strange things in my dream, it's... it's horrible. Out of all the nightmares, one is very common that I see almost every night.

There is a big black wolf. Its eyes are fiery red and it is angry. It is growling in rage. And then there comes another wolf.

It is much smaller in comparison to the black one and its fur is golden in color. Its eyes are golden too. It's pretty beautiful but terrified like a kitten. At a moment, their eyes meet and the next moment, that black wolf starts running after the golden wolf. The golden wolf is scared. She runs for her life. She keeps running away but in the end, the black wolf grabs her with his sharp claws, and then… I wake up from my nightmares, sweating all over my body.

I don’t know why but this dream scares the shit

out of me. I can't forget that fiery red eyes. I ask my parents why I see the same dream every night and why I feel the pain and fear that the golden wolf was going through but all that I get to hear from them is that I’ll understand it once I turn eighteen.

“ Come on, Izzy... What are you doing there

alone? It's your birthday tonight... Come, get on the dance floor, baby, ”

Lydia, one of my new friends, called me while dancing with a guy she just met tonight,

I gave her a smile but I was not intended to go

there. I was not even interested to throw a birthday party but my parents have just shifted to this new city and I had to get back to my all-time hated job...

I mean, trying my best to make a few friends. I had only invited four girls but God knows how six girls and four boys appeared. My mom was angry. She didn’t want me to go out tonight. She wanted me to stay at home. I don’t know if she

wanted me to celebrate this day with family or.. she was looking a bit terrified at the thought of me leaving home tonight. Anyway, I couldn’t miss any chance to make new friends by throwing a party, so, I coaxed her to let me go. But, it seems like it was a bad idea because these people weren't looking interested in me or my birthday party, they were more into free drinks and parties.

I checked my wristwatch. It's almost midnight. I

would soon turn eighteen. I was so excited. I checked on my friends, they were busy with their partners. No one was looking interested in wishing me or something. But, it's fine. It would be easier for me since my mother let me come only on one condition and the condition was that I'll be alone sharp at Twelve. I don’t know why but she insisted on it. She made me promise her that no one should see me at that time. After I promised her, she hugged me and

said, “ You will be surprised tonight. Your life is going to change, but don’t worry, I'm always with you, ”

“ Mom, you remember your promise, right? You are going to tell me everything after I return, okay? ” I asked,

She smiled before placing a soft kiss on my

forehead as she said in a gentle voice, “ Yes, we remember it darling and after You come back, we will tell you everything that you need to know, ”

My mom's voice was still moving in my head when I came out of the pub and walked into the woods. I thought it would be a better place to be alone. I guess I would be the only girl on the planet who is going to celebrate her eighteenth birthday in a dark wood. Anyway, I'm not a normal girl, am I?

I was staring at my watch and it shows the time

I was desperately waiting for. I was now eighteen years old. I closed my eyes to get to enjoy this feeling but then I don’t know what happened, my heartbeat increased and I suddenly started feeling hot.

‘ What's happening to me? Why am I sweating all over my body? ’ I thought,

It was becoming very hard for me to stay in the

woods now. Besides, I was already terrified of staying alone in the woods and now this sudden heart problem scared me to death.