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The Lycanthrope Rebellions

Ch 1

My name is Changeling and I'm a monster.

There are others of my kind, but I possess abilities that are strange and new to them. For one thing, I have shadow abilities and I can change into three forms: human, dragon, and werewolf. I'm also skilled in martial arts, science, and warfare. Although I do wish to avoid fighting and killing at every chance i get.

My story begins in a war between dragons and werewolves -back when I was only a soldier.

"Come on we need to move!", the commanding officer shouted. "We can mourn our losses later. Now, move!"

At the time I had lost a good friend in the war. He and I had always watched each other's backs in fights, but this time he took a magical bullet to the head in order to save my life, and in that moment I saw a smile on his face and I realized that he was happy to have done his job. Our mission was to secure a truce between our kind and the werewolves, but their leader would only talk to other werewolves. I was called in because I'm part werewolf myself and could therefore meet with her, eye to yellow eye.

There was one thing we didn't see coming though: their true goal was to capture me, and they did. They threw me in a cell with three other prisoners. I watched through the window how they burned my friend's corpse, and in a state of blind rage, I went on a rampage in my cell. By the time the guards arrived to stop me, it was far to late - the entire cell was painted with the blood of my cell mates. The guards stared at me in horror, and I realized what i had done; my werewolf half had come out to kill my cell mates. But what was even more disturbing -

I had enjoyed it.

Soon enough after that, the guards tranquilized me and chained my arms and legs to the wall, but even that didn't stop me - I could still bite them, and five guards were dead by my paws by the time they could muzzle me. Hand arms noses a piece of one one guards neck, all being on the floor infront of me as a show of how they was killed by me.

_ By the time I was released, my wolf side had almost taken over completely, and several months passed before I was able to enter the nearby town without any problems. At nighttime my thirst for blood grew stronger and harder to control, and only my dragon and human half made it possible for me to hold out till daybreak where I went out hunting for woodland prey to quench my thirst.

During those months I tried to help people who got lost in the woods, before the wild animals would get them. One time a woman wandered into the woods and into a bear cave, were she was injured by the beast. By chance I wandered by, and I saved her from the bear. I treated her wounds and helped her find her way back to town. At first, the woman would not tell me her name, but it turned out that she was a princess who had gone missing two days before I found her. In gratitude the court gave me a townhouse.

I began to help the townspeople with their problems, such as tracking down thieves or scaring off wild animals. Every so often I got an odd job like finding and exploring lost ruins. During such an exploration I discovered an assassin's guild that had set itself up in an abandoned tomb. They were so impressed by my shadow ability, that they invited me to join them. The ability allows me to get through the tiniest cracks in any surface, and this way I was able to take out corrupt kings and officials. Working with the assassins gave me a sense of right and wrong, and allowed my to enter a secretive world of information and contacts.

Eventually I returned to the town to get rid of a possible threat to the town. When I got close, the snarls and howls told me who and what were attacking the town -It was the werewolves. They were trying to gain more land to go up against the dragons, but they attacked the wrong town. As I made my way to the castle I was attacked by a werewolf who recognized me, and he ran off to warn the others of my arrival. But he was too slow and I put my fist through his chest, before he could get away. I took him into a house to interrogate him. The family who lived there got me some rope to tie him up with, before they left. Once I had the rope I removed my hand from the werewolf's chest and I tied him to a chair.

As the werewolf's wound closed up and he tried to move, he realized that he was caught and what had happened. "What's the point of interrogating me ?", he asked. "You're not going to get any answers". "There would be no need for torture if you only told me what I needed to know", I said but I felt an uncontrollable rage coming over me. "Quickly", I said. "My other side is more sadistic -and you'll see that side soon enough." With an unexpected surge of power and anger, my werewolf side took hold and began the torture. A few minutes later he broke, and told me what they were truly here for, and it was much worse than what I had thought. He told me how they were after the princess for her ability to heal and predict the future -and how they would do anything to get her.

I changed into my dragon form and made the werewolf take me to his leader. I followed along as his shadow, so that if he tried anything stupid, it would be a quick end for him. True to his word, he took me to their encampment and I found their leader interrogating a huntsman. I noticed that the bow he had was special; there was an odd aura around it -as if it was alive, and it felt as if the bow itself had detected me and was now watching me.

I had the werewolf try to get me closer, so that I could investigate the bow when the werewolf suddenly got shot. The leader turned to see what had happened and saw his comrade fall dead as if shot by a silver tipped bolt. He turned and asked the hunter what had happened, but got no reply. I came out of the dead wolf's shadow and knocked the leader out cold, before he could ask the question a second time. I then untied the hunter and asked of his name. He told me his name was Steve, and I shifted into my human form.

By the time the leader woke up, Steve and I had tied him to the chair. He told me that they had already caught the princess, but when I asked where they were keeping her, he wouldn't tell. So I shifted back into my werewolf form and began to search through the many scents there, and I found her scent only a few tents away, and I decided to go there. A few guards had been posted outside, but they let me through, because I carried the scent of their leader. I told them I was sent to get the girl and take her to the leader. I took her to the leader's tent and unshackled her.

I looked at the leader, but saw that he had been killed by an arrow to the heart. I asked, "Steve, why did you do that?" All he said was that the werewolf had killed his family while he was out hunting, and in that moment I understood why he was here. "You wanted revenge" I said to Steve. "So what will you do now?" "I'm going to try to prevent this from happening to other people", he replied. I told him to join me. "Why", he asked. "Cause the thing you want goes along with what I want, and we both want this war to end. I'm gonna need as much help as I can get".

Then suddenly an alarm went off -we were discovered. I changed into my dragon form, and grabbed the princess and Steve, and took off into the air. Dodging all the arrows was difficult, carrying two people at the same time, and by the time we arrived at the castle, I had several holes in my wings which started to rip open more and more.

What little was left of the castle guards saw this, and helped the three of us to a safe landing as I descended from the air. I was brought on a stretcher, and taken to the doctor, where my wings were patched up. I was so exhausted that I passed out on the bed, and woke up 3 days later fully healed. My energy was almost completely full, and all I really needed was some food and drink. I was immediately brought a tray of food and a pitcher of what smelled like wine. After I ate and drank my fill, I asked for a place to stretch and to get some exercise. Moments later a servant of the princess came in, right as I changed into my human form. I had forgotten about clothing because I had lived in the wild for so long. I hadn't donned any clothes in human form for years, as I had spent most of my time in either my dragon or werewolf form. The servant girl was most surprised to see me in the nude. She gave me a letter then ran off blushing, but before she could get out of the garden I called out and asked her to bring me some clothes.

When she came back she had brought me clothes and armour. After I put the clothes on, I left for the meeting that the letter invited me to. On my way to the meeting the citizens thanked me for running the werewolves out of the city, and they treated me like royalty and parted a path for me all the way to the meeting. At the ballroom I was asked for my invitation and name, before I was let in. I was asked by the king to come up front and get on one knee, and that's when I realized I was being knighted. I said to the king that this was an honor, but that I was a monster and I wasn't deserving of such title. The king only smiled, and told me to come forward and take the title of a knight and lord. I did this out of respect and accepted the titles, and the king and his daughter told me that I was more human than anyone here. During the ball room dance I was given the honor of dancing with the princess, whom I know now as Princess Maria. After the dance the ballroom was changed into a dining hall and a great feast began. Steve was seated next to me, and he told me that he had been given the title of Archer Knight.

We congratulated each other warmly, for it finally seemed that good fortune was finally coming our way._