Prologue~The beginning

~In the calm, deep waters of the mind, the wolf waits.

----F.T. McKinstry

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The Crescent Stone Pack's territory was located northeast of the land of Boulderstall. The place was named by the first werewolves who settled there hundreds of years ago. Every werewolf in Boulderstall knew the story of how the place got its name and the great rivalry between the Crescent stone pack and the shadow pack of the land of Midvein.

It wasn't always like this, Thousands of years ago the Crescent Stone Pack and the Shadow pack lived in peace together as one pack, known as the Moon Empire Pack. The Alpha then, Alpha Rudolphus was a great and mighty warrior who guided and taught his pack to leave together as one. He had two sons Ulfang and Grogan. Ulfang was the eldest and was to be the next Alpha since his father was old and getting weak. Grogan was only a year younger than Ulfang and was known to be quick-tempered and rude, the opposite of his brother.

Everyone in the pack loved and respected Ulfang. He was the replica of his father, the most powerful Alpha who ever lived. He was a great and skilled warrior just like his father.

Alpha Rudolphus was old and depleting and ended up dying a sudden death. Ulfang was made Alpha and ruled gracefully for many years. One day during one of his nightly endeavors he came across his mate, Uma. They accepted each other and Uma become the Luna of the pack.

Uma was a beautiful and strong-willed woman. Together with Alpha Ulfang, they became an unbeatable pair. Four full moons later, Uma was announced pregnant and expecting the Alpha's first child. Ulfang was so happy and excited when he found out. He was finally going to have his child in his hands.

But there was one problem, Grogan was in love with Uma. He didn't believe in the notion that one was to wait for a soulmate and stay with that person till death. He was jealous of his brother being Alpha and having Uma all to himself, so he planned to overthrow Ulfang.

He went to the rogues and promised to bring them back to the pack if they helped him kill Alpha Ulfang. The rogues agreed and so a trap was set for Ulfang.

The rogues attacked the village and Ulfang and his warriors including Grogan rushed to protect the people.

After successfully winning the fight with the rogues, Grogan stabbed Ulfang in the back, with a silver blade he acquired from a witch when Ulfang was still in his wolf form and become the new Alpha. He changed the name of the pack to the Shadow pack and made a new set of rules.

A great mourning fell over the whole pack as they lost a leader they loved and cherished.

Uma tried to kill herself and her child in her womb after she heard of her mate's death by his brother but she was stopped by Grogan when he came across her before she could finish the act.

After her son was born, one of the warriors who was a friend of Ulfang informed her of Grogan's plan to kill her child before sunrise the following day. She escaped from the castle with the help of some of the warriors who did not like Alpha Grogan.

She was still weak from giving birth but managed to run away from Midvein with her child whom she named Bodolf, her parents, and a few of her loyal maids.

They journeyed for days and months until they came upon a land with no residents on it. Uma named the place Boulderstall which meant freedom and so they settled there. Some days later she passed away because she was too weak and didn't fully recover after giving birth to Bodolf.

Her parents Lupin and Ida took over taking care of Bodolf. Bodolf grew and married one of the maids called Belvina and they gave birth to children who also married and gave birth to more children. Years later, the Crescent Stone Pack was born. The story of how Boulderstall came to be was spread from generation to generation. The Crescent Stone Pack and the Shadow pack became sworn enemies and remained so for thousands of years.