Chapter 01: Introduction

I hear my mother let out a sharp scream, then a piercing bang like an explosion before the car pirouettes off the road and starts tumbling straight to the forest. We start crying our lungs out with fear, my heart shot to my throat. I was still conscious of every little shutter of glass and clank of metal. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion, shattered glass floating before my eyes. The car spins violently, tossing us back and forth. Then another outburst, invoking a brittle stop, causing me to hit my head hard. Soon everything died to silence and darkness betook me. 

 I was dizzy and confused above all things when I opened my eyes again. Everything seems to have blurred, sounds coming from a far distance, with only a high pitch noise in my ears. Almost as if I was completely growing deaf. My head pounding furiously, it felt like it would explode at any given moment. 

I creeped out of the window, all the broken glasses slicing through my hands and knees. Seeing the thick grey smoke in the air, colorful lights that flashed around the car, and the pungent smell of molten red blood drips out of my wounds. My whole outfit glazed in red and my mouth filled with a coppery taste. I was beyond shocked, as I desperately search for my mother. My knees and my whole body felt so painful and weak, I couldn't stop shaking. Like I was hit by a bus, and it ran back and forth over my body countless times. The rain still hasn't stopped pouring. Drenching my beautiful pink dress with stains of blood. 

Even with all the pain I wanted my mother. That's all I could think about.“Mom!!" I cried for my mother desperately balancing by the car for support. Tears gushing out of my eyes, I limp around the car searching, even though I was in agonizing pain. The slippery floor, and pouring rain making it even harder to move. I was shaking with fear and panic, as I couldn't understand anything that had happened. Soon I see my mother lying down in the pool of her own blood looking unconscious and my father kneeling besides her, I immediately knew something wasn't right. “Mom?“ I stumble towards them so scared and still confounded. I've never seen so much blood in my life, and it made my stomach twist into knots. I felt so weak, like I would pass out any moment. “ Mom….“ The terror and anger in my father's eyes, worried me. 

But then I felt someone touching me, and pulling me away from the scene. “Nooo!!" I screamed, but they didn't let go. “Mom!!".

“Your mother will be fine. The doctors need to look at your wounds," they answer not allowing me to come to her. But I didn't want to hear that. I wanted to see her , I wanted to make sure she was going to be fine. “C'mon help me," I assume she was talking to someone else. I feel another pair of hands, both of them carrying me away from the scene. Even though I try to break free, it was impossible. 

I didn't want anything bad happen to my mother. 

I was too young and couldn't handle the pain of losing her. And too young to understand anything happening to me. I already hated life and it was not even worth it without my mother. 

With all the fighting and screaming I believe I tired myself out. I woke up in the hospital instead, feeling all the pain I never felt earlier. But I wish I hadn't. Because that's when I heard the news about my mother. “Why her?“ I cried. The only person I've ever loved. 'Who did I wrong to deserve all this?'

The news seemed impossible and I didn't want to believe them. I didn't want to believe one of the strongest woman I know is gone like that. She's the Luna, and I've always known her as the most powerful women I've ever met, but importantly — very loving. Yet she's gone. Like that, taken away from me. 

I didn't want to believe there's nothing I can do about it. That she can't be saved. 

Yet I had to accept that she's dead and is no longer a part of my life. But I don't want accept that I can live the rest of my life without her by my side. 

Who's going to love me like she did? Who will comfort me like she did? Who will take care of me? When she was the only family I had. I needed her with everything in me. 

And I had made my decision, that I won't continue without my her in my life. I won't continue to live with the all the pain in my heart. I only wanted her. She's the one to comfort me when times are rough, but she was not here to. But I was determined to follow her. I knew she wouldn't be far, and we will go and continue our lives together. I wanted nothing else than to be with her. And I knew there was only one way. 

That night I sneaked out of the hospital and into the woods. Everyone was still in shock, and pain, none of them were paying attention to what I was doing. This was a great opportunity for me to get away from everything. 

My plan was to throw my self from the huge waterfall, that ran down our territory. The river is what divides from the rogue territory. 

But all I remember is standing in front of huge black wolf. A wolf that I was to young to fight. I tried to get away. I knew they were dangerous and not from this pack. They looked deadly and smelt as such. 

But my attempts were futile when he caught and threw me against a tree. With that an excruciating scream came out of my mouth and everything suddenly went silent. 

All in all, I don't know how I survived the attack. Why the didn't even tear into peaces, like they are known to. 

All I know is that my life has never been the same ever since. 

My name is Natasha and this is my story.