Old Friends

The giant oak tree stood at the edge of the meadow. Two children; a girl and a boy, were playing under its cool shadow. The boy had scar marks on his wrists and ankles. The marks are like of being chained up. The little girl curiously asked him,

“Are you hurt?”

The boy, “Not really. These help me not to hurt anyone.”

The girl, “You hurt anyone then?”

The boy remained silent and did not answer. He has overgrown hairs all over his body. It looked more like fur. For a seven-year-old kid having this unusual appearance was something challenging. Every other child in that village gets irked by his unusualness and avoids him, except this little girl. The boy’s loneliness disappeared the day this little girl arrived in the village. Being a half-werewolf comes with its own setbacks. Especially for a kid. The werewolf traits are unstable and fickle. It can get triggered at any moment with the slightest emotional nudge during the full moon days of the month. It starts from a week before the full