Episode 5 - dream

I hope to die soon...

I woke up with a terrible ache in my back and pain in my stomach. There were bruises all over my body. My fave was dirty with dried blood. My lips were torn, and my nose was probably broken.

Aghh... Everything hurt. Even the slightest movement and my body was engulfed in pain.

"Those bastards didn't spare me a bit..." I bit on my, already torn, lips.

"I hate them so much...sniff..." My eyes turned red, tears ran down my cheeks.

"Why do I need to go through this? Through such embarrassment? So much pain..." I wondered, what did I ever do? I was born like any other person, any other werewolf. I just didn't know my parents, I never met them, I was alone from birth. I just wanted to be loved, at least by one, only one, person.

I sat on my bed, wondering if I even wanted to go outside, if I wanted to see anyone else ever again.

The truth was, I didn't. I wanted to stay holed up in my house forever. I wanted to be left alone. If seeing people meant pain, I didn't want it. I didn't want people to know me, to pay attention to me.

I wished to be left alone. I wished to die.

I felt my body fall on the bed again. I didn't have the strength to get up, to walk, to talk, to eat or drink. I just wanted to sleep. To sleep for eternity. And when I wake up, to feel happy, to be free.

But that was just not going to happen.

My eyes closed again, this time I dreamed about something different. About something...happier.

"What are you doing there?"

"Come closer, darling!" They were different men's voices. They were all deep, but they carried warmth.

"Don't stand there anymore!" Another one.

"Moon, come here." It was warm, I've never felt this warmth before.

They called me their Moon, why?

"Moon!" "I love you, my Moon." Warmth.

"Do you think they'll look like you or any of us?"

"I hope they'll look like you."

"I wish they'll have your beautiful diamond eyes."

"And your silver hair." Silver? They were white.

Why did they call my hair silver? Who are they? What are they talking about? My beautiful eyes? No one's ever said that to me. No one's ever complimented me before.

They speak with such a gentle tone. They seem sincere. But...why?

In my dream, I felt sensations. A warm sensation on my lips, neck, cheeks and forehead. It was a warm sensation, but gentle and comfortable.

I liked it. No, I loved it.

One of them said something, but I couldn't hear the words. They blurred into the background.

Ahhh...haaa... "What was that dream?"

I woke up with a scream, not because it was a nightmare, but because it was all new. I've never dreamed about happiness, about someone loving me.

I didn't even know them...Them?

What was the dream even about? I don't remember.

"It was a weird dream, regardless of what it was about..." I looked out the small window in my room. It was dark already. My body felt strange for a moment, a sudden heat surged through me.

I didn't mind it, I was used to handling pain. I just got up and finally went to get something to eat.

I'll go to sleep soon again anyway, but I'll have to eat something. I was really hungry.

I looked at the only slice of bread left on the kitchen counter.

"I guess I'll have to have stale bread with nothing today for dinner."

I didn't have the marmelade from yesterday anymore, and even if I had, it was too sweet for me anyway. After all, my life wasn't sweet at all.

"I'll have to get some food soon...I don't want to go to the city though..."

The werewolf cities were very well-developed. They had tall buildings with high economy.

The humans didn't know about us, as we lived deep in the mountains and forests. And the biggest of the cities were actually shared with the humans. They just never noticed us, we usually lived in our human forms, so we could move with humans as one.

When I wanted to take a bite of the slice of bread, a knock came from the door.

I froze in my spot. They even came to my house. I could hear the laughter behind the door.

"Hey, orphan, you didn't come to school today, are you home?"

"Don't worry, we'll treat you like a royalty." Another laughter.

I ran up to my room, I closed the door and locked them, I knew they knew I was home they could smell me, we had a good sense of smell.

I put on my other, washed, clothes and waited for what was to happen. Of course they broke in.

"If you're not coming out, we'll come in, to you."

I want to die...

TO BE CONTINUED...

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