Chapter one

And the story begins.

Chapter one

The cake sparkled as the candles crackled and the sparks flew across the room. The Okami’s laughed and chatted as they wondered about the large mansion of the village. Zen, the birthday girl, sat in front of her cake watching the candles dance about on the cake. She looked up as a familiar scent caught her attention. Daisuke, her older brother grimaced. He dipped his finger into the frosting before popping it into his mouth. 

“So, perfect, isn’t it,” he said dully, looking around at all the people in the room.

“They are all here for you, do you even remember my birthday?” 

Zen looked up at him puzzled, her blue eyes staring up into his bright green ones. she blew out the last candle before leaning back in her chair.

“Why are you in such a bad mood, enjoy yourself,” She said.

Daisuke laughed irritatedly and crossed his arms. He didn’t answer his younger sister, he simply just gazed around the room before disappearing into the crowd. Zen sighed and slowly pushed herself away from the cake, her craving for the frosty treat gone.  She dwindled around her family before abruptly bumping into her father.

“Oh Zen!” He laughed enthusiastically as he wrapped his arms around her, twirling her around. “My baby is finally 17 years of age, getting close to becoming the Alpha.” He said.

Zen nodded and smiled faintly. Being Alpha seemed to be the only thing her father ever talked about. She understood completely why, being Alpha wasn’t easy and required a lot of responsibility but for once, could she just have fun? Her fathers smile faded slowly as he didn’t get a response from her daughter.

“Its your brother, isn’t it,” he said bluntly. “Don’t worry about him, he’s just upset. I’m not sure what exactly has been bothering him lately but I can sense something is.”

Zen shrugged and sighed, planting herself down on the couch. the noisy voices drowning her ears. 

“Have you considered it may be because he did get the short end of the stick?” She asked him. “I mean...he’s a second generation, he never gets large parties like this.” 

Loki sighed and closed his eyes, sitting down next to his daughter. His hands stroked his freshly shaven chin, his eyes obviously showing a large amount of distress. 

“I know...but your mother and I couldn’t help that. I’m really not sure why it happened, but it did. He needs to understand though that not everyone can be granted the power of the celestial abilities, at least he can control the elements.”

Zen nodded and leaned back. She couldn’t help but look back on how her brother was acting. Could he really be upset that it was her birthday. She sighed and ran her hands through her red hair, her eyes closing softly. Her father had left her side and the party was slowly dying out, the Okami’s going their separate ways now. She put her half eaten cake away and shoved her presents into her room before standing in the empty living room. ‘Alpha...’ She thought. Was she actually capable of being a leader? She understood that it wouldn’t be for another year or so until she become leader but still. It was scary. 

A hand cupped her shoulder and she jumped swiveling onto her back foot to look up into the dark blue eyes of her commander, Tero. She grunted slowly relaxing, her head resting on his chest.

“You scared me,” she replied.

“I’m sorry,” He replied patting his shoulder. 

Zen nodded and looked back out towards the door rubbing her arm quietly.

“I’m..a little nervous about my brother.” She finally said after a long pause.

Tero sighed and looked back at the door as well. he then turned back towards Zen and ruffled her hair.

“Look. He’ll be fine, just have fun on your birthday-okay?” 

Zen nodded and smiled weakly, leaning against Tero softly. She made a small noise giving in as her body relaxed allowing herself to spend the rest of her birthday peacefully.

But things would not be staying peaceful, for long.

Author's Note

ignore any grammar mistakes, i'll fix later.