The Shadowed World

This story is on a different character but after this one goes back to Zillah. Hope you enjoy!



A storm is coming; I can smell it as if it is already here. I’m running, trees are rushing pass me and I run with my twin brother Ulva, which means wolf. I’m in the form of a golden wolf and Ulva a wolf with snow-white fur. Our paws feel like they are hardly touching the ground, I stop did I just hear something. I look at Ulva, he sniffs the air and looks at me as if to say let’s hunt, you go left and I will go right, I nod. I run off to the left and when I look back Ulva is already out of sight. I keep going to the left but I hate being kept away from my twin. I have golden-brown eyes and golden hair, my twin is the same as me but he has white hair. We live on our own because we don’t know where our parents have gone but we fear they are dead. I halt to a stop, there is another hunter near by, and I had better quickly get to Ulva and our prey. I run faster, wishing to be with my twin again.





Sandra, go back to the cave now!, Ulva thinks to me with his mind, it is full of pain but it only makes me run harder, faster.





I catch sight of fighting up ahead and know it is my twin with some other form, Ulva falls to the ground and the other form gets ready to jump. I jump out from behind the trees to the clearing and growl, low and deep. The big black werewolf looks at me with dark brown eyes like tree bark. The werewolf is covered in blood, my twins, I look at Ulva and grasp. Ulva’s lovely white fur is covered in blood, he is alive but only barely and I fear I will not be able to save him. I pull back my lip and snarl getting ready to fight. We circle each other and slowly get closer, I get ready to jump him. He leaps first but I hit him in the nose with my paw, he hits the ground hard and fast.





Sandra, leave now, I’m dieing so go!, Ulva whispers with his mind softly.





No, get away from my twin!, I roar at the werewolf with my mind, he growls at me then leaps on my twin’s body.





Ulva jerks and I leap on the werewolf and bite hard. The werewolf jerks it’s head around and bites into my shoulder, I howl in pain, the werewolf is bleeding where I had bitten him on his back. I hit it again with my paw, it falls back then bolts into the forest. I run to Ulva, and then change back into my human form. I kneel down beside him, blood is everywhere, his breathing is slowing and his eyes start to close.





“No, stay with me, don’t leave me!” I yell at Ulva





His eyes open but only a little, he turns back into his human form and the golden light in his eyes is fading, starting to glaze over.





“I will always be with you in spirit as you run in animal or human form” Ulva whispers so softly that I have to put my ear to his mouth to hear him.





He closes his eyes, his breathing stops and very slowly he turns cold under my hands. I change into the form of a wolf, my twin’s favourite form and let out a howl, so full of pain it is like the forest screams it pain with me. I lie down beside Ulva and weep for hours on end with the clouds raining on me and lighting flashing across the sky but loud clashes of thunder not far behind it. By the time I could calm down enough and lift up my head, I had given myself a headache. I will never stop hunting the were wolf that killed my twin, I will go to the ends of the world to find the werewolf with brown tree bark eyes.



10 years later, in the forest, 2005…





My name is Sandra Wildfire and I’m now eighteen, I stand at the spot where my twin slowly died ten years ago. Ulva’s grave is below me, I touch my shoulder where there is a faint silver mark from where the werewolf bit me and I weep again like I do every year since my twin’s death, he was all I had left. I cried out with my heart and soul last year for help. I’m a shape shifter, it means I can change into the form of any animal and only very strong shape shifter’s can change into fantasy animals. Ever since Ulva’s death I have been looking everywhere for the werewolf but I haven’t found him yet. I hear something growling, I turn swiftly and change into a wolf to face the animal as a hunter. It steps out slowly, I hear another sound behind me and I move so I can look at both sides. They are both black wolfs, the first one on my left has green eyes and the other brown eyes like tree bark, I look again at the one with brown eyes again shocked, it’s Ulva’s killer. I face him forgetting about the other wolf, they are both mature, larger wolfs than me, and it means they are both males.





Your no wolf, you bloody werewolf!, I think to the one with brown eyes fury coming into my voice and mind.





I didn’t mean to kill him, the werewolf thought to me painfully.





That doesn’t matter you still killed him and who the hell are you any way!?, I think in fury and the werewolf takes one step back.





Quinn Zeva, Zeva means wolf, Quinn thinks to me slowly, unsure of me.





I know that, I snap back at Quinn





Calm down she-wolf and Quinn back off with forgiveness, you bloody werewolf, the wolf with green eyes thinks to us with a firm, commanding voice.





The other wolf walks to my side then growls loudly at Quinn. I growl at him to warn him back, then walk until I’m face to face with Quinn, my twin’s killer. Quinn crouches with his tail touching his belly to show he is terrified and doesn’t want me to hurt him. The green-eyed wolf behind me has his tail high, fluffed as a sign of authority and dominance, he is making himself look bigger to show how powerful he is. I’ve got my tail straight out behind me to show I’m aggressive and planning to attack, I’m stiff-legged with my body leaning forward. The green-eyed wolf walks to stand between Quinn and I, facing Quinn.





Get out of my way wolf!, I think to the green-eyed wolf yelling.





No, there is no need to become a killer yourself and Quinn knows what he did was wrong. Call me by my name it’s Calhoun Wildstrom, Calhoun means forest dweller and what’s your name she-wolf?, Calhoun thinks to me softly and sweetly that I had to agree.





I’m Sandra Wildfire but he,’ I jerk my head to Quinn,’ killed my twin brother Ulva ten years ago and he needs to pay for that. Ulva was all I had left until Quinn came, then I had no one,’ I state to Calhoun with my mind.





I know you must feel very angry with Quinn but you need to put it behind you, yes you kill animals but Quinn is human, Calhoun thinks to me stating the fact that Quinn is stilling human no matter what he is.





Yes, you right but I don’t care if he is human, he still killed my brother, I think to Calhoun painfully and lay down whimpering.





To kill him is barbaric, Calhoun thinks to me calmly





And what about payment for taking his life. It should be a life for a life, I think to Calhoun slowly.





I change back into human form, I see both of there eyes widen, Quinn changes first then Calhoun. Quinn is my age, my height which is 190cm, brown tree bark eyes and long black hair that doesn’t cover his nakedness, his clothes are probably ripped somewhere in the forest. When Calhoun changed it was startling that I forgot that Quinn was naked. I hadn’t expected Calhoun to be so gorgeous, graceful and elegant. My mouth drops open in shock but I close it quickly, he is 195cm tall, short black hair with bits of gold, green eyes like emeralds and looks one year older than me, his smile lights up his whole face. He is so enchanting, irresistible and someone to cherish and adore. I crave instantly to be alone with him, I must be crazy to want to be alone with him when I have only just meet him. I walk away slowly, not wanting to leave Calhoun with Quinn but I keep walking and then start to run. I was running for some time before I hear something following me, I stop and know it is Calhoun. Calhoun walks slowly and goes behind me, he touches my hair lightly, his other hand wraps around my waist pulling me against him, the close smell of him intoxicating me. He lightly kisses my neck. I almost go weak at the knees, I turn around slowly putting my arms around his neck. I look into his eyes seeing his desire blazing there and feel my desire blaze higher, I close my eyes, my mouth finding his and I press against him hard, wanting to be close to him and I think Calhoun feels the same. I pull back reluctant to let him go only wanting to relinquish right now and make love to him right here. I look deep into his eyes and see him do the same.





‘Will you,’ I start to say softly and then take a deep breath and say what I what. ‘Will you come with me to my place and make lo…make love to me?’ I whisper lowering my head, Calhoun lifts my head up and says



‘I would love to do that more than anything’ He whispers and then gives me a quick kiss that leaves me breathless, I smile.





‘What are you two doing?’ Quinn rumbles angrily behind us and we both jump apart, blushing.





‘Calhoun, you told me you were going to explain to her that we are cousins, instead I find you fooling around with her when you know I like her,’ Quinn reminds his cousin, furious. I step in front of Calhoun and face Quinn.





‘You have no right to tell Calhoun what he can and can’t do and I hate you, so back off.’ I hiss at Quinn.





‘You might think differently once you get to know me but if not you might regret it!’ Quinn cries out loudly, his eyes are cold and crazed.



‘Is that a threat to us Quinn?’ Calhoun asks snapping at him.





‘Yes, you know I will do it because you have seen it before.’ Quinn snaps back at Calhoun and Calhoun goes pale.





‘I’m not scared to die Quinn, just like Ulva wasn’t!” I yell at Quinn





“Ulva was stupid for lashing back at me,” Quinn hisses at me.





Before I know what I’m doing, I have stepped right up to Quinn, he smiles. I move my hand, palm side on and I slam my palm into his throat, he chocks and gags before falling down. I go down on my knees and check his pulse, he is still alive but unconscious. I change into a wolf and howl Ulva’s name, ,my howl is full of pain. I change back tears falling down my face because wolfs don’t cry and I run home, Calhoun follows me but I don’t stop. I run deep into my cave and look out to where there is a small little hole in the back of the cave. I lie down on my grass bed and put my hand where Ulva used to sleep. I hear Calhoun’s soft footsteps, he sits down beside while I cry, not saying a word only just lightly touching my hair. When I had calmed down, I lifted my head but didn’t look at Calhoun.





“I failed you Ulva, I failed you.” I whisper.





“You didn’t fail him, you made him proud and I wish Quinn had never been born, so you wouldn’t have to feel this pain now, I’m so sorry” Calhoun whispers his voice breaking, I look up at him and see he has been crying. I sit up, wrapping my arms around his neck and he wraps his arms around my waist whispering I’m sorry over and over again.





“It’s not your fault, so don’t blame yourself,” I tell him softly.



I let Calhoun go slowly, my mouth finding his, when I finally pull back, I pull his black shirt over his head. He slowly pulls my orange v-neck top over my head and then we both finish undressing each other. I slowly run my hand from his throat all the way down but once I reach his waist he takes my hand in his, I take my hand out and put both of my hands on his upper arms. I lay down on my back pulling Calhoun with me, we kiss and touch each other everywhere. We slowly move together, I feel a sharp pain but it is soon replaced by pleasure, I feel him move inside me. Hours later we lay down tired on our sides, Calhoun holding me and I’m holding his hands, his breath is warm on my neck. We both fall into a deep dreamless sleep but as soon as the sun rises, I’m woken by a dream of my twin’s death and I sit up straight in bed holding the quilt against me. I’m shaking, I feel Calhoun wake up, putting his arms around me and kissing my neck.





“What’s wrong, love?” Calhoun asks softly when I stop shaking.



“ A dream of my brother’s death” I whisper back, starting to cry softly.





“Sandra look at me” Calhoun commanded and he sounded so much like Ulva that I cried harder, putting my face in my hands.





“I should have killed Quinn when I had the chance” I said to Calhoun turning around looking deep into his green-eyes and they showed concern and pain.





“We need to leave this forest now” Calhoun tells me painfully.





“Why? I can’t, I have never left this forest and I can’t leave Ulva’s grave,” I cry shocked at Calhoun.





“Because Quinn will hunt you until you give in to him, I’ve seen him do it to a girl him and his brother loved. In the end the girl Lily killed herself, Quinn blamed his brother Damon and Damon let Quinn kill him. I don’t want that happening to you, I wouldn’t be able to stand it if it did,” Calhoun confines in me his voice breaking, his face pale.





“Fine, we’ll go but I will come back to see Ulva’s grave once a year. I’m sorry you had to go through that,” I whisper to Calhoun, and then we got dressed.





When we had finished getting dressed, we began to pack but we didn’t take everything. We ate the berries I had picked the day before. We left the cave then changed into tiger forms and started running with our powerful muscles. Along the way Calhoun told me the whole story about Quinn and his brother. Damon and Lily loved each other with mind, body and soul. Damon never let Lily see his family because he wasn’t proud of them like Lily was of her werewolf family. One day Quinn went looking for his brother and Quinn saw Lily with Damon. Quinn wanted Lily badly but Lily didn’t want Quinn, when Quinn found out how Lily felt about him which was hate, Quinn kidnapped her and Damon went hunting for Lily. Quinn chained Lily to a bed but when he took a closer look at her, he could see that she was carrying a child, Damon’s child. Damon knew about the child and would have made a wonderful father given the chance but he never would. Quinn did everything to make Lily have a miscarriage and in the end she did. Quinn hurt Lily while he raped her, the morning after Quinn raped her, and she just couldn’t stand it anymore. She spoke mind to mind with Damon telling him everything and then told him what she was going to do. Lily changed into a wolf and cut her own throat, when Quinn found her he went crazy. Quinn hunted down Damon and Calhoun was with Damon at the time. Damon had just finished telling Calhoun everything that had happened. Quinn blamed Damon for Lily’s death but Damon said calmly with tears running down his face that it is all Quinn’s fault. Quinn attacked Damon, Calhoun tried to help but Damon told him not to. Quinn ripped Damon apart, Damon let Quinn kill him because he wanted to be with his love and child. Damon could have killed Quinn with one paw, Calhoun was more of a brother to Damon then Quinn could ever be. As Calhoun was telling me this I got more and more shocked but my fury against Quinn was huge. When Calhoun finished I said.





“You should have let me kill him… a thing like that needs to die,” I yell and scream outraged after changing back to human form.





“Now that I have you, he will soon die by me because I can tell he wants you but I won’t let him have you like he did Lily” Calhoun replies after also changing back into human form.





When we got to a cave in a waterfall, Calhoun tells me this is his home and Quinn knows nothing about it. We both lay down but didn’t sleep yet, Calhoun puts his hand on my hip, then slowly brings it up to my breasts. He grips hard so he can pull me from my side onto my back, he kisses me deeply leaving me breathless. I pull Calhoun into me, I closed my eyes and let all control go. Later Calhoun was so tired he fell into a very deep sleep because he wasn’t used to being in tiger form for so long but I was. When Calhoun fell asleep I went out searching for Quinn, I even called him with my mind. I run back to my brother’s grave in my home forest, I hear footsteps behind me and I turn to face Quinn. He stands near a tree looking at me, giving me a lazy smile and not concerned about being knocked out by me a while ago.





“I know what you did to Damon and Lily” I hiss at Quinn and Quinn looks like I’ve slapped him.





“Did Calhoun tell you that?” Quinn snaps with rage in his voice.





“Yes” I snap back.





“Why did you sleep with him that damned shape shifter?” Quinn hisses still at me rage still in his voice. My mouth drops.





“ How could, how did?” I ask lost for words.





“The little window!” Quinn snaps at me





“Why do you always want what you can not have?” I growl back.





“What makes you think that?” Quinn asks shocked





“You wanted Lily but she loved Damon, you wanted our prey killing my brother in the process and you want me but I love Calhoun” I pointed out



“So…?” Quinn asks slowly





“You’re a barbaric dog that needs to be put down,” I yell





“Didn’t you learn anything from that story, Lily in the end gave into me” Quinn hisses at me





“I’m a lot stronger than Lily and older also she was a werewolf, I’m not.” I point out





“Not that much older and how can being a shape shifter help you” Quinn ask slowly





“Because you have only one animal you can turn into but I have any animal that I want to change into.” I answer back, smiling widely.





“But not the fantasy animals” Quinn points out grinning





“How would you know if I can or not?” I ask, my smile falling a bit.





“How you ask, I’ve been watching you for years ever since I killed your brother” Quinn replies





“Why?” I ask curious, my smile falling a bit more. I think to myself Quinn’s in for the shock of his life but for just now I’ll let him think he has won.





“To make sure you stayed safe and alive, I felt that I owed you for leaving you on your own” Quinn says softly turning his head away.





“Why should you, I did fine without parents? I did mostly all the hunting while Ulva had his grief, he stayed in the cave most of the time. I was the leader, the stronger one.” I hiss at Quinn.





“It seemed like a duty that I had to do. I know that you aren’t yet strong enough to change into fantasy animals” replies Quinn





I laugh softly, Quinn just gives me a lazy smile.





“ You know so little about us shape shifter’s” I tell him, still laughing softly.





“What don’t I know?” Quinn demanded





“There are not many strong shape shifter because both parents have to be strong and pure in their bloodline. Also once they have sex with a shape shifter for the first time they become powerful enough to change into fantasy animals. Another way is for a strong and pure shape shifter to pass the power also to their lover.” I told him slowly as if I was speaking to a child.





“But how can it be that watching you all these years hardly told me anything about shape shifters.” Quinn replies shocked





“I’m the one from the strong and pure bloodline also Calhoun is my lover.” I point out, enjoying watching Quinn’s face grow more and more shocked by the second.





“I don’t believe this” Quinn whispers





“Believe it but still there is more,” I tell Quinn





“More!” Quinn yelps





“Once a pure shape shifter comes to power they can choose to bring a loved one back to life and also destroy a enemy or bring two people back to life but also Calhoun gets to either destroy one enemy or bring back a loved one” I say to Quinn who has fallen to the ground.





Calhoun, wake up and come to me. I’m at my brother’s grave, I think to Calhoun





WHAT!? Oh, all right I’m coming, Calhoun thinks to me still half asleep and angry.





“Oh and Quinn one more thing if a shape shifter from a pure and strong line is brought back to life they become a powerful shape shifter but can only bring back one loved one or destroy one enemy.” I told him happily.





“But, but I’ don’t understand” Quinn said in total shock.





“You don’t need to but I will tell you this, crazed werewolf’s like you are the weakest of all shadow world people and crazed werewolf’s are the one’s killed more by the Tigeress and the Tiger,” I tell Quinn slowly





“She’s right you know because Sandra and I are now one. I know all about the history of the pure and strong shape shifter’s and the weakness of crazed werewolf’s” Calhoun said stepping out from behind Ulva’s grave. Quinn stood up as if to defend himself but just sat back down. I smile at Calhoun and he smiles back





“I never even knew” Quinn whispers





“ It’s time Calhoun, you bring back Damon, and I’ll do Lily and Ulva. When Ulva comes, he can bring back Lily’s baby,” I tell Calhoun.





I stand their arms wide Calhoun does the same then old, ancient, beautiful words come to my lips.

My voice comes out sweet and female while Calhoun’s voice is deep and male.





“Come to me,

Loved ones,

Hear me now

From Life to death.

Come from death

And rejoin me in life.

Come back to me, Ulva.

Come back into my life

And no longer be

Just a memory

Calling you I am.

I am calling,

So come to me

NOW!” I chant then scream the last word.





Two golden lights appear in front of us and then they slowly take on human forms. I can make out Damon he is the same height as Calhoun, blue-grey knowing eyes, and raven black hair and strongly built like almost every shadow world person. Ulva then appears from the light with his golden-brown eyes, silver hair that looks white as snow.





“Ulva!” I cry out in complete joy, I run to him and hug him tight.





I pull away with tears in my eyes, Ulva wipes my tears of joy away. I lead Ulva over to Calhoun who is hugging Damon.





“Lily” Damon whispers looking at me with tears in his eyes





“ I will get her for you and Ulva can you bring back Lily’s unborn baby please?” I tell Damon and then ask Ulva. Ulva nods.





We begin to chat, more golden light appears and then a human shape appears. Lily has storm-grey eyes, lily-white skin and dark storm grey almost black hair, her belly grows a little and she looks three months pregnant. Damon runs to Lily and then thanks me with all his heart for bringing Lily back. We hear a howl of fury come from the forest and then Quinn jumps out in wolf form, howling his fury again. Damon puts Lily behind him, standing ready to fight and Calhoun does the same but with me I try to resist but I can’t resist Calhoun. I scream the one name that I know that can save us all.





“TIGERESS!” I put my fear into my scream for help.





The roar of a tiger bursts out from the forest, then the tiger pouches on Quinn knocking his breath out. Quinn gets to his feet and growls at the tiger before pouching on the tiger’s back, the tiger throws him off then leaps. Quinn leaps and they both get knocked to the ground. A tiger’s roar of fury bursts out from the forest behind us, we move out of the way. The second tiger leaps on the wolf bitting the throat to kill. Quinn didn’t see it coming and couldn’t stop the death kill, he falls to the ground, blood pouring everywhere. A young man bursts out from the forest, he has short midnight black hair, green cat eyes with bits of gold and when he get a look at the second tiger he hiss’s at it, the tiger growls. The tiger’s then change into human’s the first tiger changes into a young woman with light orange-gold hair with black and her eyes are golden-brown, she looks to be the leader and I now know she is the tigeress. The second tiger turns into a young man taller than the woman by five cms, he has short golden hair like sunlight with black tips and golden-brown eyes.





“Don’t be scared,” The tigeress says sweetly but firmly looking at us.





“Are you the tigeress?” I ask slowly, already knowing the answer.

“Yes, I am. This is one of my soul mates Evan and him I have no idea who he is” The tigeress replies, then points at the blonde haired man.





“I’m Theron, it means hunter. I’m the tiger a shadow world hunter. I’m another of the soul mates of the unyielding but it is for Zillah to decide if I’m good or evil” Theron says looking at the tigeress.





“But Evan here is the tiger, he told me so” the tigeress says shocked





“Can we talk about this somewhere else, where we don’t have people looking at us like them?” Evan asks the tigeress. Evan glares hatred at Theron.





“Good Idea” the tigeress replies walking away. In my mind I hear the tigeress say to me.



Live well Sandra, I have answered your plea, now others need my help and I must now do some thinking and choosing who is my true soul mate. Good luck with your new life and don’t waste time, farewell, the tigeress thought to me, then the sound of horses galloping away meet my ears. I hope for the world and the tigeress that she makes the right choice for us all.



next chap goes back to Zillah