Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“We have other shifters as well. Almost any animal that you can think of, we have someone that can shift into it. We also have Merfolk, men and women that turn into those mythical creatures from the ocean. Aside from people that can become other creatures, we have various magic users. Witches and warlocks, witch doctors, Djinn, and more.” I continued to describe all of our people to them, and would continue again, after just a brief pause for breath.
“The Fae, directly descended from the gods themselves, are a group of magical beings that are closely in connection to nature and animals. They are gentle people that like to live surrounded by trees and flowers. And lastly, we have vampires. There are colonies of them all over the world, but they are forbidden to take human lives. There is no killing or murdering allowed from any of our people. We have always lived among you. We are your neighbors, your coworkers, your friends, and nothing at all is going to change just because you know who and what we are now.”
I made sure that this last part was spoken so earnestly that there was nothing at all they would be able to say about it. I wanted them all to know the truth, but to not be afraid of us. I was hoping that they would accept it and not question me about it all, the sooner that we moved on, the sooner that we could prove to them that we were telling them the truth.
A laugh started somewhere in the back of the stadium. A man that seemed to think that this entire thing was just a joke and was laughing hysterically. Others joined in with him and before we knew it, all of the humans in the stadium were laughing. The nonhumans were taking this seriously. Hell, even half of the reporters were laughing like this was a joke. Not all of them though. Those that had done some digging on us were just staring at Joaquin and I like we were three headed aliens that just landed on Earth.
“Please, stop with the laughter.” I spoke calmly into the microphone. I needed to keep going, I needed to make them all understand. “I know that this seems like it is a little difficult to process and accept, but I will prove to you what we are right now.”
I turned to look at Joaquin and Reagan, knowing that they were wearing the clothes that were made from pure magic. They would be able to shift back when they were done. So would Trevor, Landon, Riley, Shawn, Shane, Jackson, and even myself. We were all going to shift into various creatures so that the humans here and across the globe, would be able to see that we weren’t lying to them. We were telling them the truth when we told them that we were not like them.
“I will show you what I can do first. As the queen of my people, and the one with the soul to the shifter goddess, Nehalennia inside of me, I can shift into any animal in the world. I can become something so small and insignificant as a little bunny.” I looked over at Joaquin and smiled as I thought about the first time that I had become this tiny creature, and just like that, I felt myself shrink toward the floor.
There were gasps from all over the stadium. Several of the people that were sitting in the crowd stood on their feet to get a better look at me. Their eyes were not able to see the little bunny me on their own, they were forced to look at the giant jumbotron behind and above us. That giant screen was showing everything that was happening on the stage, or it had been. The moment that I had shrunk though, it zoomed in on me as if the cameraman was in a panic.
“See, I am now a little bunny.” I said as Joaquin put the microphone to my mouth. And I knew that the people watching would see the rabbit’s mouth moving in time with my words. “And this isn’t the only creature that I can be.”
I wiggled my little white rabbit’s ear and shifted again. This time I chose to be an eagle. I soared up into the air, flew around the crowd once, and then went to hover next to Joaquin again. This time, when I spoke, there was a slight clicking from my beak.
“And an eagle is just as simple for me. Does anyone have any requests for me to become?” I called out and looked at the crowd. I didn’t know how many people would yell, but I was going to choose the first that my brain processed.
“Dog!”
“Wolf!”
“Giraffe!”
“Panda Bear!” I knew that there was a lot being said at once, but this was the one that my brain was able to process first. I don’t know if it was the first one said or not, but it was the one that stuck out to me.
“A panda bear, that is a good one.” I nodded my eagle head and shifted into the giant black and white bear. Only mine was more of a white and blue, because no matter what I became, my coloring always stayed the same. “Are you all satisfied?” I held the microphone between my bear-like hands as Joaquin handed it to me. It was a little difficult, but I managed it. “If you are, then I will let the others show you what they can do.”
Right on cue, Joaquin and Reagan turned into their other forms. Both of them chose their werewolf form, because that was the simplest at the moment. The others shifted into their other forms as well, showing their wolves, bears, felines, and other creatures. I even saw Shawn shift into his form. He was no longer the same as his brother when in his werewolf form. He was a hybrid now and that meant that he was different.
Shawn’s wolf was tall, skinny, and pure silver. Not the silvery of their hair, but like the metal itself. He was still soft to the touch, but his fur was extremely short. His snout was longer and thinner, and his teeth were longer. He was also taller than he used to be in this form, and considering that they were already giant wolves, that was saying something. Also, Shawn had no problem walking on two legs, though he was not at all a Lycan. He was just unique. One of only three like that in existence for the time being.
Jaws were dropped. Eyes were opened wide. The shock of seeing so many different creatures on the stage when they thought that this was just a show was enough to stun them. They had still, after seeing me become three different animals, thought that it was all just a lie. Now though, there were a lot of people on the stage, and they knew that there was no way that so many people would have been able to disappear into trap doors or whatever that quickly. This was the moment that many of them started to believe what was happening.
At that moment, a scream started from somewhere in the back of the crowd. A woman that was looking at the creatures on the stage and wasn’t able to handle it. The show was slowly starting to progress.
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Riviana
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The screaming got louder. And louder. And of course, louder. There were more and more voices now. Several people screaming now instead of just one. The humans that were in the audience were either watching fascinated like the nonhumans were, or they were screaming. Even a few of the reporters were screaming, afraid for their lives because they were much closer to us than the others were. Lara was, of course, staring right at me as she watched. She was not one of the people that were screaming.
I decided that it was time for me to shift back into myself, no longer would I be an animal at the moment. I needed them to understand that I was harmless, and so were the others. We still had a long time to go.
“Please, there is no need to scream.” I was myself again, but I wasn’t leaving it at that. I still needed to show them that I was able to perform magic. I started to take a step forward, up onto invisible stairs and platforms. I was using nothing but the air itself, and right there at my side was Rika, walking with me using her new affinity for the wind.
“None of us are here to hurt you. We are not dangerous. And we have lived among all of you for millennia.” Rika spoke into a microphone that she held in her hand as well. Walking beside me she gave them all an earnest, almost pleasing look. She was trying her best to get them to relax and to listen.
“My daughter is telling the truth. We have always been here. As long as the humans have lived on this planet, our people have been here as well. We are not a new addition. We have always been with you. We are not dangerous people. We just want to be ourselves, live with our families, work, and be happy, the same as all of you. We are people, just like you are. We just happen to have a slightly different genetic makeup.”
“AND YOU ARE IMMORTALS!” Lara, the reporter, yelled at me excitedly. I could tell that she was more than ready for this story to hit the presses.
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“We are immortals now, yes. That happened several years ago when I took the souls of the three gods inside of me. It caused that change in us all. Prior to that, only the Fae and the Vampires were immortal.”
“VAMPIRES DRINK BLOOD!” A scared man screamed from the stands. “THEY DRINK HUMAN BLOOD AND KILL US!”
“We don’t just drink human blood.” Dietrich said as he responded to the man. The camera focused on him and his pale, pale blue eyes. “We eat food like humans as well. We can feed on humans. And a lot of us are able to go a long time without blood at all. We maintain our souls, and we have families just like the rest of the world. I myself am married and have a family. I wouldn’t trade them for the world.”
“YOU HAVE CHILDREN?!” Someone screamed from the crowd. “SOMEONE LET YOU ADOPT THEM!?”
“I have four biological children. And four that are adopted as well. The adopted children are different supernatural children that needed a family of their own. We are a very loving family.” He explained to them. “All of us up here have a family in one way or another. We are just like the rest of you. We want to make sure that we have all that life has to offer us.”
“We are not bad people.” I reiterated this for them. “Please understand that. We are just people. We have always been here. And in truth, with all of our numbers combined on this planet, there are more of us than there are humans on the planet. We have a very large population, and the fact that we have been here this whole time, that should tell you that we are not going to hurt you.”
“Wh..wh..why are you telling us about yourselves now?” A woman that was visibly trembling in the front of the stands stuttered out.
“Would you want to hide what you are forever? In the interest of not having to hide away for years because we do not look the ages that we are, we wanted to tell the world about us. Also, there are some people that think because we assisted a law enforcement group in the investigation of those serial murders this past summer, that we are up to no good.”