It wasn't always like this.. Everything was alright until they came... It happened overnight, i lost everyone and everthing. It's been 10 years since that day and I can still remember everything as if it happened yesterday.

Before the Wolves took over (Flashback)

It was about 6pm and i remember dad coming home from work, while mom was in the kitchen cooking dinner. " Finally I'm home" dad says as he lays on the couch. "Daddy you're home" I say as I run to him and giving him the most bonecrushing hug my 5 years body could possible give. "Hey Marky, I missed you. Where's Mom " he says while picking me up. "Mommy's cooking" I say. "Let's go see what she's cooking" dad says as he heads to the kitchen with me in his arms. "Something smells delicious"dad says smelling the air. That was weird.. He wasn't smelling like a normal person it was almost as if he was sniffing the air like he was some kind of animal.. But me being 5 at the time didn't think much of it. Mom suddenly says "Ohh honey you're home. I didn't even notice you guys. You know how i get when i start cooking." "Yea we know" dad says as he winks at me, making me and him giggle. My mom then says "Ohh shut up, and go wait in the dining room until dinner's ready" Me and dad both said "yes ma'ma" at the same time, which wasn't weird or unusual at all because we were so much alike. I was a carbon copy of him but with a bit of my mom's features. My dad was 6'4 with black hair, blue eyes and pale skin. While my mom was 5'6 with black hair, brown eyes (at times i swear they turn black when she was angry) and naturally tan skin. I had black hair and blue eyes and was pretty pale with a bit of my mom face features. My mom and dad were very different but matched so perfectly. My mom was very blunt and honest while my dad was very quiet and laid back. Now that I remember they both had weird tattoos on their arms. My mother had a moon with a wolf while my father had stars with a bat. Weird but magical. ~~ As me and dad went to in dining room to wait for dinner we decided to play a game of uno. He was about to win when mom called us for dinner. "Dinners ready" says mom. I don't remember what we ate but I do remember it be delicious. After we ate it was time for bed. "Alright kiddo time for bed" says dad "ok dad" I say as I walked upstairs to my room, toke a bath, put on my pajamas, turned my lights off and got into bed.

Later that night

It was the middle of the night and suddenly I heard the most terrifying scream i have ever heard in my life. I got up immediately and looked out of my window. When I looked outside i saw neighboring buildings on fire. Men, women and children running for their lives. I then ran straight to my mom and dad's room. "Mom, Dad. Something is going on outside" I say as i shake their bed, trying to wake them up. "Mmm, what is it" my mom yelled but then we all heard a scream, and my parents immediately got up. They both looked outside, looked at each other and then my dad said "Chloe, you take mark to a hiding place and load up the carriage while i'll get the weapons and try to help the others outside." "Ok but be careful Micheal" she says "I will, I love you both so very much" my dad says as he looks in our eyes, and that was the last time I saw my dad... My mom started to look for me a place to hide and then came across the closet in the kitchen that was used for pantry goods. She put me in there and said "Marky I need you to be strong, If me or your dad don't make it I need you to strong. No matter what, do not give up on yourself. You are our son and we love you so very much, don't come out of the closet no matter what you hear. OK got it?." "Ok mommy" I say as tears run down my face. My mom then takes my face in both of her hands and closes her eyes and starts to whisper something. Something that seemed like magical.. when she finished it looked as if her eyes were glowing.. Then she got up, took one last look at me and closed the closet door. For the next 5 minutes I heard nothing but silence. But then I started to hear load footsteps coming from the entry of the front door. The footsteps started to get louder and I could hear my breathing rate rise. I remember being so scared, but then the footsteps stopped and suddenly out of nowhere the closet door was opened and staring down at me was a big beared man, who had lots of muscles and was extremely tall. I can't really describe his features but I do remember one thing that caught my attention, it was that he looked rough and had this vibe of some sort of animal... I started crying because he looked scary, but then he did the weirdest thing. He put he finger over his lip and whispered shhhh... I immediately stopped crying but then we heard someone else coming into the house.

I immediately stopped crying but then we heard someone else come into the house. "Hey Max, Remember to kill any men over the age of 40 and kill any women over the age of 35." The unknown man says. "Yeah, okay" says Max. "Also is there any humans in this house" the man says. I then start to tremble, but calmed down a bit when Max told him "No, there aren't any humans in this house". The man then walked out of the house. After he left Max then bent down to face me and said " listen here, little man. We are bad people coming to hurt your friends and family. I suggest you stay in this closet and don't make a sound until you are absolutely sure you hear nothing outside. Wait about 3 hours, then make run for it. Your family is probably dead so you're probably on your own. Tonight is the beginning of a new era. This world is about to change as we speak. Your fate is in your own hands now. Good Luck!" He then shut the closet door and started trashing the place. After about 10 minutes he left and I sat in the closet with tears in my eyes, waiting for the screams and the sounds of blades hitting flesh to stop... until I heard my own mothers scream. I then ran out of the closet, outside and toward the sound of the scream. When I got outside i was stunted at what I had found. Everyone was dead. Every house was on fire. I heard my mother's voice and I ran over to her. Her face was bloody, her clothes were ripped, her pants were down.. and she had bruises on all of her body.. I started crying. Who would do this? Why? What did they want? My mother then began to speak "Mark, I am afraid we won't be there to care for you anyone." "Who did this" i said "People who are far scarier than any fairytale. They are monsters. Mark, there is a secret me and your father has been keeping from you since birth. I can't tell you yet because you are too young to understand. In 10 years time, when you turn 15 years old go to the north and find an old lady named Maddie Thorn. She will tell you everything you need to know." My mom says."Okay mom but where's dad?" I say "He's no longer in this world" my mom says.. then there was about a 2 minute silence.. "Mark you need to be strong for me and your father, always remember you will be great. I'm (cough) sorry. I have (cough) to go now. I love you, Mark" my mom says as she took her last breathe, leaving me with a complete lost of words. My mother was now dead. What am I supposed to do now? I was only 5 years old. I was so lost. I had to gather all my strength and courage, and go to somewhere safe. I have to survive for 10 years, and on the day I turn 15, I had to travel north to find a lady named Maddie Thorn. She would help me, but first I had to figure out a way to survive on my own.. i was in the middle of my thoughts, when i heard a twig move. I quickly snapped out of it, and turned around. When I turned around I was met was Max and 4 others.. "Max, thought you said you killed everyone" the man from earlier said. "I did, we aren't allowed to kill the kids. They're supposed be slaves" Max said as he gave a worried but I told you so look. "Okay, well catch this one, and put him in the cart with rest" the man said. "Okay" Max said as he started walking to me. I then looked around and the other men were just staring at me. I got up off the ground and ran, Max then started to chase me. I thought I could outrun him, but I was wrong. His legs were long and muscular while mine were short and thin. In a manner of 3 minutes he caught up and caught me. I was yelling for him to put me down, but he just remained silent while carrying me back to where the other men are. " I told you kid, we are bad people. You should have waited in the closet, then left. Now you're gonna end up a slave" he suddenly said. As we made our way back to where the men were. We walked to a cart. The cart was about medium sized, it was filled with kids. It had bars all around it to keep kids from escaping. The cart also had some sorta of sheet over it. Max then shoved me into the cart and locked it. I looked around to see kids my age and a bit older. Some kid with Blond hair and blue eyes began to speak "Hey, I know you. Your name is Mark. Your dad worked in the Mines." He says. "Yeah he did" I say dryly as I sat down "Do you know where they are taking us." I say. "No, I don't, but my name is Richard." "Nice to meet you Richard." I say. "Nice to meet you too, Mark" he says..

End of Flashback

To be continuted...

"Hey you rats! Wake up, it's time to eat" the guard says as he walks by our cells to give us our food. If you can even call it food... Sometimes I wonder what did I ever do to end up in a place like this, why me?.. Richard snapped me out of my thoughts by saying "Mark, come on. We better go eat before all of the food gets taken". I say "Ok" as I quickly made my way over to the tray of "food". About 6 people shared a cell together, so you'd have to hurry up and eat when the guard's come, otherwise, your cellmates will eat all of the food up. In my cell it was me, Richard, Sam & Cam(who were identical twins but I swear you couldn't tell them apart sometimes unless you've known them for years), Greg, and Robert. We've all been prisoners for 17 years.. me and Richard were the first to arrive, both of us being 5 at the time. Then it was Greg and Robert, who were 4, and lastly the twins who were 3. We all didn't get along at first, we were constantly fighting, and arguing over petty things but over the years we've learned to settle our differences and work together because we are all that each other have. So now we've kinda formed our own little family. Me and Richard are the oldest so we were kinda like the (Richard)mom and (me)dad. While Greg and Robert were the oldest kids and Sam and Cam were the youngest kids. Richard was the peace keeper, he always liked to settle and calm everyone down. He would always try to make the best out of our situation. Greg is the fighter and protector of our little family. Whenever someone would say or do anything to us, he would always jump in and protect us instantly. Robert is the quite mastermind. He is very smart. He is still working on escaping but he says he's very close to perfecting his plan. Sam is the prankster in the group, always cracking jokes and making everyone fall to the floor laughing. Cam, who was a quite fortune teller. He could tell the future. I remember the group was talking about some thing random and Cam out of nowhere said "in 10 minutes 2 guards will get into a fighting because one stepped on the others shoe" we all busted out laughing (except Sam and Cam) thinking it was a joke and then we all stopped laughing because usually Sam would crack a joke and be the loudest person laughing but since he wasn't laughing we all stopped. Sam then said "It's true guys, all of his predictions are true. I would know, we've been together all out lives. It use to scare me as a child but know I'm use to it" And with that, we all waited to see if his prediction would come true and soon enough 10 minutes pass and 2 guards did get into a fight.. After that everyone was silence for about 2 minutes until Cam said "Mark, you are very special in 2 years time you will reign with your mate and rule over the entire world". Fast forward it's been a year and half since that day and I'm started to doubt what he said. I mean I'm special, yeah right.. what special person is captured and forced to work as a slave everyday.. "Hey Rats it's time for your daily work, line up with your hands behind your back" The guard says snapping me out of my thoughts. We all got up and formed a line ready to go into the field to work for the day. Everyday we would spend at least 6 hours working in the field. We usually picked fruit and veggies, while others fed the animals, helped the guards and upper class with other tasks. As soon as we made it to the field we all started our work for the day. We did our usual work and six hours later, we were done for the day. Today seemed to be moving quite quickly I thought as we lined back up to go back to our cells. When we got back to our cells, we all were tired so we immediately went to bed.. I got up around 5 hours later, it was about 12am. I look around to see who's up and everyones asleep except Robert, who was in the corner of our cell, crouched down and talking to himself. I got up and headed to the corner quietly, so that I wouldn't wake anyone up. As soon as I got close enough, I asked him "what are you doing". Robert looked startled for a minand he took a long pause before finally answering me. "I got a plan to get us out of here"...

To be continued..