My Love Triangle: Choose Werewolf Or Demon Prince

The darkness had crept into the fae villages with it's minions in tow, and Luna had taken it as her job to put an end to their menace.

"Someone help!" a woman yelled in the distance.

A thick black fog had enveloped the village making it hard to see through and it choked her, also making it even hard to breathe.

She heard a snarl beside her and she made a sharp turn, ramming her dagger into the eye of the unlucky creature that snarled at her and ripped off it’s eye socket as she yanked her knife out of its head.

Helios held his own, firing bolts of light rapidly at the monsters that came at him, wounding them as the light burned off their limbs slowly.

Luna dodged another shadow monster as she ran straight into battle, and used its momentum to knock it off balance and rammed her knife into its chest as it fell, not giving it a minute to catch his breath.

She picked up a discarded sword on the ground as she charged at a shadow beast. The sword glowed softly as she ran and it tore through the black fog as if it was fabric.

"Die!" She roared as she struck it's tip in the heart of the beast. The beast roared as it clawed at it’s chest drawing the attention of others of it's kind.

The fog was slowly starting to rescind and Luna noticed the group of women that some shadowlings were circling.

"I'm gonna help the women out," Helios yelled, giving another shadowling a blast to the face as he scurried away to help the women.

Some of the monsters slinked towards her, they looked hideous. Some slithered, some crawled on all fours and a few walked, each one was armed with dangerous looking fangs and claws that looked like they could cut through bones without a problem.

Luna smiled as she faced the assembling beasts. If it was the first time she was facing a group of shadowlings she would have been scared out of her mind, but she had done this dance already. She had found courage from her last success and it spurred her on.

She spun her new sword in one hand and clenched her dagger firmly in the other. She didn’t wait for their first move before she struck. She descended on them with the fury of the gods. She charged at them, stabbing and cutting at them.

"Die!!!" She screamed as she thrusted her sword through another.

She was holding her own against the shadow monsters until she felt an all too familiar pain in her head. She faltered for a second and a tail whipped against her chest sending her skidding backwards, she forced herself to her feet, biting her tongue till she tasted blood to distract herself from the searing pain in her head. She swung her sword when the attack came again, thrusting her dagger into the creature’s body.

The pain flared at the base of her skull again. She staggered back, her dagger was embedded into the creatures body but she couldn’t find the strength to rip it out.

"Helios!" Luna screamed as she fell to the ground.

The pain threatened to rip her head apart. She clutched her head firmly as she crouched in pain almost as if she was trying to squeeze the pain out of her head. The creatures almost seemed to snicker as they slowly surrounded her.

Helios was firing bolts left and right as more shadowlings surrounded him. Was this it? Was this how she was going to die?

“Leave her alone!” A little girl yelled and threw a stone at one of the creatures.

“Get away you meanies!” She yelled and threw another stone with a surprising accuracy that hit another shadowling.

The women who were watching Luna all along stepped forward, emboldened by the little girl’s efforts. Each one drew a glowing weapon, some knives, some arrows, even katana’s and charged in. The shadowlings rescinded as they fought and finally vanished.

Screams of relief and victory pierced through the air as everyone celebrated what had played out.

"Over there," one of the women screamed out. Luna was laying helplessly on the ground as she groaned in pain, she couldn't bear it anymore, the last thing she heard before she she passed out were the women shouting as they ran over to her. “Get help!”

"Get some herbs," another yelled.

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She coughed as she regained consciousness. Her head still pulsed from her last episode. She opened her eyes slowly with the sun threatening to blind her when she finally did.

"Helios! Where is Helios?" She asked in fright as she sat up, her insides were twisting into knots at the thought of something awful happening to her companion. The last thing she remembered was seeing shadowlings surround him.

"I'm right here, Luna." Helios responded, rubbing the back of her head with his furry little paw.

She coughed again as she staggered to her feet.

"You need to rest." One of the Maidens, Angel, said to her, motioning for her to lay back.

"I'm fine, " Luna pushing her hands away, she must have looked so weak in front of these women. What was the pain all about? It all started when the darkness arrived. Was she connected to it somehow? And the voices in her head… Who were they?

If only she could remember her past, maybe it would give her some sort of insight on everything.

“Who are you guys?” She asked. Angel gave her all the answers she needed, she was a tall, black-haired woman with bronze skin and a slim shape. From what she had learnt, Angel was the leader of the maidens. Though they weren't warriors, they had began training immediately after the darkness first attacked them a few weeks back, it was also around the time Luna first confronted it.

"What brings you here," Angel asked.

"We heard cries from your village, and we came to help out," she responded.

"So who are you supposed to be? Some superhero?" Another woman asked.

"She just saved us, Annika. You should show some gratitude!" Angel retorted as she gestured for her to leave them.

"That's Annika. I'm sorry about her attitude. She wasn't like that until...." She broke off.

"Until what?" Luna asked, she was filled with interest and curiosity but her face remained a mask of indifference.

"Until the darkness came and took our men from us. That's what!" Annika spat acidly before she walked into the cottage Luna found herself in.

“I told you to leave!” Angel said and shot her a glare.

“Naa. I’m good.” Annika shrugged. She had brown skin and a cloud shaped birthmark at the side of her nose.

Angel rolled her eyes and faced Luna again.

"So what about you? What brings you here?" Angel asked.

Luna paused and stared at Helios, he nodded, his little way of saying these people can be trusted.

"I'm trying to find a way home," She said.

"Home? That can't be that hard. You should have a compass or something,"

"I have no idea where home is, I've been roaming the forests for days with Helios, then we heard your cries and came to find out what was happening,"

“Oh…” Annika trailed off. “I’m so sorry.”

Luna shrugged. She didn’t know how to feel about the sudden show of concern. Was she not used to people being concerned for her? Had she grown used to Helios and his nigh omniscience?

"Oh! I know,” Angel piped up. “Hailey can help you, just like she's helped everyone of us when we needed guidance. When the men left, she was the one that kept this village standing."

"Who's Hailey," Luna asked.

"Our mother. We've pretty much called her that ever since she saved us. Some of us were just as lost as you when the darkness struck, but she gathered us together and we managed to put all of this up," Angel responded as she turned around, gesturing to explain what all of this meant.

"If you wish to find your way home, then she can help you. She knows all." She added.

"Thank you very much. How do we see her?" She asked.

"We’ll take you to her."

“Helios, wanna come?” Luna asked.

“Sure thing,” He said and hopped after them.

They walked a few meters with a couple of turns to reach her. The old mage might have been old in age but not in her appearance.

Her white hair was flowing, straight and had a glow that gave a youthful feel to it. It wasn't the white that came with aging, but elegance and her skin didn't wrinkle, she also had a warm smile that dispelled any fears of her being anything but sweet.