Spurned Luna’s Return: On Your Knees, Alpha Chase

Then he let out a howl of pain before staring at the audience with eyes of sorrow. He slowly rose, wearing a bitter smile before starting to sing acapella.

♪ Oh, goddess of the moon!

Why have you forsaken us? Our children are dying,

Our land ruined,

We’re stepped on by the evil. We cannot run, we don’t dare dream.

No saviour in sight, no prophecy!

Those who laugh at our downfall, are bigger than the ocean,

They’re earnestly wishing we all did not exist anymore.

I recall the time, the mornings that were ever so bright,

The birds melodiously woke us from sleep

And sent us back to the world of dreams dutifully.

Now they scorn us, not even grass wants to be in our land.

It has become a desolate place…

Our future seems so bleak…

Why have you forsaken us?

Didn’t you give us this gift of shifting

So we can fight back against our enemy?

Didn’t you…? ♪

Hearing his voice, many were stunned. It was soothing yet it gave chills and then calm.

Tyrion would occasionally beat the drum once as the song progressed. It was a ten-minute-long song that required a lot of vocalizing, high notes, low notes and howls.

The howls progressively changed from sad to hopeful then changed again to heartbroken. Towards the last 3 minutes of the song, Phoenix started dancing wildly as Tyrion increased the beats of the drum. An elderly man, a Beta wolf who suddenly remembered the song even joined the duo after taking a flute from the costume centre and played it while dancing. Many rhythmically clapped while nodding or shaking their upper body. Quite a number even tapped their feet. Mr Rex at this point was even dancing just like some bold others in the audience.

Phoenix:    ♪ And now, Oh goddess of the moon, we see you shine.

You’ve come back for us again?

We were wrong so we beseech you to help us out.

Give us the strength, so that we can fight…

♪

Audience: ” ♪ Against our enemy;

We shall destroy them.

Give them a taste of their medicine!!

Their blood shall flow and become our children’s bathing pool.

This story shall be told for ages to come.

Oh, Moon goddess, we thank you for making our earnest wish… come true. ♪

Phoenix: ♪Oh, divine celestial, Oh queen of the night.

Your beauty and splendour make us awed and make the foes blind.

Oh, Moon Goddess you have risen from the ashes,

Reborn like a phoenix, a carp into a dragon.

Ooh, the beautiful queen of the night.

Ooh, she is celestial, she is divine!!

Their blood shall flow and become our children’s bathing pool

For our Celestial moon goddess has risen from the ashes!! ♪

At the song’s end, all of them let out a howl of happiness and pride. The audience stood up and applauded for a while, truly impressed by the performance.

The elderly Beta wolf left the stage after shaking Phoenix and Tyrion’s hands. Mr Rex hurriedly ascended the stage and kowtowed before Phoenix severally and then rose to his feet.

“You are a legend. That was more than an amazing performance from you two. It was mind-blowing!” he exclaimed in delight.

“Thank you.” the two men said with a smile.

At this moment, a red-haired smallish man ascended the stage, carrying a golden trophy of a howling wolf.

“Your pack has the most points in this contest and yeah, you have made us feel so much emotion within those ten minutes. This trophy is yours.” he then turned to Tyler. “You are sure the best partner one could dream of.”

A brown-haired Omega female brought a silver trophy which Mr Rex handed to Tyrion who thanked him severally.

“Please, give them another round of applause, people. They deserve it!”

The audience applauded, whistling and cheering as the two men headed towards the costume centres.

“Man, I can’t believe we bested them all,” Tyrion said to Phoenix as they arrived at the entrance door.

“Don’t be too happy. Tomorrow, there’ll be no friends in the ring. This was just a co-operation that turned out just right.” Phoenix walked into the building.

Tyrion sighed.

“This guy’s right,” he mumbled as he walked into the building also.

After Phoenix and Tyrion come out, they joined the 18 other contestants who won. So the packs that would battle tomorrow were 20.

Mr Rex gave a motivating speech and the contestants got applause as they went to join their various packs.

“Alright. This Elimination day of the contest’s come to an end. It’s late. Let’s get enough sleep and come here 2 pm tomorrow for the battle. I know you 20 have a lot in store for us.

Thank you everyone for coming to this event and to those of us back home who’ve been watching from the moment we began until now, thank you. You also have a good rest and come watch us in our best spirits tomorrow.

Thank you to those Alphas who blessed our contestants with those points and made the contest more colourful.

Thank you to the werewolf council who let me stand here. It’s a dream come true, haha. Goodnight, everyone.” Mr Rex bowed and he received applause as he left the stage.

The first day of the contest was officially done.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Lavana jumped at Phoenix, hugging him tightly.

“Mate, you were amazing.” she praised gleefully.

“Thank you.” he then kissed her. The other Blood star members just smiled. It’s not like telling them to mind where they are would help.

When the duo were done and had separated the 6 of them went to thank him and also compliment his amazing performance.

“Man, I didn’t know that you could sing. Honestly, I’m glad you were the one who represented us. Haha, you blew everyone’s mind.” Dante laughed as he slapped Phoenix’s shoulder.

There were others who came over too, intending to talk to Phoenix.

From the looks of it, they won’t leave the venue that quickly. ******

Blackville hotel, Jygane city.

The 8 of them alighted from the jeep and made their way into the hotel building. They’d eaten at a restaurant before coming here.

Reaching the floor where their rooms were, Rolandro addressed them through mind link. Phoenix had gotten the pack’s brand on his right arm.

He was branded by Mel. Rolandro was recording the process on his phone, eagerly waiting to see Phoenix wince in pain but he was disappointed.

“Your pain tolerance is great then.” he had said.

Phoenix just smiled at that time.

For the sleeping arrangements, the six men changed their roommates for the night. Dante ended up with Phoenix. Recalling how drained Rolandro looked this morning, he shuddered. Phoenix patted his shoulder and then asked him to come whenever he was ready.

Dante pointed his trembling right index finger at a chuckling Rolandro. “You… you deliberately did it.”

“Well, you at least saw the effects of what he fed me last night. Come on, don’t wear that face.” Rolandro said, pushing Dante into the room.

Then he walked out and closed the door behind him.”Dante, have a good night’s rest and sweet dreams. Alright?”

He looked at Mel who was shaking his head in amusement.

Mel and his buddy would be together tonight while Zyair and Oliver would be in one room. Before they left the contest venue, Rolandro had told Phoenix and his mate that the explanation behind their ability to fly and disappear could wait. They can tell them whenever they are ready.

Phoenix and his mate mindlinked for a while before saying ‘Goodnight’ to each other.