• I am Mercury Meaning, I am the princess of the wolves in the Red Fern Forest my father is the King and my brother is the soon to be king. I am going to tell you how werewolves really work, not like other stories are. Like in most stories there is this thing called “Imprint” not true. We don’t turn when the moon comes out, or if we get angry we change when we want to change. We are quite big for wolves but we aren’t that big maybe two times bigger much not that much. Yes we have extremely bad dog instincts when we are in our human form. We mate in mating season and the age the werewolves get to start mating season is 17 I will be 17 a week before mating season this year. My brother will also become the King before mating season. You see in werewolf lands after your MALE off spring turns 19 he will become the king of his father’s nation and the father… well he dies. No one kills him but just taking the title off, in mating season you mate by the aroma the other gives off one female wolf can attract over 10 to 20 male wolves the woman picks the wolf she mates with by his scent the scent has to my attracting to her, and it has to make her keep coming even if she doesn’t want too. It’s like chocolate and diamonds to the girls. My brother is starting mating season this year. We start mating season with our leader he finds a mate then the next generation of mating season starts. It’s now September 23rd mating season starts October 1st and ends on Halloween so I am scared and knowing that my father will be gone next week. So this is where my story starts and I would like you too here it.
    “Mercury darling I need you to awaken I only have one week to live and I would like the spend it with you” my father whispered to me in a gentle tone he has been like that ever since mother died when I was eight I woke up to see his smiling face “I’ll be down stairs in an hour father, then we can spend the whole day together” I said looking up at him, his smile seemed to have gotten bigger when I said that “Okay, I’ll be down waiting, what do you want for breakfast?”
    “An omelet with cheese and ham, with bacon” I told him smiling he only nodded smiling back, I knew he wasn’t going to make it he would ask one of the maids to make it for me while I was in the shower as I got into the shower I let to hot water fall quickly on to my back it felt nice but even that couldn’t make my tears stop from coming out of my eyes, I didn’t want to lose my father, he is the only family I have, well other then my brother Brick but he is to into becoming king to notice my father and myself as my tears fell I was soon happy I was in the shower because no one can see the tears I shed I got out of the shower and put on a Yellow dress that flowed with the wind and a wooden beaded belt to go over it she brushed her long wavy red hair and walked down stairs to greet my father. He looked up to see me
    “You look beautiful today Mercury” he came up and gave me a hug I hugged him back with a little squeeze “I don’t want you to leave me” he only nodded and held me tighter “Let’s just eat breakfast and forget about it okay honey then we can take a walk by the lake, but I must be home by 4 o’clock because the king from the Crescent Forest is coming at that time” I nodded slowly and sat at the dining table where my omelet and my 3 pieces of crisp bacon where I ate slowly next to my father in silence, but then he started talking again. “You’ve made me a proud father Mercury, you’re an extraordinary wolf, and you’ve turned into a lovely young woman.” All the words that came out of him mouth we’re going to make me burst into tears I could already feel the water come to my eyes “Can we go for the walk now father” I said trying to be calm but I could feel it coming I knew I was going to crack at any moment and I knew I would feel weak and helpless, but at least I am with only my father. We both got up from the table and started walking outside the fresh air felt well on my skin and we started walking to the lake “I can’t believe you’re leaving this world in 4 days. That’s only 96 hours daddy” I just realized I called him “daddy” I haven’t called him that since I was only nine years old he looked down at me and stopped suddenly, that’s it. I knew it because the tear slipped this was when I was going to crack tears started rolling down my cheeks I didn’t take long for me to start sobbing my father took me into his arms and held me tight I didn’t want him to let go because if he let go then he would be gone, and if he was gone then I will have no family the tears where still falling from my eyes as if I couldn’t stop I was a human, well not human but in human state water fall. Then it hit me HE WAS DIEING IN 4 DAYS! No way was I going to hold this in anymore I was still in my father’s arms and he knew I wasn’t going to let go anytime soon. My eyes soon stopped watering I looked up at my father he looked at me he knew I wasn’t ready for him to leave but there was nothing I could do. “I love you my little Mercury, Brick is going to have to get out of the state he is in to realize I love him too, I’ll miss you both and I will always be in your heart, just like your mother is still in their” my father was comforting me and I enjoyed to company “Speaking of your mother, she wanted me to give you this before mating season came up” he held a small navy blue velvet box, I opened it and it was a beautiful purple opal ring with a flowers around the edge I loved it as soon as I saw it. I looked up to see father smiling again I put the ring on my boney fingers and I felt a little happier I hugged my father again and then soon started walking around the lake again. “About mating season…” my father started up again I looked at him confused. Did I really have to go through with mating season? “You can mate with anyone you chose, I could care less if it was a prince or not”
    “Really?” I asked confused, I thought he would want me to be with a prince.
    “No, just as long as your happy” he looked down with a smile
    Well we have to go back its amazing how time flies while I’m around you. I looked up at the sun it was almost four. I really didn’t want it to be but it was. We walked back into the castle

    Crescent Forest Kings POV
    While we are riding in the carriage going to the Red Fern Forest I was telling my son about his daughter.
    “Zach, she is one of the most beautiful wolves and princesses in all of werewolves!”
    “Do I care father! Mating season is in a week or five days to be accurate maybe if her scent does anything for me I will think about it!”
    I rolled my eyes, he is suppose to marry her, I don’t care what anyone says he will, he is only an 18 year old boy what does he no. that’s when we stopped. We were here.

    My point of view
    I heard the carriage pull up the king pulled up with his son… great.
    This on the account of other thing was the last thing I needed I spoiled rich boy and his controlling father being here all month, and I’m not talking the seven more days of this month the whole month next month for the mating season. “crap.” Was all I said out loud.
    “I’ll greet him you go put on something nice.” My father whispered in my ear I only nodded because I didn’t want to say something “Un lady like” …. But I do that stuff often. I ran up stairs to put on a red dress that puffed out a little with a red cape to hide my shoulders I pulled my hair into a long pony tail and wiped it to the side of my shoulder. I smelt something in the house, it smelt like grease and blood, and this is why I hated the Crescent Forest.
    I had just walked down stairs to see them sitting on the couch, our extremely nice smelling and clean couch I could have burned that couch with them sitting on it.
    “And there is my beautiful daughter Mercury” I guess father was in the middle of talking about me. “Sir, dinner will be ready in five minutes” the maid came out “Perfect, Mercury were is Brick…” as if it was more perfect timing he had just walked in the doors “Hello father” he said I could almost feel the arrogance in his voice I could shred it with my teeth he looked up at me still on the bottom stair. “Hello Mercury”
    “Hi” I said with a low voice then he looked over at the couch his face cringed a little, well at least we could agree on something “Hello Zach, Your Majesty” Brick tried to say with a smile, he some what succeeded I walked up to him and whispered “Nice, just try and keep calm…, and remind me to burn the couch after the month.” I heard Brick chuckle a little “Sir, dinner is served” the maid came in again and left. We all took a seat in the dining room and the first course was serve warm clam chowder I sipped the chowder slowing the warm sensation went down my throat everyone ate quietly as soon as everyone was done everyone’s second course came out it was my favorite, medium rare stake. With a small dab of butter on the top, my mouth watered with delight by just the smell, this is was also my brothers favorite dish his mouth was probably as watery as mine. I looked over at him as soon the plates were set down and smirked to see him have a huge smile on his face; he looked like a kid in a candy store. When him and I took our first bite it was together. Whenever we had this meal our first bite was always together. It never changed even when I think he is being a jerk or full of himself.
    It was perfect the juices of the stake were all over my mouth and the stake felt like it just melted. And I couldn’t help but smile.
    After that stake I was probably smiling for the whole evening that was until Mr. Crescent Forest King started talking. “Rick, I would like to ask you something.” My father looked up from his dessert to him I looked up as well. “I would like my son, and your daughter to have an arranged marriage.” Bricks spoon dropped and looked up with eyes bigger then my head. I started looking up slowly, and we watched my father take in a giant breath “No.” was all he said. Then here was the fight of the night the kings hands slammed on to the hard cherry wood table. “AND WHY NOT! THERE PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER SHE IS A PRINCESS AND HE IS A PRINCE ITS PERFECT!”
    “No, because I don’t think you’re son is fit to take care of my little girl, and honestly I can tell she doesn’t fancy him one bit” he said with a smirk.
    Then my brother stood up, “And if you think your scum of a son can hurt me to get to her, your wrong, I’ve been listening to your thoughts for the last hour, I will not except my little sister to be married to scum, now if you don’t mind I think we would all wish if you left and came back when its mating season when you where suppose to be here.” My mouth dropped he still cared, I just thought he still cared, he didn’t want me to be married to the likes of him, the thing was my brother still cared.

    After that they left. And everyone got a very well rest that night, except for the couch that me and my brother have burned as soon as they left. The bad thing is now we need a new couch ….