Chapter 56

Chapter 56Book 2 Chapter 4
Daphne’s Point of View
“That is really good Ellie, now try to revive this iris.” I praise the younger pup as she works on her
special abilities. It has been a week since my appointment, and since Caleb asked me to take over
some of the training that Theo normally does with our unique wolves. Currently I am working with Ellie.
Ellie can make
plants grow faster, and healthier. We are working on honing her abilities to revive dead plants now.
Theo and Caleb brought me into the loop about unique wolves after we discovered that I was one
myself. Since then, I have worked on honing my own abilities but have also helped Theo with the other
wolves. We still have not discovered why our pack has these abilities, and we have
not uncovered any evidence that would suggest that these abilities exist in any
other pack.
We have a few working ideas as to why
our wolves possess these talents, but in
reality, none of our studies have given us
a confirmed answer. Caleb believes that
part of the reason we possess special
talents is due to the location of our pack. Although I must agree that the Blue Mountains are majestic, I
do not trulybelieve that it is the reason for our skills. Theo has a few theories including one involving a witch, and
evolution. I am not confident enough in my theory to present it to them yet, but I wonder if there is not a
direct descendant of the Moon Goddess herself within our pack. 3
I ponder this as I watch Ellie straining to concentrate on the iris in the pot before her. “Ellie calm your
mind. Remember
that these gifts are remarkable. What do you feel coursing through your body when you are using your
gift?” The poor girl had her face scrunched up practically glaring at the dead plant, willing it to
come back to life.
“I do not really know how to explain it.” Ellie shrugs her shoulders just like any other teenage girl. “It
does not hurt or anything, but like sometimes I can feel it like coursing through my veins. Not like blood
but like a static electricity feeling, and then I can make plants grow.” I sigh with relief as her face finally
relaxes as
she is talking about her talents.
“Do you notice that your gift works better when you are calm, or stressed?”
“Usually when I am calm, but the other day I had an accident.” Now Ellie is looking at the floor as if she
is afraid that I am going to scold her.
“What kind of accident? Ellie it is ok, I am not going to be mad at you, we just want to help develop your
skills to be the best that they can be.” I reassure the teen pup to the best of my ability.
“I was going to class the other day, and Brian bumped into me in the doorway to Mrs. Fritz class, and
well her snake plant is now more like a snake bush.” Ellie
laughs a little at the end, but I can still see that she is still nervous.“I see. So, this Brian fellow, do you like him?” I already had a strong sense that Ellie had a crush on
him, but I wanted to ask to make sure.
Ellie’s face flares up, and she turns red all the way to the tips of her ears. “He is really cute Luna, and
he is sweet.”
“So then why not ask him out?” Ellie is a
cute girl; I was sure that she would not
have any issues getting a boyfriend.
“Oh, he does not know that I exist. Brian is a senior and I am only a freshman. Plus, I heard Carla
telling the stun crew that she is positive that she will be mated to Brian.” Ellie’s face looks so sad as
she confesses her problems to me.
“Well guess what, just because someone thinks that they are going to be mated to someone does not
mean that they
actually will be mated to that person. As far as the age difference between you and Brian well that does
not mean much
either. There are a few years between me and Alpha Caleb and yet we are fated mates. I do have to
ask though, what in the world is a stun crew?” I was hoping that my pep talk would cheer Ellie up a
little, and I did see her smile.
“That’s what we call Carla and her
friends. They are the super popular girls,
that look like they have walked out of a magazine.” Ellie snorts as she explains itto me.
“I see. So, when Brian bumped into you, that’s when you accidently grew the snake plant?” I hated
shifting her
attention back to her abilities, but I
needed to make sure that I documented
the correct events.
“Yeah I was really embarrassed because I was running late, and I did not see him coming out the door
as I was going in and I basically plowed into him like I was
some sort of crazy freight train.” Her reference made me laugh a little. “The whole class seen it happen,
and I could hear Carla snickering. I could feel the energy swirling in me, and when I looked
up the snake plant was doomed.” I could not help but laugh a little over the teenage dramatics of her
story telling.
“Well, I am sure that Mrs. Fritz will enjoy the extra-large plant, and I doubt that anyone even
remembers you running into Brian.” I quickly reassure Ellie. 2
We return our focus on the dead iris on
the table. “Ellie I would like to try
something, but it may be slightly uncomfortable to you.” I quickly explain that I would like Ellie to try and
vividly remember her embarrassment that she
felt that day in school and see if she could funnel those emotions into reviving the iris. I hated asking
her to recall anincident that caused her discomfort, but I was genuinely curious if stronger emotions could give her a
wider range of abilities.
I was practically holding my breath as I could see Ellie remembering how she felt and trying to channel
that into her talent. A few minutes passed, and just when I
was about to give up hope we started to see some green in the stalk. Ellie seen the coloring on the
plant as well, and I could see her eyes spark with excitement. She quickly started channeling that
emotion into her talent as well, and then she had a fully in bloom iris erected in front of her. 1
“Ellie that is amazing. Look its so beautiful.”
“I did it, Luna I did it.” The young girl was jumping up and down with glee at her success. We had been
trying for
several months for her to be able to revive plants, but this was the first time that she had been
successful. This is a huge accomplishment for her.
Soon after we wrapped up training for her, and I gave her the iris as a gift for her success. After Ellie
left the training area, I pulled out the notebook that I have been using to keep track of our wolves and
their progression of their peculiar talents. I turned to Ellie’s section and jotted down
about her success with the plant revival,
and the theory that her talent was more
predominate when stronger emotions are.
felt. I wondered if it was this way with
any of our other special wolves.Since I had learned about wolves with
peculiar talents, I had been painstakingly documenting everything that we could find out about us. Theo
took some great notes, but they had not been organized. Theo was also more concerned with finding
out why we had these talents, than he was about potentially increasing our talents. Although I am
interested in why our wolves have peculiar talents, I want to see how much we can grow those talents.
In my research I have noticed a few
things that I have not fully disclosed to
Theo or Caleb. For starters according to Theo’s notes he first noticed that those wolves with peculiar
talents developed them after their first shift, which
coincides with puberty. Now we are finding much younger wolves that have not had their first shift with
peculiar
talents. Then there is the fact that I am an abnormality to everything we know. I was not born here, this
was not my original pack, and to my knowledge I had never come in contact with a witch. I sigh in
frustration that the ever looming mystery that has encompassed our lives.