I sat in the meadows enjoying the evening summer breeze. My mother always told me to be wary of open places but she was gone now. No one knows what happened to her but I always knew.
No one would be believe me but I think she got taken by a monster. Monsters live in the city of monsters and even though it's called a city it takes up half the world. Humans my kind,steer clear of it we won't even get a hundred feet hear it. The city of monsters is full of Frightening creatures.
Some shapeshifters,others mess with your mind and others have mystical powers. Everyone says however if you see a king of monsters even death won't save you. Many humans have gone missing over the past 1,000 years. Everyone thinks as long as you stay near our small little town you'll be fine.All humans live in the forest,we never live in open places. Suddenly I heard a loud crack.
I turned my head around quickly and saw nothing. The field was nice and quiet,there was no one,just the grass moving from the wind. Suddenly my head was on the ground but it was hard and cold my hands,feet and mouth were tied up with a soft cloth. It was sturdy and firm my best guess was a magical cloth.
" Hey,look at this! She's awake already." A high pitched voice spoke.
Looking up I saw two jesters. They were probably from the clown empire. It was the biggest city in the city of monsters,the king was equally terrifying or so I heard. These two looked appalled that I wasn't knocked out. In fact they seemed impressed,shocked but impressed.
" She's definitely our kings sacrifice." It laughed in a high pitched voice.
They both took the cage my body was in and started carying it out of the vast field. They went on and on and before I knew it I was dreaming. Looking around it was pitch black,and nothing to be seen. Somehow my feet were standing and not falling.
" There you are my child." A familiar voice spoke.
I knew this voice,my ears never forgot it.looking up I saw a huge wolf a black one with white huge spots on the right side of its face. This huge wolf was my mother,I knew it to be a fact.
" My sweet daughter we don't have much time. You need to know this and I did try to discreetly tell you but you never caught on."
I looked at her with a confused face and tilted my head to the side.
" What I'm trying to say is we are not human,honey." Her eyes saddened.
" We are shapshifters and you were promised to the current clown king. In fact you both know each other very well. He's very pissed you vanished without a trace so he sent his people to find you. He's deeply in love with you so he won't let you go,I begged him to move on but he wouldn't."
I felt like my mouth dropped to the floor so when they said sacrifice they meant bride. I wasnt going to die so thay was a relief but I'm a damn monster? I'm not even human? Not only that but I personally know the clown king? That's Preposterous!! I'd think k I'd remember something so important.
" Mother how can I even know the clown king?! I'd think I'd remember something like that!"
She shook her head and frowned with a saddened look on her face. She always gave this look when she did something she knew would hurt me. She looked at me with a " I'm sorry " expression on her furry face.
" I erased your memories of him so you wouldn't grow rebellious once your hormones kicked in. You absolutely adored him but I saw the darkness in his heart he hid from you. Almost all monsters have this darkness to them we are all wired that way."
I clenched my fists,a fire burned in my chest and suddenly I wanted to fight my own mother. I had never felt this angry before,especially towards my own mother I adored her but now I knew why. She traded my feeling for him and pushed it to her. I didn't know how but I knew she was right. I adored that clown king and now all I wanted was to go to him. Suddenly my body started cracking and splitting and before I knew it I was nearly to my mother's hight and I had claws like my mother's but they were cat claws and I was angry.
The jesters kept walking in the clown kings palace in the hallways. They reached their kings throne room when they noticed the girl was now a panther.
" Your majesty I swear it her! I don't know what happened!" The clown king smiled.
" Leave her here,you may leave."
He watched her body,she was absolutely livid. He could tell even from this distance while she was sleeping. She was growling and hissing in her deep sleep. His tongue could almost taste her anger,she never exactly could hold her temper even when they were kids. He got up out of his blue and green striped colored throne chair.
His white gloved hands opened the cage door and his hands grabbed her fluffy sleek fur and lifted her into his arms. Sitting back in his chair he layed her down into his lap. Luckily he grew up to be big and bulky not to big but big enough and his face and body were handsome. He touched her face,she was beautiful even as a panther. Suddenly her eyes started moving and he got extremely excited. He has missed her so much.
Even if she doesn't remember him he doesn't care. All he wanted was his dear Rosa to be here with him,as long as they can start over he won't care. Suddenly her purple eyes opened,those eyes he adored. He smiled the biggest smile Rosa had ever seen. He petted her head and stroked her right panther cheek.
" Hello,my love it's been awhile don't you think?" He winked.