My Serene Face

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(General POV)

Like an animal that had found its new prey, the shadowy figure ran towards Agri's body with swiftness and agility.

Agri moved forward to intercept the figure, but was intercepted by his creator.

Agri looked up at Soios in outrage.

"Why are you stopping me," Agri demanded. No telling what that thing was going to do.

The Saint of the Forest glanced at Agri briefly before looking away. "Now is not your time young guardian."

Agri raise an eyebrow at him. "What do you…"

He was interrupted by the strange sound coming from beside him. The shadowy figure was nowhere to be seen, but looking for him wasn't Agri's main concern right now.

His main concern was over that fact that his body was starting to move without him in it.

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(With the Pack)

"How long is this going to take," Brady whine. "I have to get home soon or my mom's going to freak!"

Lilia chuckled amusedly. "Wish I could give you an answer, but I can't. The time it takes for a guardian for finish the test varies. It could be a couple of minutes or it could be a couple of hours, it just depends on the person."

Kazuki nodded in agreement to his wife's words. "All we know is that the test will be done when the forest lights up once again."

Sam, noticing the exhausted look on a majority of his pack members, decided to speak up.

"Well how about this, since were pretty much useless here how about we take off and you keep us in touch on Agri's progress."

"That sound fine to me," Kazuki admitted, "we'll give you all a call when…"

"Look," Seth shouted happily.

Agri was slowly beginning to get up off of the ground. His eyes still closed, Agri finally made it off the ground and stood perfectly still.

Kazuki sent a worried look to his wife. The illumination of the forest was supposed to signify that the spirit of the guardian was returning to his/her body. Even if he had failed, the forest would have still glowed just to let us know that he was no longer alive.

Seth, not noticing the Tribulb's worried glance, immediately ran up to Agri and pulled him into a bear hug.

"You had me worried there for a second," Seth whispered into his ear. Agri let out an eerie chuckle that sent chills down Seth's spine.

"Seth, get away from him," shout Leah worriedly.

Seth furrowed his brow. "What are you talking about Leah it's just Agri." Seth pulled Agri head back so he could look at his face. The second he did that he jumped away by instinct.

Gone were Agri's green eyes, in their place were eyes that were pitch black and filled with hatred.

The pack and Tribulb's all stood in cautious stances not knowing what to expect from this predicament.

"What or who are you," demanded Seth.

"Who am I you ask? Well young Quileute, I am that spirit that you have been fighting this whole time," he replied casually while examining his, or rather Agri's, fingers.

"I don't care who you are. Get out of my son this instant," ordered .

He grinned maliciously. "There's no way I'm giving up this body, it's completely perfect. Besides you Quileute's owe me a body since you took mine from me."

Jacob narrowed his eyes at him. "What are you talking about?"

"How rude of me, I didn't introduce myself. I am Nukpana, son of Utlapa."

The eyes of the Quileute's' widened.

"You mean to say," Quil replied slowly. "That you are the son of the man that tried to take over the tribe."

"That's exactly what I'm saying," Nukpana grinned.

"Nobody said anything about him having kids," grunted Paul.

Nukpana's expression turned furious at that. "That's because nobody ever cared about me. Everyone wanted me dead. Let me tell you a little story."

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(Nukpana's POV)

"As a child no one knew what to do with me. I was born from one of the many women Utlapa had as Taha Aki. With my mother, dead from child birth, I had no one. I was shunned by the whole village."

(Flashback)

A couple of kids my age were playing with some sticks. They were acting like they were spears and stabbing each other with them.

It looked like a lot of fun. I went over to join them. I waved my hand in greeting as I ran over to them.

"What do you want," one of them asked me with a glare. They all looked at me annoyed.

I flinched under their looks but continued on. "Hey that game looks like a lot of fun. Can I play?" I was just seven years old. I wanted to have friends.

"No," a kid shouted angrily, "father told me that you were evil and to never talk to you."

"Get out of here we don't want you," shouted another kid as he threw a rock at me. Suddenly all of them started doing it. I ran off with tears in my eyes as I kept questioning what was happening.

I ran deep into the forest and sat next to a tree. I cried for what seemed like forever before I heard a voice beside me. It was one of those kids in that group.

"What do you want," I sniffled.

He looked at me regretfully. "I'm sorry I threw a rock at you. I don't really think you're evil.

"You don't I asked," hopefully. Maybe I could have a friend.

He smiled at me. "Not at all. My name is…"

"Son, son," shouted out a voice worried.

I heard the boy sigh. "I'm here mother."

A middle aged woman ran up to him. "There you are I have…" she stopped as she looked at me.

She grabbed her son by the arm and dragged him toward the village.

Faintly I heard her say. "What have I told you about talking to him? Never talk to that son of a monster!"

That was the day I learned how hated I was.

(End Flashback)

I saw the young Quileute's, and the parents of the owner of this body, look at me in shock.

I smirked at them. "That's my little story."

The female Quileute snapped out of her shock send me a glare.

"If you were alive back then how you were here now," she demanded angrily.

"That's a good question. It started ten years later where the tribe finally decided to get rid of me for good."

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(Flashback)

"After him!"

 

"He over there!"

As I heard the villagers run past my bush, I let out a sigh of relief. They were trying to kill for something I didn't do.

A man was accused of violating another villager's wife, and instead of admitting it he blamed me. Naturally, they all believe him, despite their being no proof to pin the crime on me, and are hunting me down at this very moment.

As I heard the footsteps getting closer, I panicked and did the only thing I could do, go to the spirit world.

The second I left, three villagers appeared and found my now empty body.

"You think he's sleeping," a big burly one asked.

"What does it matter," the leader grunted. "Let's get this over with."

"Yes," the third one agreed, "we should have done this ages ago."

I watched as they beat and battered my motionless body. I was horrified to see that when they finished I couldn't even recognize my own self.

Out of grief, I irrationally went to tackle the leader of the group, only to find myself possessing him on accident.

"You alright," one of them asked me hesitantly. Not being able to speak, I just nodded and trekked back to the village in the body I just took over.

(End Flashback)

"By possessing that man's body, I saved myself a trip to the afterlife. I absorbed his life energy form the inside out and kept myself alive, so to speak. However, I learned quickly that the possession of humans that were awake did not give me as much control of the person as I thought it would."

I threw a smirk at the so called Guardians. "That, conveniently, was when I discovered the existence of Ijiraq's. I've been using them for centuries to get humans unconscious so I can have them all to myself. The more human life energy I absorb the longer I can live"

I put on a remorseful face. "Unfortunately, humans don't have enough energy to sustain me for long. I have to jump to another body a couple minutes after I enter one. After all these centuries I almost had given up hope of finding a new body."

"That was until I saw this little elf boy," I grinned at all of them. "The moment I saw him, I knew he would be the one who would give me my new body all I hand to do is wait."

The mate of the elf I possessed growled at me fiercely. "Get out of Agri's body now!"

I frowned at him. "This is my body now."

And with that I charged at them.

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