“So? Did you convince her?” Moon asked Midnight eagerly. He looked the sky, found out that there is no change a bit. He still can’t see the sky. “Nothing change..”

“That’s because I failed.”

“Ha?”

I told Moon everything that happened at the peak. About the lost of the wolf. And how she won’t stop until she found them.

“do you have any idea?”

“…no.” Moon replied. “Well, can’t you just cast a spell to stop the blizzard?”

Midnight thought that could be a way, but it’s not solving the problem. Even she repels the Silver Cry, it won’t stop her passion to find her kids. It will happened again somehow.

She met dead end. She needed a second thought, but Moon seems can’t find any clue. There’s no choice then.. Midnight thought.

“Come upon me, o the servant of nature.. by the command of the great force within me..” Midnight cast a spell to summon a help. Moon realized who she’s going to sumon.

“Nityyy! Not him!!”

“….Pixie of the Wind, Zephyl..”

Lights come upon Midnight’s palm. Somehow it became a bit windy. Moon felt the worst.

“Yuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!” a sound coming from the burst of light. A little figure come out flew through the sky and stretching his body. “ Aaaaaaah!! Why you take so long to summon me, eh, Nite? I can’t feel my body… it has been a while, eh??” The pixie, who called Zephyl. “Aaaah… look who’s here… it’s old Moon!!! What’s up, ol’ pap?”

“Who’re you calling an old pap! Watch your mouth,… In my race, I’m still young as ever..!”

“Hahahaha.. you’re grumpy like always…old pap…” Zephyl flew and landed at Moon’s head.”Kinda cold, eh?? Are we in the middle of ice mountain or what??” Moon glare him. “Owkaaaay… don’t be so grumpy, old pap. It will shorten your life. So, Nite, what’s all this awakening?”

Midnight shut. And start to sigh. Here it comes…. Then she started to tell everything to Zephyl.

“There…..” Midnight sighed again. I’m starting to feel sick. “So.. what’s your idea.”

Zephyl jumped all around. “soooo.. that’s the problem, eh???”

He flew near Midnight, and kissed her chin. “Poor Nite, this will really give you a hard time.”

“You know why I summon you. I need your idea from your smart brain, not to cuddle and give me some kiss.” Midnight said coldly.

Zephyl flew high and take a round then sit on Moon’s head. “Hahahaha.. I forgot that you really don’t like affection, Nite. Okay. One thing. And it will working!”

“Yeah,, yeaaah.. What it is? Stop bubbling, I’m freezing!” Moon keep grumbled. He curled himself beside the fire Midnight set to keep them warm. From the cave the sound of the blizzard sounds more and more like a cry of a maiden. Somehow, Moon feels its sound so spooky.

“Nite, you’re the one who can do this.” Zephyl make his sound low but steady. He knew that Midnight won’t be that satisfied with his idea. He flew as far as he could from Midnight, but he made sure that she will heard what he said. “Transform yourself to one of her pups…. Make her stop. Convince her.”

Zephyl could see Midnight’s face changed. She doesn’t like it at all..Zephyl thought.

“What do you mean by transform to her pups?” Moon still confused. He looked at Midnight and Zephyl . “Why you look so hard on your face, Nity?”

“You old fool.. Transform is transform!” Zephyl flew near Moon’s head and looked him into the eye. He started to think that Moon is going too old to follow Midnight’s journey. “Nite should shape shifting herself to a wolf puppy, and act as her pup to convince her to stop this bloody blizzard. Hell, I’m freezing here…”

“Aaaah… I see.. Soo, do it Nity!” Moon cried. “If it’s..”

“No.” Midnight cut his line coldly. I won’t do it.” Midnight threw herself on her leather bed ~that’s what Moon called it~. “Just go to sleep. We figure it tomorrow.”

“But Nity..maybe that’s the only way..” Moon’s voice tried to be convincing, but somehow it sounds so desperate. Moon couldn’t stand the spooky sound outside.

Midnight sat up again, looked so angry. “If it means I have to lie to her, I won’t do it. White lies is still a lie!!”

Moon and Zephyl silenced. They never noticed that Midnight is so uneasy bout lying thing. They looked each other, and looked Midnight who turn her back and try to sleep.

“What’s wrong with her anyway?” Zephyl asked in wonder. “Did someone have betrayed her by a lie?”

“Husssh…” Moon curled himself nearer to the fire. “Maybe we all should take a rest… Maybe we all just get so tired…”

Zephyl sighed. Even Moon said that way, but Zephyl knew, that Moon himself had the same question.

“Yeah.. Good nite ol’ pap..”

………Maybe.. we still don’t know our master that well…..

Love as a curse. An obsession that binds the heart, blinds the eyes, and blinds the mind…


Even Midnight told that she will find a way, actually she don’t have any option. She can’t find a clue, even when she tried to approach the wolf.

“Um… hello? Mrs Wolf? Can we talk?” Midnight blocked her face with her arm; avoiding the ice hitting her face. Midnight realized the wolf is so depressed, that she didn’t realize Midnight presence near her.

The suddenly voice brought the wolf shock, looking for the source and on guard herself. Growling with awareness.

“I came here with peace.”

“…..grrrrl… someone who talks with us. Still, don’t trust them at all. Who are you? Beast master?”

“Pardon me for my rudeness. I’m called Midnight Myth. And no, I’m not one of the beast master. Druid, it is.”

“Grr.. servant of nature. So what you want; dare to face the storm of ours.”

Yeah, yeah. We called it Silver Cry.

“I came to you because of that. You see, this blizzard is starting to disturb the balance. As information, winter is still 4 months ahead. So, with all respect, can you stop it?” Midnight felt so stupid asking that rhetoric question. Wolf’s pride is so high, so she took the chance for letting her “knee down’” for taking the wolf heart.

The wolf silenced. She smiled a bit. Let her guard down. She knew Midnight isn’t giving her any harm. “My, my, that’s the best humor I had for months…” Somehow, Midnight felt embarrassed. “But I’m sorry dear, it won’t happen. Even a druid won’t stop me.” She turned. “If that’s all your business, please leave.”

Midnight felt so stupid for her move. Idiot! Think, think…!! She never good with persuading. She barely talked with human being by arranging words into sentences. “I’m sorry, but I can’t do that. You know this is wrong. We both know. Nature has its own law. We shouldn’t mess with it. And what you did were too far.”

“Then tell your people too not messing up with nature itself!!??!” Her tone is full of anger, disappointment, and grief. Midnight realized that something bad happened; maybe just like the fairy tale.

“I’m sorry for disappointing you. But I’m not representing any of them.” Midnight’s voice felt so cold.

The wolf turn back again, and giving Midnight a look. She suddenly realized that the girl in front of her is different from the ordinary humans. A posture of an ideal human. Red hair. The eccentric ears from the elves. The attractive aura that elves have. And the most beautiful eyes she ever saw : a pair of golden eyes.

“..half-elf..” The wolf amazed. Even Half-elves are rare race in this realm, but what amazed her most is Midnight’s golden eyes. “You…” Somehow a feeling of coldness drive in the wolf body.

Golden eyes. Some tales have been told that a pair of golden eyes represent a powerful force. A force that can bring the realm drown into darkness. And else said that golden eyes represent of unforgivable sin. The sin that comes along within the vain. Which one is the truth, she didn’t know.

“…I’m sorry dear.. I..”
“…I came to you to stop this blizzard.” Midnight cut her line. She knew that the wolf is wondering her appearance, which she didn’t want to talk about it.

The wolf shut. “I can’t.. I have to find my kids..”

Midnight already understand the case. She lost her kids. She wanted to find them; by calling them to her. By counting how long this blizzard had been start, it’s already about months. She won’t find them. Probably, they already dead because starving, or being prey by bigger animal. Or the worst.. killed by the hunters. No hope.

“Impossible.. it’s..”
“Please! Leave me!!” The wolf is getting impatient. Or actually she’s denying the fact which I’m about to speak out… The fact that she has no hope to find her kids… Poor thing.

I felt that I can’t do anything more to convince her… maybe at this point, I should take my foot back first…. Maybe Moon will give me something.

a cry , a wound, and a broken heart

At the peak, a silhouette… with a background of the sunset, I heard her crying. A silver wolf. I never saw the real one. The howl was so sad. Calling some names. My heart’s pounding so hard. This is the caused of the blizzard. A cry of Silver Wolf. It’s real. Not just a fairy tale.

A cry of Silver Wolf is a fairy tale that had been spoken to kids years and years. It was spoken that the cry of the legendary wolf could make a big disaster to nature. A blizzard; huge blizzard that could make the whole world frozen. Years and years ago, there’s a hunter looked for a prey at the Holy Mountain. The man meet an unbelievably beautiful wolf with silver fur that’s he never saw in his whole life. He fell in love with the beauty of silver fur, so that he hunted the wolf over the mountain. The man’s effort gave the result; the silver wolf dead in his hand. And he got the fur he wanted for all his life. He came back to his village, gave the fur for his wife as a present, and celebrated his victory. But then, few days later, a wolf pack rushed the village. A group of silver wolfs follow the scent of their family who was killed by the hunter. Suddenly, a huge blizzard freeze the whole village, dancing along with the cry of silver wolfs. No one survive, and the village now known as North Grieve Lake. Well, the truth is no one never met wolfs with silver fur. So no one trusted that story.

“What will we do?” Moon asked.
Midnight is kind of disturbed with those cries. “We’ll move on.” She walked farther way from the wolf. Even it will freeze the whole mountain, she didn’t care. It’s not her business. Stop it! STOP that whines! I don’t want to hear it!
“What are you talking about??”
Midnight stopped, looking back to Moon sharply. “I think you have your ears on.” She replied cold. “Move it.” She didn’t want to seek other’s business, like she didn’t want anyone else seek hers. I have my own problem.
Mad with her decision, Moon yelled, “I THINK you’re a servant of nature! So this is how you serve, isn’t it?” Moon has enough already take her cold attitude. She act liked this many times. For the whole years, she never took care for the needing.

“She’s looking her kids. She’ll find it anyway.. Her howl will bring them along.”
“Hellooooo?? People said it’s already two months. It’s no way she can find her kids. Look at her! She’s so skinny! Or think of the villager back down the mountain! They’ll die freezing!”

Midnight stopped. She doesn’t care of the people down the mountain. She doesn’t know one of it. She looked back at the wolf.
Midnight agreed. The wolf’s so skinny. Maybe she didn’t feed up herself for that long. Or because she thinks about her kids a lot. That what make Midnight feel so jealous. What she remembers of her mother is the fact that her mother dumped her in a festival happening; leaving her by saying that mommy will buy her a kite. Life is so unfair; she felt. Life is cold. Just like this blizzard. You can’t melt the ice, so don’t bother to do it at all. People live for disappointment. So stop hoping a dream.

“Nity?”

Midnight still think hard. This blizzard sooner or longer will give us a hard time on our travel. Just one way to make it stop. Make the wolf stop her howl.

“Nity?”
”Okay. I’m considering our plan.”
“what plan?”
“To make her stop, idiot.”

Midnight walk back passing her tiger; who can’t believe what he have heard just then. “…please repeat it again?”

“You should check your ear, my love..”

Moon smiled. And that reaction gave him a good sign. “Check it for me, babe..”

To be continued….

CHAPTER ONE: one with the blizzard

The blizzard danced in endless music, keeping the sky hidden from its blue. Midnight Myth sighed, stared out from the cave. From the cave, she could hardly see the mountain, blurred by the heavy storm. This wasn’t what she expected when she decided to try another alternative path.

She had been in this nowhere now for two weeks. And she wants to find the next city soon as possible.

“Hey Nity,, maybe we should have the night here,, you couldn’t make it with this kind of blizzard.” A white tiger, who sit not far from Midnight, is trying to convince Midnight to stay. Moon is Midnight’s animal companion as a druid, the servant of nature.

“Not if I do this.” As Midnight finished her sentence, she transformed to a beautiful white tiger. The thick fur looked so soft and puffy that any hunter will crazy to have it. But in this case, she needs it for her own.

“Wooohow,, gorgeous! Maybe we should stay longer here..” Moon teased Midnight with her animal shape. As a druid, Midnight can transform herself as many animal she want to be. At this level, she called the shape shifter.

“Behave, Moony. You’re too old to me.” Midnight said. “And yet, I want we arrived at the next city soon.”

“Owww, you’re breaking my heart, honey.” Moon made his best sad face to her. He’s kind of lazy to continue the journey with this kind of weather outside. He thinks that it will give bad effects to his fur. The sound of the blizzard is kind of scary too, giving him the creepy feeling.

“Don’t make me pull you outside with this claw, Moony.” She pulled out her claw, and playing it. “Maybe next time I won’t be a chick for you Moony. I think of….a wolf.”
“Well, if I can tell you, my lady, it won’t make any difference for me.”

“Aaaaaaw, shut up! You give me the chill!” She came out from the cave, looked up. The sky’s still dark. It doesn’t make any sense. A hard blizzard in this time of season? There must be an answer for this.

They walked against the blizzard, trying to see clearly, but it can’t be helped. “Weird.” Midnight said.

“What’s up?” Moon move forward, walked in front of his master, to protect her from the blizzard.

“This blizzard. It’s not from the nature’s force.”

Moon laughed. He turned to Midnight, and walked backward. This way, at least, he could see things properly. ^^

“You’re the servant of nature, aren’t you. You can tell. I just know that something is wrong out here. And I’m just going to the wrong direction ~neglecting my natural instinct.” He sighed. “Aww,, my soft-soft fur is starting to be some icy fur!!!”

“Yeah,, yeaaah,, it will be a nice decoration.”

“Heeeey, that’s mean!!"

Moon’s always enjoyed how they’re fighting each other. It’s a way to show their affection. Midnight’s not quite smart with showing emotions. Her attitude now is so much better than when they first met ~he felt like talking with a stone. For two years they spent together, he still barely knew things about his master.

He stared Midnight for a while. Even with her animal shape, her golden eyes still there. For a half-elf, that’s so rare. But, he didn’t have the guts to ask about it.
In her true shape, Moon thought that Midnight has the quality ~the human’s body and the elf’s beauty.

“What are you staring of?!” Yup! But the minus is: she’s cold. She always gave a distance to anyone. As long as he knew, only with him, Midnight could say something with sentences not by words.

“Hey, we almost reached the top. The city should be behind this mountain.”

Suddenly, Midnight stopped. “What’s wrong?”

She closed her ears. “Stop it!”

“Stop what?” Moon rushed to her. “What’s wrong with you?”

She pointed the peak. “Someone… someone is crying.”

And when Moon looked for the place which she pointed, he saw a silhouette of a wolf. Howling like crazy. Howling with desperation.
“Wooow, It’s a silver wolf. A real one.”
A silver wolf’s standing at the peak; calling names…..

To be continued….

First Word

yup! this still the story of Midnight. But i want to make it more simple.. and make it more organize...
hehehehe... wish me luck!