Amaris heard whispers from the elders. Most of them were surprised, and some were in disbelief. They didn't expect the legendary Alpha the Gods favored would be mated to someone like her.
"Alpha Zion, we have received a message from Caelum to capture the hybrid once spotted." It was one of the two elders of the Night Howlers.
Zion's expression became dark, and he glared at Isei.
"Is that the reason your minions attacked us the other day?" Zion gritted his teeth, remembering the attack.
Isei glanced at Cyran. Amaris sensed some tension between the two. And among the ten elders, only three of them were having second thoughts about her.
She turned to look at the Elven King, Rychell. He had the most doubtful look on his face. And Amaris knew that she needed to give them something that could make them respect her, like how they respected Zion.
She glanced at Zion, then, to everyone's surprise, she faced her Alpha, giving him a passionate kiss. Zion frowned and couldn't understand her action, but he was happy with what she did.
Then she turned to the elders, looking directly to their eyes.
"Dear Elders, I would like to say something if you would allow me." She said.
"Go ahead." It was Sura who answered.
Amaris bit her lips and took a deep breath.
"I am a product of a forbidden love, an abomination. My doom had long been written in the Book of Malum. I had been cast out from Caelum and was never accepted in Acheron. I was cursed by my own mother, the Moon Goddess. My anima had ventured into this realm for centuries, searching for the right corpus, and lived in this body for five years. I know you had doubted me the very moment I stepped foot in Levaerun. You had been questioning yourselves what kind of woman I was. My past was just half of who I am. If you would allow me to show you what I can do, I would gladly introduce myself in that manner."
And there was silence. Zion was a bit surprised by what she said about being cursed by the Moon Goddess. Why would Selene curse her own daughter? Was his sin so grave that she condemned Amaris to forget him?
When did Amaris find out that her mother cursed her? Why didn't she tell him? Thoughts lingered in Zion's mind, but he couldn't possibly ask her now. Dealing with the elders and making them accept her were their priorities at this moment.
"I had seen you in your fairy form earlier, and I was amazed by it. Can you shift in any other form aside from a nine-tailed fox and a fairy?" Dwarf Lord Ludoc asked.
Sura wanted to know what his brother's daughter could do, but he wondered if she could really surpass Phelan. Amaris' father could shapeshift or copy someone, but there was a limit. He stared at the girl who was confidently standing in the middle. He had no plans to stop her since he was curious about the girl.
"I can." She simply answered.
Amaris suddenly remembered her training in the Moon Palace with her mother. Maybe Selene gave a part of her memories to show the elders what she could do.
'Mother, father. Please guide me.' She thought to herself.
She closed her eyes, putting her palm together in her chest. Then slowly, her black wings turned to white, and when she opened her eyes, it changed to silver.
Zion was standing a few steps away in front of Amaris. He was surprised to see how she suddenly changed the color of her eyes, and her wings turned pure white. He thought she was done with it, but to everyone's amazement, she shifted for the third time.
"T-That's an Equus." The Elven King, Rychel exclaimed.
An Equus is a mythical winged horse and one of Terra's most mysterious and magical creatures. No one had ever seen an Equus for more than a thousand years.
'My name is Elwyn. One of the ten forms of the Princess of the Moon.'
The elders were stunned. The Equus spoke to them in their minds.
"Are you saying she could transform herself into ten creatures?" Halia, an elder from the Fae Clan, asked.
'Eone, the Goddess of Nature, gave the Child of the Moon a gift. She gave her the power to transform into ten powerful creatures. The nine-tailed fox Hikari was her first and original form.' Elwyn answered.
"How about the Fairy I saw earlier? Was it one of her ten forms?" Ludoc asked, curiosity piqued.
'No. The ten forms were animals and monsters, not something you could see every day.'
Sura smirked. Aside from having Phelan's shapeshifting ability into different creatures, Amaris could transform into ten other ancient species. Is that the reason the Sky God and the Demon God were so afraid of her? He thought.
Zion was mesmerized by Amaris. The delicate features of her in Equus form accentuated her ethereal beauty. She was enchanting, a pure white stallion, proudly standing in the middle of the Elysian Elders with her huge white wings on her back.
"She's magnificent! A unique creature!" Nerida, the Atlantean Queen, exclaimed.
"Alpha Zion, you must be so proud of your Luna. However, we are afraid that the Gods might turn against us if they found out we had accepted her." Cyran, a hybrid and one of the elders from the Night Howlers.
Zion glared at Cyran.
"You are a hybrid yourself, Elder Cyran. Like her, you were cast out of your parents' clans. That was the reason you ran away to Mirrikh and created the Night Howlers Clan. Are you saying my Luna shouldn't be accepted by society because she's a hybrid? She must be the only hybrid of her kind, but didn't the elders sign a treaty to protect all living creatures in Terra no matter what blood they had in their veins?" Zion said in a firm tone.
Cyran didn't say a word, and all the elders were quiet and were looking at the Alpha and Luna of the Blue Moon Pack. Sura was amazed by Amaris' unlimited power. Half an hour passed, and she was still in her Equus form.
Then she transformed back to her Terran form. But like when she first shifted, she was totally naked in front of them. Zion covered her with his own body while the men of the Elysian Elders averted their eyes.
Enid ran into Amaris, giving her a cloak. The elders were surprised by Enid's gesture. She was a girl without a soul mated to the Demon Prince Sura. She was supposed to follow Sura's every order and didn't have the ability to think on her own. But she suddenly rushed into Amaris and handed her something that could cover her body while genuinely smiling at her.
"This is extraordinary.. A miracle!" The Elders shouted.