I carefully opened the envelope. While I did, a piece of paper fell out. It was carefully folded. In blue ink was written:

Dear Serigala,

If you have found this letter, that means that they have found me. You are probably asking who? But I can't say that. Because by saying that I bring you and your friends in great danger. There are many things I can tell you. But not everything needs to know at this moment. I can only help you in making a good decision. The War is near and you will play a great part in it. You will find out that you have more strength and power in you than you can imagine. They will play an important key.

Make sure to keep them in control and don't let your emotions cloud your decisions. On your journey, you will find yourself, in many different ways, but always remember what the greater goal is.
I can't tell you who you are, you have to find it out for yourself. But I can push you into the right path.

Your wolf is so powerful that you will need to be mental and physical in top condition to change and to gain your powers. Learn to control your powers and your wolf will come by itself.

I understand if you still have many questions. Many of them will be answered along the way in the future.

It may be a war but look for the other species. Learn there habits, learn to know them on a personal level. Why they act the way they do.

I can't give you more. Hopefully, you can get from here. I hope some questions have been answered.

See you, Serigala.

The note hit me hard, so many answers. But I also have many more new questions. I took the note and read it again. This time I underlined everything that I thought was important. So that I never could forget what she wrote to me. As a reminder for myself. After I had done that, I put the letter inside my diary. I wouldn't want to lose it.
I looked up and saw on the clock and that I have been in my room alone for quite a while. It might be smart to go back to the rest. I saw that Joost was on guard duty and asked him: "Do you know if the other lessons will continue or that they let us have a day off?"

As always he signed at me. I know we aren't friends, but a bit of kindness once in a while would be nice. "Today all classes got canceled and tomorrow we will have a little something-something to remember Annemiek. But after that, all the classes will continue. But it will be a little bit shorter tomorrow."

I nodded. "Well, I will be off going to the gym then."
He responded to it. "That means I will be going with you. I will wait here so that you can change." As he so beautifully suggested, I needed to change some sports clothes. And I filled up my water bottle and got a couple of snacks ready. I truly feel like working out, just to let everything in my head go. An empty mind. When I was done changing I called Joost "I am ready so let's go!." He nodded and just followed me to the gym.

When we came to the gym, there was no soul around. Or must I say no werewolfs. This means I could do whatever I wanted and didn't need to think of others. Normally the gym is packed with people.
First I started to stretch my leg and a warming up. After that just running around, then some basic sit-ups and push-ups. While I was training out of the blue Joost said: "You can better train your fight skills, that way your muscle will gain more strength and heightened your condition."
That's new, he gave me some advice. I nodded at him as he took a sip of water. "Thanks for the tip."
I went to the part of the gym that was made to practice our fighting skills. There were all kinds of things hanging and coming from the ground to practice with. I just went for the basic side kick and punches. After a lot of punches I heard Joost say: "When you punch as you do, you also need to bring your hips in the movement. Using all the strength of your body. This way you punches are more powerful"

He showed me what he meant and I just tried to copy him. Normally he stays in the corner looking bored. So I was a little in shock that he even showed me the move.
While I was trying to do that movement right, I just failed big time. I don't know what happened, but it was the worst movement I've done here so far. Joost started to laugh at me. "I will help you." I just nodded, surprised that he agreed to do that. He went and stood behind me and guided my hips in the movement. It might be an odd way to learn a movement, but it did work. The movement felt more natural and now I understood how I have to do it on my own. He let go of me so that I could practice on my own. It was awkward enough for both of us. After trying it a couple of times he said: "Now you know how the movement should feel, so try it out enough and it will slowly feel more natural."
I turned around to face Joost. "I will, but I'm no way near you when it's about fighting skills."
He laughed and said: "If you train enough you will become better and have a bigger endurance. You won't just suddenly become better. It takes time and dedication."
I smiled at him not knowing how to reply. This is unusual behavior for Joost. So I just continued practicing.
After some time training. My muscles were really starting to burn. I've been doing the same movement over and over again. So it is time for a break. I did a short cooling down, don't want to feel super sore tomorrow. I gulped down my bottle of water and ate my snack. I might eat some more later.
After I was done I went to Joost. "I will change and do nothing else really in my room. You don't need to wait again by the door. Don't want to bore you all day." He replied: "Okey, I will say to Romy that you are in your room, you can go by yourself."
I just nodded and walked away. There were still a lot of people in the hallway that I passed by while walking back to the room. Which surprised me. In the dorm room, I made myself lunch and sat behind my laptop to search something on the internet about werewolves and the different kinds of packs and those of the vampire covenants and witches circles. Cause after the letter I just wanted to know as much as possible about other creatures. And I did some research about what other creatures exist. After some time doing my research I had a whole document made with information.

Werewolves

There are different sort of werewolf pack, every pack has an alpha, beta, and gamma. Also, every wolf has a mate. Not everyone will find their mate because they can be a different sort of species. Also, it may occur that the mate already has died but rarely happened.

Wolves that are without a pack and are alone are called rouges. In rare cases, multiple rouges life together.

Vampire

Vampires are well known, but not everything is true. A lot of the information is lies or twisted information. Vampires do live during the day and night. Only full-blood vampires have a little irritation for the sun. But sunlight alone doesn't kill them. Full blood vampires are very rare.

Vampires live on blood. Every sort of blood (human and animal) has its own effect and taste. Human blood most of the time make a vampire stronger. Animal blood makes a vampire most of the time faster and their senses get stronger.

If they don't get blood in their system they will weaken and if they don't get any blood for a very very long time. It can kill them. Also, vampires have a sort of soulmate, also called beloved. The blood of the beloved is the vampire the strongest and has the best effect. Just as werewolves their beloved can be any species.

Witches

Witches, wizards, or any sort of people who practice magic. There are two kinds, white and black magic. White magic is a magic that comes from the inside of a person, which decides how strong the spells can be. Those spells need most of the time-specific herbs, and they are harmless for a person. Unless being used for a fight or self-protecting spell.

Black magic is very dangerous magic and requires most of the time a (living) sacrifice to cast the spells. This sort of magic is forbidden to use.

Other creatures

There are many more creatures that exist. The most known are the: (forest) nymph, dragons, sea creatures, and Fenix. For more information, buy the book: The creatures around us.

That was a lot of information to read and this was just the start. Meanwhile, Romy was also in our room making some homework, even though there are no classes today. I closed my laptop and asked Romy: "Do you know the difference between a beloved and mate?"

Romy turned to me and said: "Actually there is no real difference between them. Just that werewolves and vampires use a different name for it. "

Now I was getting that. So they are the same, but just with a different name. I went to my bed and just started to read a romantic book.

After some time Romy said: "Hey its time to eat. " I put my book on the side and replied: "Well then, let's go." She laughed, shook her head and we went on our way to the dining room.

It was so quiet, everyone was there. But nobody said a thing. Everyone had a hard time understanding what has happened.
Olaf stood up and said: "I understand if you have a difficult time right now. But I want to remember each one of you that if you stand together with your friends around you. You are never truly alone in this. "
Those simple words brought many smiles to people their faces. Olaf is the best when it's about lifting the mood.
Olaf continued: "Tomorrow will be a special ceremony, but all the special training will start then. It's a way to get to know each other better." He was quiet for a second and then said: "Enjoy your meal."

He went and sat down and everybody started to eat. But it was still awfully quiet. A lot of people seemed far away in their thoughts.
I just eat my dinner calmly. After some time Michael asked me: "Would you like to come with me after dinner?"
"Sure, ill come with you" Michael replied: "Okay."
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