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It didn't take long to reach the White Witch's home. She stayed at the base of a waterfall, the source of her power. Mika's peered down into the cavern he would need to climb into to reach her. For his wolf it was but a few hops down, for a human it would take several hours to negate the foot trail down safely. At the base a large blue green pool sat. water poured in from the river above. Not a hard crashing but at some point, a stream had been diverted from the main river above. The coloring of the water was not due to the copious amounts of moss that carpeted the cavern's floor, but the temperature of the water. Even from a few feet away Mika could feel the temperature drop. A gentle laugh of a woman bubbled up over the soft roar of the falling water. A tall slender woman with silver hair down to her hips, and ivory skin appeared from behind the water curtain. "Prince Mika." she bowed her delicate head. "White Witch." Mika bowed his head respectively. Even though she moved through the water, Mika could see not a single drop clung to her sheer clothing. Her hair through straight was dry and moving as through the breeze was kissing her softly. "I know why you seek my advice prince." her voice like music, so soft so gentle. Mika shifted back to his human form, unashamed of his nakedness. The White Witch appraised him monetarily before continuing. "Your journey will have," she paused for clarity of her wording. What was she going to say? Death? Destruction, that Mika would fail and be unable to return as alpha to the Crimson Pack? "Complications." she decide was the best wording. His ears perked up, “Please elaborate seer." She bit her lip, there was so much more she wanted to tell him, but she must abide by the rules. She stepped further out into the pool, this time the water touched her flesh, and a luminescent light began to shine in the pool. " Come forward prince. let us see what the spirits will tell us." Without hesitation Mika stepped into the cool waters. His flesh pebbling at the temperature. The White Witch drew her finger ever so gently on the water's surface and a picture began to emerge.

Mikla stared in wonder as the image produced his self, Theo and Devion traveling through some woods. Their wolves hunting. The image shifted, there was a shanty village Mika's had never seen before. People walked around; a child's cry broke through the curtain but Mika' did not see the source. The image changed again his group was larger now, several more wolves joined him. Mika looked on excited that this means he'd reach his mission. The image turned red as if the white witch had begun to bleed. faces began to contort and scream but Mika heard them not. Fangs flashed, those were not werewolf, those were vampire. Then one single sound, a breathless "Mika." said as if it was a prayer. Mika's core being responded to this unknown person. He had never heard his name in that voice or ever said in such away like that. He imminently knew he would spend the rest of his life searching for its owner. The White witch waved her hand through the water and the image was replaced by the bottom of the pool. The luminesce fading to nothing now.

"White Witch will I fail?" he was not angry; he truly valued her knowledge. She thought for a few moments," I do not know prince. There are paths that change the outcome. You will also need to determine what is considered the most valuable."

"Thank you, you have given me much to think about."

She gracefully bowed her head and began to walk back under the curtain of water. Within moments she had disappeared, and the cavern returned as if nothing had ever occurred.

The echoes of that voice repeated over and over in his mind. Bouncing from one side of his skull to the other. Who was she? He replayed the images of the group over and over in his mind. Is it possible one of the females would be his mate? Was that why they were moving into our clan?

Excitement bloomed in his chest. To be an alpha one would need a luna.

Mika returned back to the pack house not uttering a word to the other wolves. He wanted to digest this more understand each flashing image. He was confident that he would reach the other clan and collect the travelers- that much he felt certain about. He was certain along the way back there would be an attack from a vampire. It is possible that we can skirt the vampire's deadlands but that would put us further into hot pockets of the cannibalistic Teihiihan. Confident that they would be the lesser of the two evils based on the White Witch's vision Mika felt that when the time came, they may change the route for the safety of their group. But something was still bothering Mika, What did she mean, "You will need to determine what is considered the most valuable?" The words played over and over in his mind. And throughout the night he had come up with several possibilities, but none of them held much truth. *We will face any obstacle that arises, this I do know. * He promised himself.