Half As Beautiful

More dust.... more ashes... more disappointment. 

 Beautiful’s mother was alpha of a pack of over fifty wolves, in the harsh environment of the glacier, and as first born and the only one in his litter, Beautiful had impossible responsibilities and expectations  pushed onto him at a very young age. He quickly proved to be a disappointment, much to the dismay of  the old tyrannical she wolf, because of his delayed growth compared to the other pups in the pack. His mother only told him that he was Beautiful, and that was all he’d ever be, and it took long for him to realize she only called him such because both wolves were mirrors to one another. Striving to be more than a pretty face, Beautiful worked endlessly for her approval, being the youngest hunter to take on an apprenticeship, and the youngest to be commander, but no matter what he did, he was always too slight, too sickly, too slow in her eyes. It was the freezing day that he hunted seal pups that he faced dire consequences, being mauled by a polar bear and losing both eyes in the incident. Not wanting to raise a ‘useless’ son, his mother banished him from the pack. Beautiful wandered endlessly across the land, unsure and frightened, struggling to adjust to the world without his vision to aid in his hunts.

Merely a walking pile of bones and skin, he was luckily discovered by a scout of Sevenwaters, the beta wolf Angel. He was brought back to the pack, and Angel’s daughter Dandelion took a liking to him right away, tending to his wounds despite her naivety in Herbalism at the time. During the long months of recovering, Dandelion made him realize he could live for a new purpose in life, and being taught by Angel, he found out that he could still be a valuable hunter for his new found family. He and Dandelion have two lovely daughters, and he’s remained loyal to Sevenwaters for his new life.

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