On the eastern side or Neopia, about one thousand years ago, a demon was born, though at first looked normal, with a sister and a brother. Both the sister and the demon were born with a strange making on their face, a black smudge. The parents of these too look to them strangely, and at their son who looked just like a mixture of the mother of father, a normal one. 'What should we do Thorn?' The surprised mother asked quietly not to awake the new children. The one named Thorn looked around their little den, then to the two with strange markings. 'I'm not sure; I don't really understand what is happening.' That is when a friend of the mother's entered in as a warm greeting, and then looked at the strange pups. She tilted her head, than looked at the mother. 'Do you know what this means Sera?' the friend asked, looking at the two. Sera shook her head confusingly; she only saw a pair of white wolves with a black strange smudge, 'One pup will grow beautiful with silk fur of Gold and white. The other will grow like and ugly beast of ash grey and blood red.' Sera gasped, and looked the pair, her ears folded back. She felt both the honor for the good wolf, and the shame of the dark one. 'Maybe I can make the bad one nice and not cruel?' She whispered, and the friend shook her head. 'Well, it is possible for her to be good, and she will try to be that way, but she will eventually go towards being evil.' The mother sniffled softly, but she promised herself to make this wolf good. No matter what, she will make both feel welcomed.

Truth smudged

My siblings and I grew up slowly, but our parents took great care of us… I noticed that me and my sister seemed to be respected just a little more by the rest of the pack, for they did not know who was good or who was bad… Unfortunate enough for me, I was the demon. My sister and I were a burden enough, until we showed our true pelts to everyone. My black smudge turned ashy grey, spreading over my body. My red markings came quick after starting from the nose and spreading over my body as blood would flow. My sister's smudge turned pale yellow lined with gold and decorated her fur. This is when the pack started to love sister more then I, and a sorrow grew in my heart. Though my mother still took care of me, I began feeling a sense of isolation from the pack, feeling as if their once sweet words had the same black smudge I had.
Weeks became months, as I grew, so did my sadness. My mother I suppose felt my dark aura, and soon began to fear me…I was clueless, I did not understand back then, I only believed that it was my sister's doing. I did not understand what I represented, all I knew was I was her second daughter. She did something either good to get all the attention, or made me look bad to all the rest of the people. Growing with no love, I grew to become slightly aggressive. Who knows if it was the darkness clouding my conscience, or just simply anger about my good sister. I did and still do have a jealousy over her for the things she had that I knew I could never even think to have… She had a happy life and caring family, while they acted as if I was a stranger, lingering in their family. I was of their bloodline, but I suppose I was the daughter no family wished for. Soon, an accident occurred that I will never be forgiven of… but that is later on.

Brother

As I was growing up with my family, I was not truly cared for by the pack. My mother cared for me once, but slowly focused her attention more on my sister… In the beginning, my brother was the only one that would talk to me. Though we would not play as my father forbad us, we spoke a lot together in secret. He would tell me about the hunts he and father went on, what they caught and anything funny that happened along the way. We laughed together, and shared secrets together…. My brother felt sadness and confusion on why I was so left out of everything… He always asked father or mother to include me in games or hunts or other activities, but the answer was always no. I wondered as well with my brother, but it never stopped our friendship…Until that night.
One night, I saw my father talking to my brother nearby the boundaries of our territory. I snuck behind a large tree, and listened to the conversation…
But… Shinra, she is my sister…' My brother said sadly to my father. My father snorted, and looked up towards the moon full in the sky, glaring down upon the earth with its ghostly glow. 'Son….- Terre…. You must understand. She….' Father paused for a moment, then began to whisper to him. The words were inaudible from where I was, but they made a big impact on my brother, for he never talked to me again after that day… I wish I knew what they said in whisper, but it will be a mystery to me like the night.

Ashes and blood

It was during a game my sister and her friends were playing. I sat at the side watching them sadly. One of her friends whispered something in my sister's ear. She shook her head in a no, but her friend took courage and approached me. 'Want to join our game, Shinra?' She asked me. I perked my ears and looked up at her, and stood up, she was bigger then me, as were all the pups. 'You mean it? Sure!' I answered happily, and ran to the group, wagging my tail. The friend grinned and walked over. She began to circle me, and I felt intimidated a bit, but stood happy. 'Want to know the name of the game?' she asked me. 'It would help!' I said eager to join the game. Her grin broadened. 'It's called ashes and blood.' I folded my ears back slightly, and my smile faded. 'H-How do you play that?' I asked her, not feeling as happy anymore. The friend whispered, 'You're the demon, and we get you.' They all pounced at me, and I cried and tried to get away. My sister stood at the side and yelled, 'Leave her alone!' and I finally got an escape route and looked back at them, my tail tucked between my legs cowardly. 'I don't want to play that game.' I told her and whimpered. She approached me and snorted at me, 'You fit best, demon.' My sister cried, 'Please, stop it Ella!' I looked at the rest of the friends who began to chant 'demon' at me, and I became angry. I stood tall and looked angrily at Ella and approached her, she and the rest of the group backed of fearfully. The older wolves became worried and watched what was happening, their chatter became silence. I stared at Ella with pure anger, she whimpered softly, and fell down. Her parents screamed, 'Ella!' and ran to her, pushing me to the side. My mother came forth and looked at me, ashamed. 'How could you-' She was interrupted by a suggestion yelled by the parents of Ella, 'Send the monster away! Take the beast away!' My sister looked at me sadly, and I had sorrow in my eyes, being watched by unwelcoming eyes. I ran away, far away from the pack, never to look back upon them again.

Midway

-invalid_words- A friend

I stayed by myself for a very long time. Years past, and I hid from all life, only hunting in the night when my pelt hid me with the shadows. Legend became myth as I faded away from everyone's mind, hoping that I fell in the river or disappeared in the mountains. The fact was I was just on the other side of the woods, they just couldn't see me in the shadows.
During a hunting trip, I came upon a strange animal. I gasped and backed away, looking at the animal in fear, but realizing it was smaller than me even. His fur was all grey, with patterns of Black and white. He had a black mask marking over his face, black ears, black paws, and a tail that striped black and white. He looked at me with a curiosity and approached me and sniffed the air towards me. I watched him, and said, 'Uhm… Hello.' It came to thought he may not understand what I was saying, but before I could speak again, he replied 'Hello.' I was a bit surprised, but I smiled softly at him and my tail wagged softly. 'What's your name?' I asked, happy to leave loneliness behind. 'My name's Bandit, Or Ban if you want….' He stood up on his hind legs, 'and what is your name?' I thought for a moment, before answering with my given name. 'I am Shinra, back when I was with my pack… Though, they have banished me from their lands….' I sighed softly, and Bandit tilted his head to the side. 'Ohh… I'm sorry Shinra … we raccoons stay together as much a possible!' and to end his sentence, he gave me a smile, nothing like my sister's friend's smile… I smiled back, and he led me the way to his den.