C16 Jordan, the new clan head

Jordan’s Point of View

“Surprise?” I asked.

Though completely startled, I lacked the courage to walk up to the clan's executive to understand the purpose for the ceremony.

Some of my colleagues in the Clan's School who had noticed my absence rushed up to me in excitement with handshakes and friendly hugs;

“Where have you been Jordan?" They asked.

I hived a sigh of relief as I responded; "Don't tell me you missed me that much?”

"Not really, you're one of us, and besides, the lecturers had been asking of you on several occasions ” they explained.

"Hmm, little wonder why you guys were on a watch for me, cos I know you all too well, you'll never check out for another except when need arises.” I jabbed.

“Inasmuch as we may not argue with you on that, I presume your assumption is wrong.” they argued.

“You think so,” I retorted.

“Of course,” He persisted.

“But not to worry, I'm here now." I snapped, trying a much as possible to close the conversation as to dodge being asked about Zane.

Flynn, the Oracle as I observed, was already seated tightly with his Priestley accustomed uniform as he's always appeared in ceremonies except occasionally. He was the Oracle and carried great mysteries many never knew. Remember he saved us from the furry lycans and later disappeared. That was an example of such a level of power be carried and controlled.

The Clan's Chief Elder, Elder Zoe, who doubled as the chief adviser of the clan and also one of our course lecturer, was also well adorned in his accustomed attire as supposed. He also knew a great bit of mysteries and only relayed them out when necessary.

Our clan, unlike other Packs consisted of the Clan's head and his Luna, who was no where to be found as at when I set my eyes on the orderly podium, which well arranged at the heart of the square.

He was called the clan head instead of the Alpha because unlike other Packs, the Clan's head was mysteriously chosen and sent by the wolf's goddess for special induction and affirmation before installment.

The clan head could be an alpha, a beta, a delta, or an omega the only thing that mattered was it strength and ability to lead the park with great mysteries and determination. Thus, was only chose by the moon goddess since she knew the potentials of all wolves.

So it was possible that after the Clan's head steps down or is late, the son of the clan's head may not necessarily be the next head. Mostly, the Luna is usually sent on exile in order not to interrupt the flow of the clan since she had already been in authority and may want to still head over the clan.

The head delta, head gamma, the chief enforcer and other members of the cabinet with high authority were all seated in their respective positions with decorations towering all over the square.

I shivered, with my already tired body and a demoralized emotion, though also hungry and devastated. Still consumed with the whereabout of my friend, Zane made a mess of my mental health, thus, my sluggishness.

“What’s the celebration all about?” I stopped closer and asked one of the clan members next to me.

“Don't worry, you'll get to know very soon.” He smiled, and whispered, welcome back once more.

Amidst the towering crowd were some visitors from the nearest Pack, whom I hadn't set my eyes on before.

“Everywhere looked so changed in just a few days of the journey I had undertaken. What a world,” I mumbled.

Thus, a loud gunshot blast, fired into the atmosphere suddenly suddenly alighted my consciousness as the Clan's chief Elder walked up and yelled;

“let the celebration begin.”

Followed by a loud “yaaaaaa,” by the grooming masses.

This ushered in the various drumming groups, who were already highlighted in their uniforms. A total of five performing sets were already present.

The first set of performers had a flowery embroidered wear with mixtures of blue, brown background and yellow, well combined. I particularly loved. The ladies were on a short skirt, though flared. I guess this was done in other to allow easy movement while moving their legs during the dancing steps.

Their top was a simple sleeveless similar material. They wore no shoes but beads worn around their ankle to allow the chattering of their steps in accordance with the drums. They were the first to take on the stage in display of their performance which was well rehearsed and delivered joyfully.

The second group consisted of some young pup with white all through. One would assume that they were on a ritual performance, but no it wasn't. They had been well prepared in their nature of presentation which involved some display of choreographical step. At the end of the presentation, a massive applause was alloted to the pup causing a row of excitement in their faces. I particularly loved their performances, it was way too organized for those youngstars. But all the same, they kept us impressed.

The third group consisted of a group of young ladies with well knitted flower vest well decorated and knitted neatly to reveal the content of the vest.

Their presentation was the most intriguing. One would think they were geared towards dancing, but that was far from reality. A well scripted piece had been written which they allowed every member who were willing to voluntarily participate. And finally, the flowers were tossed into the air and magically, it gathered in the atmosphere and fused in circular fashion, causing a sudden shout by the amazed and chattering crowd. Thus, they took a bow and left the stage with resounding applause following suit.

“So before the final group comes in, we'll proceed to the main event of the day” the Chief Elder emphasised.

“As we all know, today marks an important day in the history of our clan as another record is about to be set.”

“The goddess will today, choose a successor to continue the activities of this clan, he or she, has already been prepared and we're only here toooooo…,,”

This was immediately interrupted by a sudden shout; “noooooooooooo” thus, leaving everyone dumbfounded.