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Wolf
Wolf
Chapter 1
I wake in the dark so hot and sweaty with achy bones, I climb out of bed and stumble downstairs to the kitchen for a glass of water, my body temperature seems to be rising, I'm getting hotter and hotter, at first I don't understand what's happening, am I sick? This can't be normal. Then I realize it's finally happening, I'm finally shifting for the first time. I scull down 3 glasses of water before running outside and stripping off my clothes, running as fast as I can under the moonlight my shift begins as I make it to the tree line.
I'm sprinting on all fours through the trees, all my senses are heightened, I stop running to howl at the moon, I hear sticks snapping and the thump of a heart beat to my right, I run full speed towards the sound and find a deer drinking from the creek, my heart is pounding in my chest, my wolf instincts kicking in telling me to attack, I've never killed an animal before, never eaten one raw either, it's tradition to kill and eat an animal on your first shift, generally you have a parent or guardian there but i have no one. It attempts to flee but Instincts kick in and I launch on the deer, ripping at its throat until it goes limp, blood flows from the wounds, what now i think to myself, I guess now I just eat it. Where to start, I feel silly, this is suppose to be natural to me but it isn't, I don't know where I'm suppose to eat, my ears perk at the sound of something behind me, startled I turn around and growl, only to find a much larger, blueish grey wolf in front of me, he moves around me and nudges at the deers chest. I don't understand, i continue to stare at him, waiting for him to do something, he turns back to the deer and tears open it's chest exposing it's heart, he looks to me then nudges the deer with his paw. The heart, I'm supposed to eat the heart, I rip it out of the deers chest, chewing and swallowing it whole, to my surprise I'm not totally repulsed by the fact I just ate a deer heart, I actually kind of enjoyed it. The wolf stares into my eyes, I feel something, pulling at my heart, his eyes are beautiful blue grey like his fur, who do I know with eyes that colour, I don't know, but there's something about this wolf, he breaks eye contact and howls at the moon then he takes off further into the woods, I think he's going to disappear but he stops and turns back towards me, he make a noise that's signals me to follow him, we take off running through the woods, where he is leading me I don't know, but I feel so alive right now.
We slow down and enter a cave, it's dark in here but my eyes adjust to the wolf jumping into the water and coming up a man, I can't make out his face though, he backs further into the shadows, "jump in, the water is lovley, it's my favourite thing to do after a shift" his voice deep and husky. I stand there a while, unsure wether to get in with him or not. He floats around in the dark quietly waiting, I close my eyes and take a deep breath and decide to jump in before I can think anymore about it, I shift as I hit the water, I come up for air and push my hair from my face, I feel amazing, it must be because of the shift. Staying where the moon shines through...
Chapter 1
I wake in the dark so hot and sweaty with achy bones, I climb out of bed and stumble downstairs to the kitchen for a glass of water, my body temperature seems to be rising, I'm getting hotter and hotter, at first I don't understand what's happening, am I sick? This can't be normal. Then I realize it's finally happening, I'm finally shifting for the first time. I scull down 3 glasses of water before running outside and stripping off my clothes, running as fast as I can under the moonlight my shift begins as I make it to the tree line.
I'm sprinting on all fours through the trees, all my senses are heightened, I stop running to howl at the moon, I hear sticks snapping and the thump of a heart beat to my right, I run full speed towards the sound and find a deer drinking from the creek, my heart is pounding in my chest, my wolf instincts kicking in telling me to attack, I've never killed an animal before, never eaten one raw either, it's tradition to kill and eat an animal on your first shift, generally you have a parent or guardian there but i have no one. It attempts to flee but Instincts kick in and I launch on the deer, ripping at its throat until it goes limp, blood flows from the wounds, what now i think to myself, I guess now I just eat it. Where to start, I feel silly, this is suppose to be natural to me but it isn't, I don't know where I'm suppose to eat, my ears perk at the sound of something behind me, startled I turn around and growl, only to find a much larger, blueish grey wolf in front of me, he moves around me and nudges at the deers chest. I don't understand, i continue to stare at him, waiting for him to do something, he turns back to the deer and tears open it's chest exposing it's heart, he looks to me then nudges the deer with his paw. The heart, I'm supposed to eat the heart, I rip it out of the deers chest, chewing and swallowing it whole, to my surprise I'm not totally repulsed by the fact I just ate a deer heart, I actually kind of enjoyed it. The wolf stares into my eyes, I feel something, pulling at my heart, his eyes are beautiful blue grey like his fur, who do I know with eyes that colour, I don't know, but there's something about this wolf, he breaks eye contact and howls at the moon then he takes off further into the woods, I think he's going to disappear but he stops and turns back towards me, he make a noise that's signals me to follow him, we take off running through the woods, where he is leading me I don't know, but I feel so alive right now.
We slow down and enter a cave, it's dark in here but my eyes adjust to the wolf jumping into the water and coming up a man, I can't make out his face though, he backs further into the shadows, "jump in, the water is lovley, it's my favourite thing to do after a shift" his voice deep and husky. I stand there a while, unsure wether to get in with him or not. He floats around in the dark quietly waiting, I close my eyes and take a deep breath and decide to jump in before I can think anymore about it, I shift as I hit the water, I come up for air and push my hair from my face, I feel amazing, it must be because of the shift. Staying where the moon shines through...
