Howling To The Moon
Author: I blame way too many Merrick/Shayla vids on utube for this. However I must admit I was inspired by
another author here on . After having read "Time Froze" by DancingWithPeacocks & having seen
the video for it on utube way too may times, I finally decided to jot this down. Thank you. I know it's short, so
sue me but there is more to come. There is mentioned fem slash. I own Anima & Ruby. R&R plz!
Her day usually started something like most other college students. She would crawl out of bed, step into the shower, dress, grab breakfast, sling her guitar onto her back, grab her books and head off to class. Except today started a bit different. She didn't wake up with her alarm going just after dawn, in fact she was up long before it went off. A dream woke her in the wee hours of the morning, not one of the nightmare that she could go back to sleep after. This was a dream that kept her awake with questions that she didn't know and couldn't find the answers to. So unable to get back to sleep, she got out of bed and settled on the window sill. "Baby?" a soft voice called. She didn't answer, too lost in her own thoughts to have heard. It was a soft hand on her shoulder that pulled her back to reality.
"Hey." she whispered. Her girlfriend, Ruby, had a look of concern on her face.
"What's wrong baby? You look like something's eating you." Ruby asked.
"Just thinking. I had a weird dream." she admitted.
"One of the nightmares about your parents?" the other asked.
"No. Just something really weird. Don't worry about it and go back to sleep. You've got that exam later." she told her.
Ruby rolled her eyes and muttered, "Yeah. That'll be fun." Both girls laughed and then she asked, "You coming back to bed?"
"Probably not. I think I'll go for a walk, the night air usually clears my head." she said.
Ruby leaned down to kiss her cheek and whispered, "Love you Anima."
Anima smiled and said, "Love you too." With that Ruby crawled back into bed and Anima got off the windowsill. She pulled her dark brown leather jacket on over her blue shirt with a white wolf on it and tugged on some jeans. A pair of gloves and boots followed before she picked up her guitar that went everywhere with her. Her cell phone got dropped in her jacket pocket with her wallet, keys and a small knife. Silently she slipped out of the small apartment she shared with her girlfriend and headed for the college campus.
Turtle Cove University was a big campus but had plenty of open areas so she never got claustrophobic. Her parents, who had both been veterinarians, had intended for her to go to college to continue the family business. After excelling in track and music in high school she had gotten a decent scholarship for college. At the university she became well known for her musical talent, good grades, love of wolves and of course, her track record. Despite that she tended to keep herself with the exception of her beautiful girlfriend.
Finally she reached the hill on campus she loved the most; it was high, grassy and she could see most of the campus from the top. Setting down her guitar she cupped her hands around her mouth, threw back her head and let a howl bubble out of her throat. It was a habit she had developed as a child. Every night she would go outside and howl like a wolf, but sadly she never knew why she howling just that she felt like she needed to. It was almost like she needed to let someone know where she was, someone who would know what the howl meant and how to find her.