Compassionate Moon's Rising
I lay in a dark alcove of an unfamiliar city, my thick gray and white fur matted with dried blood; a sorry excuse for a wolf. Another fight with another round of humans had left me closer to death. Frail and drifting, I watched as the figure of a man approached my ruined body. I growled but was unable to lift my head off the hot concrete. If another human attacked me it would be my end, and I was unwilling to give up on my journey that easily. Mankind was becoming more hostile in their search and extermination of wolves since we began appearing to them after two-hundred years. Most people, having never seen a wolf, couldn't recognize one. Those that did see us for what we were sought to extinguish our lives. Maybe it had something to do with the new scent of lunar flowers in the air. Maybe the humans knew something of paradise. . . But this human who stood over me now was very different. Something ethereal surrounded him, I could feel it. Short golden brown hair half covered glowing light green eyes; the kind of light green you could find only in the forests that used to exist here. I stopped snarling and just stared at him. "It's alright. " he said in a sweet tone. At once the veil lifted and the man before me became the wolf he really was. A lithe young male darker than the midnight sky - so black that gleams of blue and violet shone off his coat in the sunlight. His luminous green eyes remained the same as in his human form.
"You're a wolf. . .you're one of us," I said. A new kind of happiness swallowed me. It had been so long since I'd seen another wolf.
"My name is Eclipse," he said.
"My name . . . is Luna."
"Can you walk on your own?" he asked, lowering his head to get a better look at my injuries.
"Tonight is a full moon, I should be recovered. . .but I need a place to rest. . ." I closed my eyes. Weak and helpless at the moment there was no option but to relinquish my grip on my consciousness and rest. I felt a gentle grip from human hands as he lifted me to his chest. I was vaguely aware he was carrying me as I listened to his heartbeat.