Authors Note

Alright, my first story.
Ever. Well, be kind and review. Each chapter will be about this long, so don't be expecting too much with each update.


I remember when it happened. When I found out what I actually was. The thing mystified me, but made me crave for it every single time it happened. I love what I can do, but I've always wanted to know why it happened when it did.

Why it happened in a forest.

Why I killed my best friend.

December Fourteenth, 1961

It was just Audrey and I in the middle of that forest. The snow bathed the forest, soon to be covered in the sticky red fluid that swims in our veins. It was too perfect. Every tree was singed with frost, glittering under that weak winter sun. The snow wasn't deep, you could feel the crunch of long lost pine needles and forest matter that littered the Earth below the blanket called snow.

I remembered Audrey. She was the perfect student. Tall, thin, tanned and blonde. Her perfect hair fell like waves over her shoulders. Her skin was always perfectly shaved and perfectly flawless. Her deep blue eyes were round and big, giving off that puppy-dog look. She was also the star athlete of the school. She was in every non-geeky school club. And was the best in all. Cross-country, swimming, basketball, she did it all. A model student too, always the teacher's favorite.

And these were the reasons why every guy in the school trailed after her shoulder. And why I was angry at her. She was born perfect. It annoyed me that God could create such a human, with no visible flaws. It also annoyed me she was crushing on my crush. Only now did I realize how petty I was.

His name was Jason McKinley. Tall and also perfect. Black hair that fell so perfectly to cover his mahogany eyes. Freckles that littered his face added to the look, and it helped that his face seemed to be stuck in a permanent but perfect smile. The only reason few girls notice him is because he is in the chess and drama club. Not just in them, but leader of both. The ultimate nerd to most people. Which is why I can't understand why Audrey was crushing on him.

You don't think the Queen of the School should fall for the Chess King? Neither did I.

And it so happened while I was in that forest with Audrey I let slip my complicated feelings for Jason. She did not take it well.

I can't remember exactly what happened after she told me about last Friday. Apparently she had kissed him. She had kissed the boy who I wanted. Who I had agonized and craved for. Then it happened. I didn't know what.

I felt a strange power enter me. Ice trickled down my spine, seeping into my blood filled veins. My skin felt like it was on fire. Tiny hairs sprouted on every inch of skin, white hairs. My eyes twitched in pain, when I opened them again my sight had changed. Instead of colour it was in black and white. But everything seemed different. I could see the things that thought they were sly by hiding in the shadows. My face elongated and took on a feline shape. I felt my spine droop and I fell down on all fours. My fingers and toes melted together, becoming paws. The tiny muscles in my human body seemed to fluctuate and strengthen, giving me the power I so lacked as a human.

And all of a sudden, it was over.

I was a lion.

Audrey had frozen in fear. A strange voice seemed to fill my head. Kill her. I felt no fear or shame in what I did. In Audrey's frightened state, I didn't see a human. I saw a meal. I leaped, my new body was itching for a kill. But I also seemed to be blinded. I only felt the rush of adrenaline and hatred. I only saw a mix of what I thought was her blood and my claws. It was over before she could scream. Her body was laying mangled on the snow. Her eyes lifeless, devoid of any emotion. The contents of her body spilled out, coating the snow in blood. I was still hungry. The blood screamed at my nostrils.

Eat her.

I feasted.

I gorged.

I fled.


Well, hopefully it doesn't completely suck. Hope you enjoyed it, more is to come!