Luna's Creatures-Chapter 1 (redux)

Authoress' note: If you're wondering why this looks different, it's because I redid this chapter. I was never really happy with this chapter, and now that I've improved some I'm just sick of it. So, I decided to change it. I changed some of the continuity, by the way. I'm also redoing the whole story so that it matches how I've re-imagined it. It's also going to be rated M for violence and some sexual themes… don't ask. I tried to make my story less dark, but… it just wasn't as cool and gripping as it was meant to be. I'm making it as dark and adult as I want. Anyway, hope you enjoy! I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX, 4kids (the evil dubbing company that makes Dic look amazing) does. Constructive criticism is much appreciated, so if you have anything you want to improve, please let me know!

Kirara Glitter-Chan

(Jaden's POV)

I ran out of my dorm as fast as I could into the forest. It was sure to be the only safe place for me at this point. The full moon looked like light from a cartoon in my watery eyes. I was already in so much pain, and my transformation hadn't even begun. I couldn't imagine how bad it would be when I started to change from a boy to a wolf.

Before I knew it, I had started to mutate. I doubled over in pain as my knees buckled, sending me to the floor. It felt like I was burning on the inside as bones snapped and changed. My horrid screams of pain became a howl from what used to be my face.

My skin grew thick and hard as leather while dark brown, shaggy fur grew. These transformations were my most horrid and painful memory. Soon, I was going to become a mindless beast. Killing for sport and biting all those that seem strong or beautiful would be my crimes that night.

Alexis… she's probably waiting for me. Why did I ever agree to meet her tonight? I don't quite understand why I was worrying about her more than myself at the time. My only guess is that it was a premonition of what was to come.

Why didn't I drink the potion in the first place? Usually Bastion reminds me… I strained myself to remember what happened, but I was already losing my memories to the beast within me. I finally had started to grow in size. My shirt had ripped up, leaving me with nothing but a pair of torn jeans.

I could feel that something was going to go horribly wrong tonight. To be specific, I felt like I was going to hurt someone close to me.

N-no! I'd rather make everyone on Duel Academy like me. I'd rather kill my whole pack, just please don't let me hurt….

(Alexis' POV)

I had lost faith that Jaden was going to meet me. He had agreed to come to the library by 5:30, but instead had ditched me. Like Jaden would ever want to study. I thought, letting out a sigh in exasperation. Finals or no finals, he always has better things to do.

"Alexis, are you upset?" Syrus whispered. I hadn't even known he was there, but I wasn't alarmed. I was used to being surprised by my older brother. "Don't worry, I'm sure Jaden will come here. One way or another…."

I didn't know what he meant, so I decided just to go back to studying. It wasn't like anything that was going to happen tonight that was going to be any different than normal. It worried me that Syrus looked so nervous and jittery though. It was normal for him, but it still worried me. I always thought he'd end up getting a heart attack if he kept panicking like that.

"Hey Sy," I grabbed his shoulder so he'd stop running around. It got annoying really quickly. "Looks like your worrying about the finals a little too much. If you want, I'll help you."

He shook his head. "No thanks, it's not that. It's getting late though. Shouldn't you go back to your dorm before curfew?" It seemed like he was trying to shove me out of the library. I checked the clock though; it was only 6:30. Curfew wasn't for at least an hour.

"Sy, don't worry. I won't get in trouble. Besides, if I don't study, I'll probably fail Crowler's huge exam. You know how it is on finals: no student is spared, Obelisks included." He still tried to get me to leave, but I refused. Jaden was going to fail miserably if he didn't come over, and he couldn't study on his own to save his life.

I waited patiently for him to come to the library until around 7:00, then decided it would be good to leave. The minute I stood up from my seat, the ground shook. Everyone thought it was an earthquake, and people ducked under tables, screaming for dear life. I was the only one left paralyzed in fear.

"Alexis, get out of here!" Syrus screamed, but I couldn't move. Bricks suddenly started flying around my head and a horrible creature stormed in. It was covered in thick brown fur with claws twice the size of it's head. I thought for a moment that it was formerly human from the torn jeans it was wearing. What is that thing? I thought.

It walked slowly toward me, but I couldn't move. It felt like someone had super-glued my feet to the floor. I could see the beast's wild yellow eyes staring at me. I wondered what it would do to me.

"Jaden, stop! Don't you know who you are?!" I nearly gasped. Jaden was really this monster? I couldn't accept it. This wasn't Jaden, no matter what anyone said.

I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder, and the world went black.

(Jaden's POV)

I finally came to my senses at 7:15. Syrus said he had given me wolf's bane. I felt weak and pathetic, like I had committed some sort of sin. "Sy, what are the stats?" I asked. It wasn't something many understood, but Syrus and I had our own secret code. Asking for the stats had nothing to do with a sporting event, or a recent duel, but what had happened when one of us went insane. He didn't answer, but from his expression I could guess that nothing good had come out of my transformation.

" Sightings… plenty. We'll get Bastion to convince them it was all mass hysteria. At least 15 injured, maybe more, including me. Half of the library was destroyed, and…" I knew that he didn't want to tell me what had happened next, but I couldn't live with myself if I didn't know.

"Sy, don't worry. Just tell me!" I put on a fake smile, but I could tell he saw right through me. Sharing a dorm for such a long time makes two people close enough to know every expression of each other.

"Alright. Infected… one. You know who she is…. It's Alexis. She's a Talbot wolf now, I suppose." I nodded, but inside I was nearly holding back tears.

What have I done? I asked myself. I knew this was coming, everyone who I'm close to becomes like this, but… why her? She's going to have such a hard life now….

"Jaden, don't feel guilty. No matter how long we prevented it, she either would have become one of us, or one of them." I understood what he said, but I wished it wasn't true.

"Bastion will want to examine her. She might be injured." I muttered. Syrus helped me carry her part of the way, but got too tired to carry her. It didn't matter to me. It was like I was in a trance the whole time, too blinded by guilt to think. We reached Bastion's door after what seemed like a few minutes.

"So, I see that things went wrong. Alexis will be fine, Jaden. You know your job now, right?" Bastion said the minute I walked in the door. I nodded, but I wasn't really listening. I only cared about Alexis.

"Jaden, you're going to have to tell her everything. It's your duty, and if you defy it, you know what happens." I nodded once more, and Bastion placed Alexis on his bed. I had no clue how to protect her, how to make amends for what I had done for her. I was just a werewolf, one of many. There was no way that I was strong enough to protect her from everything that would be after her.

I knew one thing for certain though: it was my duty to try….

Authoress' Note: well, that's the redone version of chapter one! I'll redo the other chapters as soon as I can, but I'll also update too. I do that a lot… I update my work because I'm not happy with it. Don't be surprised, it's just my thing. I post what is essentially a rough draft, then completely revise it later. I should really stop doing that… anyway; I'll see you next chapter/update!

Sincerely, Kirara Glitter.