Staring at the door, I waited. I knew she was coming home soon. She was always on time. Everyday around 5:40 pm I would hear her car pull up into the driveway, a slam of the car door, exactly four steps, and a rattle of the door as the she jiggled the key around in the lock.
I am, what one would call a shapeshifter. Technically speaking I am a human, but I have the ability to change into a wolf at will. It happened one day when I was on a hike up the local mountain. I was alone as usual, I never really had any friends, everyone always saw me as odd and avoided me. For what reason? I may never know.
Anyways, I was on this hike and I decided to follow this very old beaten trail that seemed to have been forgotten by the locals. Well, in my solitude I decided on a whim to take this trail and see where it would lead me. After having walked several miles into the deep woods I finally see this little cottage in the distance. I decide to knock on the door but as I go around I notice there is no door as though it was completely sealed shut. I step away from the cottage, actually feeling a bit afraid at this point and turn to run away. But as I step backwards I feel something hairy rub against my sweat covered back. Whipping around I see a very tall hairy or shall I say furry figure behind me, teeth as long as two inches. I try to run but this creature catches me by the arm.
"Where do you think you're going?" a very gruff voice bellows, "do you think you can leave this place alive after seeing me?"
Stuttering in fear I squeaked, "I should be on my way now, it's getting late. I...I..promise I won't say anything about you or this place."
" .HA." he raspingly laughed, " You think I can trust the word of a human? The very ones who think they have control over every living creature? I know what you are going to do, you were going to run away and call the Animal Control Center and have me eradicated and sent for scientific research."
"No...that was not my intention….not at all. I have no intention of telling anyone of this place or ever coming back, " which was absolutely true as I had no friends to tell my experiences to and secondly why would I care of the scientific development of a society that is already failing miserable.
This creature stares at me with his golden eyes for a long time, as though he was looking into my soul to see if I spoke the truth, before speaking in that rough tone of his again, "hmph, very well. You seem to be….what do you call them? Ah yes, a loner. I don't think you would be much of a problem at the moment. But…." his towering figure approaches me and stretches out his hand, "For the safe side I'm going to give you a little present before you go." slightly grinning at me.
A flash of blinding light appears before me and the next thing I know I'm back at my dorm room in my bed, as though I had awoken from a dream. I shake my head as though to clear my mind and decided to think of it as a nightmare I just had, as they appear quite frequently for me. I stretch my body out wondering what I should do. I decide to go for a quick run to the nearby store, since I had nothing in the fridge left.
By the time I make it out of the dorms, it's already dark out; there was a group of sorority girls who were blocking the hallway making an exit very difficult. I take my time walking in the brisk cool air, enjoying the quiet and peacefulness around me. But, that peacefulness didn't last long.