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Running...running...she couldn't stop running. She ran swiftly through the forest, the cool night wind against her cheek, and then soft, moist ground under her paws. And suddenly, she stopped as her senses went wild, a new smell in the air, another wolf, a MALE wolf, and then she saw him.
Bathed in the moonlight, his fur glistening, beautiful and glorious, his eyes searching...
*Come with me, Sophia, * he beckoned, *come run with me. *
Everything in her wanted to say yes, to go run with him, but a part of her doubted, and told her not to go, and so with a whine and a shake of her head, she turned to leave.
"And that's where I would wake up, every night." Sophia explained as she sat on the other side of Sherman Blackstone's, Wolf Lake's 'keeper', desk. After the second week of the strange dream she had searched him out to tell him what was happening, and ask him how to deal with it.
"Sophia, I know you're feeling scared right now," he said as he reached across the table and took her hand, "but you must embrace it. If you are ever going to move on."
"I know, but I'm just not ready for it."
"Ready for what?"
"God, I don't know, the power, the heightened senses, and especially- "
"The hormones?" He added, raising an eyebrow in question.
Sophia blushed as she suddenly found her hands very interesting.
"Actually I was going to say the fur."
Sherman shrugged it off, "well, yeah, that's a good point, too."
She sighed gratefully as she avoided the topic of raging hormones, normal teenage hormones were hard enough on a girl without adding wolf hormones to the mix, especially when she was around Luke Cates.
The sound of the school bell signaling the end of the period broke Sophia from her thoughts.
"Well, you better get to class, Sophia, before you're late." He said as he pushed his chair back and stood up to help her to the door.
Sophia nodded, and quickly gathered her things.
"You know Sophia," He added as he opened the door for her, "you are not the first I've seen go through the change, and you will certainly not be the last, so if you need anymore help-"
"Yeah, thanks." She said with a grateful smile, "I will. Oh, and Mr. Blackstone?"
"Hmm?"
"Please, don't tell my father about my change, I don't want him to freak. I'll tell him when I think I'm--he's ready." Sophia's dad, the town's sheriff, had promised his wife on her deathbed that his daughter would grow up normal, and if he found her to be a skin-walker, he might blow a gasket.
Sherman smiled understandingly and nodded, "Ok, not a peep."
"Thank you, Mr. Blackstone." She said as she walked out the door.
"Anytime," he said just before he shut the door, "Anytime."
"Oh, boy. Matt Donner is NOT going to like this one."
Luke Cates walked down the halls of Wolf Lake High, his retinue of pack teens following close behind. He was top dog, or should I say wolf, at this school. Son of the Alphas, he was the most wanted among all the young pack females of the school, and even some of the human ones, any one of the younger pack females would gladly run with him, but he only wanted one, Sophia Donner.
He didn't know what it was that first attracted him to her in the first place, her half-breed status or the fact that she was just beginning her change, and watching the mystery of it all unfold. And as the months passed and they became better acquainted one thing became certain. He would do anything to have her as his mate.
"Look, it's the half-breed." Presley sneered as she nodded to the left. Luke followed her gaze and gave a rouge smile. Sophia was heading in their direction, her head down and her books huddled close to her chest as she made her way quietly down the crowded hall, as if she didn't want to be noticed. And by the smell of it, Luke was pretty sure it wasn't a sudden attack of timidity.
*Sophia, * he called to her, and smiled when she turned around and looked directly
at him a look of wonderment and confusion in her eyes.
He and his pack quickly closed the distance between them, Presley placed her hand possessively in his back pocket.
"What do you want Luke?" Sophia sighed, expecting the pack to dish out their daily teasing session.
*You, * the thought entered her mind and sent shivers down her spine and the blood to rush to her face. Neither of which did not go unnoticed by Presley.
Presley's eyes flashed gold and a low growl sounded in her throat, "you better watch yourself, bitch." She growled at Sophia as she detached herself from Luke and got in Sophia's face pushing her away from the pack and into a locker. "He's mine." Luke and the others watched from a distance waiting for Sophia's reaction.
Sophia's eyes went from brown to gold and then back, "Then why does he want me?"
Presley's fist curled, ready to show Sophia what she meant, when Luke put a hand on her shoulder.
"Not here, not in front of them." He said in a low voice, motioning to the crowd that was gathering, ninety percent of which were human.
"This isn't over, half-breed." Presley sneered as she slammed her fist into a locker, before turning on her heel and storming off.
You can bet on that, Sophia thought, glaring after her.
"Ignore her," Luke said, drawing Sophia's attention to him. "I have for quite a while now." He said as the bell rang and the halls suddenly became empty.
"We don't want to be late to class, now do we?" He whispered into her ear as he pressed a piece of paper into her hand, Sophia suddenly found herself trying desperately to keep her pulse from racing and hoping Luke didn't notice as he and the rest of the pack continued their path down the hall.
As soon as they were out of sight, Sophia's shaky fingers unfolded the note:
"Follow your dream, meet me at the lake, 10 o'clock"
Luke's smile widened as he walked out of the school and into his car. Sophia's reaction to Presley's claims excited him, the fact that she wanted him, did little for him, he could see that whenever he was around her, her heart rate went up and her smell changed, even before the changes had begun. No, it was the fact that she wasn't far from the full change, he could smell it on her, and see it in her eyes (literally.) Forget class, he thought as he sped out of the school parking lot, I've got prey to catch.
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I just found out that they put the show on hiatus! Come on peoples we got to save this show...
Go to the Unofficial Wolf Lake Fan Site for more info: http://www.pitofdespair.com/wolf/index.htm
Running...running...she couldn't stop running. She ran swiftly through the forest, the cool night wind against her cheek, and then soft, moist ground under her paws. And suddenly, she stopped as her senses went wild, a new smell in the air, another wolf, a MALE wolf, and then she saw him.
Bathed in the moonlight, his fur glistening, beautiful and glorious, his eyes searching...
*Come with me, Sophia, * he beckoned, *come run with me. *
Everything in her wanted to say yes, to go run with him, but a part of her doubted, and told her not to go, and so with a whine and a shake of her head, she turned to leave.
"And that's where I would wake up, every night." Sophia explained as she sat on the other side of Sherman Blackstone's, Wolf Lake's 'keeper', desk. After the second week of the strange dream she had searched him out to tell him what was happening, and ask him how to deal with it.
"Sophia, I know you're feeling scared right now," he said as he reached across the table and took her hand, "but you must embrace it. If you are ever going to move on."
"I know, but I'm just not ready for it."
"Ready for what?"
"God, I don't know, the power, the heightened senses, and especially- "
"The hormones?" He added, raising an eyebrow in question.
Sophia blushed as she suddenly found her hands very interesting.
"Actually I was going to say the fur."
Sherman shrugged it off, "well, yeah, that's a good point, too."
She sighed gratefully as she avoided the topic of raging hormones, normal teenage hormones were hard enough on a girl without adding wolf hormones to the mix, especially when she was around Luke Cates.
The sound of the school bell signaling the end of the period broke Sophia from her thoughts.
"Well, you better get to class, Sophia, before you're late." He said as he pushed his chair back and stood up to help her to the door.
Sophia nodded, and quickly gathered her things.
"You know Sophia," He added as he opened the door for her, "you are not the first I've seen go through the change, and you will certainly not be the last, so if you need anymore help-"
"Yeah, thanks." She said with a grateful smile, "I will. Oh, and Mr. Blackstone?"
"Hmm?"
"Please, don't tell my father about my change, I don't want him to freak. I'll tell him when I think I'm--he's ready." Sophia's dad, the town's sheriff, had promised his wife on her deathbed that his daughter would grow up normal, and if he found her to be a skin-walker, he might blow a gasket.
Sherman smiled understandingly and nodded, "Ok, not a peep."
"Thank you, Mr. Blackstone." She said as she walked out the door.
"Anytime," he said just before he shut the door, "Anytime."
"Oh, boy. Matt Donner is NOT going to like this one."
Luke Cates walked down the halls of Wolf Lake High, his retinue of pack teens following close behind. He was top dog, or should I say wolf, at this school. Son of the Alphas, he was the most wanted among all the young pack females of the school, and even some of the human ones, any one of the younger pack females would gladly run with him, but he only wanted one, Sophia Donner.
He didn't know what it was that first attracted him to her in the first place, her half-breed status or the fact that she was just beginning her change, and watching the mystery of it all unfold. And as the months passed and they became better acquainted one thing became certain. He would do anything to have her as his mate.
"Look, it's the half-breed." Presley sneered as she nodded to the left. Luke followed her gaze and gave a rouge smile. Sophia was heading in their direction, her head down and her books huddled close to her chest as she made her way quietly down the crowded hall, as if she didn't want to be noticed. And by the smell of it, Luke was pretty sure it wasn't a sudden attack of timidity.
*Sophia, * he called to her, and smiled when she turned around and looked directly
at him a look of wonderment and confusion in her eyes.
He and his pack quickly closed the distance between them, Presley placed her hand possessively in his back pocket.
"What do you want Luke?" Sophia sighed, expecting the pack to dish out their daily teasing session.
*You, * the thought entered her mind and sent shivers down her spine and the blood to rush to her face. Neither of which did not go unnoticed by Presley.
Presley's eyes flashed gold and a low growl sounded in her throat, "you better watch yourself, bitch." She growled at Sophia as she detached herself from Luke and got in Sophia's face pushing her away from the pack and into a locker. "He's mine." Luke and the others watched from a distance waiting for Sophia's reaction.
Sophia's eyes went from brown to gold and then back, "Then why does he want me?"
Presley's fist curled, ready to show Sophia what she meant, when Luke put a hand on her shoulder.
"Not here, not in front of them." He said in a low voice, motioning to the crowd that was gathering, ninety percent of which were human.
"This isn't over, half-breed." Presley sneered as she slammed her fist into a locker, before turning on her heel and storming off.
You can bet on that, Sophia thought, glaring after her.
"Ignore her," Luke said, drawing Sophia's attention to him. "I have for quite a while now." He said as the bell rang and the halls suddenly became empty.
"We don't want to be late to class, now do we?" He whispered into her ear as he pressed a piece of paper into her hand, Sophia suddenly found herself trying desperately to keep her pulse from racing and hoping Luke didn't notice as he and the rest of the pack continued their path down the hall.
As soon as they were out of sight, Sophia's shaky fingers unfolded the note:
"Follow your dream, meet me at the lake, 10 o'clock"
Luke's smile widened as he walked out of the school and into his car. Sophia's reaction to Presley's claims excited him, the fact that she wanted him, did little for him, he could see that whenever he was around her, her heart rate went up and her smell changed, even before the changes had begun. No, it was the fact that she wasn't far from the full change, he could smell it on her, and see it in her eyes (literally.) Forget class, he thought as he sped out of the school parking lot, I've got prey to catch.
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I just found out that they put the show on hiatus! Come on peoples we got to save this show...
Go to the Unofficial Wolf Lake Fan Site for more info: http://www.pitofdespair.com/wolf/index.htm
