Chapter 2
Hound
Wilson couldn't believe what had just happened, the hound had just transformed into a human, and she was badly injured, she was just in the life of the fire so he was able to go and see if she was still breathing, she had a pulse which was a good sign. Wilson dragged her body closer to the fire, she need the warmth, Wilson sat back where he was, he hated how cold it was at night, he wanted winter to be over now.
Just as Wilson started to fall asleep the girl sat up, she seemed completely fine, which was weird considering the blood loss, she looked at Wilson for a few minutes until she stretched her arms,
"Are you ok?" Wilson asked, she nodded her head, she looked pretty normal, apart from the changing into hound, she had long black hair with a small bit of red on the fringe, her eyes were an emerald green.
"I guess you're wondering what happened," she said, Wilson just nodded his head, "You see I'm a shifter," she said calmly,
"So you're not human," Wilson asked getting a little worried,
"No, I created a potion that allowed me to change into a hound to protect myself," the girl replied, Wilson looked confused,
"How did you do that, it seems a little bit like magic, which would mean that you're… evil," he said, she looked at him,
"I made it out of science, it was a complicated formula," she said standing up, "But it was a little too good, I can change into anything I see, so I can be any monster or animal," she said.
Wilson found it hard to believe but he had seen her change from hound to human so she did have proof, but to be able to actual make something that could change someone's physical appearance and body was something only someone with great intelligence could create, he would have to be careful round her. "Anyway, I'm Whisper," said holding out her hand, Wilson looked at her, she seemed to be a good guy, Wilson took her hand and shook it.
Whisper started pacing by the fire, Wilson could see lots of bruises on her arms and legs, but didn't ask how they had happened, he thought she wouldn't like to talk about it, he watched her pacing for a little bit, and then he remember that she was new, and that meant she got here somehow.
"Whisper, how did you get here?" he asked, she stopped and looked at him, she didn't answer at first and sighed,
"I don't know, I just woke up one morning and I was here," she told him, Wilson could tell by the look on her face that she was keeping something, but he didn't know what exactly, but he want going to go into the details now, he just want to be warmer and have something to eat, which he didn't have any of each.
The fire was starting to go out and Wilson had already used up all of the wood, this was going to be a bad night, he got the amulet out of his backpack and wore it,
"What are you doing?" Whisper asked watching him,
"I have no more wood and the fire is going out, need to take precautions," he replied, she looked at the fire, he was right any minute thee fire would go out and the monsters would swarm.
"Don't you have a main camp, surely this isn't it," she said,
"I have with my friends but I was meant to find food, but then that tallbird attacked me and then the hound…" Wilson looked at her quickly, "Wait there was a single hound that seemed to be attacking the tellbird," he said, Whisper smiled,
"Thought you could use a helping hand," she said, Wilson raised his eyebrows, so it was her who had been growling all the time, she had been following him. "Anyway come on, you can tell me where your camp it and I'll get you there," she said staring to walk out of the light of the fire, Wilson got up but suddenly felt the cold, his hat had been destroyed so that meant the cold was getting to him more, he started shivering and couldn't move, the cold was starting to freeze him up.
I he didn't get the fire back to normal and get warmth he was going to die, "You didn't really come prepared did you," Whisper said looking through her bag, she grabbed a small rock that was glowing, she handed it to Wilson,
"A heat stone," he said taking it, it warmed him up greatly,
"A thank you present now let's go before that thing cools down," she said, Wilson then heard the cracking sound, he watched as Whisper changed again, this time when she was finished, a buffalo was standing in front of him.
Holding the stone Wilson walked towards her, she watched every move he made, Wilson was carful, and even though he knew it was Whisper he was still very cautious, the buffalo grunted and shook its head, Wilson put out his hand, the buffalos head moved so that Wilson's hand was touching it, he started to stroke her head.
With the heat stone in his hand he quickly hopped on the back of the buffalo, she then started to move quickly, thankfully the heat stone had enough light to keep all the monsters away, Wilson kept the stone close to his chest.
Every now and then he would have to tell her to go in another direction, but besides that she was getting back to the camp pretty quick, he knew he was going to be back sooner then he thought.
Whisper started to slow down, Wilson looked around, he could see a tiny bit of light which was the camp fire, they were nearly there, but Whisper was now panting and was walking, he stroked her fur,
"What's wrong?" he asked, the buffalo started rearing and stomping its feet, Wilson had to hold onto her fur to make sure he didn't fall off.
Whisper had fully stopped now, Wilson looked around, he heard growling, the buffalo hollered Wilson looked down and could see a hound biting its leg, he had to do something but he counted fifth teen hounds and there was no way that he could fight them all.
Whisper was in pain but she couldn't fight hounds when she was a buffalo, they were good fighters, but that would mean that Wilson would get hurt to, so she had to run, even though she had a damage leg, she ran, the hounds were still biting her but they were only little, she was heading straight for the light of the fire if they could get there they would already have a chance.
There were only a few meters away when a fire hound hit Whisper, she stumbled and fell, and Wilson flew off her back and rolled away, he was able to land in the light of the fire,
"Wilson!" Willow shouted, she ran towards him and helped him up, "What happened?" she asked,
"Whisper," he said and looked out onto the darkness,
"Whisper? What are you talking about?" Willow said looking at him confused, Wilson ran to his tent trying to look for a torch,
"Buffalo!" he heard Woodie shout, that could only mean one thing, Wilson ran back outside, he saw a suavely injured buffalo at the edge of their camp, he knew it was Whisper, and now his friends were attacking it, they were hungry and food had just entered the camp.
He ran towards them before Wolfgang hit Whisper with a spear, he got right in the middle of his friends and her,
"Wilson get out of the way, were hungry and will die," Willow said,
"It's not a buffalo," he said, they heard the crunching sound, and they all looked towards the buffalo, Wilson didn't back he knew what was happening,
"You let it escape!" Wolfgang shouted, Wilson looked behind and notice that she was gone, he was glad but he knew how damaged she was.
A girl then collapsed into the camp, it was Whisper, everyone but Wilson was confused at this time,
"Who is that and how did she get here?" WX-78 said,
"She's Whisper," Wilson said, everyone looked at him, they were defiantly wanted an explanation for what was happening.
Wilson spent some time explain about the tallbird and the hound and the fact that Whisper saved his life, they listened to him but they weren't believing him, Willow butted in before he finished,
"So what you're saying is that this girl can change into anything she wants, Wilson do you understand how stupid that sounds," she said, Wilson sighed he knew they wouldn't believe him, "I won't believe it unless I see proof," Willow added.
Wilson didn't know how to give them that,
"So you want proof?" a voce said, Wilson looked to his right where Whisper had collapsed, she was now standing up, he could see that her left leg was now covered in bite marks, obviously whatever form she was in damage was carried onto the next.
"Well if you can change then it shouldn't be too hard to prove it," Willow said crossing her arms, Whisper just smiled at her, Wes then stepped between the girls, "What are you doing Wes?" Willow asked, he shook his head and then pointed to whispers leg, "What do you mean?" she asked him, but since he was mute it was kind of hard for him to reply,
"He's saying that she can't because she is injured," Wilson said,
"Shouldn't matter should it, it's only changing," Willow said, Whisper step forward from behind Wes,
"Fine if you want proof then I'll show you, but don't attack me," she said taking a few steps away from Wes.
She knew it was too dangerous changing again when she had such low health but she had to gain their trust, when her bones broke this time they hurt even more, the health loss meant the pain was intensified, she couldn't help but scream as her body turned into the hound, when it was complete she panted, she needed something to help her health, but now they knew she could change, she saw all the blood round her, she needed one more change to go back to human she just hoped she didn't die doing it.
The change was quick, but she didn't reopen her eye when she was back to being human.
Wilson had watched everything, the changing to hound back to human, it had seemed painful, and he was glad he didn't have to go through it himself,
"Proof enough for you Willow?" he asked, he then walked towards where Whisper's body was, Willow never answered but she still didn't seem happy with Whisper being there, Wilson checked for a pulse, it was faint but there, he knew she was going to die soon, he saw Wes come over, he pointed to Whisper and then the fire, Wilson nodded his head and then grabbed her shoulders, Wes grabbed the leg and they gently moved her next to the fire, Wes then grabbed a healing salve and helped out her leg and other cuts.
When Wes was busy helping Whisper Willow went over to Wilson,
"What are you doing helping her, she can change into a monster at will, what makes you think that she couldn't kill us in our sleep, all should have to do is change into a hound and we would be finished," she said, she looked over and Wes and Whisper, "You and Wes are making a big mistake trusting her so easily," she added,
"Why you so quick to judge, she saved my life so of course I trust her," he said getting a little annoyed with Willow's attitude,
"How do you know that she's not a monster who can change into a human?" she said, Wilson was getting tiered of this and tiered in general, so he left for his tent without replying to her question, when he was inside he took a deep breath, he was so happy to be back at camp.
He would have to remember to go and get the animals from the traps, he had forgotten about them but a lot had happened for him to forget, he grabbed some food, when he was eating he looked at his potion, the one that helped him fight the monster inside him, he wondered if there was a cure for the potion that Whisper had made, it would mean that she would never change again. But Wilson had a feeling that she wouldn't want to be normal again, that was the reason she made the potion in the first place.
He then thought about what Willow had said about Whisper being a monster that can change into human, that would mean she was tricking him, but he couldn't believe it, even though it sounded logical. If Whisper wanted him dead then she had already had plenty of chance to do it, so he trusted her, the challenge was trying to make all the others do the same, Wes already did but if the others didn't then Whisper would have a hard time.
He shook his head and wiped his eyes, he needed sleep before he did anything else.
Wes had finished putting the salve onto Whisper's wounds,
"Wes time to go to sleep," Wendy said, Wes looked up, she was cuddling the tortured rabbit, Wes nodded his head and left Whisper by the fire, she was safe, she had light and warmth from the cold, everyone was getting ready to sleep, Willow was the last one, she looked at whispers body, she wanted her gone, she didn't want her anywhere near her friends, and she would make sure that they were safe from this monster.
Whisper woke up feeling sore all over she had overdone it the night before, but she wanted to prove to that Willow that she could change, Whisper stretched her arms she had stayed in the same place all night and her body felt stiff. She stood up and was surprised that there was no pain in her leg, she looked at it and noticed that it was all healed up, she didn't know how it happened but she was thankful to whoever it was that helped her.
She then felt a pair of eyes on her, she looked round and saw Willow standing there, she then felt a shiver down her spin, and there was no denying it, Willow hated her. Whisper now felt a little uncomfortable, her and Willow were the only ones up, and she didn't really want to talk to the girl who hated her.
But she didn't have a choice, Willow came up to her,
"We need to talk," she said and walked away, Whisper didn't want to but she did she wanted to make friends with all the group, so that it was easier, they made it to some trees quite a way form the camp,
"What do you want?" she asked Willow,
"I want you out of here, we don't need yet another mouth to feed, and you're too dangerous," Willow replied,
"Why do you think I'm so much of a danger?" Whisper asked,
"You can change into a monster, so what's stopping you killing us?" Willow said,
"I'm like this for my own protection, the monsters leave me alone if I'm one of them," Whisper said getting annoyed,
"So you are one of them," Willow said smiling, Whisper started to walk away, but Willow grabbed her shoulder and turned her round, Whisper saw a ball of flames in Willow's hand,
"Now you listen to me! If you hurt any of my friends I will burn you and scatter your ashes!" Willow said, Whisper was scared, she never guessed that Willow had this sort of power.
"Please Willow I'm just here to help," Whisper explains,
"And how exactly can you help?" Willow said, she place the fire closer to Whisper's face, Whisper was nervous, she then stepped back a bit,
"Think about it, I can change into monsters, I can protect the camp," Whisper said, she then walked away; she didn't want Willow burning her to death.
When she got back everyone else was up, Wes waved at her and she did back, she was happy that someone was being nice to her, Wes came running up to her with a bowl of cooked morsel, he handed it to her, she smiled she was starving.
She went and sat down by Wilson, the only other person who was nice to her,
"Morning," he said, he had finished his food and placed his bowl on the floor, "Where were you this morning?" he asked,
"Willow wanted to talk," Whisper replied eating, Wilson looked worried a little,
"She didn't hurt you did she?" he asked, Wes came and sat next to them,
"No she just warned me not to hurt anyone," Whisper said eating the last of her morsels, she looked over the camp and saw the others, she could see them looking at her oddly, they didn't trust her like Willow didn't, she felt sad, she thought she had found some friends.
Wilson was about to say something to her but they were interrupted by the sound of crashing; Wilson, Wes and Whisper all looked up to see a deerclops crashing through their camp.
Everyone was surprised and grabbed their weapons, Whisper watched in amazement as the other tried to fight this monstrous creature,
"You two go," Wilson shouted grabbing his own spear and running into the battle, Whisper didn't move and watched, Wes started pulling on her arm to move, she looked at him and he pointed into the forest Wilson wanted them to run and leave them… that was never going to happen.
"Wes, take cover," she said, he looked at her confused and ran towards the deerclops herself, but instead of a weapon she was going to change, Woodie and Wolfgang had already been badly hurt so Wickerbottom took them away to tend to their wounds, Whisper had to change into something that could match the deerclops and she knew what, but she hated changing into it.
A hound or buffalo was ok, they had roughly the same amount of body parts, if she changed into something with more then that's when it got complicated.
She jumped at the deerclops and changed in mid-air, when she landed on the beast, she bit her fangs into its neck, it roared in pain and tried to get her off, but she wasn't letting go so easily, she bit again hoping to get venom into it.
Wilson watched as a spider queen fought the deerclops, he had to admit that it looked pretty amazing, the deerclops had no chance of getting the spider off him, not with its fangs deeply into its neck.
"What happened?" someone said, Wilson looked behind and saw Willow running into the camp, she looked amazed at the show,
"That is the girl you think is trying to kill us," Wilson said pointing at the spider queen, "She's risking her life fighting that thing because two of our friends got badly hurt," Wilson said facing her.
She was too busy watching the show to listen to him, there was a huge thump, Wilson quickly look and saw the spider down on the floor, the deerclops was now running at it ready to attack, Wilson was a little worried but he wouldn't be able to do much to help her.
Whisper never expected the deerclops to take such a beating, whenever she saw one before she would just walk by not wanting to pick a fight, but now fighting the thing she knew why it was the worst thing in this place.
She quickly got up before it could bash its hand on top of her, she quickly bit its leg, as it fell down she went and bit its arm, being a spider queen meant her bites packed quiet a punch, she was about to do another when the deerclops punched her away, she flew in the air and crashed into a tree, this made her a little dizzy.
The deerclops charged at her with his horns down, he was intending to finish her off now, but she was still alive and she was going to die fighting if she had to, she started running at the deerclops herself, she knew it was risky but she had to try, he could see the horns getting closer and closer to her, if she didn't do something soon those horns would pierce her skin and instantly kill her. When the horns were just inches away she jumped, went over the beast and turned round quickly enough to bite its leg again, the deerclops fell again and this time Whisper was able to bite it in the neck, but this time she ripped some of the flesh away.
She quickly spat it out, the deerclops was no longer moving, Whisper moved away and head back to the camp, she quickly changed back into a human, when she got there Wilson and Wes greeted her,
"That was… something," Wilson said, he then pointed to his mouth, "You got blood on you," he said, Whisper quickly used her hand to wipe her mouth, she looked round, the camp was trashed. "We'll have to move," Wilson said, Whisper looked at the others, Wickerbottom was still helping the two that were hurt, and she walked over to them.
"Anyway I can help?" she asked, Wickerbottom looked at her for a moment,
"Help Woodie," she said, Whisper grabbed a healing salve and went to Woodie,
"Hi," she said, he looked at her,
"Hi," he replied, Whisper didn't push anymore words, it was embarrassing trying to make friends,
"Does it hurt when you change?" Wolfgang asked, she looked at him, and nodded her head,
"Thank you for the help child, the deerclops has been a pain for a very long time," Wickerbottom finishing helping Wolfgang.
"It'll be back next winter," Whisper said, Wickerbottom nodded her head,
"We know that but it's gone for this one," she said, Whisper smiled, she finished putting on the healing salve for Woodie and got up, the group needed to move, and soon.
Whisper started picking up the things they could salvage, she noticed Willow looking at her, Whisper looked back, Willow still didn't like her, Whisper sighed, she want Willow and her to be friends, but it wasn't going to happen.
She then saw Wes helping her, he smiled at her and she smiled back, she had already made two good friends, she didn't mind not making more.
