Well, I updated! This chapter is just a filler. Remember to review if you want another chapter to come.
September 28, 2009
It's been a year. A year since I came home to find my parents slaughtered by a wild animal. The police thought it was a bear or some animal like it, but now I know it was a wolf. And not just any wolf, a werewolf. Go ahead and laugh but it's true. I know it's true because I'm one. After being attacked and bitten by that wolf, things changed. My eyesight, hearing and sense of smell had all sharpened so much. It caught me off guard, I had always had bad eyesight; something my father had given me. But now I could see things that nobody else could. That wasn't what frightened me the most though. I had moved in with my only living relative, my mother's sister. My Aunt Karen was several years younger than my mother, only about 30. So she insisted I call her Karen. The week after I had moved in with her was a full moon. I had told Karen about my tradition of going out to see the moon. She didn't think it was safe but somehow she knew it was important to me.
For some reason, I was anticipating the full moon more than usual. My body felt like it was hyped up on some kind of drug, though I had never used before. When the night finally arrived, I prepared for a night under the stars. I packed food, matches, a flashlight, an extra pair of clothes etc. I wanted to be as prepared as much as I could. When I had reached a suitable clearing, I settled for the night. The moon was just beginning to come out. Its white light spread over my body and I smiled in pure bliss, before a shocking pain ripped through my spine. It was pure pain, excruciatingly long and drawn out. It spread throughout the rest of my body, making me feel like my bones were breaking. As fast as it started, it ended. I had laid there for a minute trying to catch my breath. I hadn't noticed anything different until I tried to stand up. But when I stood up, I stumbled. It felt weird like I had never walked before.
Once I finally succeeded in standing up, I got a shock. My hands were directly underneath my body and covered in fur! I had panicked and ran until I found a small pond. There was my reflection. It showed a wolf, with black fur and a lighter color skimming the top. Its eyes were a startlingly bright yellow, piercing and intimidating (pic in profile). It looked exactly like the wolf that attacked me that one night. I backed away slowly. The wolf moved too. I realized then, that I was the wolf.
The rest of the night was spent wandering around and getting used to this new form. When the moon set, I turned back into a human. I was naked and cold so I went to find my bag of clothing. I had gotten dressed and went home, where I told my aunt exactly what happened. She believed me without a second thought, for my aunt believed in all mythical creatures. On my birthday last month, where I turned 18, she told me that she had sold our house in Oregon and bought another house in Washington. She had chosen a town where there was a lot of forest and a small population. Though she knew I would never hurt anyone intentionally, she took precautions to ensure that there were less people for me to harm during the full moon. That's how I came to be in my Aunts car, driving towards our new home La Push, Washington.
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