Chapter 9- Something New

I'm pretty much convulsing by the time we get to the small clearing in the woods where I will be changing. The trees surround me, in what seems like a blanket, and i feel like I'm 6 months old again. Needing the warmth and comfort of a tight swaddle. The others head off to change somewhere private, and invite Derek to come, but he refuses to leave my side.

"I finally get to repay you for all those times you helped me through my changes." He whispers in my ear, while I try to keep calm (and fail, mind you). Derek helps me undress, as I am pretty much nonfunctional at this point. When I'm completely naked, he gently tugs my arm, willing me to move somewhat on my own.

I move automatically, slowly getting onto all fours. I hear Derek's reassurances as if hes a million miles away. I'm not on the ground for a minute when the pain starts. I expect something one hundred times worse than the pain I felt after I was bitten. I expect the visions to return, I expect the hallucinations of my family and derek trying to hurt me to come, lets just say I expect a whole lot worse. Not to say it wasn't excruciating.

The pain at first was slow, weaving inbetween my bones and curling it's way into my brain. I started to scream, then I felt my stomache clench, and anything substantial that was in it was instantly upchucked. That's when my bones started to shift, grind, and the most painful, break. It was like every 10 seconds I was hit with a battering ram. I had just enough time to process the pain, before another wave struck. I barely felt Derek's hand on my back, but I heard him. I heard him repeat that he loves me, and that hes sorry, and I knew I had to stop screaming. I had to stop putting him through pain. So I shut my mouth, and quietly whimpered to myself, shuttering through the pain, riding on the wave of Derek's voice to the end of the tunnel. There was a flash of white, and in that moment, the pain stopped, and I felt like I had never been hurt before.

I am so happy I laugh, but I can't hear it. Where the sound is supposed to be a laugh, I hear a yipping noise. Then it dawns on me. I remember the torture and I'm brought back to reality. I open my eyes and peer above me into two bright green ones. I see concern written across Derek's face, and I attempt to caress his cheek, but then I once again remember the whole wolf thing and put my paw down.

For a moment I'm wonderstruck. It was exhilarating in a way thats in describable, being another animal. Every time I witnessed one of Derek's changes, I wondered what It would be like to be something...else. To completely change from one thing to another.

I attempt to get up, but my legs collapse beneath me. I then realize that I was trying to get up like a human would. I roll onto my stomach, and slowly lift my butt in the air, and shift my weight to my front paws. I look at Derek smugly, and he just laughs. Now for the walking. I lift a front paw, and place it on the ground, then alternate between back and front. A feeling of satisfaction comes over me, as if I had just figured out a very difficult puzzle. I turn and walk back to Derek.

"Ooooh walking. big deal. can you run?" He taunts me. I look up at his face and a flash of anger comes over me. I remember from Derek's first change, that the key is not thinking at all. I slow my heart rate, and then give myself intirely to my instincts. For a moment, I'm still, then I launch myself forwards, tearing across the clearing. I run circles around Derek, feeling as if I could fly. When I finish running, I glance at Derek to see an annoyed expression on his face. I know he didn't expect this, and I snort a wolfy laugh at his face. Suddenly, I hear pounding paws through the woods, and immediately go into protection mode. I push Derek back with my nose, fear overcoming me. But Derek just laughs.

"Chloe, calm down, it's just Jeremy and the rest of the pack." He tells me, gently rubbing between my ears. Now that the current situation was aborted, I could thoroughly enjoy this. I stretch my neck out, tilting my head to the side, offering him a nicer place to scratch. As soon as he starts, I feel my back leg thumping against the ground. The faster he scratches, the faster I thump. I grin internally at this. Just like a dog.

The pack arrives shortly, with Jeremy leading. Or at least I think it is. I assume Jeremy is the medium sized black wolf at front. I spot Clay right away, as he's huge, and immediately makes me want to run in the opposite direction with my tail between my legs. Hes a deep gold colour, like a labrador. just off of Jeremy's left shoulder, I see Elena, a nearly white, thin wolf, that instantly screams female. Nick and Antonio are a little harder to pick apart, but I finally assume that the bulkier of the two black wolves must be Tony.

I see Jeremy nodding at Derek, and then crouches next to me.

"I'm going to go change alright?" He asks, and I give a jerky nod. He smiles then, as if he knows a secret. "Then were going for a run."

My heart races with excitement as I watch him leave the clearing.


Hey guys! sorry I haven't updated in a while, I have been major busy, after taking a trip, and my birthday, and multiple sleepovers, I haven't had time to breathe never mind write! anyways, let me know what you think! also, I start school on wednesday, so I wont be posting as often! maybe 3 times a week, at most, so if I dont update, dont flip:P lol! Hope you liked it, and dont forget to review, follow and favourite:P