BALTO'S POV
Jenna and I were in the woods for her first real training session. "Alright Jenna. It's the full moon, so that means this will be your second time transforming into a werewolf." She nodded and asked "will it hurt like last time?" I sighed and said "I'm not gonna lie. It's gonna be the worst pain you've ever felt. But the more training we do, the less it will hurt." She sighed and asked "is there anything you can do?" I shook my head and she said "well let's just get the pain over with." I nodded and said "strip down."
I turned away to give her some privacy while I also stripped and she asked "Now what? You can look." I slowly turned as she was covering herself with her hands, a heavy blush on her face. "Now step into the moon light." She did as I said and I quickly transformed and got ready as she let out a scream of pain as she transformed again. Her bones snapping and shifting and growing as her fur began to emerge from her fell forward onto all fours as her hands turned into paws like mine. A tail sprouted from just above her butt.
She laid on the ground whimpering and I knelt down and slowly rubbed her back. She slowly looked up at me and asked "is… is it over?" I nodded and said "it is. Just take your time." She nodded and I helped her up as she found her balance. She slowly looked over her body and said "wow." I chuckled and said "It'll take some getting used to. Just take a moment to make sure you found your balance."
She took a few careful steps and said "this feels so weird. I feel powerful, but also something else. Like a primal desire." I smiled a bit and said "that 'something else' is what I'm gonna be teaching you to control. We call that 'something else' our direwolf. That is our most primal form, and where we are the most ferocious and primal. But it is extremely important to contain it because if you let that take over your body without any training or guidance, then it can poison the mind and make you truly nothing more than a wild beast. Many bitten werewolves, have succumbed to their direwolf, and turned into the werewolves that you expect to see in movies. The wild eyed killing machines that attack anyone or anything without reason." She went wide eyed and I continued "but that is why we are here."
She nodded and asked "so what do I have to do?" I smiled and said "close your eyes," she closed them and asked "what now?" "Look deep within your mind. Find Jenna. Find your core memories. The memories that you hold the most near and dear." After a few minutes of silence she quietly said "okay. Now what?" "Let them fill your new mind. Let these become your new core memories. These will become your anchor for your direwolf. As long as you keep these core memories in the back of your mind, but still there, reminding you of who you truly are, it will hold your direwolf back."
She slowly opened her eyes and i smiled and said "well done." She smiled and said "but I hardly did anything." "You just took the first big step to having less pain. The more time you spend training in your werewolf form, learning about it, feeling it, the more bonded you become, until you can change at will like I can without pain." She smiled and said "I can't wait for that." "Patience is key here." She smiled and said "I figured." I nodded and said "before we continue, there is something important we need to do." "What's that?"
"We need to get you something to eat. You need to feed your werewolf. If you don't, then hunger will drive you wild." "But I don't feel hungry." I nodded and said "by the time we get something, you will be." "So what are we gonna eat?" "Deer." She shot me a look and asked "raw?" I nodded and said "you may think it's gross right now, but you'll change your mind here in a few minutes."
I led us to a clearing and saw a decent sized 4-point buck. I whispered to Jenna "wait here."
I quickly moved in and took the deer down and brought it over for us and I tore a leg off, the smell of the fresh kill filling the air and I saw her lick her lips. I chuckled and said "don't be shy. Eat. You need to." She hesitated for a moment and I said "no one can see us. We are well hidden." She took a small bite before immediately going back for more.
I chuckled and made myself comfy as I started eating the leg. When we were finished and had picked the bones nearly clean, she looked at me and asked "what do we do about the bones?" I chuckled and said "this." With a few clacks of my teeth, a few proper steps, and the ancient words, the ground opened up and I casually put the bones in and closed the ground.
She looked at me with wide eyes and I said with a chuckle "of all the magic and spells I know, that one is my favourite and it never gets old." "You have got to teach me that." I mailed and kissed her forehead and said "in time. First you need to be able to transform at will." With that we continued our training for the night.