Chapter 7
Rest assured, Tobias was angry. He told me he wouldn't tell Jake, but I could see he was disappointed. We both agreed to never do something that stupid again. You see, he was a hawk, and he could see me clearly.
Well, as for that, we all decided to 'forget' about it.
The next weekend, we all decided to go out into the mountains. Unfortunately, Tobias informed us of the difficulty with that.
{Umm, guys. You know, there are birdwatchers out there, and if they see a bald eagle, golden eagle, two ospreys, two peregrine falcons, and a red-tailed hawk all in the same flight, they might suspect something. Especially if they are controllers.}
"Come on, how bad could it be? All we need to do is stay far apart." I suggested.
{No, it wouldn't work. We would have to be so far apart that we couldn't communicate with each other. Any closer and we would be noticed. Just a thought. We have to be careful.} he warned.
So fifteen minutes later, we were all in the forest behind the farthest reaches of Cassie's ranch. We were going to morph wolves.
"Awww, come on!" Marco whined. "Why does Jake get to be the guy?"
Cassie shook her head. "Because that was the way it is. If we have more than one alpha male, then there could be problems with the instincts. You know how wolves are, they are very territorial."
"But why Jake?" He continued whining.
I slapped him upside the head. "Quit your whining, we made a decision, fair and square. Jake is the male."
"I won the coin toss, it could just as easily have been you, so quit whining." Jake told him.
I didn't care, I seemed to understand, so I just was the female, because it wasn't worth fighting for.
"Marco, your hormones are too much as it is, we don't need you and Jake fighting as wolves too. We see that enough." Rachel shook her head.
"If you all don't stop it, I will be the male, and that's it." Whitney interrupted. Everyone laughed. There were only two wolves in the barn. One male and one female. I think it would be easiest to have us all be female, quit the whining and get it over with. But Jake and Marco had to be the guy. Oh well, let them fight.
"I will go first, it was my idea." Cassie said. Actually, she was morphing because we know she is good at morphing, better than us. She can morph faster, and control the instincts better than the rest of us. I was pretty close, but not quite as good as Cassie.
Cassie shed her outer clothing and shoes before she began her morph. The gray-silver shaggy fur sprouted from the front of her face to her hands and feet like a wave. Then her face pushed out into a wolf muzzle having one shiny white tooth after another protrude from the side. She fell on all fours when her back legs reversed direction and shifted into place. Her front feet were already formed before they touched the ground. When the rest of the morph was done, a little rat-tail sprouted out from her butt then had hair cover it. She was a wolf.
She took about three seconds to do anything, and when she did, it wasn't quite expected. She squared her shoulders and growled at us. Snapping her jaws whenever one of us moved.
"Okay, I think we need to settle down and hope she regains control soon." Jake said. I agreed, but Cassie's snapping jaw silenced me before I could get a word out.
She turned around, snapping and growling at all of us before finally stopping and sitting down. {Sorry, guys. Instincts are strong. Other than that, it is great.} Cassie told us. {The hearing and smell are amazing.} she sniffed each one of us then came to Rachel. {I thought you were going vegetarian?}
Rachel looked almost embarrassed.
"Ooh, busted by Cassie the wonder nose." Marco remarked. Rachel shot him a look that shut him up right quick.
{Come on, you can smell everything.} she said again.
"You don't want to smell me, trust me." I said. Whitney laughed, because she was the only one who knew what I was talking about. You see, when I was a kid, I was bad for the smell that would all too commonly emanate from my ass. You see, I used to have the worst gas. But that is mostly in the past and when I do pass gas, it is still a big deal, even though I am normal now, relatively.
"Let's do it." Rachel said.
I shed my outer clothing and stored my shoes in my shirt. I could only imagine how bad mine and Sam's clothes smelled. It has been a few weeks without washing them. Oh well, maybe we would get Cassie to throw them in a load of laundry some day.
I began to morph, and was finished about a minute before anyone else. I sniffed, and could smell everything that had been in that forest for the last week, then the instincts kicked in.
Enemies, near. Strange. Bad!
I growled, baring my fangs. They growled back. This might be a fight. I arched my back and extended my hair. I was ready.
I snapped out of my trance and sat down. A few minutes later, everyone else stopped too. {So, Welcome back to this world.} I said. {I will be your attendant for the evening.} everyone laughed, then Jake walked over to a log and peed.
Rest assured, Tobias was angry. He told me he wouldn't tell Jake, but I could see he was disappointed. We both agreed to never do something that stupid again. You see, he was a hawk, and he could see me clearly.
Well, as for that, we all decided to 'forget' about it.
The next weekend, we all decided to go out into the mountains. Unfortunately, Tobias informed us of the difficulty with that.
{Umm, guys. You know, there are birdwatchers out there, and if they see a bald eagle, golden eagle, two ospreys, two peregrine falcons, and a red-tailed hawk all in the same flight, they might suspect something. Especially if they are controllers.}
"Come on, how bad could it be? All we need to do is stay far apart." I suggested.
{No, it wouldn't work. We would have to be so far apart that we couldn't communicate with each other. Any closer and we would be noticed. Just a thought. We have to be careful.} he warned.
So fifteen minutes later, we were all in the forest behind the farthest reaches of Cassie's ranch. We were going to morph wolves.
"Awww, come on!" Marco whined. "Why does Jake get to be the guy?"
Cassie shook her head. "Because that was the way it is. If we have more than one alpha male, then there could be problems with the instincts. You know how wolves are, they are very territorial."
"But why Jake?" He continued whining.
I slapped him upside the head. "Quit your whining, we made a decision, fair and square. Jake is the male."
"I won the coin toss, it could just as easily have been you, so quit whining." Jake told him.
I didn't care, I seemed to understand, so I just was the female, because it wasn't worth fighting for.
"Marco, your hormones are too much as it is, we don't need you and Jake fighting as wolves too. We see that enough." Rachel shook her head.
"If you all don't stop it, I will be the male, and that's it." Whitney interrupted. Everyone laughed. There were only two wolves in the barn. One male and one female. I think it would be easiest to have us all be female, quit the whining and get it over with. But Jake and Marco had to be the guy. Oh well, let them fight.
"I will go first, it was my idea." Cassie said. Actually, she was morphing because we know she is good at morphing, better than us. She can morph faster, and control the instincts better than the rest of us. I was pretty close, but not quite as good as Cassie.
Cassie shed her outer clothing and shoes before she began her morph. The gray-silver shaggy fur sprouted from the front of her face to her hands and feet like a wave. Then her face pushed out into a wolf muzzle having one shiny white tooth after another protrude from the side. She fell on all fours when her back legs reversed direction and shifted into place. Her front feet were already formed before they touched the ground. When the rest of the morph was done, a little rat-tail sprouted out from her butt then had hair cover it. She was a wolf.
She took about three seconds to do anything, and when she did, it wasn't quite expected. She squared her shoulders and growled at us. Snapping her jaws whenever one of us moved.
"Okay, I think we need to settle down and hope she regains control soon." Jake said. I agreed, but Cassie's snapping jaw silenced me before I could get a word out.
She turned around, snapping and growling at all of us before finally stopping and sitting down. {Sorry, guys. Instincts are strong. Other than that, it is great.} Cassie told us. {The hearing and smell are amazing.} she sniffed each one of us then came to Rachel. {I thought you were going vegetarian?}
Rachel looked almost embarrassed.
"Ooh, busted by Cassie the wonder nose." Marco remarked. Rachel shot him a look that shut him up right quick.
{Come on, you can smell everything.} she said again.
"You don't want to smell me, trust me." I said. Whitney laughed, because she was the only one who knew what I was talking about. You see, when I was a kid, I was bad for the smell that would all too commonly emanate from my ass. You see, I used to have the worst gas. But that is mostly in the past and when I do pass gas, it is still a big deal, even though I am normal now, relatively.
"Let's do it." Rachel said.
I shed my outer clothing and stored my shoes in my shirt. I could only imagine how bad mine and Sam's clothes smelled. It has been a few weeks without washing them. Oh well, maybe we would get Cassie to throw them in a load of laundry some day.
I began to morph, and was finished about a minute before anyone else. I sniffed, and could smell everything that had been in that forest for the last week, then the instincts kicked in.
Enemies, near. Strange. Bad!
I growled, baring my fangs. They growled back. This might be a fight. I arched my back and extended my hair. I was ready.
I snapped out of my trance and sat down. A few minutes later, everyone else stopped too. {So, Welcome back to this world.} I said. {I will be your attendant for the evening.} everyone laughed, then Jake walked over to a log and peed.