Full Moon, Overflowing Heart
With Eclipse the subject of my dreams I awoke with a serenity I'd long since lost. The first sight I looked upon when my eyes opened was the heavy moon in the sky. Gaining more awareness I started inspecting my surroundings. Soft grass and a few small trees grew here. The thickest fog I'd ever seen hovered gently above the ground; a thin protective sheet that could keep a sleeping wolf safe from humans. The city glowed with an unnatural light in the distance; he had apparently brought me just outside it's bounds. But Eclipse was no longer with me. . . Confused and slightly alarmed, I stood. My wounds barely pained me at all. Out of instinct I howled. Where are you? Did you leave me here to recover, or have you gone out and become lost? Eclipse, where are you? Where have you gone?
I waited. A sweet, high response echoed back to me. The beautiful tone I'd already recognized as his voice. I vaguely remembered him laying beside me in his wolf form, curled around me and talking to me in my sleep. His answer to my calls was a signal to stay where I was and wait for his return. I shifted to my human form. Unlike Eclipse, in my wolf form I was large and sturdy with a thick gray coat with a white markings. My human form was much the same; same thick build with gray hair in short spikes and loose fitting clothes. My eyes were a darker blue-green and lacked the glowing quality Eclipse's eyes had but retained the same wild look.
I heard the footsteps and could smell him before the fog would permit me to see him approaching. Gracefully he came closer and offered me a chunk of meat that smelled of the city shops. Still, I was ravenous.
"I got this from the city, it's not the best but you need to eat." he said.
"There is no more wildlife near here is there?"I asked, saddened. He shook his head no. He placed the meat on the ground.
"I heard you howling, are you alright?" he asked.
"Yes. I actually feel much better… I was just disoriented and didn't know where you were."
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to wake this soon. But with the full moon you're recovery was spectacular. But, you should be more careful from now on. There are a lot of people that could hear our cries and come hunting for us."
I blushed a bit, ashamed that I might have put us in danger.
"It's okay. In this kind of fog we have the advantage of some invisibility and humans aren't keen enough to find us without good vision. Please, eat."
"I already feel so much better. This is your food, at least eat with me," I smiled. We shifted to wolf form and tore at the meat together until only small strings and bits of bone basked in the moonlight.