Ari: I'd like to thank Totakeke (I hope I got that right) And my good friend, Shadow cat. Applause should duly be noted to Shadow Cat for her role in ym story. Her's gave me an idea, and I'm running with it. I do hope that in time, she'll let me bring in her character Maggie, to pay homage Thanks for the reviews you two!
I found Moon, cringing in the light and multitude of humans. I squeezed in between a few of them and saw her, so lonely and sad. I smiled at her and barked. Human cubs around me started doing the same. She perked up and came to me.
"I missed you Shadow. What are you doing in those horrible things?" She whined.
"No time for that. I need to free you." I barked back.
The people around me were starting to give an undercurrent of panic, that the wolf was so close to me. One person grabbed me around the waist to haul me away.
"Don't touch me!" I snarled turning on him and baring my teeth.
"Demon!" He uttered in the human tongue.
"Moon, we need to leave, now!" I whined.
"You just had to scare him didn't you." She growled playfully.
"He touched me! He was trying to take me away from you." I barked.
Leaping to the top of the fence with naught but a thought, I startled the humans who had remained somewhat close. They started sending out an undercurrent of surprise, and more dangerously, fear. I leaped to the ground next to my sister and checked her for hurts.
"I am fine. Don't worry about me. Just worry about how we are going to escape these humans." She said.
"Let me try something I saw in their overgrown den." I said, picking her up. I bunched up my muscles preparing to jump.
"Be careful." She whimpered.
"All I have to do is pretend I'm jumping to a tree with an animal in my mouth." I growled.
"That's reassuring." Moon barked.
I sighed, and leapt. I teetered for a moment, then leaped to the ground, and set Moon down. It hadn't taken as much as I thought it would, but still, it was different. I crouched next to my sister as the humans around us began whining in high-pitched sounds. Luckily they were all running away.
"Well, I think it's about time I got rid of this stuff." I barked, shedding the leaves.
I felt my hair on my back, and smiled. I wore nothing but a few leaves and vines around parts of my body. Crescent had told me it would be best that way, since I had no fur of my own. I let my tail unwind.
"Let's run Shadow. I haven't done that for a little while." She whuffled.
"Yes, but not directly home. Let's lead them in a chase so they won't be able to find us again." I yipped at her.
We took off then, people getting out of our way. It was good to use all fours again. As normal as it felt to walk on two legs, I preferred the speed of all fours. My limbs were differently shaped than my wolf kin, so it was harder to run like them, but I learned a way to do it. I growled at the thought of my monstrosity.
We ran with the wind, finding great joy at being able to run with each other once more. I ran with the thought that if I ran fast enough, I might outrun my mutation. The human I appeared to be. Moon and I flopped down at the edge of the jungle, panting. We listened around us for hunters or other humans, and then slowly crept into the trees, fading away.
Soon our pack found us, barking and yipping away happily. I lay down to rest and think, my tail twitching anxiously. I heard my mother pad up next to me. She nuzzled my arm and I looked up at her.
"What's wrong my cub?" She asked.
"I don't know. I have such a horrible feeling. That, and I am sad that I am not like my litter mates." I whined.
"Don't be sad. You are as much a wolf as I am. If not in shape, in heart. As for your feeling, beware. Things are about to change for us all." Crescent said.
Yeah, a bit shorter, but hey, we don't own it, it's really late, and we're exhausted from work. So sue us. we'd really rather you not.. we'd prefer money being given to us. We have a trip to pay for!