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Ch. 3: Lawrence

I wake up with a hangover. Looking over to Lawrence's bed, I see that he is sleeping soundly. Then, I do a double take. I see that Lawrence has two ears, on the top of his head! I rub my eyes, thinking that I still have alcohol in my system. His ears are still there and now I see his tail come out! I gasp, waking up the light sleeper.

"What happened, Holo?" he asks. I point to his ears silently. "There's something on my head?" I nod slowly. He carefully puts his hand to his head, touching one of his ears. "Huh, what is this?" I point to the mirror. He get what I am trying to say and gets up to look at himself. He is clearly shocked. I walk over to him to get a better look. His silver hair turns into fur when it gets to his ears. At the tips of both of them, it turns white. Right now they are up with alertness. Also is his tail. Like mine, his is white at the end. The rest is silver.

"What do you think happened to make me like this?" he questions.

"I think Okami did it last night."

"It must have been that drink she gave me! She kept making sure I drank it all, like it would do something."

"I noticed it was different from mine and Okami's, too." Its like she hears everything. Okami comes through the door at this exact moment.

"Hey, I see that the transformation went well," she says.

"I knew it was you!" I exclaim.

"So you may be wondering how I did it, so I will tell you both. After Holo told me something, I had a plan it my mind. 'I will turn Lawrence into one of us!' So, I made a batch of a potion that does just that. I had discovered it one day while trying to make a substance that makes crops grow faster and faster. The ingredients are very hard to get my hands on, so you better be very thankful! For most of the ingredients, I used all that I had, but you are my sister, Holo, I will do whatever I have to to make you happy.

"How does this make her happy?" Lawrence asks.

"Oh, you will see. You will see very soon. Anyway, back to my story. Now, I had to make sure Lawrence took the potion. I obviously can't go up to him and ask 'Hey drink this, it makes you turn into a wolf!' I had to estimate his weight, height, and age. Then, I had to inconspicuously make Lawrence drink it. I did this by saying I got you guys drinks to celebrate. The part I messed up on was that I had to make sure he had it all, but if he didn't, he might have died. Other than that, I think I did a very good job." We are angry that if it didn't go well, Lawrence would have died. "Oh, c'mon, he didn't die, so all is good." She smiled. "Lawrence, could you step out for a moment, I want to tell Holo something in private." He walked out, leaving me alone with my sister. "Remember what you told me yesterday?"

"What are you talking about?" Then it hit me.

...Flashback...

"So, you won't love Lawrence, no matter what?"

"Yeah."

"What if he won't die?" Okami questions.

"If that happens, I will embrace our love and never leave his side," I tell her sarcastically.

"Well okay." Okami has a mischievous look on her face.

...Flashback...

"So that is why you looked like you were going to do something!"

"Do you know what this means?" she asks, rhetorically, "Lawrence won't die! I will hold you to your word, and you know that. Today, I want to see you two together. You will have to 'embrace your love and never leave his side'. There is no stopping you, now. The two of you will be together forever."

I realize that my only obstacle was removed by Okami. She really did make me happier by turning Lawrence into a wolf, therefore making him immortal. We shall be together, now. All I need is the right moment to tell him. "Thank you very much, Okami."

She can barely contain a smile that is threatening to rip her face in half. "You are welcome, Holo. I also know when to tell Lawrence your feelings. Today, you will help him learn how to use his new abilities, they are powerful and raw within him." Then, she gets up and leaves, letting Lawrence back inside.

I tell Lawrence of my plan, he likes the idea of practicing his newly acquired powers. I take him to the woods, just outside the town of Yoitsu. I look around, I love the sights of nature, I see evergreens surrounding me and the freshly packed snow on the ground. I smell a rabbit to the front of us, I make this Lawrence's first test of his abilities. "Can you smell anything significant?" I question. He sniffs the air for about half a minute before answering.

"I smell something, like a small animal, but I don't know where it is coming from."

"Try walking a circle to figure out which way the smell is strongest." He takes my advice and makes a big circle, smelling every direction. He points in front of me.

"Is that where it is?" he answers.

"Correct. Now, I want you to try to sneak up behind it and pounce." He walks slowly towards the rabbit. I and it can hear every twig snap, every step, he is not very stealthy. The rabbit runs away. I laugh. "I guess this is not your strong suit. It's okay, it is your first time, at this is not really an important skill. Next, we will try to test your hearing, it is a more important skill than being sneaky. Let us go back to town for this one." My idea is that he will have to pick out a conversation from the commotion of the town square. We stop so I can pick something just right for him. I hear a regular conversation going on between two people a ways away. "Try to tell what those two are saying," I tell him. He relaxes himself, closes his eyes, and tries to concentrate on the two men. He does not get it the first time. "It is easier if you stare at your targets, you will hear them better than if you were to close your eyes."

He tries again, this time taking my advice. His ears perk up as he says what he hears. " 'The weather is nice.' 'I think it is going to rain tomorrow.' 'Is that guy staring at us?' " I smile at pat him on the head. I give him a harder problem. This time, he has to figure out what people are saying while not looking at them, and now they are farther away. He tries again, now, he can only pick up fragments of what they are saying.

"It's okay," I console, "You did better than me when I tried the first time. I couldn't hear a waterfall that was very close to me!" He feels much better in his abilities, now. His smile is so pretty, I fall into a trance. He snaps me out of it. I remember what Okami told me, I think up of the best place to tell him. I bring him to the outskirts of town. "Lets try turning you into your wolf form." I give him some wheat, he eats the wheat. At first, nothing happens. Then, he transforms. I turn into my wolf form and tell him to follow me.

When we reach a field, the sun is setting. I turn back, and so does he. I sit down; I motion for him to sit down with me. "There is a reason I brought you here," I explain, "This has been bugging me for a while now. At first, I denied it. Later, I knew it couldn't happen. When Okami turned you immortal, I knew we could be together." He looks surprised. "I love you, Lawrence." I lean in to kiss him. He kisses me back.

"I love you, too, Holo."

"I knew this for a long time, but I didn't want to be with you if I knew that you would die. I thank Okami for changing that." We sit in the field to watch the sunset together.

~S&W~

We get back to town. Lawrence smells the fragrance of apples. The vendor has three different color varieties. We decide to get a dozen of each. In the cabin, I tell Lawrence about the different types of apples. "The red ones are the normal apples that taste sweet. The green ones are sour. The yellow ones are very sweet." He tries the red one, first. The taste is great to him. Next he tries the yellow one. He like this one more. Suddenly, his ears and tail are gone! He doesn't notice it and takes another bite, they are back! "The yellow one seems to change whether you are part wolf or not." I try to remember that for later.

Finally, he tries the green one. The taste surprise him. He looks at me. His eyes turn amber, and he attacks me!