In Plain Sight (ON HOLD!!)

Chapter 2

'Tweet tweet tweet tweet'. Ahhh the sound of birds, lovely sound, but not if it's waking you up from your dreamless sleep! Yeah I don't tend to have dreams at the moment especially if I sleep outside yet if I sleep in a nice warm bed the nightmares start up all over again. Yup I've been having nightmares since I was about 10 after my real mum died. Oh I didn't mention it was my fault my mum is dead? Well let me enlighten you on what actually happened:

*FLASHBACK*

"MADDY....... MADDY, DARLING WHERE ARE YOU? MMAAADDDYYYY?"

That would be mummy calling me. I've been out here for what feels like days but in fact is only 7 hours. I'm five and am already having my first shift hence the reason I can't shout back to my mother whom by the way has been shouting for me for the past 30 minutes or so.

She sounds like she's getting closer but I'm not quite sure as I'm in too much pain to even concentrate right now. I mean I'm still in the back yard of the pack house, actually in my secret shed. It really isn't that hard to find if i'm honest just follow the little path of rose bushes, walk straight down the middle, and it's right at the bottom of the path. See? Simple as that so I don't see how she hasn't found me yet. Shifting at 5 is soooo rare but with my genes, who and what I am, it's not un-heard of.

I continue to hear her shout until a scream comes from one of my sisters. She sounds like she's dying but it's too far away for me to tell. All of a sudden about 6 HUGE and I mean HUGE wolves come out of nowhere just standing there staring at me as one comes and sniffs me, nods to his 'fellow' wolf friends, picks me up and runs.

He ran so fast I couldn't tell a tree from a house! I know, crazy right? Just remember though I am five. He/she carried on running for what felt like weeks but in fact was 3 days. Obviously I had fully shifted and let me tell you it's a pain no wolf should ever have to endure let alone a five year old! Anyway he carried me in his disgusting mouth for those 3 days, not stopping unless we got attacked, mainly by my parents and brothers but these enemy wolves or whatever never killed my family, thank the spirits!

We finally reached their pack house and everyone was looking at me more than the wolves with curiosity. HELL I think they were more curious than I am yet it's me getting kidnapped!

They take me into an office and just sat me there. I sat there for around 5 minutes like a lost puppy until a huge yet kind looking man walked in taking one look at me and nodded.

"Shift young pup." I assume he's talking to me but hey I've just shifted without knowing so how am I supposed to 'shift' again? I just stare at him while he sends me a sad smile and nods his head.

He kneels down in front of me and pats my head explaining to me how to shift back. After about 20 minutes I'm back on two legs instead of four in my lovely blue summer dress and not fur.

The still kneeling, strange man simply looks at me and smiles. "My you've grown little one. I remember when you were tiny." I just nod because I have grown. I look him in the eye and just stare. I don't understand why but that's all I do, staring. It was as if I'm looking into his soul. He lets out this weird type of growl and I just laugh. He's like a cute little puppy.

I stare in his eyes for a good 5 minutes until I finally have the courage to ask him why I'm here. His answer was simple. "I want your mum and with you here she'll come for sure."

I just smile and say "Mummy always rescues me." He looks at me with this sympathetic smile and picks me up. I may be 5, young, and have no clue what's happening but I HATE and I mean HATE being touched by anyone so I do the first thing that pops into my head which is to poke him in the eye so I did.

He instantly dropped me and as he did I kicked his shin.  "Look here stranger I may be 5 but I do NOT like being touched." He simply just stands there too shocked to say anything. "Understand?"