Shifters - Animal

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I was out for a walk in the woods, my favourite thing to do at the moment when I heard a rustling noise. Curious, I slowly approached the noise trying not to scare whatever was there. I carefully pushed the branches aside only to see nothing. I was surprised but gathered that it must have run away without me knowing. As I turned around I was pushed, I rolled down the steep hill I hit many rocks and tree stumps. I finally stopped rolling and looked up to see Sam and Micheal the two guys who had always bullied me ever since they knew I existed. They started chuckling before actually noticing the gravity of the situation and ran away. I winced as I tried to move, everything hurt. I put my hand to my head where it was hurting then looked at my hand and saw blood, a lot of blood. Suddenly the world went black and I fell into unconsciousness.

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I woke up, still in the forest, and groaned I reached into my pocket to get my phone only to discover that it wasn't there. Panicking I looked around and couldn't see it anywhere.

It's okay, calm down. Just think, think. What do I do?

I tried to calm myself down so I could think straight. After a while, I got my breathing under control and started to think properly.

Right. All I have to do is shout loud enough right? I can't do that, I just can't. Amazing, a great time to get nervous to draw attention to myself.

A few minutes later I was still trying to figure out what to do when I saw something shine out of the corner of my eye. Looking over I saw my phone.

"Yesss!!!" I exclaimed.

Now all I have to do is get to it.

I tried to wriggle my way over to my phone but it was too painful. I made it about 50cm closer and had to rest. The phone was still a few meters away but I still tried to reach it out of desperation. After a bit, I gave up trying to reach it and just looked up at the tree and the birds. A weird feeling spread throughout my body and I felt closer to nature than I ever had before. My breathing had slowed and I was as relaxed as I had ever been in my whole life. I embraced the warm feeling and closed my eyes. 

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When I opened them everything looked different. Everything was more vibrant and I could see everything in much more detail. I cautiously tried to stand up and was surprised to find that it didn't hurt as much as before, it was still very painful but bearable. When I stood up I noticed that everything looked bigger.

I'm sure the trees weren't that tall before, and that log was much smaller. I thought to myself. I then looked down to check my injuries and I was not expecting what I saw.

I was a wolf, a grey wolf.

I had white and grey fur with a sprinkling of dark grey hairs. I had four legs with pure white paws and shiny nails. For some reason, I wasn't surprised at this, almost like I already knew I could do this.

Nah, this is a hallucination. This can't be real. It would be awesome though... and it kinda feels like this is right... NO, it's impossible... or is it?

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I decided to head back to the entrance to the woods as after all I was injured even if I was apparently a wolf. I sniffed around for my phone, noticing my sense of smell was insanely enhanced and found it easily. I then left to go back home. I finally got to the entrance trying not to be seen by anyone (grey wolves aren't native where I live so they would be very scared).

Oh, sh*t. How on earth do I turn back? Can I turn back? What if I'm stuck like this?! 

I started to panic and then started to think logically again. 

Right. If I turned into a wolf whilst feeling really close to nature, do I feel close to humanity to turn into a human? Or do I have to feel relaxed?

I eventually decided to try and lie down like before and relax. Hoping for the best I lay down and started focusing on my breathing.

In... and out... in... and out...

After a while, I must have fallen asleep because I woke up and it was almost dark. Rubbing my eyes I got up slowly, WAIT I'M HUMAN! 

I suddenly remembered the whole situation with being a wolf and laughed, it must have been a dream right? Of course, it was either that or I was seeing things after I hit my head. But that wouldn't explain how I got here or how I can move more now. I came to the conclusion to think about it later after I was safe and being treated for my injuries.

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A/N

Thanks for reading I'm just trying this idea out so if it's rubbish I'll probably unpublish it and try again. Anyway, hopefully, you'll learn something about the unnamed character next chapter. I have a name for them but you don't know it yet ;))

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