the beggining

chapter 1

I had him. Anyone could tell, even a human. That is if anyone else was there. As he stared at me half dazed I knew it was time to strike. I smiled devilishly at the boy standing frozen infront of me, then doubled over as I  started to change. I felt my eyesight get clearer in the dark of the night, my teeth elongated into fangs razor sharp, wings started to sprout on my back, and my tail formed behind me twitching like a cats. I had dicided earlier that i didnt need to go full form for this kid, so I stopped halfway. Leaving me with cats eyes, seeing everything and amazing in the dark, fangs that could tear flesh from bone, wings for a fast strike or getaway (with or without my prey) also for making me seem larger. The talons on my wings, like a dagger, and my tail. Providing balance, at the tip, a blade coated with deadly venom like that of which coated my teeth and would paralize any mortal if they didnt get the antidote. I was a fully trained and fully armed killing preditor. Feared by all loved by some. I was in a crouched position with my head down for when i phased. I looked up at the boy still frozen with fear just a few meters away from me. I extended my wings, my tail twitching like an amused cat. Then i stood gracefully and smiled kindly. The kill is more fun if you get to play with your food a little. Even though artemis didn't aprove of it. I spoke with gentle words  to the boy

 "hello" smiling the whole time.

 The break in the silence must have brought him back to his sences because he looked around distressed and started to back away. With a look on his face saying 'what am I doing here? how did i get-' then he saw me and stopped. I could see him thinking of what to do, I laughed to myself at his fear. Then i saw him do something i didnt expect. Taking a deep breath he brought his hands to his face in the typpical human fighting stance. I thought to myself 'does this kid really think he can fight me?' Either way, as much as i wanted to spill his guts over the road, i couldnt. Something like that would make him scream and i dont need a crowd looking  i did. I reached out to him with my mind and spoke softly in the most gentle and calm voice i could

"you dont need to feel any pain you know. I can make it so you feel nothing at all. I only need a small bit of you to eat".

 He flinched as i said eat, i realized that i would need to choose my words more carefully.

 "i will get what i need, and you can go home to your family if you want".

 Our minds were linked so i could see his thoughts but he couldnt see mine. The cockey part of me enjoyes seeing how beautiful i look to regular humans. To this boy i radiated pure beauty. he pictured Aphrodite the greek goddess of beauty, but i was more beautiful than even that to him. It made him uncomfortable, i was too overwhelmingly beautiful that he averted his eyes from mine.

 "Would you like that? To go back to your family?" then i caught a glimpse of what i guessed were his memories.

 I saw fire, brilliant red, yellow, and orange licking all inside of what apeared to be a humans house. The boy was younger in this memory, but his feelings towards it were not of pure terror like many would have guessed but more like recognition. Through his eyes i saw two shadowed figures, unusual since the bright flamed lit and heated everything i could see. They walked towards him ignoring the fire and his recognition turned to fear. The boy backed up into the fire growing behind him. The fire burnt his back making him lurch away into the burning embers that once was the floor. Sirens were blaring ontop of the crackle of the fire, then it went black. I stood dumbfounded for a moment while i absorbed what i just expirianced. After a short pause my killer instincts made me snap back to the present situation. The boy hadnt moved from his defensive stance. I hardened with anger.

 To the boy i said "okay look, youve got two options, first is my standing offer, second is i do absolutely nothing to dull your , you instinctively block my attack and you get really screwed up. So what'll it be?"

 i could clearly see him having trouble with his options wondering if he could get away if he ran or if he could survive the fight. It was also very clear when he made his desision, because his hands dropped to his sides, his head fell, and his knees bent slightly. He looked so vulnerable. I felt a small tug inside. I felt sorry for him, i folded my wings to look less menacing and glided to his side, too quietly for any human, and tried to give him a warm embrace, to comfort him the best i could.

 He accepted it without hesiation wich suprised me. He fell into me like i was an old friend or family member, completely relaxed. I was almost fully supporting him now. i cradeled him for a while trying to comfort him, I felt almost human with him, a feeling id longed for for as long as i could remember. His head tilted back to gaze up at me, as i stared back at him i wondered to myself how, when face to face with a monster, how can his only expression be filled with admiration and adoration? My thought had to wait  because my head snapped up, it took me a second to figure out why, but then i saw two gleaming lights at the end of the gravel road. They were the headlights to a car. This was bad, being as i was half mutated holding an apparently uncontious teen in my arms. I tightened my grip on him, spread my wings and jumped into the air whispering to him

"trust me". Once i was up in the air i heard something that disturbed the silence. I lost my balance for a split second but when i understood what the disturbance was my heart soared with us while my head was in the clouds.

 What id heared was the boy saying "i do trust you"

It was a short flight to my car but the boy was out cold by the time we got to it. I guessed that he was tired from the recent exitement, or maybe even the altitude knocked him out. Thats when i noticed that i didnt know how long it might've been since he had a good nights sleep. I turned up the music on the radio. The humm of the song mixed with the vibrations of my cars engine, and i sang to the songs i knew, driving quickly home to my 'adopted' family.