The Shifters Heart(not continued)

Chapter 4

Despite my sorrow for my lost home, I walk around, making sure everyone else was ok before I get to mourn. I hope all the other shifters got out.

There are helicopters flying over the small floating pieces of wood from the trees and the houses the other shifters made. They were looking for any surviving creature.

My herd was tired and took a great beating, but all of us came out alive. The others were eating while I stood guard. The cat shifter, which his name is Len, stayed with us. He knows I'm a shifter, so we talk through mind link.

All shifters can talk through a mind link, since we all have a animal side. I look down at my sopping wet home, seeing it was drained of any water.

The grass was torn up, and there were now chemicals on the ground from where the helicopters landed. One such helicopter starts to head toward us. I rear and kick at it, trying to keep it away, to protect my herd from its toxins. A dart shoots out, going through my mane as I go back down.

Their shooting darts?! What do they think we are an animal??!!
Spirit shouts, not understanding the situation.

We are an animal, remember? I'm a freaking horse.

Oh, right...

I can imagine him blushing and ducking away, embarrassed. Another dart shoots and I dodge it, but instantly after, another shoots. I don't have time to dodge and it lodges itself into my shoulder.

I neigh at the slight pain and land on all fours. I sway a little, refusing to give in to the welcoming sleep the medicine offers.

I paw at the ground, snorting, ears folded flat as a board. I snort again and duck under another dart, ready for the next one that shoots out. I manage to dodge both, but just barely.

I know they won't give up, so they all start shooting at once. I get hit with 5 darts. This time, I welcome the darkness.
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I wake up on a tarp like thing surrounded by humans. Len is being checked out by a doctor, or so I think their called, and I'm surrounded by animal doctors.

They look at my wounds, before stitching them closed. They don't even seem to notice that I'm awake. Then again, I can't move because the darts paralyzed me. Temporarily.

I try with all my might to move, to do something to get to my herd. I needed them safe before I checked out my wounds and losses. I wanted to see if the Bears burial sight was still intact. I knew it was, I just wanted to reassure myself.

But no matter how hard I tried, I simply could not move. I grunt in frustration, trying to move. My heart speeds up at the realization that I just grunted. The doctors are looking at me with awe.

"He shouldn't be awake this early."
One of the guys says, looking at me. I neigh and scrape my hoof along the ground, wanting to get up. My body was sore where the darts entered it.

I manage to stand, while the doctors just watch.

Aren't they supposed to help animals?? They are horrible at their jobs if they are...

I know right, I don't understand humans.

I look around with a certain fire in my eyes. The humans have no right to treat me like this. I snort with anger and stomp my hoof, wanting them away from my land and away from my herd.

One of them steps forward, hands outstretched and attempting to calm me. I bite at his fingers when he gets close enough, wanting to hurt him as he has hurt me.

Right then I remember my herd. I turn and look at them, making sure their ok. They are in a small group, some asleep, others awake. They neigh happily when they see me up and moving.

I walk over, making sure none are hurt. To my relief, they are just tired and sore. A soft nicker tells them to go ahead and rest. I watch until they go to sleep, then I go through my normal routine of walking around them and protecting them.

The humans watch with awe.

"I'm guessing he's the protector of the herd... No wonder he fought us."

No duh!!! It's pretty obvious that I'm trying to protect them!!!!

Well, their tiny human brains can't process that.
Spirit chuckles. I laugh along with him.

I'm guessing your horse is talking to you?
Lens voice now takes up the emptiness of my mind.

Yea, why?

You did a weird kind of laugh snort thing.
He chuckles.

Oh.

I look up to see a few of the humans giggling. I snort and paw at the ground with a sharp hoof. They were too close to the herd for my comfort. One puts their hands up and motions for the others to back away.

I slightly nod before returning to my routine. It was just me walking around, looking for any signs of danger. I did this happily, keeping an eye on those pesky humans who now had a camera.

They were recording me. I don't understand why, because it was just my protecting my herd. I guess they found this interesting. I shrug it off, but still keep an eye on them.

The chirping of the grass hoppers quickly fills the air, as night begins to fall. I gaze at the cinnamon colored sky, happily thinking about the time before my sister left.

Flashback

I trotted around in my newly shifted horse form. My mom looks at me with love in her eyes. She's smiling like a mad man. I was only 10 at the time, because all horse shifters shift at that age. Katie was only 7, 3 years younger then me.

She hasn't shifted, so she had jealousy on her face. I snort in a laughing kinda way. She was so cute when she was jealous. My mom shifted into her light brown horse while my dad shifted into his dun horse.

I neigh happily, glad I look like my father. Don't get me wrong, I loved my mom. But my dad was my hero, my super strong, hilarious dad. My sister once again, stomps with jealousy.

No need to be jealous, you will shift in 3 years. I bet you will be very beautiful.

Her jealousy turns to joy as soon as those words enter her mind. She hugs my neck and I nudge her, before taking off at a jog. We play for hours before...

End of flashback.

I must have thought for a good 4 hours, because it was almost 3:00 in the morning. I could tell from the moons position. Even though my sister wasn't here, I knew she was alive. I didn't feel the emptiness you feel when you lose a mate or a sibling.

If she were dead, I wouldn't be standing here right now. Anyway, I just hope that she contacts me soon.

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