The Wolf Inside

The Woods

"Alexandra!! Come down here!" My mother yells from downstairs. I was all packed up to go, when I saw a shadow in my window sill. I panicked. Then I remembered that my mom said when I was close to changing I would have one or two hallucinations. I thought I was close to a change. But then I thought wouldn't my mom have told me?

When I got downstairs, the first thing I saw was my mom. She has a black dress with bright blue flowers. Her brown curls were bouncing off her head as she rushed toward me.
"Come on there isn't a moment to loose. You and your brother must hurry." My mom was talking about my brother David. He is one and a half years old. He has wavy brown hair just above his forehead.

I picked my brother up. "Goodbye. And be safe."

Then she opened the door kissed me and David on the forehead. I didn't even realize I was walking out the door until I remembered it was raining. The clouds were dark and the sky was gloomy. I went to the side walk and started heading toward the forest.

The forest was only a seven minute walk from our house. I tucked David in closer so he wouldn't get wet. The rain got my worn out jeans and my straight brown locks all soaked.

We finally arrived at the forest. I held David closer for caution, if anything was out there hunting for food. When we were in the forest enough, I started looking for wood. No that isn't right. It has to be dry wood not wet. I finally found dry wood and started to make a fire. It was hard enough to try to start a fire, let alone carrying a baby and trying to do it.

When it got going i sat down and loosened my grip on David. I held him enough to not drop him in the fire.

I started to think about the same thing I was thinking when my mom told me "Goodbye. And be safe."

Goodbye the one word that I hate. Ever since my dad left us for some other girl, I hated the word goodbye. The last thing he said to me and David was goodbye.