Full Moon Rises

Chapter 9

Crack, snap. The sounds rang out clear through the air. My throat had become raw from screaming. I knew that the shift would be painful but I never imagined this. The people in the stands were cheering. My bones were rearranging their positions, I couldn't stand on two legs anymore. Intense pain kept shooting through my body, keeping me on the ground. I felt my face start to elongate. Suddenly, my world went black from all the pain and I passed out.

When I came to I was lying on the ground. It was dead silent and I slowly stood up. Something felt.. Off. I looked down at my hand, and was shocked to see a large white paw in its place. I jumped slightly and something soft hit my side. I turned to look at it and saw a fluffy white tail. My eyes widened in shock and I tried to speak. All that came out was growls and barks. I sat down, feeling extremely hopeless. The chains that were on me felt a lot less heavy now.

"You need to fight back. Don't let them do this to us."

I jumped at the voice in my head, feeling super confused. What the hell was that?

"I'm your wolf... Every werewolf has one. You can just talk to me in your head."

"Oh, okay. Do you have a name?"

"Yes, I am Neoma. Now stand up, fight. We can get out of here together."

"How are we supposed to do that? If you haven't noticed, we're kind of chained up."

"We're the white wolf. We can do anything we put our mind to."

"Alright... I'll try."

I stood up, planting my paws firmly on the ground. I started lunging this way and that, trying to break free. The silver chains weakened me a lot. Though I still managed to move, yet quite slower. There was a loud snap as one chain broke. Adam started yelling for his guards to contain me. Shocks started to go through my body again. My legs started shaking and I collapsed to the ground. All my strength was sapped by the silver.

"Stay strong. You'll be in this form for awhile until you learn how to change back. Keep trying, picture yourself as a human again."

Adam walked up close to me, near my face. He had a very smug grin on his face as he turned and faced the stands. A guard handed him a microphone and he brought it close to his lips.

"Do you see this? This is our white wolf, the future of our pack. Isn't she beautiful? Soon all my plans will come to pass."

I mustered up some strength and snapped at his leg. I managed to bite him very deep which caught him off guard. Blood started to gush out of his leg. He whirled around and glared at me. He looked extremely angry. He spoke very quickly into the microphone.

"Well, as you can see she's very disobedient. We'll have to whip her into submission yeah?" He nodded at his guards and walked off behind the metal gate. Probably to address his leg.

I weakly stood up and licked the blood off my teeth. Some of the guards circled me. Some of them with whips, and others with cattle prods. I growled, getting in a defensive stance. My mind was wolf like, and my body reacted almost on its own. Suddenly, I was jabbed with the cattle prod. A shock hit me and I growled and snapped at that person.

A snap hit my back. When I turned around, there was a guy holding a whip. Back and forth, I got whipped or shocked with the cattle prod. This lasted for who knows how many hours. I got exhausted and just wanted to lay down. I tried as hard as I could to turn back into human form. I noticed Adam was back out and was watching me from the side.

Even after I collapsed in exhaustion, they continued to whip me. Suddenly, Adam walked up to me and motioned for his men to stop. He kneeled down to my level and gave me a sickeningly sweet smile.