Killer Magic: Demon Secrets

Chapter 1

"Hey Ashleigh, want to go for a hike?" I ask trying to push away my excitement. Today I am going to tell her.

"Sure where to?" Ash grinned back.

"A new meadow I found two km from here." I replied, the excitement bubbling through. Ashleigh just grinned back and ran to my room for her jacket. I grab mine too, because the cold spring winds are lightly swaying the new twigs on the trees outside. We walk out the door with jackets on and warm socks in our hikers are we climb the steep slope of the hill. My fluffy red hair flies back lazily in the wind, Ashleigh giggles behind my back.

"Whaaaat?" I draw out knowing that I most likely have something in my hair.

"It looks like a bird tried to nest in your hair, but gave up!" Ashleigh manages between laughing fits.

"I'm tell you, it's the curse of the red hair!" I say, then mutter under my breath, "asshole"

"Hey, I heard that!" Ashleigh, still laughing, replies.

I role my eyes at her then stick my tongue out at her, receiving a light shove for it. I'm about to push back when the meadow comes into view.

"Race you!" I yell in her face. I'm way faster than her, without the head start.

"No fair!" She cries out behind me.

As we reach the meadow, we find a spot to sit in the new, soft grass. I pull out a PB&J sandwich for each of us as we talk.

"Hey, what are you doing next weekend?" I ask.

"Nothin, got to go to the rodeo with Suzie but nothing else, why?" She asks.

"Have a feeling you're going to want to come out again." I say a little more nervously. This is it I need to tell her, I can't hit this from her forever.

"Megs? You seem nervous?" Ashleigh pokes gently.

"So..... Remember how you said that it would be cool if one of us was a werewolf?" I say, rubbing my palms together in nervousness. 'What if she freaked out, or hate me?' I think quickly to myself. 'No, she won't.'

"If you're telling me that you're a werewolf, I going to smack you." She said with a straight face.

"Why?" I ask quickly.

"Because I have been asking for years!!" She laughs, "Please tell me, are you werewolf?" She asked now, jumping up and down in excitement.

"Well, sort of. But I can get into details later. You want to see me shift?"

"Well ya! Oh my god I can't believe this is happening! I knew there was werewolves!" and she sat there, happiness bubbling out in words, I walked behind her, took off my clothing and the shifted.

"Megan?" Ashleigh asked and turned around, "Holy shit!?! It that you?" she exclaims in excited shock. I nod my head as much as my wolf form would let me. She looks like she wants to come closer but doesn't know what to do. I walk up to her and put my nose on her hand. She laughs a little then digs her hands into my fur.

"This is incredible! I can't believe that you didn't tell me earlier. You need to tell me everything werewolf when we get back to your place!" again I just shake my head and chuff at her.

I change back after almost a half an hour of her pulling and tugging on me, and her bubbling on about how amazing this is. As we sit and talk, I tell her how changing feel and what being a wolf is like.

"What else is real? Like do vampires, pixies, and mermaids exist or what?" Ashleigh asked.

"Yes, yes, and yes. Almost every mystical thing you can think of does, and then some. Most of the human's ideas of what they look like and do are a little mixed up. Like demons. Yes demons are evil, but they don't like killing things, they like toying with humans and humanoids and causing trouble."