The Tiger's Body

Chapter 4

I woke up slowly, my head felt heavy. And I felt different.

I shook my head, trying to recall what had happened. WHAT DID HAPPEN?

My head felt heavier then usual. Paws, thats what I remembered, giant white paws. With claws, and then that man, the strange looking one. The way his silver looking eyes stared at me, and his...aura was dark like a ...a... I don't know what or how to describe it.

Wait a minute paws? I looked down at where my hands should be, and there were two sets of paws. My mouth dropped open in shock, at the same moment a giant tongue rolled out. I felt like screaming. If it would come out.

What happened to me? I stood up slowly turning my head to look behind me. A tail swished behind me swiftly, a orange and black tail at that. I swallowed hard. Can I die yet? I thought sarcastically.

I went to move on the bed but something held me back, as a small tug touched at my neck. I pulled harder this time, and heard the sound of chains. 'Great.' Turning my unnaturally big head I found that there was a chain leading up to the wall, coming from my neck.

If I could understand this entire situation I would feel a lot better. This was wrong, I was different, I was sure I was going to die.

But instead I was something different. I felt the same from the inside, but outside I was a mess, so confused. Maybe if I could get out of this chain I could find a mirror.

I tugged at it harder, but nothing happened.

I really had to pee to.

"Hello?" I called out, it came as the growl from before. I sighed to myself, collapsing back onto the bed I was on.

A headache was starting to happen as I thought harder. Trying to remember what had happened previously.

Men, they were following me home, and raped me, and cut me. They dropped me in the woods were I passed out with coyotes lurking. But thats all I remember, I don't recall coming with a man, and looking different big time.

What were my parents doing? They must be looking for me. They had to be. And once I get away from this stink hole I'll go back to them. And be happy as I was able to live again.

I do remember calling on death as the pain hurt and was afraid of the coyotes as they got braver to examine me like I was meat. I didn't want to suffer anymore.

I must have waited for hours, or even minutes, as I waited for something to happen next. I got a good look around the little house. It wasn't really much of a house it was more of a old shack, that had a medievil theme to it, there were giant old book shelfs with thousands of books, with old bindings and the floor was stone, and the walls were a type of red wood.

It smelled musty and old, with these smaller smells, that I couldn't place my finger on it. Well, actually claw, I guess. The longer I waited for someone to come or something to happen, I became freaked out.

What if they were going to hurt me? Just like those men back at my place. It was still hard to believe that I was kidnapped by that group of men when I was on my front step in a rather active neighbourhood, if only someone would have heard me screaming.

Then I may not be in this situation where I have a orange and black body with paws. I had a easy idea what I was but I still couldn't let it process through my head.

A sleepy groan made me snap my attention back to my reality. There was a couch and a man sitting up, when he turned his attention back on me, I could remember him clearly.

I had been freaking out, trying to understand what the hell had happened to me.

The strange man stood up from where he had been sleeping and walked towards me his hair messed up slightly. From sleeping.

'Please explain to me what happened to me.' I ordered, as he was now directly in front of me. My mouth drew back instantly, and I could feel myself show my teeth, my tongue ran over the sharpen teeth.

He winked before answering. "My name is Chad. I saved you from dying, your memory will be a bit fuzzy now since you went to sleep, so you won't remember what we talked about." He started.

'What are you?'

"A witch, or in my case a wizard." He answered as slowly as he could. It sunk in, and I frowned.

'What did you do to me? Why am I orange and black with the strangest of body parts?' I wanted to screech. If only I could talk. He winced as he read my thoughts.

"Well, I saved you from death. Or brought you back from death, and gave you your new body, your spirit body." He waved his hand over the chain it disappeared instantly, I stared awe struck at him, as he  walked away, towards a mirror on the wall, he pulled it off and brought it towards me, I jumped off the bed, and collapsed to the ground, my four legs in a mess.

I decided to sit down instead. The mirror came down to my level and I stared at it, first shock, then anger and hatred, as I stared into a tiger eye's..My eyes.

'That's not me. That will never be me.' I gritted my teeth, a small hiss escaped.

Chad rolled his eyes at me. I never seen a tiger before, only on tv or in pictures, but never in person, and here I am. Or so I think.

My body was lean, and slanky, the colors vibrant, and I was huge, a lot bigger then what I think a normal tiger would be.

"Since this is your spirit body, it will be a lot stronger, faster, powerful, and bigger then a normal creature."

I gulped, as I stared into the strange eyes that stared back at me. The eyes of a predator, with a part of me in it. This was me? How? I was a human the last time I checked. This was a trick, he was lying to me. What did I do to him?

Absoutly nothing. That's what. I didn't know him from the start.

He sighed fustrated. "Listen darling...-" I cut him off.

'Don't call me that. It's Kenna.' I growled in my head. Maybe i could go home after, be with my parents. I watched as he shook his head. "You don't understand. I'm keeping you here, weather you like it or not."

I gulped, no, I was mine, myself, no one can claim me as there's. Wizard or not. I have a free choice weather I want to go or not. And I sure the hell am going.

'I don't think so, I had a bad day that night, and your not going to help ruin my life for that matter. Turn me back to a human.' My mouth was now open and gleaming white sharpened teeth, good enough to tear flesh.

"Sorry KENNA, but it's impossible for me to do that. At least till your human body repairs itself." He remarked.

That was enough for me to take. I lunged at him, catching Chad by surprise, he fell to the ground the mirror smashing into a million peices, I ran towards the door, bursting through the old wooden thing. Running as fast as I could, triping over a few times, chanting left right, left right, trying to keep a running pattern I was stumbling on four feet and trying to make a run for it at the same time, and my nails kept picking up debris as I ran.

I was surprised I could even run on four, but it was starting to come naturally for me.

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