Fly

Chapter 14

Well, there goes me being a fish. I was flopping around like a maniac when the elders came up to see me. They were not clapping and laughing, as you may guess. I quickly switched back to human, then wolf, and sat down to speak with them on the rock.

Time to choose a mate?

I gulped, not knowing what to do. Could I not be my own mate? I asked. They firmy shook their head no. There needs to be two alphas, one to lead and one to bear pups.

bEAR PUPS?? I got extremely concerned and one of them gave me a small smile in my worry. They reassured me, explaining they meant to give birth to wolf pups, not to be a young bear. I shook my head. I didn't understand what they said, of course they were talking about wolves only here!

I tried to explain to them that since I was a female alpha, I would be the child bearer, right? I was still so young I couldn't have human children, let alone ones from a different species all together. How would that even work?

I move my brain train to the topic at hand. Male or female fellow alpha? The elders only collected females, so I guess? I'm not gay though...

I am just going to try to convince the elders that I don't need (or want) a mate. I can rule on my own.

I dow my head in respect before speaking. "Wise elders, I know that you understand this pack the most, and you are the wolves here, not me. However, I do not feel that I can take on a mate. I am human, a Skin Changer at that. No other wolf here is human even in part, so I cannot be with them. Humans and animals should not mix in relationships." Beastiality, ugh. I mentally shudder at the thought. "Just like birds and frogs should not have relationships, nor should I and any of the lovely women you have picked out for me. I do not doubt all of them would make wonderful partners, I just cannot do it. It goes against my morals."

After a brief moment of thought, they agree. They finally see how weird it would be. They promise to find another human Skin Changer to share the throne with. I laugh and nod in agreement. If they find one, I tell myself, if. After a long, draining couple of hours, I head back into my cave to rest and check up on my deer pelt.

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After a while of beating and stretching out the almost-dry pelt, I lay down on the floor and stare up at the rock over me. I wonder what it would be like to b rock... wAit can I shift into inanimate objects too? Since I'm bored and have nothing to do, I decide I should try this stupid idea because I have nothing better to do with my time (A/N: it's not like there's a plot or anything to advance, right?). I stand up and stretch, shaking off my boredom. I step out of my cave into the warm sunlight. My mind brims with ideas, but I focus on the main reason I left my cave. I imagine being a me-shaped rock and get to work on shifting.

A few minutes of barely-painful shifting - its a new form and being inanimate is completely new so I wasn't surprised it hurt some - I lay on the cliff as a rock statue of myself.

Being rock is odd, unlike my other forms.

Like I can feel myself but in a different way? My consciousness is in me but also not? I can see from every part of as well but I have no eyes? Okay now I am getting uncomfortable I'm shifting back to my natural form - oh god I cant shift I don't have a brain inside me to shift.

I try to move but I don't have any limbs so I stay in the same spot, mentally screaming for help. I tyr to mentally scream but I don't have a brain so I don't, just simply existing.

Well, this was a really bad idea.

A/N: sorry this chapter sucked, I have terrible writer's block. Next chapter we'll have our character go back to normal, but how? I have no clue either lol. Maybe one of the wolves throws her off a cliff and leaves her to shift back before she falls and cracks into a billion shards and dies. That sounds like fun, doesn't it? Haha, sorry, I honestly have no idea what I'm doing anymore. But I am planning for the wolves to go hunting again and run into a certain villain, creating an actual conflict to make this book a real book and not just fluff and dumb ideas. Ready? Because I'm not. If anyone wants to comment with ideas please do!! I need them, and I'll credit you in the chapter I put your idea in. Thanks in advance~!

... wow the chapter was only 892 words, sorry. I usually try to get over 1000 but I couldn't this time, it was just so bad. I'll make the next one longer (since I'm bringing in the antagonist it should be anyways but I'm still going to consciously try). See you in the next chapter!