Author's note: Hey guys sorry it's been so long since I posted anything on here. I have just started a new job that has me working a lot of overtime right now so it may take a little longer for posts to get back on track. But I will be working on this story and continuing with it when I can until my workload evens out.
Thanks for reading. --- VikingWoman.
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Gregor had been riding Hestr as hard as he could after overhearing the King's orders. Gregor couldn't beleive his uncle would try to kill the wolves even after he had told him the futility of it himself. He had to warn Aslaug and her pack about the soldiers coming after them, he hoped they'd believe him.
Gregor couldn't let them die like that.
As he had been riding towards the pack he had been feeling increasingly worse. His body was breaking out in sweats and he felt short of breath even though he wasn't exerting himself that much. He was in pain and as he went further he felt pain radiating inside him. It started at the bite wound and slowly spread all through his body. He grit his teeth as each of Hestr's galloping steps caused his bones to rattle. He felt as if he would pass out with each step.
As Hestr ran he tightened his legs around the horse and leaned low over her neck.
As they got to the deeper wooded areas in the forest Gregor found that she had to do small leaps to get around the debris in the woods. Each small leap was so painful he was almost sure he would pass out.
Gregor and Hestr were making good time, he was positive that he would be able to get there well ahead of the soldiers.
Hestr came to a large fallen tree and her body tensed to launch herself over the tree. She leapt and as she landed hard on the other side it happened.
Gregor felt the shock and pain of the landing, which caused him to loose his seat in the saddle. He fell towards the ground covering his head with his arms so he wouldn't injury himself. When he hit the ground he let out a pained yell and everything went black.
Everything was fuzzy after that with Gregor coming in and out of consciousness. He was aware that he was being moved around but the gray at the edge of his vision kept pulling him back into slumber. When he would wake he was sure he saw canine figures stalking around him and sometimes he would feel as if he were being dragged along the ground.
It wasn't painful, in a strange way he felt detached from what was happening to him. He was aware of what was happening but part of him kept that seperate from his mind as it occured.
After awhile he stopped being pulled from his blackout and he was just unaware of anything anymore. There was a little pain now which he thought was good, it meant he was alive at least.
"Rest easy Gregor." a warm female voice soothed him. "You will awaken soon."
He didn't know why but just hearing the warmth and care in the voice relaxed him. It was like that of a mother's voice calming her child after a bad dream. His mother had spoken to him like that many times as a child though he knew from the brief assurance that it wasn't his mother he was hearing.
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Aslaug tucked her muzzle gently against Gregor's cheek as he slept trying to soothe him as much as possible before he awoke. His new form would be a shock to him, one of the King's men it was no doubt he would take it poorly.
Gregor was no longer a human young man, instead he now inhabited the form of a wolf just like the others in the pack. His punishment had been earned so Aslaug felt no sympathy for what he would face waking up like this. He had made his bed it was time he lie in it.
She looked at his new form and thought maybe this one suited him a bit better then his other human form.
Gregor was an average sized wolf being that he was still so young in human years when he changed but he would age accordingly soon. His fur was a tawny brown with black and gold colored fur accenting the color around his ears. He was a scrawny build but with lean muscle to him. His eye were closed in sleep so she was unsure of what color his eyes would be. If Aslaug had to guess she'd say that they would be a gray blue color as he was not a mature wolf yet.
