Dusk&Dawn

-7-

<Side's POV>

While I have to admit, playing and hanging out with Speedy is great...I think 6 hours is overkill.

We recorded and played tons of games. H1Z1, PUBG, Fortnite Battle Royale, Minecraft Pixelmon..and editing will take me a couple more hours.

Jahova played some games with us, but after that he went off to meet his friends for dinner.

Joel, came on for 30 minutes to brag about his Pepe socks, and then said he had to prepare for one of his midnight recordings.

It's currently 11.30 pm and Speedy suggested we have a South Park marathon.

While I can see he's not fully comfortable with my announcement that G18 was coming over, he did cheer up over the fact that he wanted to watch Netflix and I didn't object.

As we were watching South Park Season 1 episode 7, I excused myself and headed back to my room.

Tonight was the New Moon, according to Speedy, and that was when all the creatures started to prepare for the darkest night of the year.

Since I wasn't wholly interested with South Park (while Speedy's obsessed), I decided I needed a break.

When I shut the bedroom door behind me, I observed that my entire hand was engulfed in brown fur.

At certain angles, it shimmered like golden sunlight creeping along a horizon. At other times, it was a charming hazel brown.

While I am still getting new to all this...werewolf stuff, I didn't expect all the 'Hunter crap' that was going around.

Speedy refused to let me out of his 'sensor radar', which was basically anywhere he couldn't smell me.

His bedroom was out of bounds, for obvious reasons. Outside the house was out of bounds. I cannot lock any door behind me, only closing them.

He struck me as a overprotective partner, but if I'm royal according to him and my father, I will not reject or ignore his request to help me.

As Speedy is a werewolf, and knows their customs, he's automatically ruled in as a 'helper' in G18's quest to 'free my wolf'.

As I continue to admire my growing fur, I felt a jolt of pain stem from my lower back.

I crane my neck to take a look at what the hell was going on.

And when my new tail batted me in the face, it pretty much scared the living daylights outta my legs.

I stumbled backwards, crashing to the floor on my bum, my tail swinging wildly.

"Holy shit!" I exclaim, tail wagging in excitement.

I hear Speedy knocking on the door.

"Side! You alright?!" He was panicking and I think if he were to knock any harder, the door would break.

"I'm fine! It's nothing!" I yell, hoping that he wouldn't bash the door down just to check on me.

My heart dropped a little as he cranked the handle down.

But luckily, Sammi was here to save the day.

"Speedy. Leave him alone. I need some help."

The door handle returned to its original placement and I breathed out shakily.

Speedy sure is scary...

Pain erupted from my hand and tail as I tried to move.

I nearly bit my tongue in an effort to not cry out in pain.