The Edge (On Hold)

Part 13: ..... Shift

(Photo is Vince)

Variel POV

My heart was beating rapidly. I had been listening to the snarls and growls for a few minutes now, and it had fallen silent. I'm guessing the other wolves ran away. Vince came to get me, in human form. He had red wavy hair and dark eyes. I hadn't seen him in human form before and I was now wondering if I had ever ever seen him at school. I hadn't.

"They are gone. You might want to see Darius right now." He told me. He avoided my gaze but not before I saw a flash of pain.

"Are you okay?" I ask him slightly worried.

He finally meets my gaze.

"You should probably be asking Darius that, not me."

I am filled with panic. Is Darius okay? Is he hurt? For some reason, even though I barely know my new found brother, the idea of him being injured is crushing.

Vince walks away from me and I follow him. My eyes come to rest on the body of that light gray wolf. His head was at and odd angle and that's when I realized his head had been snapped. I can feel my body shake. I look away and glance around for Darius.

My breath hitches.

I have found him. He was on his knees next to another wolf. I couldn't see who it was. Vince comes up next to me. Darius looks at me.

It's Noah.

"No."

I rush forward and fall next to Darius, who was staring at Noah with misty, yet dry eyes. Noah's wolf had a long gash down his throat, where blood was pooling. His gaze was grey and distant, like he was looking at something over my shoulder while his snout remained in a permanent snarl.

"No." I whisper yet again and I run a hand over Noah's face. His fur was cold and stiff, already devoid of life.

I can feel the tears brimming at my eyes before they fell. Vince bends down next to me.

"We have to go Alpha." He murmurs quietly. He isn't crying either but his face is twisted into a grimace of pain that I had noticed earlier, only this time I knew why.

"We can't just leave him here!" I exclaim to Vince. He glances at me.

"We can't take him either."

"But-" I brake off as I realize what we will have to do. And this time I can't stop the tears from falling. I hold in my sobs and let the tears fall silently for the second time today.

Vince stands up and helps me to my feet. I lean on him for support as my legs shake with disbelief and my tears continue to flow. He leads me down to the others where Miley takes over for him. She sits me down and hugs me like before, as she too had shifted back while Hazel, Brad and Amy remain in wolf form so they can control the two smaller wolves that attacked us that I just noticed.

I let out a sob into her shoulder.

"They killed him. They killed Noah."

I can feel Miley stiffen. "I'm sorry Variel." She whispers, her voice going rough with emotion.

"They said that we will have to leave him here."

Miley runs a hand through my tangled hair that had came loose from my ponytail a while ago. "I will make sure he is left in a good place, don't you worry."

I shudder at the thought of Noah being left to rot away. He doesn't deserve that. "Can't you bury him?"

Miley nods her head slowly. "I will make sure of it." That calms my heart slightly.

I stand up suddenly and Miley gives me a confused look. I walk over to Hazel and Amy who had trapped one of the smaller wolves. I feel a sudden rush of anger. It fulls me up and I begin to shake with rage. I had never been this mad before. I had always been a level headed person, even as a child.

I stormed over to the pitiful wolf and my rage grows. Amy and Hazel share slightly confused looks before letting me towards the wolf. It was injured so it couldn't attack me. However, Miley stayed close behind me.

"You-" I snarl with hate. "This is your fault! You killed Noah! WHY! WHAT DID WE EVER DO? YOU DESERVE TO DIE! YOU KILLED NOAH!!!" At this point I was so infuriated I didn't care what I said, but this wolf and its buddies had screwed up a perfectly fine life. Sure their Alpha got killed but he deserved it. He attacked US if I remember correctly, Noah was only defending me!

I take another step towards the wolf who had been looking amused, then slightly worried. "THIS IS YOUR FAULT! I DON'T SEE WHY THEY KEEP YOU ALIVE, THERE IS NOTHING WORTH KEEPING!!" Miley comes up behind me in an attempt to calm me down but I ignore her.

All of a sudden I hear a snap. A bone snap. And another and another. I am looking around to try and find where this was coming from until I am hit with a wave of pain. And I realize that it is me. My body feels like it is burning and I can hear popping and snapping now. I let out a scream as I drop to my knees. My palm are on the ground as I continue to scream at the excruciating pain. I close my eyes as I feel all my bones change and pop into different places. I am not aware of what is going on around me, only the pain.

I continue to change as I struggle on the ground. I can hear voices but not what they are saying. What is happening to me?

I feel my self grow and change and all of a sudden it all stops. Silence follows the end of my screaming.

I then realise what has happened. No. No no no no no. NO! How has this happened?

I open my eyes. Miley's jaw had dropped and Darius who had appeared had stopped dead in his tracks.

I look down at my paws in confusion. Paws. I stand up on all fours, as I look at myself in amazement. 

I had shifted, and I had no idea how.