Don't judge me, Till you know me

Chapter 2 - I'm a wolf? *Edited*

                                     C H A P T E R   T W O

                                       // I'M A WOLF? //

WITH my mind made up, my legs just kept running. Running away from the nightmares, the jokes and the teasing taunts. But most of all, I was running from him. Why should I even care about what he says? Because you love him... A voice whispered in my mind and I immediately shut that thought down.

I have to forget about everything and everyone, even if it is for a small mount of time. So I focus on everything else around me like the grass beneath my feet and the wind in my hair, which felt amazing. It seems as if I was running faster than I had ever run before and I had a major adrenaline rush.

Branches crunched and long patches of grass whipped at my bare legs but I didn't care. Why on earth did I ever hate running so much?

I throw my hands up in the air and do a little dance to myself; I feel more at peace with myself than I had in years.

Breaking through a rough patch of bush I find myself in a beautiful little clearing with a small lake at a bottom of a nicely sized waterfall that was etched into the side of a cliff in front of me.

My breath caught in my throat, this place was truly beautiful and I tell myself that this is now my place, my sanctuary. This is my safe keep for when things get hard and I need a place to think.

I wince as a snap was felt in the left side of my body, which was soon followed by a pop. I groan as my shoulders dislocate themselves and my bones break only to reform, and break again.

The pain ceases for a few moments and I relax, hoping that it was over and that I would just have to fix my now oddly deformed bones. But, sadly that wasn't the case. More bones stretch and disorientate themselves as they re-arrange my body into something that wasn't entirely human.

I fall to the ground as more snapping and popping sounds echoed throughout the forest. Circles clouded my vision and a fur like substance began to cover my skin.

Moving even the slightest bit hurt like hell so I had to wait till this torture was over. The pain subsided after what felt like an eternity and when I finally moved, I noted that I couldn't stand on two feet. If you could even call them that because what use to be hands and feet were now four fur covered paw things.

To test them out I went for a little walk and they seemed fine. After jumping around I take off in a run and I giggle to myself because I feel as if I had finally come to life.

Goodness, this is so much fun!

I sprint around the forest, weaving in and out of the trees, brushing up against the overgrown plants and when I felt I had been running for long enough, I circled back to the lake.

Trotting forward, I got closer to the deep blue water. It was then that my brain took notice of how dark it has gotten because of the awesome way the moon glinted and reflected on the lake.

Peering over I take a look at my own reflection but upon seeing it, gasped and jumped back, not believing that the image I stared at could have been me.

Glancing at the reflection once again I tried not to reject it, but to observe the white wolf that stared back at me with shining blue eyes. The she-wolf had a certain grace about her that affirmed my assumption about the wolf being female.

Could that possibly be me?

Lifting my paw, I watched as the she-wolf did the same. Once, twice, thrice and it still copies me. Splashing the water, I ruined the still image only for it to return once the water calmed.