Wolfnip

Power Up!

I wake up and it's dark out. Everything is a blur and my head is pounding. I try and stand but my body rejects the movement as it screams in pain. I yelp at the sudden aches in my body, the weariness in my bones. I feel sluggish . What happened? I shut my eyes tight as I slowly get up, gripping onto the doorknob. Once standing up on both feet, I mentally cheer myself but only for me to start crying as my legs buckle and I fall onto the floor, hitting my elbow against the doorknob .

C'mon Stiles..get up..

"Wh-who's there?! Come out and show yourself!"

Stiles..I'm in your head..

"What?!" I screech at the answer. This was not the reply I expected! Nonononono, this cant be happening! I think as I grip at my chest and start panicking.

Stiles you fool! We made a deal remember? I get to stay in your head and help you through your powers as long as I stay in your head and don't do anything.

Oh, that's right. Everything that happened before I blacked out comes rushing back to me and it hits me like a train. I fall back a little but otherwise I'm still steady, I think.  I try my second attempt at getting up but I only manage to open to door before falling on my ass again. Damm these noodle like legs.

Oh my god, this is taking too long. Stiles, imagine a fox in your head and just focus on every little detail in that fox. Do that for about 20 seconds.

"What? Why? Can't I imagine something else? Maybe something cool like a unicorn or a dragon!"

JUST DO IT STILES. We're never going to get out of this office at this rate, so just do what I told you to do, capiche?

"Fine fine, you sourdough. Just shut up for a moment and let me concentrate. It may take longer than 20 seconds though, since I forgot to take my Adderral today.." with that sentence and the following silence, I try as hard as I can to imagine a fox. I imagine a 'normal' fox, it's fur sunset orange with wild streaks of neon red . The colour reaches the tail where it ends at the base and from there the colours blend to make a volcanic ash grey tail with black colouring the tip. I grin as I make the eyes mismatch with one  forest green and one ocean blue. I start to chuckle as I imagine the fox running on two legs wearing a suit and tie with a top hat, doing something funny. I'm slapped out of my daydreams , quite literally, and a raspy whisper enters my head.

Stiles, I said imagine a fox. Not whatever the hell this is! Foxes are supposed to be able to quickly blend in and camouflage with their surroundings. This is just a homing beacon for predators.

"What the heck are you talking about? What's wrong no-" I let the sentence trail off as I stare at my hands, or paws, whatever they are. The hell?! Why am I a fox?!

I made you turn into a fox so that we can get outta here. Now let's go. By the way, whatever you say will only come out in animal noises as nobody else can understand you besides me.

"That's..cool I guess? But since you're the expert, show me the way home or wherever we're going. I don't really want to go home. We can just stay like this for a while longer can't we —"

SHUT UP. Now, stop you're rambling and start running. I'll control your instinct in the meantime as I lead you to where we're going.

I grin at the angry voice in my head. Hehe. Heheh. Oh, Void, this is only the beginning of my endless rambling life..I cackle in my head and I can practically feel his fear and regret. My grin spreads into a smirk, or whatever foxes do when they smile, and I let out a laugh. It comes out as a 'Yip!' though but it's better than nothing.