Pureblood

Chapter Twenty-Six: Shift

Anakin's shift was taking a lot longer than Leila's had. She turned her wrist over, checking her watch. Damn it's been an hour already...only his bottom half is shifted. Leila swallowed, her brow wrinkling. Travis noticed her discomfort and patted her on the back. 

"It's fine,"He told her, reassuringly. He smiled. "The males take longer to shift. And he's through most of the worst part, he'll definitely turn completely and survive." Anakin didn't hear Travis' words, though Leila knew that if he had he'd relax a little more. Anakin let out another cry of pain as his head started changing. He collapsed to his stomach, his body sprawling out with him. Leila sent him a nervous look. She crouched down near him, not touching him. She felt that if she touched him, he'd scream in pain. That's what she remembered feeling like, anyway. Howls sounded around them as people shifted completely. 

"Kill...me...."Anakin breathed out. 

"No. If you give up now, then you'll definitely regret it..."Travis told him. Anakin's eyes slid over to him. He breathed hard. Travis crouched down, close to him. "Listen to me. This last part, you have to push your body to do. You have to do it. If you die now....you'll never get to feel the wind on your fur, or in your human form you'll never get to feel the touch of your soulmate." That last part struck Anakin. He felt his wolf inside of him, which had been pushing out up until this point. He ground his teeth. His wolf was holding back, for fear of killing him. Change, Anakin hissed. His wolf resisted, not wanting to kill him if he proceeded. He heard a "no" deep within him. Anakin pushed up on his hands and knees. Change, dammit. Again he received a no.

"CHANGE!"Anakin shouted with his voice. A growl erupted from his chest at the same time. Travis and Leila blinked, stepping back. They watched as Anakin completed the change, his body completely shifting over. He fell to his stomach, panting hard. He'd withstood it. Leila felt the grin spread over her face. 

"Anakin...Anakin...you did it!"She exclaimed. Anakin breathed hard through his snout, looking up at her with his eyes. If he could have, he would've smiled at her. Instead he closed his eyes and released a breath. He slowly pushed himself up on his haunches. He opened his eyes and looked down. Instead of his skin, he saw golden brown fur. He blinked, his eyes tracing over it. No way, I'm huge. Travis waved a doctor over. Anakin swept his tail back and forth on the ground. He looked at Leila, making eye contact. She grinned at him as she caught the excited gleam in his eyes. I didn't know werewolves were huge in their wolf form. Leila turned to the doctor as he walked up, seeing it was the same one from her first change. He blinked. 

"Well, well, it's been a while." Leila gestured at Anakin. 

"He's my brother,"Leila told him. The doctor gave her a surprised look. He turned to face Travis. 

"Right then. Name?"He asked. 

"Anakin Atkins,"Travis answered. 

"Time to change from sundown?"

"One hour and twenty-five minutes,"Travis told him. Leila hummed. Anakin gave him a surprised look. She grinned at Anakin. 

"It always feels longer than it takes,"She told him. His chest rumbled, as if he was humming at her. He seemed to stiffen. "You can talk to me, you know, you just have to use your mind." Anakin blinked. 

"My mind? Oh holy shit!"he thought at her. His eyes went wide. Leila laughed along with Travis and the doctor. The doctor waved. 

"You two follow me. Your sister can be in the next room, she needs to let her shift take over. It's probably getting tougher to resist your own transformation,"The doctor told her. Leila nodded at him. She had been feeling her own wolf scratching and begging to be let free. She and Anakin followed after the doctor. Leila noticed that Anakin was a little bigger than normal werewolves. She wondered if Derek was the same size, or if it was because Anakin was obviously a pureblood. She took the free room the doctor offered, stepping in. She closed the door and stripped her clothes off, folding them. Leila noticed a shelf with what looked like cubby holes. Clothes were placed in them already, folded up neatly. This must be where the counselors put the clothes...Leila placed hers on the shelf labelled "Atkins", noticing that Anakin's clothes were already there.