Succumbing To The Darkness Within (Previously The Gift)

Chapter 13

~Mara's P.O.V~

"What should we wear?" Chloe asks taking a seat on my bed. We are currently back at Dylan's house.

"Lets keep it simple." She nods knowing what I'm thinking, and heads to her room.

I found exactly what I am looking for. I decided to go with a purple shirt with jeans jacket, blue skinny jeans with my combat boots.

I enter the bathroom, took a shower and put on my clothes. I let my hair out so my natural curls flow down my back. I put on my lip gloss so it has the shiny effect and light eye liner so I don't look like a emo person. I head downstairs and already hearing the music, vibrating through the walls. It's just 9 and the party's already at full swing. Dylan's official birth is at 9:58pm, so he's not eighteen yet.

I step outside feeling the music beating. I see parents and their children leaving, so there were only teenagers left. They're suppose to come back but they're just leaving for a little to leave teenagers to mingle.

Hasn't been 20 minutes yet since the parents left yet people were getting very intimate and grinding their bodies against each other. Chloe was with Robin and Dylan was always being pulled away by some girl. I was alone. Yeah I have other friends but they were... busy.

"Why look so sad?" I turned to see Michael.

"Hey Michael I thought you said you weren't coming."

"Yeah well I managed to come." He says.

"Well I'm lonely. Keep me company." I pouted.

"Yeah sure. Why not?" He smiles.

Me and Michael stood there for who knows how long, catching up.

"Can I have everyone's attention please...." Dylan's dad voice booms. Which causes a minor headache. "Okay everyone it's 9:55, 3 more minutes until his official birth." He finishes and steps off the stage.

My head is pounding, it feels like I'm going to faint. So I decide to walk to off.

"Michael I going for a walk."

"Okay you alright? Do you want me to fol-"

"No I'll be right back." He eyes me curiously and then nods. I make my way towards the forest.

"Okay everyone it's time." I hear George says, while I disappear into the woods.

I could feel the cold night air hit me on my face, it felt a bit soothing. Then a sharp pain shots through my body and I groaned at the pain. It felt like something inside me broke and once again it happen followed by another and another. Now I was kneeling on the ground, tears were freely down my face.
What's happening to me?

I could hear the continuous sound of bones cracking and they were mine.

~Dylan's P.O.V~

The enchanting smell of strawberry and fresh summer breeze hits my nose.

"Mate!" My wolf says excited.

I search through the crowd frantically trying to find her. Her scent was faint that means she was here but now she's gone.

"She left?" My wolf whimpers.

"Don't worry we'll find her."

"Let me take over it will enhance your senses."

"Okay but when we find her let me take over we wouldn't want to scare her."

"Okay" he says then took over my body. He is right, senses are enhanced. I can now track my mate and her scent was leading towards the forest.

The closer I got the stronger her scent becomes.

"Found her. Ryder give me back control now." And with that my wolf, Ryder, gave me back control. I head in the direction of my mate and I stumbled onto...... Mara. She's my mate.

At this moment she was in a lot of pain and I knew exactly what was happening.
She is shifting!

~Mara's P.O.V~

Every bone that breaks sends tears to my eyes and cries escaping my lips.
"Don't fight against it." A comes ringing in my head.

"W-hat?" I say very weak.

"It hurts more when you fight against it. Just relax and it won't hurt as much."

"Okay." I inhale and exhale in attempt to relax and it worked a bit but whatever was happening to me hurts like a bitch.

"Mara?" Through my watery eyes I see Dylan standing in front of me.

"What is happening to me?" I asked while another pain shots through my body which causes me to cry out.

"Don't worry you'll get through this. Your strong. You. Can. Do. This." He says staring deeply into my eyes.

I feel my whole body changing. I hear my clothes ripping. Wait... My clothes. Oh hell now I'm through whatever this is and going through it naked. Doing it in style I guess.

My nose started to extend and my other facial bone starts to break. My screams echoes through the woods. 

"Calm down you can survive this. This is why you were chosen. And this is your first test, to survive this." The voice in my head says again.

I close my eyes, not focusing on the pain, I focused on everything else. I notice Dylan's presence is kneeling in front of me, it was comforting. Knowing he is here for me in this very painful situation is comforting. I give him a weak smile but that was cut short by more pain. My eyes were closed tight and were closing tighter by each passing seconds. And it just stopped.

I open my eyes and I see Dylan is now standing. There was pain, the pain but it wasn't as bad as before. Something is different. I was standing on four big paws instead of my feet. Looking around I notice something different like I can see the world 10 times better.
I'm a wolf? I changed into a wolf?

From what I can see I have white fur but in the moon light it looks silver. I must be big because I'm looking into Dylan's chest right now, and he's like 6 feet tall.

Dylan runs his fingers through my hair which is now fur.

"You've passed the test. I'm Caroline, your wolf. And Mara have been given a gift." The voice says again.

"What gift?" I ask.

"The gift of the White Wolf. You have the speed of a White Wolf and the powers of a White Wolf."

The question running through my head now is...... Why me?