We'll play in the dark, 'till it's golden again (A TW FanFiction)

Part Fourteen

Jay's POV

Tonight's the night, I think to myself, as I look in the mirror one final time, before I head out to my car. I hate this so much, but I have no choice. I have no control over it, and that's what scares me the most. I lock up the house that I may never see again and I walk over to my car. I throw my bag onto the back seat, before getting into the drivers seat. I shouldn't be driving, I shouldn't even be on this planet, but what can I do? If I could change things, I would, but I can't. As I pull away from my drive, there are so many thoughts rushing through my mind. What will happen tonight? Will everyone be ok? and the scariest one of all, will I survive? I pull up outside the woods, which is not really that far away from my house and I know Max lives just around the corner, which is another reason, why I shouldn't really do it here. I don't want to hurt him, but it's the only place which is covered. I mean, who comes into the woods at night, well apart from people like me?

As I get out of the car, with my bag in hand, I can't help but feel like a creep. What sort of person goes into the woods at half eleven at night with a bag? If I was a regular person, I would think I was a murderer or something. But wait. Isn't that what am I? I lock my car up and head into the woods. I find a nice quiet spot where I won't be seen and I have used this spot a couple of times before. I'm just glad that we're back from America now. I wouldn't have been able to do this there. I wouldn't feel comfortable. It's really dark now and I can't see anything, apart from one tiny light from a helicopter, which is flying near by.

I start by taking my clothes off and putting them in a pile, before wondering away a bit. I'll find it in the morning. It's freezing and I can feel the cold going straight to my bones. Not long now though. I hate this so much.

*Flashback*

I was walking through the woods with Amy. Not these woods though, we were on holiday, in Ireland. Siva would be proud, but I don't think he would be proud of what happened that day. We had a picnic in the park, which was just by the woods and as it got darker, we realised that we should head back to the hotel. The only problem was, we needed to go through the woods.

"Please Jay. I don't want to go in there" she told me, but I didn't listen did I?

"No, it will be fine. I'll protect you" I reassured her, but I could have never prepared myself for what happened after that. We started to walk through the woods, arm in arm. It was dark, but luckily I had a torch, so we could see the path. It wasn't very bright, but it was good enough. I was carrying the torch, whilst Amy had the picnic basket.

"Babe" Amy said, as she dropped the picnic basket on the floor. She was shaking with fear.

"What is it, Amy?" I panicked, but she didn't even have to say anything, because as I looked back round, I saw a wolf running towards Amy. It was massive. Not like the size of a dog, but the size of a human.

I managed to jump in front of Amy just in time and at that moment the wolf jumped on me, causing me to fall onto the floor. Thankfully Amy had moved by then and she was standing next to me in shock. I thought my life was over, as I looked into the wolfs yellow eyes. That was when I realised that all of my worst nightmares were real. I closed my eyes, as I prepared to die. I preyed to god for my family, my friends and most importantly Amy.

I know it seems crazy, but I know what I saw and that wolf smiled at me as it scratched my chest. I knew that, that was just the beginning. It was going to rip me to shreds. But at that moment I heard a gun shot go off and the wolf disappeared into the darkness.

"Jay!" Amy screamed, as she ran to my side. I was covered in blood and she thought I was dead. I was so grateful to whoever scared the wolf away, but I never found out who they were. All I know is after that night, my whole life changed. I was no longer Jay McGuniess. I was now creepy wolf boy and I knew it. I ended it with Amy, shortly after the event. I couldn't let her know about this. I didn't want her to feel like she had to stay. I didn't want to burden her with this thing.

*Present day*

As stand in the darkness, I can feel the transformation on it's way and that's the worst part. I don't want it to happen, but I can't stop it. At that moment I fall to the floor in pain. It feels like a lightning bolt hitting me in the back and as I slowly change, I can feel myself getting further and further away. It's like my astro-body, but a lot more frightening. The scariest thing about it, is not knowing what is going to happen. I could kill anyone in a second and I won't even know. I could kill Max, he only lives a couple of minuets away. I could get killed. Anything could happen and all I can do is hope for the best.