What Am I?

Chapter 1

                                Zoey

I was shivering in fear as I wrapped my blanket tighter around me than it already was. I was curled up in a little ball in my pitch black room. I watched the pelting rain outside my bedroom window.

   I hated thunder storms. It's not that I didn't like the rain, I hated the sound of thunder and the bright flash of lightning. Thunder had always reminded me of the sound of getting slapped really hard. Lightning looked like a metal prod, that I would always get shocked with.

   I got out of my bed and tried not to wake the others, if I did they would hurt me. This was my chance to escape, to finally be free.

   I waited until I saw my signal, the dim lamps slightly flickering.

   Silently, I snuck out of the room and in to the hallway, watching for guards. I grinned to my self when I saw a guard laying against the wall, blood dropping down from his skull. He was definitely dead.

   As I went further down the hall, I saw another guard pinned to the wall by his own sword. Still grinning, I twisted the sword a bit, hearing the guard groan in pain. Sam had definitely outdone himself this time.

   When I got to the end of the hallway, I opened the door to my left, then walked in. My grin quickly turned into a smile as I saw my only family, Sam, stand in there with blood all over him.

"Have fun?" I asked him.

"Lots!" He replied cheerfully.

"You got a little messy in the hallway there brother." I told him while raising an eyebrow.

   Glaring at me, he walked to the back of the room and opened the door. I saw it was leading outside as he walked out.

"C'mon! Its a full moon tonight!" He exclaimed, grinning.

   I sprinted outside following, to see that he wasn't lying and the moon shone down on us brightly. I had noticed it had stopped raining and the clouds had drifted into the distance, the sky being clear.

"What time is it?" I asked Sam.

"Almost two in the morning." He told me matter of factly.

   He had contacted me telepathically while I was asleep. It was a through a bond we have had ever since we were born, being twins and all.

"Wanna race?" He asked me.

"Where to?" I replied.

"All the way to our special place, of course." He said with a rude tone.

   I had started shifting into my wolf form while he was still talking, and once he finished I had darted to the woods.

"Hey! No fair!" He shouted after me.

No rules! I told him through our bond.

   He had already shifted and was only a tail length behind me, but I was still in the lead.

   I avoided a tree at the last minute, but Sam wasn't as lucky. He let out a yelp when he came in contact, almost knocking the tree down with his weight. I snickered as he raced to catch up with me. I had known this forest by heart, having grown up here.