11-05-2009, 07:49 PM
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for Conor, set in Ethereal Eclipse 500+
Cambria had gone to bed with her family, as she always did. Nothing about the night stuck out to her aside from she found herself very tired. More tired than usual. With a vast yawn she had curled up in the room and gone to sleep, expecting to stay that way well into the morning. Clouds had covered the sky for the majority of the day, but about half-way through the night the cover fell away and the moon shone down brightly through the window of the small family's room. Almost right as the moonlight touched her Cambria's eyes snapped open. Her head rose up and looked out of the window to the sphere in the sky. It looked different somehow, like she was seeing it with new eyes. It was enchanting in a way she had never noticed before. Suddenly the comfortable, warm room seemed stuffy to her and she needed to get out. She needed to be out in the open air.
Quietly the young wolf made her way out of the room and down the stairs and through the front door. As soon as the cool night air touched her she felt rejuvenated, fresh. Her tail wagged casually as she moved into the wet grass, the moisture clinging to the fur on her paws. Oceanic gaze turned to the north and she stared in that direction for a long moment. Something was pulling her and her feet had no choice but to obey. The Marino's legs moved swiftly and with purpose. She didn't even notice moving over the boundaries of her home. At any other time she never would have dared to go out on her own, especially so late at night, but right now there was something more important. Some primal urge that she couldn't fight against. It swept her along like the tides and into the forest beyond.
She couldn't say how long she had been going when inexplicably she stopped. She felt funny. It was like there was a strange new energy reverberating in her bones. Chocolate fur stood on end in nervous anticipation. What was happening to her? Then it started. She could feel her bones move inside of her, and shift. A slight panic rippled through her but then she realized that this was her first change. It was scary, but she knew she shouldn't fight it. Anu had said if she fought it it could hurt. The girl took a deep breath and closed her eyes, doing all she could to relax and let the shift run its course. She found it didn't hurt, even though the popping and cracking of her body certainly sounded like it would. She felt her legs change, growing longer and shaping themselves differently. Her torso as well.
After countless minutes it stopped. It was finished. Cambria opened her eyes and found herself laying on her side. She felt so strange. One paw moved in front of her face and she saw long elegant fingers where once had been toes. It looked like her mother's hand, only cocoa instead of sable. A branch cracked behind her and she sat up with a start, her newly formed arms crossing her chest. Suddenly she realized she was alone and far from home. She was in a body that was new and strange to her. Cambria didn't like this at all. A soft, scared whimper came from her throat. What was she going to do?
Cambria had gone to bed with her family, as she always did. Nothing about the night stuck out to her aside from she found herself very tired. More tired than usual. With a vast yawn she had curled up in the room and gone to sleep, expecting to stay that way well into the morning. Clouds had covered the sky for the majority of the day, but about half-way through the night the cover fell away and the moon shone down brightly through the window of the small family's room. Almost right as the moonlight touched her Cambria's eyes snapped open. Her head rose up and looked out of the window to the sphere in the sky. It looked different somehow, like she was seeing it with new eyes. It was enchanting in a way she had never noticed before. Suddenly the comfortable, warm room seemed stuffy to her and she needed to get out. She needed to be out in the open air.
Quietly the young wolf made her way out of the room and down the stairs and through the front door. As soon as the cool night air touched her she felt rejuvenated, fresh. Her tail wagged casually as she moved into the wet grass, the moisture clinging to the fur on her paws. Oceanic gaze turned to the north and she stared in that direction for a long moment. Something was pulling her and her feet had no choice but to obey. The Marino's legs moved swiftly and with purpose. She didn't even notice moving over the boundaries of her home. At any other time she never would have dared to go out on her own, especially so late at night, but right now there was something more important. Some primal urge that she couldn't fight against. It swept her along like the tides and into the forest beyond.
She couldn't say how long she had been going when inexplicably she stopped. She felt funny. It was like there was a strange new energy reverberating in her bones. Chocolate fur stood on end in nervous anticipation. What was happening to her? Then it started. She could feel her bones move inside of her, and shift. A slight panic rippled through her but then she realized that this was her first change. It was scary, but she knew she shouldn't fight it. Anu had said if she fought it it could hurt. The girl took a deep breath and closed her eyes, doing all she could to relax and let the shift run its course. She found it didn't hurt, even though the popping and cracking of her body certainly sounded like it would. She felt her legs change, growing longer and shaping themselves differently. Her torso as well.
After countless minutes it stopped. It was finished. Cambria opened her eyes and found herself laying on her side. She felt so strange. One paw moved in front of her face and she saw long elegant fingers where once had been toes. It looked like her mother's hand, only cocoa instead of sable. A branch cracked behind her and she sat up with a start, her newly formed arms crossing her chest. Suddenly she realized she was alone and far from home. She was in a body that was new and strange to her. Cambria didn't like this at all. A soft, scared whimper came from her throat. What was she going to do?