Dan and Phil: Chosen

Chapter 9: Born this way

Dan shook his head quickly

"No,no of course not" Dan said laughing embarrassed

Phil looked at Dan, he sighed

"It's ok Dan, you can tell me, I'm your friend"

When Dan heard "friend" he suddenly became more relaxed

"Ok I'm a werewolf, satisfied" Dan said crossing his arms

Phil laughed

"I kinda guessed, when you were mad your eyes turned yellow"

Dan blushed

"No wonder you needed padding for your room, you don't want the rooms walls to get scratched up just in case the apartment inspector comes up, so when he does all you have to do is take down the scratched up padding and hide it"

Dan nodded still embarrassed by the situation

"It's ok Dan, I know all about werewolves, so I can help you with anything, and I won't get mad if you attack me" Phil said smiling

Dan gulped a drop of sweat fell from his temple, then he began to shake

"Dan, Dan calm down" Phil yelled grabbing Dan's shoulders

"If you don't calm down you'll transform, werewolves transform under stress and during a full moon, and there's no moon tonight, so if you don't want to transform then...CALM DOWN"

Dan took deep breathes and calmed himself down

"I'm ok, thank you"

"I think I know why I ummmm... transformed last night, I was under a lot of stress" Dan said sighing

"What we're you stressed about?" Phil asked

Dan sat up and sighed

"Please don't hate me but... I killed a man last night"

Phil gulped, but understood

"I understand, I know how some times werewolves can hurt someone without  realizing there doing it"

Dan nodded

"All I could remember from that night is I went to the bathroom, because I saw that I had claws, which I found weird. Then I saw that man that was saying crap about me and my friend and then everything went.....black, the next thing I know I was holding a....bleeding guy" Dan said holding his head,Phil could see a tear running down his face

"I'm a murderer Phil" Dan said crying

Phil sighed

"I'm 221 years old, ive seen many deaths before, heard about them mostly, and I've also seen a village burn.....nothing you could ever do would phase me"

"I've seen my dad kill a man and drink his blood with my very eyes" Phil said sighing

Dan looked at Phil with curiosity

"Wow I can't believe your 221, you've must have seen it all" Dan said smiling

Phil look out the window and sighed

"I haven't been outside since I was 3, so I had no idea how much the world has changed, I guess it's changed a lot since the 1800's. Theres no horses leading carriages or markets selling goods, now there's only these huge metal looking homes and boxes that can move"

Dan laughed

"Those boxes are called cars"

Dan looked Phil up and down

"If you haven't been outside since the 1800s then how do your clothes look so modern, shouldn't you be wearing old fashion garb?" Dan asked

Phil smiled

"My father won't let me know a lot about the outside world but he does give me books about certain topics like for instance fashion, I pleaded for the clothes in the books so I could feel a little bit like an actual teenager so he said yes"

"If you've never been outside then how did you see a village burn"

Phil sighed looking back at Dan

"I saw it happen from my bedroom window"

"When did the fire happen?" Dan asked

"I happened in 1899"

Dan scratched his chin

"I don't remember hearing about a fire in 1899"

"It was a tiny fire in Transylvania, it wasn't big enough to be remembered"
Phil sighed

"But you remembered" Dan said frowning

"Like it was yesterday"

Phil shook his head as Dan stood up to do some work on his room

"Hey Dan, I have a question?"

"Shoot" Dan said walking towards the hallway towards his room

"When did you get bitten, it seems like it was recent"

Dan looked back at Phil

"I was never bitten, I was born this way,my first transformation was on my birthday which was yesterday, my dad was apparently a werewolf and he kept it a secret from me for so long, that's why I decided to leave"

Phil sighed

"Happy late birthday"

"Thanks" Dan said as he walked to his room leaving Phil all alone