Excerpt from the story:
Running. That's what I was doing. From what you ask me. From wolves. They've been chasing me for a while now.
The sound of the wolves howls and the sight of two of them came into view. As one tried to jump onto me, I swerved...
Iris's Point of View: When I opened my eyes, I was in a meadow. Wait...how did I get here? Last thing I remembered was fainting from the pain.... Am I dead?
"Iris, calm down. We can think this through. Just relax and look at the scenery before us. Maybe we can find someone," my subconscious said.
So I did. I took a deep breath and focused on where I was at. The meadow was beautiful. The grass was long that came up to my calves. There was trees surrounding the meadow. There was a huge tree, bigger than the rest, by a pond that glistened in the night sky. The sky was clear. I mean there wasn't any clouds in it. Just a bunch of stars and bright full moon. The reflection of the moon on the pond made the scenery very beautiful. I walked over to the huge tree by the pond. It kind of reminded me of the Tree of Life from Lion King. I sat down on the roots and dipped my feet into the water. I expected it to be cold but it wasn't. It was warm.
Looking into the pond, I seen my reflection. I looked kind of different yet the same. My appearance was the same except that my feline ears and tail was out. And my eyes were like how they were when I shifted fully. But what confused me was the tribal marks on my face. They were red and covered around my eyes and mouth and down my neck. Actually they were on my whole body and weren't coming off no matter how much I rubbed them. It was like they were tatted on me. Looking at my clothes, I realized it wasn't the same dress I had wore to the ceremony. Instead it was like a native style dress. Something similar to what my ancestors would've wore. (Picture below ⬇⬇⬇⬇)
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A giggle pulled me out of my thoughts. I looked behind me to see a young girl around the age of 12 to 13. She wore a similar dress to mine but didn't have any of the markings like I did. In fact, she didn't have any. Her hair was short and white. And I mean as white as snow. She was fairly tanned that contrasted well with her hair, and her eyes were as blue as mine with a little bit of green. I stood up and cautiously walked to her. She didn't move at all. Instead, she stared straight at me. (Picture of the girl below ⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇)
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The closer I got, the more features I could see of the girl. Like that she had two blue feathers tucked behind her ear. And that she stood just below my breasts. I also realized that her eyes were glazed looking, like if she was talking to someone through mind-link or if she was blind. But I wasn't too sure and felt uncomfortable to assume anything. I crouched down by her.
