The night
drew in but he knew he was safe tonight, it was not a full moon you see it was
the night before, crawling into bed and pulling the bed cover round him, he
nestled into the pillow and closed his eyes. Thoughts of the day went through
his head as he drifted off to sleep….then he began to dream, dream of things,
times that had come and gone and yet to happen, the strange and familiar, scary
and colourful but he was not fazed but these site for there were a
blur.
Running he was running so far and so fast, was he running from
something or to it, he could not tell…was he man or beast, but he seemed to be
shifting between the two. He stopped crawling through the bushes on all fours he
looked down to see his now familiar paws, raising his head he sniffed the air,
still unsure he walked forward slowly...there in the shadow, he watched and
waited. The shadow emerged slowly, as it became clearer he could see it was a
man, shock white hair, dressed in oldie clothes crisp white shirt with lace
collar and cuffs, tight riding pants, the figure before him was elegant,
refined, but something…something was not right, he….he smelt wrong, not like a
normal human.
The man noticed the new comer and smiled to himself as much
as to the wolf…they circled each other for a while and then he sat on a rock,
smiling and looking at the wolf again he finally spoke “so young one you have
come to see the world?”
Tilting his head Ambrose looked at the man as he
laid down as he continued “the world and the strange things in it? I’m guessing
you have not been changed long….a few months at most” He chuckled. “So come on
lets see what your made of?”
Ambrose looked down at his paws and watched
as he moved from wolf form to his hybrid form he stood up and licked his chops
and sniffed the air, looking at the man he finally spoke “what are you?...who
are you?”
Sabin gave Ambrose a very toothy grin as he licked his
lips...what can only be described as claws grew from his hands and he removed
his coat and hat and walked closer to him, folding his sleeves up “well I am
here to teach you a few things” he smirked “so get ready here I come” He lunged
forward towards Ambrose and taking him by surprise knocked him off his feet and
dug his claws into his flesh.
Ambrose howled in pain and swiped at his
attacker knock he off and rolling away he jumped up, watched Sabin smirking as
he picked himself up “nice one thought I had got you on that one…..but I’m not
going to warn you next time so be ready, young one”
Ambrose shook
himself down and readied himself, his lip curling back as he growled. He wasn’t
going to let this guy get the drop on him again, no in fact he was going to do
the jumping. Glancing to his left but keeping half an eye on Sabin to see if he
looks to Ambrose waits.
Sabin grins as he watches Ambrose glance and
follows it, knowing that this is a ploy but does it away.
This was the
moment he was waiting for he snaps his head back and starts to charge at Sabin
moving down to all fours his teeth glinting in the moon light he hits Sabin full
on bowling them both over and over. Ambrose scratching and biting, punching and
kicking for all he was worth. Sabin was a little shocked at this thinking that
the guy didn’t have it in him, but soon realizing that it was survival that was
kicking in and he started to laugh.
Ambrose soon figured out that the
man was laughing at him and stopped moving back off him blood dripping from his
claws he stood up and looked at him frowning. Sabin looked at him smiling “ well
it looks like we have both done each other a little damaged huh?” nodding to the
scratch marks on Ambrose’s’ chest.
Ambrose looked down at his chest and
realized it was his blood and touch the marks he looked back up to find that
Sabin had gone and all he could hear now was faint laughter and in the distance
he could hear his name. He shifted back to wolf form and started towards the
sound….closer and closer. It was sounding like Angelina.
He was looking
at her a little puzzled “what...what are you doing in the woods at this time of
night?
“Woods?” she said sounding a little odd herself “Ambrose we are
not in the woods you were dreaming we’re in bed at my house and your
bleeding….what on earth where you dreaming about?”
Ambrose looked down at
his chest and touched it and frowned “I don’t know…I’m not sure, someone….a man
I think..i was fighting” shaking his head trying to remember but he couldn’t
“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to worry you” he got up and went to the bathroom to
wash off a little and coming back a few minutes later “ Are you ok?” he asked.
Nodding she replied “yeah just worried about you is all, now come back to bed
and lets get some sleep”
