She Belongs To The Devil

This time, Nigel wasn't completely oblivious about where he was or how he got here. He was more aware. He knew that this was his subconscious state, and he also remembered that his wolf side would be here somewhere.

"If I see the visual representation of my subconscious, then can my wolf side actually be in the form of a wolf? Is that why there are no other animals or birds… maybe they are afraid of the wolf? I don't even know if that makes sense but let's try and find my other half."

Nigel again walked for what felt like an hour. But he could not find any wolf in there. Tired and frustrated, he sat down on a stone and looked up at the moon. The moon looked a bit larger than normal. And it looked so beautiful and pure that Nigel felt extremely happy to see the moon. He felt like calling for the moon.

And the next moment, Nigel began to howl like a real wolf. He did not mean to howl, he just wanted to say something to the moon.. But he ended up surprising himself by howling. However, he felt really good while doing that so he didn't stop. He kept on looking at the moon and howling on top of his voice.

And to his surprise again, he heard something reciprocating to that howl. For a short moment, he thought that it was his echo. But then something came across his mind. "What if that is my werewolf form?"

He instantly got up from that rock and ran in the direction from where that voice was coming. "I do not have weeks at my disposal to just find my werewolf side or form or whatever. I have to find it quickly so that I can learn the next steps." Nigel was determined to find it now.

He ran at the top of his speed while occasionally howling, and finally, he reached a cliff which was also the edge of the forest that he was trapped in. He somehow got out of that never-ending loop of the forest.

A huge wolf, which had a mix of grey and white fur, was sitting at the cliff. It was facing the other side and was howling while looking at the moon. Suddenly, it stopped howling and it looked behind at Nigel.

Nigel felt overwhelmed when he stared at that wolf's amber eyes. He wasn't nervous, but he felt extremely happy as though he had found his long-lost twin.

He slowly inched his way towards the wolf and that wolf did the same.

The wolf's fur was glowing under the full moon. It was almost twice the size of a normal wolf and looked somewhat intimidating as well.

As he inched closer, he uttered under his breath, "So, I look this majestic in my wolf form? I feel like touching its fur… I mean touching my fur. I hope I won't bite myself."

Nigel wanted to be in that body and run around the forest. He wanted to feel the freedom that Rhea was talking about earlier and he also wanted to remember the feeling when he would revert back to his human form.

When the wolf was close, Nigel raised his hand slowly and cautiously to caress the majestic wolf. His fingertips touched the fur that was as soft as silk. But as soon as he did that, the wolf disintegrated into a gust of glowing aura and forcefully entered Nigel's body.

Nigel began to scream in pain. He felt as though something foreign had ripped his heart open and then entered inside it. The pain was just too unbearable to handle. He even wondered if his heart would explode from that agonizing pain.

He clutched his chest and growled like an untamed beast. Suddenly he crouched down on the ground on all his fours. His whole body started to sweat excessively.

And in the middle of that agony, he heard the bone on his back cracking. He jolted because of extreme pain and shouted even more. His eyes turned from sapphire blue to glowing amber in color. And then there was another loud crack on his leg. He tumbled to the ground and writhed on the ground.

He realized that he was no longer in his subconscious and was already out in the training ground. But whatever was happening to him was not stopping. His countless bones had already snapped and were taking different shapes.

He flung his head outwards to see where Rhea was. She was standing right in front of him and was saying something to him. But he could not focus on a single word that she was saying.

The pain was getting worse and worse. He wanted to ask Rhea to help him out of the pain but he did not even get the right word to say. All he could do was grunt and gag and scream.

He could feel a sharp pain on his fingertips and he felt like digging his nails on something, anything at all. He did not realize that his hands had already transformed into sharp claws. While in the middle of shouting and his bones breaking down, he dug his claws on the ground so that he would not end up digging them on Rhea.

He felt like the first thing he would do when his transformation would be complete would be to jump at Rhea, so he gritted from between his sharp canines and shouted, "Get… away… from meeee…"

But Rhea was his teacher for a reason. Even though she looked the same age as Nigel, she was far more experienced. She was one of the strongest wolves of the pack. So she was ready for whatever was going to come her way.

Nigel kept on thrashing on the ground and writhing around in pain. And finally, after about 12 minutes, his endless pain came to a halt.

Nigel opened his eyes and saw that Rhea was smiling at him. He tried to smile back at her but he felt some discomfort as though something was different. He raised his hand to check if what just happened was just a dream or was happening in real as well. But instead of his hand, he saw a white paw with sharp claws protruding from the tips.

"I turned?" He exclaimed inside his mind in ecstasy. And as though he was a newborn puppy who just found out about its tail, he began to jump around in circles. He was trying to look at his own body.

Rhea came close to him and then ran her hand on his neck and said, "Why don't you take a round of this forest?" Then she swiftly jumped and sat on Nigel's back and whispered near his ears, "I hope you don't mind me joining?"

If Nigel was in his human form then his whole body would have turned red already. He was thankful that he was a wolf now. He nodded his head and then took off to enjoy the freedom.