Post by Avi on Nov 5, 2006 11:34:48 GMT -5
She woke on her own bed the next morning, and stared at the cieling for a couple of minutes. Her mind was a blur, Tessa couldn't remember what was going on. Then she sat up with a jolt as the events of the night before became clear to her, and realized she didn't feel any different...there were no aches, no more of the hideous pain...Tessa hopped to the cold floor, bare feet softly hitting it as she walked to the mirror.
She didn't look any different.
Hope welled up in her. Maybe it had all just been a nightmare, and obscene dream...yes, that was it. It had to be.
But Tessa looked closer, and then was suddenly unsure. Was she a little thinner, or was it her imagination? Had her eyes always been that yellow, that bright? Was her hair really that black, that silky? But she dashed those thoughts; now she was just being too critical of herself.
Tessa shivered, it was awfully cold in her room. She felt the need to get out, to talk to someone...someone besides Eris, someone who was not insane. And someone who she had met before, and was a slightest bit scared of.
She'd call upon Casrina.
Pulling on warm clothes and heavy shoes, Tessa started out slowly but walked faster once the cold really hit her. A large amount of snow had fallen overnight and was soaking her to the bone. She longed to get indoors, where she could call upon some fire to warm herself. Already the cottage where Casrina lived came into view, and the pace of the girl's quickened.
Suddely, her eyes caught the movement of a flock of crows to her left.
Her stomach roared in hunger.
The thought popped into her head about how juicy and plump the crows looked.
Before she could assert herself, new instincts took over, and a sixteen foot long cobra rippled on the snow.
Bite....killlllll....
The head swayed up, and tongue flicked out uncertainly as fmailiar gold eyes surveyed the flock.
Striiiiiiike...
Fangs pierced the flesh of the bird, and it was dead as soon as it was bit. The jaw unhinged as the bird was swallowed whole, and the rest of the flock took off shrieking terror.
Only after the bird had completely moved down did Tessa realize what she had done. With a cry of deseration that came out as a sorrowful hiss, she fought herself to Change back.
And just as suddenly she did.
So much for it all being a bad dream.
Tessa glanced moodily at her clothes just meters away. Clearly shaken, she was grateful no one was around as she pulled on the icy clothes. She was scared of herself, of what might happen...trembling, she trudged back towards Casrina's house again, passing through the dormant garden out front without seeing anything but the door to the inside. Thankfully she was human...
But the pupils of her eyes remained slits, although no other hints of her Change remained.
The doorbell to the cottage was rang.
She didn't look any different.
Hope welled up in her. Maybe it had all just been a nightmare, and obscene dream...yes, that was it. It had to be.
But Tessa looked closer, and then was suddenly unsure. Was she a little thinner, or was it her imagination? Had her eyes always been that yellow, that bright? Was her hair really that black, that silky? But she dashed those thoughts; now she was just being too critical of herself.
Tessa shivered, it was awfully cold in her room. She felt the need to get out, to talk to someone...someone besides Eris, someone who was not insane. And someone who she had met before, and was a slightest bit scared of.
She'd call upon Casrina.
Pulling on warm clothes and heavy shoes, Tessa started out slowly but walked faster once the cold really hit her. A large amount of snow had fallen overnight and was soaking her to the bone. She longed to get indoors, where she could call upon some fire to warm herself. Already the cottage where Casrina lived came into view, and the pace of the girl's quickened.
Suddely, her eyes caught the movement of a flock of crows to her left.
Her stomach roared in hunger.
The thought popped into her head about how juicy and plump the crows looked.
Before she could assert herself, new instincts took over, and a sixteen foot long cobra rippled on the snow.
Bite....killlllll....
The head swayed up, and tongue flicked out uncertainly as fmailiar gold eyes surveyed the flock.
Striiiiiiike...
Fangs pierced the flesh of the bird, and it was dead as soon as it was bit. The jaw unhinged as the bird was swallowed whole, and the rest of the flock took off shrieking terror.
Only after the bird had completely moved down did Tessa realize what she had done. With a cry of deseration that came out as a sorrowful hiss, she fought herself to Change back.
And just as suddenly she did.
So much for it all being a bad dream.
Tessa glanced moodily at her clothes just meters away. Clearly shaken, she was grateful no one was around as she pulled on the icy clothes. She was scared of herself, of what might happen...trembling, she trudged back towards Casrina's house again, passing through the dormant garden out front without seeing anything but the door to the inside. Thankfully she was human...
But the pupils of her eyes remained slits, although no other hints of her Change remained.
The doorbell to the cottage was rang.