Under The Moonlight

Under The Moonlight
(girl to wolf)

Gasping for air and covered in sweat, Olivia awoke from a gruesome nightmare. In it she saw images of broken bodies, bloody corpses of her family and friends. She briefly saw a wolf like creature in the nightmare. She tried and tried to shake the images out of her head, but to no prevail they flashed over and over again. She couldn’t seem to go back to sleep. Even when she felt drowsy she would hear beast like snarls or howls outside her window. They didn’t sound like a typical dog, but like hell if she was going to go investigate.  The grumbles and strange noised carried on until about three a.m, and then once the light started to pour over the horizon. The whole night she got only four hours of sleep. When her mom knocked on the door to get her up, she was surprised to see Olivia awake and so tense. “Honey, what is wrong?”. “I didn’t get enough sleep and for some reason im sore all over.”. “Aw, I’m sorry dear, but me and your father are going to work now. We love you!”. “Yeah, love you too.” Once her mom and dad walked out the door  she went to the kitchen. “Maybe food will make my day a little brighter.”. The only food she could find in the kitchen was breed. “Toast it is I guess.”. The day seemed to speed by as she sat on the couch and lounged her summer day away. It was now six in the afternoon and she couldn’t find anything else on. Wondering to her room, she looked out the door. A clear beautiful sunset could be seen over the other houses. “Maybe a walk wouldn’t hurt.” she said with a smile. She walked out the door, making sure to lock the door behind her. The walk started out nice and relaxing, she saw her neighbors and the children in the neighborhood returning home. It was when she decided to cut through the woods that the walk turned scary. She started to hear panting and the noises that she heard outside her window last night. She saw blurs moving around in the corner of her eyes. She walked faster until finally fear got to her, and she broke out into a sprint. The shadows seemed to sweep in front of her now. Her eyes watering from the cool night air hitting them. Her vision was a blur and she couldn’t see the branch right in front of her feet. She tripped and fell forward onto her stomach. As she laid there in pain, she felt something walk up to her. Frozen with fear she whimpered but never moved. The creature sniffed her leg and then moved to her lower back. She couldn’t help but wince in pain as the creature nipped her wrist and then licked the wound. Finally starting to walk away, the creature disappeared into the shadows. Olivia laid there for several moments, then deciding it was safe, got up and left. She ran the rest of the way home not stopping till she was at her door. The house seemed to be booming with bass and her driveway was full of cars. “Oh no, my parents and another one of their obnoxious parties.”. As she walked in she saw her family members and her parents closest friends, she began to greet the whole crowd. Her parents walked into the room and welcomed their daughter to the party. “That’s ok guys, I just feel like being alone tonight”. With a worried look her parents agreed and said if she needed anything to just ask. In her room she started to think of her previous night. The images and all the horror seemed to escape her mind that day. Now they were attacking back with a vengeance. The night was getting late and she noticed that her window was open. Scared of what she heard from the previous night and her encounter from the woods, she hastily closed the window shut. While closing the window her eyes caught a glimpse of the moon. It was high in the sky and glowing brightly. Her hand started to itch but she couldn’t seem to take her eyes off the moon. It was as if it were calling her, beckoning her to come closer. The itching kept up and it even started to spread to her other hand. Finally taking her eyes of the desirable object she looked down. In between her fingers grew a small patch of gray hair. As she looked closer she could see that it was thick and spiked, almost like a dog fur. As she looked on in total confusion her nails seemed to grow pointed and longer. The color seeming to turn darker and darker. They were starting to look like claws, and her nails followed suit on the other hand. She tried to scream but something inside her wouldn’t let her do anything but look on at the changes. The fur now spreading over her entire hand, started to move up her arms. Mean while her legs and ankles had the same change to them. Fine, grey fur was moving over her feet and up her ankles as she looked down at herself. She looked back to the moon and as she blinked her eyes seemed to glow a golden color, and the moon became brighter. Her palms were growing leathery and starting to puff out as pads grew in, the grey coat now up to her elbows. She tried to walk and get help but her feet seemed to grow out, her nails ripping through her converses and navy socks. Her heels bulked out as well, completely tearing her shoe apart. Muscle seemed to ripple across her body. Her arms gaining mass of muscle and her upper and lower legs bulking out. Her jeans started to rip and tear as she fell to the floor. The grey fur now covering her arms and sloping over her shoulders. Her legs were almost covered in the coat of fur, only her upper thighs were left. Her stomach seemed to grow tighter and stretch, forming abs on her massive body. Her night shirt was finally stretched to its limits and burst open. Her womanly chest being swallowed by the gaining mass. With her arms and her legs fully transformed into that of a wolf, they began to stretch and grow to be the same length. She shut her eyes in tears knowing that she was becoming nothing more than a monster. The fur now spreading up her back and the front of her chest. A small bump started to push its way out of her spinal column, as she cried out in pain. The tail was completely swallowed in fur and her neck stretched out simultaneously. The fur moved its way up her neck and her mouth and nose stretched out to form a small canine muzzle. Her teeth grew razor sharp and her nose turned dark and grew wet. Her ears seemed to move in unison up her head and grow to a point. Fur and leathery skin grew in place of her human skin. Her face was fully covered in fur and with a final, sickening crack, her muzzle locked into place. With her human form gone, her mind slowly deteriorated into nothing more than a mere beast. When her acute hearing took action, she heard music from outside her door. Her mouth watered at the thought of meat, and with a pounce, she busted the door down. The guest looked over in shock to see a giant wolf standing in the doorway. Suddenly the wolf leapt onto a woman and started to rip at her throat. The house turned into chaos and the guest ran in terror. The wolf started to rampage and slash at ever guest at the party. The sound of sirens startled the creature and with a furious growl, crashed through the back door. The police arrived along with animal control and charged in to help. What they saw shocked them. Bodies were everywhere, some grabbing their ankles for help, and others lying in pools of blood.  The authorities were appalled and puzzled as to how anyone could do this. Then in the middle of all the confusion, they heard the howl of an animal not to far away. Some even saw a shadow of a wolf like creature standing in the woods, only visible by the glow of the moon.