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FFM '14.24 Hunter's Moon

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Hey, you. Don’t click away. You never have before. I know I’ve been telling you pointless stories, but I know you’ll listen.

***

“You don’t have to do this.”

I snorted. “Of course I do. I’m curious. Plus, I’ve finally gotten you to agree.”

“I can’t believe you’ve managed it. It’s kind of personal to me; the last time there was someone else here, it was my first time, right after high school.”

***

I’m going to disappoint the pervs out there: This conversation was not about sex, even though Red was naked.

***

It was cloudy, cold and threatening to snow (I still think it’s weird that there are places where it snows in October), but the moon was rising and it held sway, clouds or no.

“Up!” Red gasped, doubling over, and I was up a tree in a flash.

***

It takes less than two minutes, if you were wondering. It starts with cramps, then the nails and teeth become claws and fangs. The limbs and face reproportion themselves while the fur happens, followed very closely by ears and tail.

***

Red turned out to be a rather large timberwolf, and sniffed around my tree for a while with her hackles raised before she caught another scent and took off like a shot through the forest. I followed through the branches as she went on the chase after a rabbit, which she caught and killed with such a ruthless efficiency, I finally understood why our kinds feared each other.

***

I’ve definitely got a new respect for Red, now.

It's day 24 of FFM, now with more werewolves! (256 words [Word says 262, but it counts the asterisks], 14 dead characters to date)

The CHALLENGE was to write a piece with 256 or fewer words, the title of your favorite song ("Hunter's Moon" by Celtic Thunder at the moment, to which I cannot find a link because GEMA, so have the lyrics) as the title, but not quoted in the flash, breaks the fourth wall, and goes back and forth between the action and a background event (what happened, and Jack telling what happened for this).
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NamelessShe's avatar
Excellent! Favorite part: I’m going to disappoint the pervs out there: This conversation was not about sex, even though Red was naked.