Thursday, January 13, 2005

Part 3, Over
Well, I have done my Exam today, it was mean't to be 1 1/2 hour long but I did it in 1/2 an hour, lol, I ma sure I feel asleep in that hall you know, but it was FREEZING, and I as sat next to one of the heating units/

Well, This is gonna be short, here is the next chapter, enjoy :)

Chapter 7 – Lupine Secret

It had seemed like hours, but actually had only been about 15 minutes when they came to a large clearing with a large cliff ahead of them, it was a huge opening with trees all around it, covering the edges, light poured into it, showing the grass for it’s true colour, light green, it seemed so untouched and tidy, Richard clambered off her back and then looked around, taking a few seconds to get his bearings, he was a bit confused, he had no idea where he was, why he was there, and after a ride like that he was more than a bit disorientated.

He looked around, it was beautiful, so nice here, and peaceful, and in the distance the sound of birds could be heard in the trees, and somewhere else nearby water must have been present as babbling from some kind of stream or river, but he could not see it. He looked around, and then back to Lorna, who just seemed to be smiling, it was then that Richard asked her the question, “What are we doing her Lorna?” he looked back at her, while still looking around the clearing. As he looked back to her he saw her just looking around and walking to the centre, she then stopped and looked to Richard, who was next to her, she said quite softly to him, as if not make him worry.

“You better not stand there, it could be dangerous, best walk over to the cliff and look away, it would be best” she then looked to him with her kind eyes, and Richard returned it, after a few seconds he nodded and decided to do as she ask, even though it been a weird request after been asked to come and see something, he would not expect her to harm him, so he did as she asked. Richard walked and looked at the wall, it was a granite design, very smooth, and it appeared too had been carved to be so. Suddenly, Richard felt the ground beneath him move, he struggled to stay standing as it did, and he had to hold the rock face in order to keep his footing while it happened. After about a minute though, it stopped, and he continued to look at the rock face, he did not know what to do, weather to move, or not, to stay still until she told him to turn around. After about another minute he began to get bored, he didn’t want to disobey her, and a warm damp wind could be felt from behind for a second, it continued to be so, and after about another minute of feeling this he decided to turn around, but what he saw he would never had expected, not in his wildest dreams.

When he turned around, what he saw ahead of him made him stagger back into the wall, and he fell over himself, as he knocked himself into the wall, he had to blink several times before he would actually believe what he saw, ahead of him was a large black object, that looked like a nose of a muzzle, and behind that was exactly so, the muzzle of an animal ahead of him, looking straight at him, huge beady eyes staring at him, he had to take some deep breathes as he looked upon it, ‘what was it?’ he wanted to know, he began to become scared, he had no idea what it was, but, it looked as if it was ready to strike, he looked away, but then felt the breath of the beast change, and a large booming voice said to him, “Don’t be scared, It is me” Richard did not recognize the voice at first, but after a few seconds he then began to tentatively look back, and he said under his breath as he did

“Lorna”, he tried to get his foot, and as he did, he saw a giant claw come from behind the huge Lupine, she extended one of her huge fingers, that seemed to be the size of his body, if not bigger, and with this she helped pushing him up onto his feet, and he could see her smiling. After Lorna had done this, she then stood up, as she did the ground shook, he had to hold the rock face again in order to keep his legs from falling, they were still jelly, and the shock of the whole thing had still hold of him. As she stood at her full height, she must have been in excess of at least 100 feet, she towered over him, blocking out the sun, and she could easily see over the cliff which towered over him, he felt like an ant at this point, something which could be easily squashed, and even though she told him not to be scared, he could not help but feel so, insignificant.

Suddenly as he stood there, holding the wall, trying to blend in, and maybe she may not do anything, he looked up at her, he could barely see anything, but she was looking down at him, suddenly, she started to bend down again, resting on one knee, and leaning off it, looking at him, he then looked up at her, he could see she was smiling at him, he did not know what to do, he had never been in such a situation where his life may have been at risk from a ‘Giant Lupine’. As he looked at her, he saw her other paw reach down towards him, and then, a large paw was in front of him, extended towards him, he looked up towards Lorna, she was signaling for him to climb up on it. He looked at it for a few seconds, unsure what to do, but then, he suddenly, on instinct let go off the wall, and even though his legs were jelly, he clambered over to her, still unsure on his feet, and landed on her paw, as soon as he had climbed on it, she began to rise again, the cliff face quickly disappearing, and ahead of him, more forest, and mountains in the distance, he looked while laid on the paw in awe, he had never seen such a beautiful sight, the wind blowing in his hair, it was beautiful, the view simply astounding. It then came to him, he remembered what he was lying on, and then he looked suddenly back to the Lupine which was holding him, when he looked though he was now on Level with her face, he could see her whole muzzle, and every single one of her teeth, sharpened, and shining in the sunlight, he looked away, he did not know what to do now, he was at her mercy, maybe she would kill him, eat him, maybe even just squash him. As he did though, clenching his eye lids together, he was surprised to feel what he did next, her other paw, yet again helping him stand up, he felt the paw he was on move slightly away from her face, and when he opened it again, he saw that he was a more comftable distance, and arm length, and then she said to him, in what he guessed would have been a whispered tone, as if it was any louder, it may have deafened him or worse, knocked him off her paw, “It is ok, it is me, Lorna, I don’t want to hurt you, please don’t be scared” as she said this, she used her other paw, one of her huge claws, she gave him a slight stroke, he had no idea how to respond to this, he had lost his voice, and could not respond to her, but she must have understood this, as Richard then looked at her straight in the face, still slightly scared, but now able to actually look at her, she then continued to talk “This is our ‘other’ form, which we use only in the company of our own kind, and only rarely, I have only used this form about a dozen times in my life to defend myself, and I wanted to show you this, you are the first human to see it and still be alive” as she said this line, a feeling of shock ran through Richard’ body, she could see this, even at this size she could make out what looks he had, and she quickly responded with a reply, “Don’t worry, I am not going to kill you, I wanted to show you what I am capable of, I thought it only right” as she said this, she then began to lower her paw onto the top off the cliff, as she did, Richard crawled off, and lay on the cliff, looking up, he could not believe what he had just seen, this was not the norm for him, as he lay here letting the thoughts go through his head, Lorna sat down beside him, a slight tremor could be felt, and he saw as her tail wagged, the long fur of it dancing about, she then moved it over towards him, and covered him with it, the warmth of it, he could feel it in every strand of his body, he felt safe, secure. As he lay here, he then suddenly spoke, and said to her

“What does it feel like” he looked up to her, she must have heard him as she moved to look at him, she responded again in her whispered voice, but still, he could feel it reverberate in the ground

“It feels like, well, normal really, I don’t see any different, except, I am able to see a lot more, and well, everything is a lot, smaller” she then stood up, her tail moving from his body and looked down at him, saying “This is what I wanted to show you, this is the real me, I hope you can still accept me” she then picked him up, and placed him on the ground below, and from there he watched as she began to return to her normal form, slowly, she got a more normal size, until eventually she was back to normal. Richard walked over to her, and looked at her, only a few minutes ago he was sitting in those paws of her, he then looked at her in the face, and put his arms around her, she doing the same, and Richard said to her, into her ears, quietly, but happily

“I am glad you felt you could share this with me, of course I can still accept you” he then looked over her shoulders to the forest, and saw the sun as it began to set behind the tree line, Lorna also saw this and glances a look to him. She looked to the sky and saw the darkening, she said to him softly again.

“We should leave, common, hold on to me” Lorna then turned around, and Richard grabbed her, holding onto her tightly, and as he did, she looked ahead into the forest, looking dark, and foreboding, and as they did, Lorna sprang into the air, and began her run through the forest.

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