Fight or Flight

Hidden Miracles

 The sky is blue with the suns welcoming rays as I am racing through a pasture. The palm of my hands graze through tall grass and the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen. I don’t want this moment to end. I notice a building to my right a few miles from me, and a figure of a person calling out. I was too far away to make out what the person was saying. A moment later I am but all but feet away from the building and the person now.

I realize the figure is a man, and that he is calling out for me. “Ok, so what’s going on???” As I get closer to the man and the building I can see this blinding light emanating from the doorway of the building. The man’s voice sounds like William’s pleading for me. “What the hell is going on here?” “Ok Leighann get it together there’s no way this is real....... think woman what is my reality?” The next thing I know is being blinded by this overwhelming light.

        As my eyes adjust to my new surroundings I being attempting to process my new environment. I am floating above my body, and William is beside me bare necked. If this wasn’t so bizarre I’d be enjoying the view. I can hear him crying out to me “Don’t you dare leave me”, “come back to me Leighann!” “Leighann please, I love you don’t leave me!!”

As I watch William I notice some red liquid on his body then I catch something unusual from the right side of my profile view. I follow the red liquid from where he stands to the door. I gasp in horror as the scene sinks in. A mangled body, and the woman’s face forever frozen in terror. I am frozen in terror at the sight of what is in front of me. This must be a nightmare, no it has to be one.

Darkness swallows me in an unwelcoming blanket. “You’ve got to be joking me!” “Not again.” “Will the treachery ever end?” Wait is something growling??

His name comes out faint William. I can hear William as he yells “THE MOON!!!” It is the only thing I could understand as his voice changes from human to beast. A searing pain resonates from inside me as I begin to open my eyes. I scream once the full force of the pain hits me. William quickly looks at me with mixed emotions.

I know what I don’t miss the freaking pain dude. I feel like I’m being disassembled then reassembled while awake as though I’m a bloody toy. Now that I’m thinking about it there’s so much wrong with that thought.... I whimper I’m pain while my bones pop into a new position. I realize I’m still chained up, and force a simple word out to William. “!Chains!”

William springs into action then uses his strength to break me free. Just in time to if I’d have to say so myself. I mean seriously two more seconds and I don’t think I’d have any arms nor legs attached to my body... yeah I’m just gonna pretend I never said that now. Once all four restraints were broken I knew I could stop fighting the change. I do not know what caused me to wake up but it worked.

I guess I could be thankful that my mind was a haze or I would of gone through hell changing. It felt like I was me but at the same time that I was still hovering of my body..... Damn now I sound insane well Hell where’s my straight jacket in that case? 

The rest of the night is a hit and run on what I can remember. I remember changing then dealing with my horny husband.... naw it’s not like I almost died or anything so why would ya think I’d need some time to recover.... Geez why is men so frustrating to deal with. During the duration of the night some of my memories become clear to me like the out of body experience and visiting what seemed like some kind of dream world then getting shot... yeah that’s something I would of preferred to have forgotten.

        By the time I woke up the sun was already at its peak beating down on my bear body. I shaded my eyes as I take in my surroundings and I think it’s the best I’ve seen lately. I am in the backyard of my home. I couldn’t help but allow myself to smile from ear to ear when I noticed my husband laying beside me and that we’re finally home. “We’re home.”  My voice was drenched with emotion as I spoke those words for the first time since everything happened.

I wiped my tears away before waking my husband. I think he deserves a kick in the ass after last night but there was the fact that I should be dead right now too so I guess I can just give him a morning kiss instead. I turn my husband from his left side onto his back then lean in to kiss him on the lips. Just before I kiss him he smiles from there he meets me the rest of the way  to kiss me. Oh man how I missed this mans love as well as presence.

I savored the taste of his lips, the feeling of his tongue dominating my mouth. I didn’t want it to end but I knew if we kept kissing the intense passion would lead to s*x and I’m definitely not up to it. I say that and we’re still kissing. I could feel William’s hands roam my body. I knew where this was leading, and I couldn’t make out what I really wanted as my mind screamed !!NO!! while my body yelled !!f**k YES!! I was losing the battle and all sense of reasoning in the process.

      The only thing I could comprehend was a twig snapping then me and my husband on our feet within milliseconds. My vision began changing, my nails growing, and my canines in long gating. I can feel my chest rumbling as a low growl escapes from me. The fact that we were still naked slipped my mind completely as the bushes ruffled as something within it moves. This beast within me wells up until it’s scratching at the surface demanding to be released from its cage. The last thing I recognize as my beast takes over is that I’m no longer standing as well as the once unbearable popping/shifting bones and joints seems as though it’s second nature excluding the pain this time though.

My eyes spring open as my upper body shoots up to me sitting. Anger.......Fear.......Excitement. Those where the emotions I felt, but why?...... where am I? What is this place?? I can see trees.... a forest!?! How did I get here? Hell where is here? I raise my right hand to my face as I feel some kind of warm liquid run down my face.

My hand slides the warm liquid ever so closer to me nose and mouth. I am frozen with an unquenchable thirst....wait no..what is this? My brain becomes hazed as the scent slams into my nostrils I am blind sided by another realization....t..th....this is blood. I struggle to restrain myself from losing control of myself once again from tasting the blood as I imagine my teeth sink into some helpless prey I have hunted with such hunger bubbling within me. I can feel myself losing my grip as I crave feverishly for a taste.

 This primal urge is deafening. What is wrong with me? As I feel myself slipping from control into an abyss of unconsciousness I can faintly hear someone calling out to me. there it is again but this time the voice It’s a bit clearer as though I’m being pulled back by some magical ropes drawing me nearer to them. Leighann baby, I know your still in there I need you to follow my voice back to me, ok? My vision beings to come back to me little by little as a blinding light dulls.