The wounded luna

CHAPTER 5

Everything was pitch black, there was no hint of light or brightness but in the midst of all this

darkness there was peace, I felt at peace not feeling anything at all.

It was delightful but all good things must come to an end, I heard a voice calling out to me. At

first it was very low and muffled, but as time passed, it started getting louder and louder. I finally

recognized who it belonged to, it was Alexa's voice.

"Freya, Freya wake up." I heard her say, as a result, I slowly started regaining consciousness,

and my senses started kicking in, starting with my sense of smell, the water smelled really fresh

I guess it was because of the current at which it was traveling, the sky had a musky, crisp and

refreshing scent, a small smile appeared on my face.

I heard birds fly away while chirping and finally one after the other, I opened up my eyes. At first

I abruptly shut them because of the rays that fell on them, after adjusting to it I opened them

once more.

I was met with a beautiful scenery of the sky, it was light blue with a few light clouds. My body

was laying upward facing the sky, my right hand covering where the spear pierced me, my legs

were partly in the water and the rest of my body was on the forest ground.

I diligently pulled my legs out of the water positioning my body against a tree. When I sat

upright, I noticed that all my wounds had been healed and only one was remaining.

"I couldn't heal that wound because of the spear stuck in it, you'll have to remove it. " Alexa

spoke up.

"How am I even supposed to do that?" I asked her wondering how we'd succeed without a

doctor or any sharp I sharp objects.

"Leave that to me, just be strong for me okay?" She let out, assuring me at the end.

"Okay, I'll try my best." my claws extended courtesy of Alexa, and all I had to do was dig them

into my flesh, opening it up and removing the spear, I sighed, this was easier said than done.

I gathered up all the courage I could master up and dug my claws into my flesh letting out a

scream in pain, I gritted my teeth together and cut the necessary areas removing the spear.

For a moment my sight blurred and I felt dizzy due to the pain, immediately Alexa started

healing it, at some point I passed out during the process and woke up later on.

The sun had already set and it was dark, I needed somewhere safe to sleep.

"We'll need to shift, that's the only way we'll survive this forest and moreover I don't have a

blanket but the fur will keep me warm." I informed Alexa and she hummed in agreement, then

wasted no time in shifting into a werewolf but not before I took off my clothes, tying them to my

foot.

I managed to find a spot where I could rest and settled there, owls hooted and bats flew about

as the wind lightly blew. I closed my eyes and let sleep take over.

Morning came and I was awaken by the bright rays of the sun that shone on my face, I let out a

yawn and stretched my limbs, still in my wolf form.

I went towards a stream where I shifted back into my human form and decided to take a bath,

after that I washed my previous clothes as they were covered in blood and mud then changed

into my wolf to wait for them to dry off.

After they had dried off, I changed forms and wore them. My next agenda was now finding

something to eat because my stomach was empty and growling like crazy.

The forest was dense, like really dense, if it wasn't for my sense of smell, I would have been lost

by now. Finally, I spotted a pear tree, something to eat.

I quickly climbed to the top of the tree, plucking numerous fruits and getting back down, I guess

I'll be having fruits for now.

I sat under the tree and started eating my fruits, I needed all the strength I could get. After

eating, I rested for a bit regaining my strength and started off on a journey to find a new pack or

even humans and live among them.

"So, that's your plan then?" Alexa inquired.

"Yep, that's the plan, unless you've got a better one?" I raised a question about strolling in the

forest.

"No, your plan's pretty solid, it's better if we started our lives over forgetting about everyone

from the Moon Claw Pack. " She seconded to my idea.

"Amen to that. " I giggled for the first time in a while, we'll start a new beginning that sounded

rad, I thought.

Time flew really fast, I was kinda disappointed, I was enjoying the sun a lot, I spent the whole

day shifting from human to wolf, running, swimming and climbing trees. I sure did enjoy myself

quite a lot, this kinda made me miss Iris, we always did everything together.

I sat at the top of a tree somewhere in the forest enjoying the sunset. It was truly a beauty to

behold. I smiled as I saw the last remnants of the sun fade away, the sky being filled with a hint

of orange and purple.

After watching the sundown I decided to go to sleep changing back into my wolf form.

We were running, very fast, what we were running from I did not know, Iris appeared by my side

as we both were out of breath running for our lives, a black wolf jumped in front of us, we halted

and started slowly stepping back, he stalked towards us and then his hand wrapped around Iris'

neck as he reached out to her, she screamed and struggled against him, "Freya! Freya please

save me, Freya!!!! " I heard a snap, he crushed her neck and I couldn't do anything about it, my

feet were glued to the ground, like a statue. "Freya!!!! " her voice kept on ringing in my head and

I covered my ears with my palms screaming, "No, no no no! "

My eyes shot open as I began to pant, the nightmares had returned, I thought that they could

only haunt me when I was in my human form, but I guess even in my wolf form. I let out a

painful howl and stayed up the whole night not daring to sleep so that I could avoid the

nightmares.