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Post by Silver Blackwood on Dec 27, 2014 21:53:13 GMT -5
They'd needed permission and a token to apparate in after curfew, but they had both. Silver was used to having special rules, as Head Boy at Hogwarts, and of course with his condition... What got to him was the moon. He still felt that burning need to go home, to hide in his office until the change was complete, then scratch at the door to be let out. He'd only been doing that a matter of months really, but before Ayla had come to Valfirid, he'd still been locked up. He didn't feel like he should be out.
But the school had connected him with Vilkas, and his wife had encouraged this outing.
He's been doing this for years, right? I think this will be good for you.
One of the things he loved about her was her courage. He was getting Gryffindor points for this, right? Like he had at the Renfest?
"We're going to the woods, not the animagus enclosure, right?" he asked as they neared.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Dec 27, 2014 22:12:49 GMT -5
"Right," Vilkas said, nodding. The anticipation grew in his chest, a smoldering ember that gradually began to glow brighter and burn hotter. He could feel the warmth deep beneath his sternum, like someone had shoved a piece of hot coal into his body. The flickering heat would keep growing until it felt like the sun exploding in his chest, until his fingertips tingled and his skin shivered as hair sprouted and limbs shifted.
His steps quickened, leaving brief, nearly-forgotten footprints in the snow. "Have you really never changed with someone else?" He suddenly realized how much he looked forward to this. He hadn't changed with someone since he was a kid, and even then only a couple of changes had been with the potion for him to remember them.
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Post by Silver Blackwood on Dec 27, 2014 22:22:35 GMT -5
"Ah, a Healer once when I was fifteen," Silver said, lengthening his stride to keep pace. "They already had me on the potion by then." Even before he'd regained consciousness they'd known what had happened, and Wolfsbane Potion had been added to the blood replenisher. All things considered, he supposed things had gone rather smoothly for him.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Dec 27, 2014 22:30:06 GMT -5
Vilkas' eyes darted to the sky, but he sensed they still had some time. Not much, but some. "My first changes didn't involve wolfsbane. The....clan? Or pack? I don't remember ever getting a name, but they wanted me to experience unaltered transition first. I don't remember much of that, but then they gave me the potion, and I got to run with them...and it was freeing. I was only five, and it was one of the best feelings I've ever had, running with a group like me." Maybe someday he could find another pack to run with.
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Post by Silver Blackwood on Dec 27, 2014 22:35:26 GMT -5
Silver had gotten to run around with his brother, and had never felt anything missing. If he'd been a werewolf then would he have felt it? It was impossible to say. He'd be a different person entirely. "Do you have brothers or sisters?" Silver asked. He'd had someone more like him than he'd realized at the time, had a mother who encouraged their freedom and a father who kept enough boundaries in place that they weren't entirely wild.
But that was what Vilkas meant, didn't he? He'd been wild in ways that Silver couldn't imagine and had never really wanted. What was he doing out here? He pulled his cloak in closer and looked up at the sky. Soon.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Dec 27, 2014 22:42:51 GMT -5
The question made Vilkas slow slightly, and he shook his head as his forehead creased tightly. "No. I think my parents wanted to have more kids, but after the attack...they couldn't handle it all. They're divorced now." He glanced over at Silver, then quickened his pace again. Silver had lost a mother, Vilkas shouldn't complain, despite the fact the he actually was the cause of his parents' divorce, unlike most kids. The forest was close, welcoming and warm in front of them.
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Post by Silver Blackwood on Dec 28, 2014 11:41:02 GMT -5
"I don't think I'm going to make it," Silver said, looking ahead of them. The trees were in view, but his legs didn't want to move forward and it was getting hard to stay upright. He let out a pained sound and doubled over. He didn't want to be out in the open like this, and forced another step forward.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Dec 28, 2014 12:54:05 GMT -5
Vilkas was torn. The sweet ache pulled at him, but so did the forest, and he couldn't lope away and leave Silver. "No one will see if you can't wait. I've never come across a human on the full moon out here," he assured. His eyes drifted to the sky, where the moon appeared from behind a thick cloud. It hung heavy and bright, and for the moment he forgot his companion as his own change started.
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Post by Silver Blackwood on Dec 28, 2014 13:28:44 GMT -5
Silver was sensitive to the moon, and as much as he disliked the change, he didn't fight it once it had started. There was pain, and he was no masochist, so he took Vilkas's assurance and let it come. A low groaning turned into a rumbling growl, and soon he stood in a puddle of clothing. He slunk out, shook his fur, then began the process of moving his clothes to a dry spot beside a leaning rock.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Dec 28, 2014 13:42:48 GMT -5
Vilkas relished in the feeling of the change, the tingling of pale fur and the shifting of bones and muscle, like stretching after a long nap. Unlike his companion, he cared little for his clothes. Instead, he shook, and stretched, and greeted the moon with a lingering howl that would likely send chills to the unaware. He bounded around the area, filled to bursting with energy and only just managing to keep himself from disappearing into the dense forest.
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Post by Silver Blackwood on Dec 28, 2014 13:49:59 GMT -5
Silver stopped in the process of piling up his cloak, startled by the howling, and his ears lay back. He hadn't expected that, nor the playful leaps his companion made. Silver himself was a dark-colored wolf with bits of silvery fur mixed in around his face, back, and sides. He watched Vilkas a moment or two, then resumed pulling the collar of his cloak up to lie atop the rest of his clothes. They'd need cleaned, but mostly they'd just touched the snow, so they ought to be fine. He looked around to make sure he'd remember where he'd put them, then lay down.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Dec 28, 2014 14:02:25 GMT -5
Vilkas huffed slightly, freeing his nose from powdery snow, and when Silver lay down he looked longingly over at the line of trees. He resisted the urge to run, though the effort pulled a whine from his throat. There were animals waiting to be joined. Unicorns and foxes and thestrals that welcomed him. Maybe even a centaur if Ares decided to join. He crouched near Silver, looking at him with pleading eyes. Run with me, be free.
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Post by Silver Blackwood on Dec 28, 2014 14:15:06 GMT -5
Silver got to his feet and nodded. Watching was all well and good, but he had come to learn, right? If Vilkas was going to stop long enough to come get him, he wouldn't fight it. He gave another nod toward the trees. Lead and I'll follow. He didn't know what to do, really. He'd spent seven years or so of full moons curled up with little to do but sleep and chew on things.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Dec 28, 2014 14:30:03 GMT -5
Vilkas jumped up instantly. Without a second thought finally gave in and raced to the trees, leaving behind a trail of ruffled snow. In the forest, the ground had less snow, and a layer of dead leaves created a damp, padded carpet that muffled his steps. Low branches snagged in his fur as he weaved through the trees, but he didn't spare a thought for any discomfort. The smells and sounds of the forest were more important.
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Post by Silver Blackwood on Dec 28, 2014 14:35:59 GMT -5
Why wasn't I expecting that? Silver thought. It was effort running after Vilkas, at least at first. He'd only ever walked in this form, and running required different movements. He almost lost Vilkas several times, but there was enough moonlight peeking through the trees to give a flash here or there of pale blonde fur, and when he thought about it, he could smell the excitement, and the trail wasn't too hard to follow after all.
He was more cautious than Vilkas, trying to duck under low-hanging branches, go around brush that Vilkas had gone directly through, and the damp on his paws was uncomfortable. For a bit. There was so much sensation that he couldn't give it all his full attention, so he let go of physical discomfort first.
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