Post by Nocturne on Mar 7, 2009 23:36:10 GMT -5
Elise moved off past the paved road along the fringe of the evergreen forest. Tall majestic pines used for lodge poles by native indians or other settlers covered the land, along with shorter douglas firs, or quaking aspens. The slightly damp air filled with the subtle fragrance of fungus, moss, lichen, pine needles damp with the condensation of dew before the dawn would come many hours later, and the scent of wolf. Peering through the deep green framework of branches the moon looked down on the land cared for and inhabited by the lycans its shimmering surface calling to her heart like her mother's own voice in the night. With a hoarse cry of joy she lifted her bare feet to race lightly over the soft ground between the trees, her hair flying behind her as she inhaled all the smells of the earth and night.
Finding a hollow space within a tree to hide her clothing and staff she smiled as she danced in the moon's light. Her silky hair drifting like a cloud around her as she remembered days when many lycans would gather together at the lupinar for a pack gathering. She shivered lightly as she recalled the strong current of power that rode over all of them as they gathered there in the past. To find an Alpha male for a pack leader that would take her in and let her be part of all that again.... she shivered and lifted her voice in a call more ancient than time itself. She howled at the moon as her body changed quickly, her skin spliting to reveal the muscles beneath it as fur flowed like water up to cover her. Her hands became paws along with her bare feet as she sank to the forest floor her body reshaping itself into that of a female wolf. Shaking her fur coat to dry it she laughed in a way that sounded more like a wolf's growl then raced off into the underbrush finally free and able to move as her kind were meant to.
She dug her paws deep into the bed of the forest floor sending large clumps of needles flying just for fun. She didnt have to make such a mess usually no one could even tell she was running past as her paws traveled so surely over it all. Tonight she was rejoicing in the call of the moon and its promise of power and the hunt.
Finding a hollow space within a tree to hide her clothing and staff she smiled as she danced in the moon's light. Her silky hair drifting like a cloud around her as she remembered days when many lycans would gather together at the lupinar for a pack gathering. She shivered lightly as she recalled the strong current of power that rode over all of them as they gathered there in the past. To find an Alpha male for a pack leader that would take her in and let her be part of all that again.... she shivered and lifted her voice in a call more ancient than time itself. She howled at the moon as her body changed quickly, her skin spliting to reveal the muscles beneath it as fur flowed like water up to cover her. Her hands became paws along with her bare feet as she sank to the forest floor her body reshaping itself into that of a female wolf. Shaking her fur coat to dry it she laughed in a way that sounded more like a wolf's growl then raced off into the underbrush finally free and able to move as her kind were meant to.
She dug her paws deep into the bed of the forest floor sending large clumps of needles flying just for fun. She didnt have to make such a mess usually no one could even tell she was running past as her paws traveled so surely over it all. Tonight she was rejoicing in the call of the moon and its promise of power and the hunt.