Forest Run
(Word Count: 3083)
POV: Melwyn
Date: February 370 (8 months ago)
Location: Benars's house, half an hour's walk from Gandasi
I let out a frustrated groan as i pushed the covers away from me. Despite the cool air in the room, i felt like i was literally boiling under them, and it rubbing against my skin was incredibly uncomfortable and irritating for some reason. Turning onto my belly, i buried my face into my pillow, desperate to get even a little bit of sleep. I tried ignoring the prickling sensation all over my skin, the headache pounding in my skull, and my heart beating faster and faster in my chest with every passing minute. It's not like i was sick on anything, but it sure felt that way. Heat began rising again and the bed under me got increasingly uncomfortable. Irritated, i grabbed the pillow from under me and threw it away, before sitting up. "I can't sleep tonight." i realised out loud. I glanced at the window to my left, and at the large blue disk that hanged in the sky. The culprit of all my troubles. Veos's light flooded the bedroom, illuminating it almost as if it was daytime. On the other side of the room was Omaren, who was sleeping soundly in his bed. I felt a slight pang of jealousy seeing how unbothered and peaceful he was, but i shook it away. I turned to sit towards the window. I was getting worse. My skin was burning and felt damp, my heart was beating even faster in my chest, my whole body was starting to ache, not just my head, and i could see my hands shaking as i held them up. In fact, my whole body was shaking, and not because of the cold. It was this energy coursing through me, an energy that wasn't there just a few hours ago. It was like a sort of buzzing sensation in my chest that kept ramping up. I put my hand up to it, trying to calm myself down, or more accurately, my Iksai, even if i knew that it was likely futile by this point. Ever since i'd been freed from that underground arena, every full moon had been like this, though most of them had not been as bad. Except for last month, since i did shift in my sleep during that full moon, which had been quite embarrassing come morning, but i HAD managed to sleep that time at least. Now, i couldn't even stay in bed. A prick on my finger made me glance down, and i saw a claw grow out of it, with the rest of the fingers and the other hand soon following suite. I couldn't stay here. I got up, just as i felt my Iksai wake up from its long slumber, no doubt eager to let loose under the moonlight. But i had to make it out of here first. I glanced towards Omaren to check and make sure he was still sleeping, before i silently made my way to the door, opened it and stepped outside the bedroom, before quietly closing the door behind me. The hallway's floorboard creaked under my feet as i began walking down the hall, towards the stairs. Makhlem, who had taken me in after rescuing me from that place, was a Shapeshifter like me, and he explained a few months ago that Veos's influence was greatly diminished underground, which is why i wasn't really feeling it much before, but that now that i was on the surface, i would be feeling it much more that before. The first few months out of that place had been rough, but i had gotten better, at least until last month, which is also when he left to go back to Kavasia. Maybe it's related? He said to me that i should be fine even without him there for the next few months, and that i may feel the moon agitating my iksai, but that i would be able to control it. In truth, it was clear that i couldn't. As i approached the stairs at the end of the hallway, the changes to my body progressed further. My ears burned as they changed shape and migrated upwards on my head, before i felt a dusting of fur cover them. That same fur spread down my cheeks, the back of my neck, onto my shoulders, and down over my arms and the back of my hands. As i was watching the changes, helpless to stop them, i suddenly winced, as my feet cramped up and began changing as well. I had hoped to have a couple more seconds to get down the stairs before they shifted too, but i resigned myself to sit and wait on top of the stairs to wait for them to finish shifting before i got up again. It was hard to balance on digitigrade feet without a tail, especially when i had to use the stairs. I gripped the railing tightly as i carefully made my way downstairs, stifling groans and growls of pain as my body continued changing. As i reached the first floor, i looked around the empty and quiet living room. The door to Benars's study to my left was locked, while the door leading to the backyard was closed. i walked towards the front door, feeling on the way my tailbone pop and snap, and soon grew out of me. In seconds, i had a fluffy black tail behind me, but i didn't pay much attention to that as i looked outside through the door's window. The forest was so close. The leaves of its tallest trees reflected the blue glow of the moon shining above them, giving the whole forest a sort of etherial look. Just then, my ears twitched as i heard something behind me. I whipped around, only to see Omaren at the bottom of the stairs, looking tired and confused. "Melwyn? What are you... oh" There was a moment of silence between us as he looked up and down at me. "You're shifting" He said, a hint of worry in his voice. "Do uh... do you need help?" I woke him up, i realised. I shook my head at his offer. It's not something he can help with. "I'm sorry i woke you up... i just really need to get outside." A sudden shiver ran through me at the mention of the word. Omaren stepped closer. "It's because of the full moon right?", he said, pointing to an illuminated window off to the side. I nodded. "it's been... pulling at me all night." I explained. "And now it's making me shift, and i can't stop it. I thought i'd be able to sleep through it like last time, but i can't. It's too much." "I understand, but..." He hesitated. "Benars may worry if he finds out, you know..." He was right, but frankly, i was beyond caring by this point. My entire body was itching to get outside. I felt like it would go cray if i stayed inside any longer. Plus, Benars wouldn't want me to shift inside, right? But that was happening no matter what, so the solution was simple. "I can't stay here, Om. I gotta get out" And with that, i opened the door and ran outside. Omaren say something in protest, but i couldn't wait anymore. I jumped from the porch onto the grass and began running away from the house. Now outside, under Veos's light, i felt the rest of the changes sweep over my whole body like a tidal wave as i ran across the lawn, first on two, then down on four legs. Half-way towards the forest, i stopped and turned around as a full wolf. Omaren stood on the door sil, watching me with a little smile. I was glad he wasn't mad i'd ignore him. My attention was then pried from him or the house, and towards something floating above it. Veos. The huge moon flooded the hillside and the forests around the house with its bright blue light. i found it so beautiful, the way it shined in the sky, and before i knew it, i tilted my head up high and howled at it. It felt like such a huge relief, as if i was finally able to answer it's call after trying to ignore it for so long. I'd answered, no... surrendered to it, and it felt right. As my eyes reopened and my head came back down, i found Omaren now sat on the porch stairs, watching me. Just as i was about to head back closer to the house, i saw something move near the forest's edge. A rabbit. My iksai's instinct fired up immediately, supplanting any reason or logic, and i began chasing it. It quickly bounced away and into some nearby bushes. It may have been out of sight now, but it's smell hadn't gone away, and i followed the little hopper into the forest. After a few seconds of following its trail, i spotted it again. I ran faster and began gaining after it. My paws pounded the ground, my tongue slipped out as i began panting from the exercise. I was completely focused on my prey. Everything else around me: The trees, the bushes, the flowers and the boulders faded into a blur in the background. Unfortunately, that included the dried up river bed i suddenly found myself falling into. I let out a yelp as i tumbled down the dusty little ravine, hitting my head on the ground, before rolling onto my back and hitting the other side of the chasm, upside down. I wiggled my way down and onto my feet again, still feeling a bit dazed from the fall as i shook myself to rid my black fur of the dust. I then looked around, and although i could still smell it, i knew the rabbit was long gone by now. Well that's embarrassing, i said to myself. Bested by a fucking rabbit. Good job there, Melwyn. What a great wolf you make. Thank Halin no one saw that... However, while it was embarrassing, the fall had also broken the sort of transe my iksai induced onto me and now as i looked around and recognised the area i had ran into, i realised that i was quite far away from home. Home. That word still felt weird to me, even after 6 months. But it was a good kind of weird, and i didn't want to mess anything up with Benars, which meant that since i had my fun and had satisfied my iksai, it was time to head back. * * * * * Heading back was rather easy, since in the past 6 months, i had many opportunities to walk in these woods, both as a human or a wolf, and while these excursions had been mostly in the day, i could still recongnise my surrounding now. It also helped that this wolf nose could smell just about everything, like the dried meat in the smoker behind the house. After a few minutes, i made it back to the house. However, as i stood along the tree line, i saw Omaren standing on the porch, looking down at the ground as he faced Benars. It looked like he was being scolded by him, who was still dressed in his night goun. Fuck, im too late, AND i also woke up Benars. My mind raced to try and figure out what i should do. I couldn't shift back easily, and even if i did, i wouldn't be able to keep my human form for long, at least not for the rest of the night, when Veos was out. On the other hand, the thought of having to shift back already repulsed both me and especially my Iksai. We wanted to stay outside as a wolf, not be cooped up inside as a human. Maybe i should just go back in the forest and stay there for the night? I thought about doing just that briefly, but seeing Omaren taking the blame like that felt wrong. I was the one who didn't listen after all, not Omaren, so Benars should be mad at me, not him. Without thinking much about it, i began running towards them, with the idea of apologizing to Benars. Halfway there, however, i realised that i couldn't talk in this form, which is also exactly when Omaren saw me coming and pointed in my direction. "Look, he's back" He excitedly said to benars, and the later turned towards me. I stopped running, unsure what his reaction would be. But to my surprise, he didn't look mad at me, just relieved. Omaren jumped from the porch and ran to greet me. "Welcome home!" He said as he arrived next to me. "I swear, every time i see your wolf form, it's bigger" He said, half-jokingly. But he had a point. As i stood next to him, i realised how big my wolf form had gotten since i was freed from that place. My head reached just under Omaren's elbow, who was over 6tf tall, meaning that i was already larger than a typical adult wolf, even though i was only 14. It was even more surprising considering that i was the smallest person in the group. Makhlem told me that my wolf form would keep growing as long as my human form did. I wonder how big i'll get then... Omaren surprised me as he suddenly puts his arm around my neck as he turned towards the house, where i saw benars coming towards us. "You see?" he asked him. "He's fine!" Benars looked at me and i reflectively glanced down, feeling bad for disrespecting the rules. "Don't worry, i'm not mad at you", he said. "I was just worried, that's all." He scratched his neck as he continued. "Though, i really shouldn't be, -clearly, you can take care of yourself-, but i still care about you, Melwyn." His words were like a balm on my nervousness and i felt myself relax as he began gently patting my head. "Do you want to stay outside?" Omaren suddenly asked me. I wagged my tail, happy he'd suggested that. "I think that's a yes!" Benars said with a laugh. "But just close to the house, alright?" I let out a little bark and growl as a thank you, before i then ran away, suddenly full of energy and excitement again, but i still could hear them talk as benars turned to Omaren. "Are you staying outside as well?" "Yeah, i... think i'll stay with him for a bit." "Well, alright, but don't stay out too long! Its cold tonight." Omaren nodded back at Benars. I stopped running and came back to sit next to Omaren. We both watched benars walk back to the house and as the front door closed behind him, Omaren let out a sigh. "I feel like benars always forget that i'm a Firemage. A bit of cold isn't a problem for me. Or you" He finished saying as he turned to me. His eyes then scanned the grass around us before suddenly lighting up. He jogged towards something i couldn't see and picked it off the ground before turning back towards me. He had a little grin and a mischievous glint in his eyes as he hid the object behind his back. I tilted my head, confused as to what he was planning, until he suddenly pulled out a stick, and my eyes widened as i saw what it was. A stick. "Wanna play fetch?" He asked, but i was sure he already knew the answer. I jumped around, barking and growling at him playfully. However, i could feel my iksai snarling at the idea. A wolf was supposed to be an apex predator after all, not some mere pet to play with. But I wanted to play with my friend, so it was gonna have to suck it up. We played for what felt like only 5 minutes, but it probably lasted more like half an hour. As i brought the stick back one last time, Omaren was already sat down on the grass, looking tired. As he saw come back, he outstretched his arms towards me. I let go of the stick, ran to him and jumped into his hug, inciting an "oof" from him as he was knocked down. "Ha! Melwyn! You're crushing me!" he said with a laugh, before gently pushing me off of him, so i decided to sit down next to him. He wiped the dirt and grass from his shirt before smiling and putting his hand on my back. "That was fun, right?" He said, and i looked at him. What kind of question is that? Of course it was! "And earlier, you seemed so happy to shift and run around. You looked just about to burst if you didn't!" He laughed as he recounted, and i was thankful at that moment wolves couldn't blush. Omaren then took on a more serious note. "Thanks for coming back, by the way." He said. "Benars can be a bit intense sometimes, you know?" I bumped my head against his leg and growled. Yeah, i definitely agree with that, even if he means well. "You're a really good person, Melwyn. I'm glad you're here with us." He said, before getting up to his feet. I looked up at him as he waved towards the house. "Alright well, i'm gonna head back, ok? I'm kinda tired". As if on cue, he let out a massive yawn. I got up, feeling sad that he was leaving, since i wanted him to stay outside with me, but i knew i was being greedy now. "Aw, you'll see me tomorrow, it's fine." He said, apparently realising i was sad. "We'll train archery together tomorrow, if you'd like? Calydan can join us also if he wants" I got up to and barked and he patted my head. "Good night, wolf boy" He said as he waved me good-bye. I barked an answer and watched him walk back towards the house. He waved at me again before closing the door, leaving me alone again. I laid back down onto the soft grass and let out a yawn. Guess i'm tired too. I looked up at the moon and the stars above me, and felt content and relaxed for the first time tonight. I closed my eyes, letting my mind peacefully drift off to sleep.
Date: February 370 (8 months ago)
Location: Benars's house, half an hour's walk from Gandasi
I let out a frustrated groan as i pushed the covers away from me. Despite the cool air in the room, i felt like i was literally boiling under them, and it rubbing against my skin was incredibly uncomfortable and irritating for some reason. Turning onto my belly, i buried my face into my pillow, desperate to get even a little bit of sleep. I tried ignoring the prickling sensation all over my skin, the headache pounding in my skull, and my heart beating faster and faster in my chest with every passing minute. It's not like i was sick on anything, but it sure felt that way. Heat began rising again and the bed under me got increasingly uncomfortable. Irritated, i grabbed the pillow from under me and threw it away, before sitting up. "I can't sleep tonight." i realised out loud. I glanced at the window to my left, and at the large blue disk that hanged in the sky. The culprit of all my troubles. Veos's light flooded the bedroom, illuminating it almost as if it was daytime. On the other side of the room was Omaren, who was sleeping soundly in his bed. I felt a slight pang of jealousy seeing how unbothered and peaceful he was, but i shook it away. I turned to sit towards the window. I was getting worse. My skin was burning and felt damp, my heart was beating even faster in my chest, my whole body was starting to ache, not just my head, and i could see my hands shaking as i held them up. In fact, my whole body was shaking, and not because of the cold. It was this energy coursing through me, an energy that wasn't there just a few hours ago. It was like a sort of buzzing sensation in my chest that kept ramping up. I put my hand up to it, trying to calm myself down, or more accurately, my Iksai, even if i knew that it was likely futile by this point. Ever since i'd been freed from that underground arena, every full moon had been like this, though most of them had not been as bad. Except for last month, since i did shift in my sleep during that full moon, which had been quite embarrassing come morning, but i HAD managed to sleep that time at least. Now, i couldn't even stay in bed. A prick on my finger made me glance down, and i saw a claw grow out of it, with the rest of the fingers and the other hand soon following suite. I couldn't stay here. I got up, just as i felt my Iksai wake up from its long slumber, no doubt eager to let loose under the moonlight. But i had to make it out of here first. I glanced towards Omaren to check and make sure he was still sleeping, before i silently made my way to the door, opened it and stepped outside the bedroom, before quietly closing the door behind me. The hallway's floorboard creaked under my feet as i began walking down the hall, towards the stairs. Makhlem, who had taken me in after rescuing me from that place, was a Shapeshifter like me, and he explained a few months ago that Veos's influence was greatly diminished underground, which is why i wasn't really feeling it much before, but that now that i was on the surface, i would be feeling it much more that before. The first few months out of that place had been rough, but i had gotten better, at least until last month, which is also when he left to go back to Kavasia. Maybe it's related? He said to me that i should be fine even without him there for the next few months, and that i may feel the moon agitating my iksai, but that i would be able to control it. In truth, it was clear that i couldn't. As i approached the stairs at the end of the hallway, the changes to my body progressed further. My ears burned as they changed shape and migrated upwards on my head, before i felt a dusting of fur cover them. That same fur spread down my cheeks, the back of my neck, onto my shoulders, and down over my arms and the back of my hands. As i was watching the changes, helpless to stop them, i suddenly winced, as my feet cramped up and began changing as well. I had hoped to have a couple more seconds to get down the stairs before they shifted too, but i resigned myself to sit and wait on top of the stairs to wait for them to finish shifting before i got up again. It was hard to balance on digitigrade feet without a tail, especially when i had to use the stairs. I gripped the railing tightly as i carefully made my way downstairs, stifling groans and growls of pain as my body continued changing. As i reached the first floor, i looked around the empty and quiet living room. The door to Benars's study to my left was locked, while the door leading to the backyard was closed. i walked towards the front door, feeling on the way my tailbone pop and snap, and soon grew out of me. In seconds, i had a fluffy black tail behind me, but i didn't pay much attention to that as i looked outside through the door's window. The forest was so close. The leaves of its tallest trees reflected the blue glow of the moon shining above them, giving the whole forest a sort of etherial look. Just then, my ears twitched as i heard something behind me. I whipped around, only to see Omaren at the bottom of the stairs, looking tired and confused. "Melwyn? What are you... oh" There was a moment of silence between us as he looked up and down at me. "You're shifting" He said, a hint of worry in his voice. "Do uh... do you need help?" I woke him up, i realised. I shook my head at his offer. It's not something he can help with. "I'm sorry i woke you up... i just really need to get outside." A sudden shiver ran through me at the mention of the word. Omaren stepped closer. "It's because of the full moon right?", he said, pointing to an illuminated window off to the side. I nodded. "it's been... pulling at me all night." I explained. "And now it's making me shift, and i can't stop it. I thought i'd be able to sleep through it like last time, but i can't. It's too much." "I understand, but..." He hesitated. "Benars may worry if he finds out, you know..." He was right, but frankly, i was beyond caring by this point. My entire body was itching to get outside. I felt like it would go cray if i stayed inside any longer. Plus, Benars wouldn't want me to shift inside, right? But that was happening no matter what, so the solution was simple. "I can't stay here, Om. I gotta get out" And with that, i opened the door and ran outside. Omaren say something in protest, but i couldn't wait anymore. I jumped from the porch onto the grass and began running away from the house. Now outside, under Veos's light, i felt the rest of the changes sweep over my whole body like a tidal wave as i ran across the lawn, first on two, then down on four legs. Half-way towards the forest, i stopped and turned around as a full wolf. Omaren stood on the door sil, watching me with a little smile. I was glad he wasn't mad i'd ignore him. My attention was then pried from him or the house, and towards something floating above it. Veos. The huge moon flooded the hillside and the forests around the house with its bright blue light. i found it so beautiful, the way it shined in the sky, and before i knew it, i tilted my head up high and howled at it. It felt like such a huge relief, as if i was finally able to answer it's call after trying to ignore it for so long. I'd answered, no... surrendered to it, and it felt right. As my eyes reopened and my head came back down, i found Omaren now sat on the porch stairs, watching me. Just as i was about to head back closer to the house, i saw something move near the forest's edge. A rabbit. My iksai's instinct fired up immediately, supplanting any reason or logic, and i began chasing it. It quickly bounced away and into some nearby bushes. It may have been out of sight now, but it's smell hadn't gone away, and i followed the little hopper into the forest. After a few seconds of following its trail, i spotted it again. I ran faster and began gaining after it. My paws pounded the ground, my tongue slipped out as i began panting from the exercise. I was completely focused on my prey. Everything else around me: The trees, the bushes, the flowers and the boulders faded into a blur in the background. Unfortunately, that included the dried up river bed i suddenly found myself falling into. I let out a yelp as i tumbled down the dusty little ravine, hitting my head on the ground, before rolling onto my back and hitting the other side of the chasm, upside down. I wiggled my way down and onto my feet again, still feeling a bit dazed from the fall as i shook myself to rid my black fur of the dust. I then looked around, and although i could still smell it, i knew the rabbit was long gone by now. Well that's embarrassing, i said to myself. Bested by a fucking rabbit. Good job there, Melwyn. What a great wolf you make. Thank Halin no one saw that... However, while it was embarrassing, the fall had also broken the sort of transe my iksai induced onto me and now as i looked around and recognised the area i had ran into, i realised that i was quite far away from home. Home. That word still felt weird to me, even after 6 months. But it was a good kind of weird, and i didn't want to mess anything up with Benars, which meant that since i had my fun and had satisfied my iksai, it was time to head back. * * * * * Heading back was rather easy, since in the past 6 months, i had many opportunities to walk in these woods, both as a human or a wolf, and while these excursions had been mostly in the day, i could still recongnise my surrounding now. It also helped that this wolf nose could smell just about everything, like the dried meat in the smoker behind the house. After a few minutes, i made it back to the house. However, as i stood along the tree line, i saw Omaren standing on the porch, looking down at the ground as he faced Benars. It looked like he was being scolded by him, who was still dressed in his night goun. Fuck, im too late, AND i also woke up Benars. My mind raced to try and figure out what i should do. I couldn't shift back easily, and even if i did, i wouldn't be able to keep my human form for long, at least not for the rest of the night, when Veos was out. On the other hand, the thought of having to shift back already repulsed both me and especially my Iksai. We wanted to stay outside as a wolf, not be cooped up inside as a human. Maybe i should just go back in the forest and stay there for the night? I thought about doing just that briefly, but seeing Omaren taking the blame like that felt wrong. I was the one who didn't listen after all, not Omaren, so Benars should be mad at me, not him. Without thinking much about it, i began running towards them, with the idea of apologizing to Benars. Halfway there, however, i realised that i couldn't talk in this form, which is also exactly when Omaren saw me coming and pointed in my direction. "Look, he's back" He excitedly said to benars, and the later turned towards me. I stopped running, unsure what his reaction would be. But to my surprise, he didn't look mad at me, just relieved. Omaren jumped from the porch and ran to greet me. "Welcome home!" He said as he arrived next to me. "I swear, every time i see your wolf form, it's bigger" He said, half-jokingly. But he had a point. As i stood next to him, i realised how big my wolf form had gotten since i was freed from that place. My head reached just under Omaren's elbow, who was over 6tf tall, meaning that i was already larger than a typical adult wolf, even though i was only 14. It was even more surprising considering that i was the smallest person in the group. Makhlem told me that my wolf form would keep growing as long as my human form did. I wonder how big i'll get then... Omaren surprised me as he suddenly puts his arm around my neck as he turned towards the house, where i saw benars coming towards us. "You see?" he asked him. "He's fine!" Benars looked at me and i reflectively glanced down, feeling bad for disrespecting the rules. "Don't worry, i'm not mad at you", he said. "I was just worried, that's all." He scratched his neck as he continued. "Though, i really shouldn't be, -clearly, you can take care of yourself-, but i still care about you, Melwyn." His words were like a balm on my nervousness and i felt myself relax as he began gently patting my head. "Do you want to stay outside?" Omaren suddenly asked me. I wagged my tail, happy he'd suggested that. "I think that's a yes!" Benars said with a laugh. "But just close to the house, alright?" I let out a little bark and growl as a thank you, before i then ran away, suddenly full of energy and excitement again, but i still could hear them talk as benars turned to Omaren. "Are you staying outside as well?" "Yeah, i... think i'll stay with him for a bit." "Well, alright, but don't stay out too long! Its cold tonight." Omaren nodded back at Benars. I stopped running and came back to sit next to Omaren. We both watched benars walk back to the house and as the front door closed behind him, Omaren let out a sigh. "I feel like benars always forget that i'm a Firemage. A bit of cold isn't a problem for me. Or you" He finished saying as he turned to me. His eyes then scanned the grass around us before suddenly lighting up. He jogged towards something i couldn't see and picked it off the ground before turning back towards me. He had a little grin and a mischievous glint in his eyes as he hid the object behind his back. I tilted my head, confused as to what he was planning, until he suddenly pulled out a stick, and my eyes widened as i saw what it was. A stick. "Wanna play fetch?" He asked, but i was sure he already knew the answer. I jumped around, barking and growling at him playfully. However, i could feel my iksai snarling at the idea. A wolf was supposed to be an apex predator after all, not some mere pet to play with. But I wanted to play with my friend, so it was gonna have to suck it up. We played for what felt like only 5 minutes, but it probably lasted more like half an hour. As i brought the stick back one last time, Omaren was already sat down on the grass, looking tired. As he saw come back, he outstretched his arms towards me. I let go of the stick, ran to him and jumped into his hug, inciting an "oof" from him as he was knocked down. "Ha! Melwyn! You're crushing me!" he said with a laugh, before gently pushing me off of him, so i decided to sit down next to him. He wiped the dirt and grass from his shirt before smiling and putting his hand on my back. "That was fun, right?" He said, and i looked at him. What kind of question is that? Of course it was! "And earlier, you seemed so happy to shift and run around. You looked just about to burst if you didn't!" He laughed as he recounted, and i was thankful at that moment wolves couldn't blush. Omaren then took on a more serious note. "Thanks for coming back, by the way." He said. "Benars can be a bit intense sometimes, you know?" I bumped my head against his leg and growled. Yeah, i definitely agree with that, even if he means well. "You're a really good person, Melwyn. I'm glad you're here with us." He said, before getting up to his feet. I looked up at him as he waved towards the house. "Alright well, i'm gonna head back, ok? I'm kinda tired". As if on cue, he let out a massive yawn. I got up, feeling sad that he was leaving, since i wanted him to stay outside with me, but i knew i was being greedy now. "Aw, you'll see me tomorrow, it's fine." He said, apparently realising i was sad. "We'll train archery together tomorrow, if you'd like? Calydan can join us also if he wants" I got up to and barked and he patted my head. "Good night, wolf boy" He said as he waved me good-bye. I barked an answer and watched him walk back towards the house. He waved at me again before closing the door, leaving me alone again. I laid back down onto the soft grass and let out a yawn. Guess i'm tired too. I looked up at the moon and the stars above me, and felt content and relaxed for the first time tonight. I closed my eyes, letting my mind peacefully drift off to sleep.
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