The Witch's Window: Ch. 65

Shifting into a bear wasn’t nearly as bad as shifting to a wolf for the first time. Maybe it was because I had already become accustomed to the feeling of my bones breaking and rearranging themselves. When the shift first started, I felt someone pick me up. I knew it was Elliot by the comforting sparks that radiated through my body. I felt the grass under me and I looked at my hands and saw paws. I made myself go cross-eyed to look at my nose and found a snout in its place. I stood up and a loud roar came from the depths of my being. Every shifter there returned with a loud roar or howl.

We all started running, with Koda taking the lead. As we ran, I truly enjoyed the wind in my face and the thrill of running through the forest, dodging tree limbs, bounding over fallen logs and tree roots. We stopped by the lake, and I walked over to it to get a drink, then I looked at myself. What kind of bear am I? Just then I heard my bear speak for the first time, “Hello Elisa. I am Adel