Chapter 2

   Danica’s POV

      It’s been 3 months since I shifted for the first time and the pain is still fresh in my mind. I awoke on a crisp fall morning to get ready for school when a familiar sharp pain shot through my body again. I managed a single deep breath and yelled for my Mother just as my bones started to break and contort inside my body again. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I struggled to breathe. My lungs just seemed to constrict and close completely off. My Mother ran into the room just in time to witness me floating just above the floor in a blinding white burst of light. And just like before, I was gently placed back down on the soft carpet in my room. My Mother ran to my side, not sure what to do.

“Danni? Are you okay sweetheart? Please, talk to me?`` She said, her voice in a panic.

As my eyes finally fluttered open, I could see the look of shock and awe on my Mother’s face as she peered down at me laying on the floor.

I looked up at her to say “What is wrong?”

“ I… I.. I’m not sure. You have shifted into your wolf again but this time it’s different! Completely different!`` She exclaimed, still in shock.

I stood up on weak legs and made my way to the full length mirror that hung on the back of my closet door. I stood there in awkward silence as I looked at the reflection staring back at me. It was a beautiful silk black wolf with a single patch of sterling silver fur on the top of it’s head just between it’s ears. She is right. I am the most beautiful pup that I have ever seen.

I seem to be able to hold my wolf form longer this time. When all of a sudden I hear a soft male voice in my head.

“Hello Danica. I am Michael!” He almost whispered.

I couldn’t keep the look of shock from showing in my eyes. My Mother looked at me surprisingly, like she knew what I was thinking.

“ You are hearing your wolf spirit sweetie. Have they told you their name?” She asked.

“ Yes, but I’m confused about something.” I replied.

“Ok? What are you confused about?” She asked again

“ This voice is male but before it was female. Is it normal to have two voices in your head when you shift Momma?” I ask worriedly.

“ Two voices? Are you sure sweetie?” She asked, surprised.

“Yes ma’am, I am sure. The first one with the red patch said that her name was Morgana. And this one with the silver patch says that his name is Michael.” I reply back to her question.

“We’ll talk to your Father when he gets home. And we’ll go see the pack doctor and figure this all out. Ok, baby?” She said softly, trying to ease my mind. She went back downstairs to kind of leave me with my thoughts.        I held my wolf form this time a little longer and it gave me more time to talk to Michael. 

“ If your name is Michael, then who is Morgana?” I asked nervously.

“ She is my twin sister. We both are your spirit wolves. It is very rare for a shifter to have two spirit wolves as their guide. You are a very special little girl! That is why you have shifted at such a young age.” He replies to my question. Once I returned to my human form, I became very tired and Mom said that I could stay home from school today and rest. But I was too excited to sleep.I just sat in front of the mirror in my room and stared at my reflection. I could see my eyes wanting to shift between my normal emerald green eyes to a dark amber color. It was fascinating to watch.  A lot had happened and I didn’t understand most of it but Michael had said that I was a special little girl and I couldn’t help but wonder what he meant by that. 

The next morning my Mom woke me up to tell me that she had made me an appointment with the pack doctor to see why my shifting was so unusual. I was worried about what he might say. Would they all think that I was odd or a freak? Would they not love me as their daughter any more? I began to cry as these thoughts raced through my head on the way to the pack doctor.

As I am sitting in the examining room with my Mother waiting on the pack doctor to come in and hopefully tell us why my shifting is so unusual but when he came back to talk to us he only had more questions than answers. 

“ I’m sorry Luna Ravens but I don’t have any answers for you. She seems to be a perfectly healthy seven year old girl. Are you sure that she said that she had two wolves inside her head?” He asked suspiciously. 

“ Yes doctor, that is what she said. One is named Morgana and the other is named Michael. And when she shifts, there are two very distinct differences in her wolf.” My Mother replied back to him while becoming irritated. 

“ Like I said, in all appearances she is a normal, healthy seven year old girl. I do not see any health issues with Danica.” He said as he proceeded to walk out of the room.

My parents took me home just as perplexed as when we arrived. My Mother and Father both reassured me that their love for me had not changed. I was their eldest daughter and along with my sister Rebecca, we would always be their pride and joy. 

As the years quickly passed by, I didn’t shift very often but I could carry on long conversations with both of the wolves in my head. My Mother and Father kept it from our pack that I had two distinct wolves because I was being groomed to one day take over the pack from my Father because I was the eldest child. I would be the first Femme Alpha to ever run the Blood Ravens pack and my Father made sure that I trained hard and that I  knew how to fight like a warrior. I learned how to be ruthless like my Father and with love and gentleness from my Mother. So, I could rule like a true Blood Ravens Alpha should.