Shifting Methods Novels & Stories

Cain explained that this was where new wolves practiced shifting in a controlled environment away from the main pack. "First shift is always the hardest because you're fighting your instincts instead of working with them. You need to stop thinking and start feeling. Let your body do what it wants to do." "That's not helpful advice." "I know. But there's no instruction manual for this. Everyone's first shift is different." He stepped back to give me space. "Close your eyes and focus on what you're feeling. All that pressure under your skin, all that energy that needs an outlet. Follow it instead of pushing it down."

I had to, so he would win. I remember how they all sat there staring at me… utterly dumbfounded and confused.. even scared. They told me later that they’d never in any of their lives seen anything like it .. they’d never seen anyone shift so quickly, or without the medicine. They said usually the first shift is slow.. and each part of your body shifts one at a time. This happens for the first few times in fact. But for whatever reason… I did it all at once. Maybe that was the first sign that I was somehow different. I hadn’t thought about that in ages. But I’d always been a quick shifter. Even after that day the second and third times I shifted .. it was immediate.

I need to come out of this shell that is my body. ''Fuck'' I mutter to myself with heavy breaths. If I don't shift, I will be intolerable for the rest of the day. I put on my shirt ignoring all the sweat and make a run for the woods. That is the one close to my home, it is the only one I would feel safe running around in my bare form. Shifting is a process; it is not the easiest one but it gives me a bittersweet pleasure. I feel it before I even see my body change. My bones crackle up from within, they bend and shift to the shape I will soon take. The pain is strong but it is also exciting. My skin opens and the hairs spring out. This takes a couple of minutes and then I am on all fours and

I whispered back to Chase. "Shift change and newbies is what it boils down too. We need to get more training in. Shift change is taking 20 minutes and it should only take 3-5 minutes. I don't like the kids who are on this patrol right here. They play around too much." Damion explained

"Knew you'd show up eventually. You're too stubborn not to." "Stubbornness is one of my most attractive qualities," I mutter, and he laughs again, reaching out to tug gently on a strand of my hair. "It really is," he agrees, and then his expression shifts into something more serious. "Okay, so here's the thing about shifting. It's not actually that complicated once you get past the mental blocks. Your body knows what to do. Your wolf knows what to do. The only thing getting in the way is your human brain trying to logic its way through something that isn't logical."

“Honey, you know you can talk to me about anything. There is nothing you can ask us.” Mom explained and I shook my head at her “Okay, well I know I need to practice more shifting but does it get easier to do?” “Yes, it will get easier the more you shift.” Justin said

I smiled, though a tiny, cold wire of anxiety remained coiled tightly around my heart. "Now finish your coffee. You have a nine o'clock lecture, and I have fifty-two medical transport routes to log before the afternoon shift changes."

The shift did not hurt. That was the very first thing I understood, not thought, but understood, in the specific way the biology understands reality long before the human mind catches up. I had been braced for absolute agony. Every fragmented account I had ever half heard about shifting wolves described it as a primal torment, bones dynamically fracturing, the flesh rewriting itself, a violent transition that extracted a heavy cost before it ever granted power. I had prepared for that physical cost the way you prepare to force open a door you know is going to be impossibly heavy.

“I need to practice shifting, obviously, we need to see how synced up it is, how quick, how painful. So get ready to shift at least twice today. I will be working on precision of the elements as a human, and I also want to see if I can control the elements while in your form.” “Alright, all those sound good to me. All you need to do to initiate a shift quickly is to pull me forward in your mind. Don’t verbally call out, but pull myself and my form towards the outside with your mind. You’ll know what I mean when you feel it. Once I feel that pull I will immediately shift.” Juno replied. “Perfect. Well first, I’m going to practice with wind for a moment to warm up. Brace yourself, its less tha

“But, if we are talking medical, then we should stick to the topic at hand. I’m not as well versed in theology.” “Right. What about the first shift? It lasted a few minutes for Mia. Will it be like that for us?” Sin asked and I can tell that is what makes her nervous. “Turning is different from shifting. It isn’t pleasant and I have witnessed it twice in my life. Both times, it was the same. It will hurt. The first shift doesn’t require a change to the DNA or other anatomical changes. A person born a wolf already has those things. I cannot sugar coat that for you. I can, however, be there and ease some of the pain with sedation. Towards the end though, there won’t be anything I can do.” I sa