Why Am I Not Shifting Novels & Stories

My friends had shifted but I haven't, why couldn't I shift? In a matter of minutes, almost everyone had shifted. My parents directed their gazes at me, confused on why I hadn't shifted yet. Soon it was just me that hadn't shifted. Parents were congratulating their kids and soon they noticed my oddity. My parents and I were the only ones still sitting as every other person was on the floor with the young wolves. I began to panic and I stared at my parents in anxiety. “Mom why aren't I shifting?" I asked, my voice breaking and almost inaudible.

Ignoring the curious whispers of the Elders, I turned inward for a moment. ‘I never thought about it before… but why haven’t we shifted yet?” I questioned, hoping Tala might have the answers. ‘At first, I thought you were simply too weakened to shift. I thought it might kill you. But then there was no urge, no push to do so. Things had been so insane I didn’t even think about it either. I hope the Elders will know more.’ I could feel her confusion, and I felt for her. How neither of us realized we hadn’t shifted was beyond me.

"What if I shift again, and I can't change back?" "Shana, that wouldn't happen." "You don't know that!" she snapped, her eyes going back to the road. "What if one day, I wake up and I've shifted in my sleep? Or what if I shift in class one day? I wouldn't know what to do. I wouldn't know how to help myself." "You'd always be able to shift back. It's just something you need to get used to."

“Not unless you want to get caught.” I worried my lip, eyeing the jagged edges. It would tear straight through my clothes and skin. The scent of blood would make them come running. There was no way. “Hurry and shift,” she hissed. I crouched down and shook my head. “I… can’t.” Her eyes widened. “You… can’t shift?” I shook my head. I didn’t want to get into the details. For all the powers that I could access, shifting still wasn’t possible. I had tried using all the books on the subject over the years, but nothing happened.

how the fuck do I do that? I have no idea, the shift just happened, and I had no control over it. I hope to God I'm not stuck like this forever. I shake my head…No, Ash assured me he had seen visions of us shifting back, we will be fine. All I have to do is work out how to do it. Easy…. I try to slow my breathing down and think of myself as a human… No …. that doesn't work. Cookie looks at me, and I shake my head.

"It's like he's stuck." The moment he said it, I understood that was exactly what was happening. He was trying to shift back, but for some reason, he couldn't manage it. I remembered what it had felt like when I had tried to shift for the very first time. It was agonizing and maddening to be so close yet have the shift remain just out of reach.

well I do want to flee from all this, so he’s not too far from that. “I don’t know what’s wrong or why I can’t shift. I did everything I was told to do; I didn’t do anything wrong, and I don’t know why I’m not shifting.” He looks thoughtful, then asks again. “Do you feel anything like a wolf or other inside you, or as part of you? Anything different, anything at all?” I take a moment to calm down and try to find something different inside me, but there’s nothing and no one, it’s just me. And when I tell him, he nods, gets up and faces them.

I reply. He covers his shoulder once more, lying on his back as if to look away from me. “I can feel your pain,” he tells me. “Really? Do I hurt right now?” I ask. “Yes,” he replies. “Why can't I feel your own emotions?” I ask. “Because you are not trained to. You can learn when you shift” he explains. “I can't shift,” I reminded him. “Who knows? Eighteen is the norm. There are exceptions to every rule” he points out.

Access I have never used up until today. I board one of the bump cars and bump into as many of the others as I can. They’re all empty, and all bearing dents in them after I am done. Bumping into empty cars seems to scratch an itch in my brain that I cannot deny and I smile widely while doing it. I go off into the woods next. Shifting is something I haven't done in a long time. Modern women don’t shift so much nowadays. They prefer to be in their human forms.

I guided him away from the men as Nate and Ralph took care of the rest. “Are you okay?” “No, I’m not, and honestly, I think I want to go for a run. We should go together.” I looked down at my feet and sighed. “What’s wrong? It’s okay if you don’t want to.” “No, it’s not that I don’t want to, but I can’t.” “Tell me about it.” “I can’t shift, and even if I do, I may not be able to shift back.”