Davonyé
I reach my arm out but I can’t feel Ariella beside me. I open my eyes and sit up in bed. I feel like I can sense her, but she's far away.
The fuck?
I get dressed, and then after finding my coat downstairs, I leave the house to find her. “Ariella?” I whisper. I look towards the woods and feel she's that way, but there ain't no answer. I go back inside to grab my car keys. I'ma drive to where I think she is.
“Davonyé?” Abriya says behind me as I unlock my car. I turn and jump cuz her and Clarence are standing behind me and I never even heard them coming. “Where's Ariella?”
“I dunno. I woke up and she was gone. I feel like I know where she is, though.”
They look at one another.
“She's marked you,” Clarence says before changing into a werewolf in front of me.
I step back and frown at Abriya. “Marked me?”
“She most likely didn't mean to do it, but it's a good thing. Basically, you'll be able to find her, and she you, anytime you aren't together. That pull you feel to her is why.” She looks at the keys in my hand. “We'll take you to her. It's quicker.”
Clarence huffs.
“Get on Clarence’s back.”
“Huh?” Hell, nah...
“Davonyé, you wanna get to her quickly, don't you?”
“Yeah, course I do.”
“Then get on his back. We're all going. You can direct us until we sense her.”
Clarence lowers to all fours. Fuck, man, I ain't tryin to ride a damn werewolf right now.
“I’m gonna change now, Davonyé. Get on, or stay here and we'll find her by ourselves.”
Ah, man... I climb onto Clarence back. He’s warm as fuck and I’m glad, cuz shit is freezing out here.
“Hold him around his waist or you'll fall off.”
I lock my hands around his waist and then as I turn to look at Abriya, she changes, too.
Damn... She looks so different, and I can see the swell of her belly underneath her. She's got blonde and brown hair, with a blonde patch around her eye, and her arm is fully blonde, too. I was expecting her to be smaller than Clarence because she's tiny herself, but if anything, she's bigger.
She lets out a low growl as she turns to look at me.
“Uh...” I nod my head towards the woods. “That way.”
She growls and then Clarence takes a few steps, so I hold onto him tighter.
“Shit!” Clarence takes off like a damn rocket. I tighten my grip around his waist and lower my head to his back. I'ma fall off… Fuck...
I watch Abriya running beside us; her hair moves in waves against her body, but she doesn't look out of breath...
“A little to the left,” I say, sensing we're going in the wrong direction. They both turn and I slip to the side of Clarence’s back. He growls and I quickly reposition myself to get a better hold on him.
This shit is so fucked up.
We run for a little while longer, but then I hear Abriya sniff and she begins to steer us in a better direction. I guess she's picked up her scent now?
Fuck knows.
I raise my head a little to see if I can see anything, but all I see is water ahead...
“Uh...”
Abriya turns to me and barks while motioning me with her head to lower myself back down. I close my eyes and hold Clarence tighter.
Fuck... They're gonna jump that shit...
I straight up holla when I feel us rise into the air. My body begins to pull away from Clarence’s back so I hold him tighter and hope to God that I don't fall the fuck off him.
I feel his claw on my arms, holding my hands tight to his chest, and then my body is jolted forwards as he lands in the snow the other side of the lake. I close my eyes; I made it…
I'm held on my back and when I open my eyes, I see that Abriya has stopped me from flying off the front of Clarence.
My heart is pounding but I try to brush it off. I ain't tryna look like a pussy in front of Ariella’s parents right now.
“Thanks, both of you.”
Abriya huffs and then we’re running again. I feel close to Ariella now, and soon, I feel like I can smell her, and it's becoming stronger.
We begin to slow so I look up. There’s only darkness, but soon, we’ve come to a stop. I get off Clarence’s back and they stand up on two legs and look ahead, as of waiting for something. I can't see shit. It's so dark out here. I shiver, too, cuz I’m cold as fuck.
Abriya looks down at me before returning her gaze ahead, and when I follow her line of sight, I squint my eyes because I'm sure I can see something flickering white in the distance.
Whatever it is, it's gettin’ closer, and I suddenly realise that it's Ariella, and the feeling I have inside me tells me I'm right. She's coming at us fast, and the flickers of white soon morphs into the actual shape of her on all fours, running towards us with wide, dark, glassy eyes, and long hair whipping in the breeze.
She slows as she looks at her parents while whimpering. They make their own sounds and I realise they must be talking about something. Abriya and Clarence turn and begin to run back in the direction we just came, while I'm left alone with her.
The attraction I felt towards her when I saw her changing for the first time don't look like it was a one off, cuz I still feel like she's beautiful. Her long curly hair is the same, even though the rest of her is now covered in black and white fur, too. The most prominent of the white hair is mostly on her arms and back, with her chest and legs being mostly black. She has a patch of white on her face, though, like her mother, but hers is around her right eye. Her tail is white, too, and it flicks behind her as she slowly approaches me.
My heart is hammering, not from fear, but because her scent is so strong... She stops in front of me then pushes her snout under my left hand. I instinctively let my hand run over her head and then I walk beside her and let it travel slowly over the back of her neck, to her back. Her fur is so soft... I ain’t never felt anything like it. I let my fingers flow through it, and she lets out a long huff as I continue down her back. She's big, I'd say she's almost the same size as her parents. I walk around her, keeping my hands on her back as I make my way back up to her head.
She looks up at me; she's still on all fours, but she's so damn big...
“Can you hear me?” I ask her.
She nods.
I touch her head, just above her eyes, and she briefly closes her eyes. “You smell good as fuck like this.” My dick even twitches.
She whines and then sniffs my jacket. I suddenly shiver and she huffs, turning her head to her back.
“Are you gonna run as fast as your dad? Cuz I'd rather walk.”
She shakes her head and uses her snout to push me around to her back.
I climb on, and once I've held her around her waist, she begins to run. She don't run as fast as Clarence, and I'm glad. That shit was scary. No lie.
We approach the lake and she slows to a stop. She whimpers and I think she's asking if I'm good to jump it.
She shakes her back, so I get off her. She stands on two feet and looks down at me.
“I'm good to hold onto you. Or, I can swim across. Shit will be cold as fuck, though...”
She suddenly picks me up and holds me against her front. I wrap my arms around her neck and my legs around her waist. She's fuckin’ huge. I swear this shit is fucked up.
She holds me tightly and then after taking a few steps back, she runs before she jumps.
I bury my head against her chest, clinging to her warm body as we move through the air. The way she holds me protectively makes me feel a kinda way. Clarence just jumped. I mean, I know he held onto me, but Ari’s way of doing this shit is so much more...
We land but she doesn't stop, she continues to run without even breaking stride. It makes me think of how cool this shit is gonna be when I change on Thursday. Hell, shit is gonna be so different for both of us after then.
We finally stop as we reach her back garden. She lets me down and then somehow appears changed back to herself, wearing a blue tracksuit.
“How did you do that?”
“Shhh,” she hushes. “Let's go speak to my parents. We'll talk after.”