Star-Crossed

[Black Wings]

I'm suppoesed to be careful. But me, Jessie, had a slip-up. Not like we all don't, but mine was more of something that protects me- My everlasting life. I went to bite his throat, but then something clicked in my head... I knew I had to stop. He was laying on the bed, me beside him, just ready to pounce, but my mind was full of what would happen. "I'm sorry," I told him. "Forgive me..." I grabbed the light on the bedside table and hit his head with it. I'll ask the Elders later to erase his memory for me... What a shame, he smelled so Good...

[Apollo]

I walked in like all fridays, awaiting our weekly 'camping trip'. I threw my bag into a chair and found my mom, dad, aunts and uncles playing card games."Hey guys." I sighed.
"Hey honey." mom said hiding her beer.
"Mom I ain't blind, I ain't stoppin yah, jus' know I don' approve." She got up with a look, like one you know she feels bad but not enough to stop whatever it is. She gave me a hug.
"I'm sorry hun, it's only one. . ."
"That's what you say every night. . .I gotta go get ready for tonight. . .going to the county. . .heard they have too many moose. You know how Scotty loves'em." Sighing again I started up the stairs. I stopped, turned around, found mom with my bag knowin I had forgotten and took it with me.
"don't forget. . ."
"I know. . . homework done by when I get back on sunday." I said from my room. I shut the door and decided to look at the stars for a bit. . .

[Black Wings]

I left the hotel Doug took me to. He Would forget everything about me, I only met him in the movies, anyways. I took a look at the sky. "Beautiful," I whisperd. I dashed into the woods, moving much quicker than any human, until I reached the Elders home. I knocked once and the door opened.
The doorkeeper, Alicia, stood there. "What do you need?" She asked.
"A mind to be erased. I had an oops."
"Name?"
"Dougless Wood."
"It is done. Make sure it doesn't happen again."
"I'll try. Thank you." I bowed and turned to take of but her words caught me like a trap.
"You should watch out for your future, My young one, its about to turn."
"Um, 'k."
"Good Evening, Miss Sterling."
"Uh, bye."
The door shut and I was on my way back to my house.
"Honey, you're late. Where have you been?" Dad screamed at me.
"Daddy, relax, I'm fine. Breathe." I scooped up an apple from the fruit dish and took a bit and swalloed. "I had a mishapp, that's all. Its been taken care of. Promise."
"Well, you better hope so. Did you do... Uh... What you needed to, atleast?" Dad hates what I've become, but knows its in my nature.
"No, I'll do it tomorrow. Its only been a few days. Don't worry. There's steak in the fridge anyways to tide me over. I'll eat that." I took a breath, not that I had to, but did. "Night Daddy. Love you"
He turned and went to bed, and I watched tv until the sun showed It's bright face.

[Apollo]

Sitting on the top of my house I heard my cousins and brothers and sister coming out. They had the gear we would need, everyone knew I liked what I was but nothing ever really excited me. . .except. . .tracking. . .See.
Each memeber of the pack, the ten who hunt together, have something special about them and are made to fit together. You have the Alpha male who is the leader, he tells you what to do and you can't deny doing it, out of respect and deep magic. There are the Runners who hunt down whats being hunted, they are usually two but my pack had three. The fighters, ones who were born to defend our pack from others, there are two. In each pack there are also three others who have not figured out their calling, once they do they either join the group of runner, fighter, alpha, or mine. . . the tracking.
When I catch a scent of prey I lead the runners (Dani, Justin and Scotty) to they meal and let them take it down. "Adam!" Brandon, our Alpa, or Al we called him when we were together, yanked me out of my thoughts while I stared at the cresent.
"Coming!" I called down. I let go of the edge and dropped, the fall felt like a flutter of infinte bliss until I hit the ground. I bent my knees and kept walking. "Let's go then huh?"

[Black Wings]

The couds rolled in as the sun started to show. I got out of bed, dancing my way down the hall. Daddy was still sleeping. I edged my way to the fridge, opening the door and taking the meat out. I set it in a strainer, a glass underneath to catch what slid out through the holes... Blood. It wasn't that fresh, and the sent was strong. It sent a smell of delight to me, and I set the steak back in the cold machine. "Bottoms up," I said, tipping the glass towards the ceiling and drinking the cool red liquid. Once done, I slid through the outside door and ran in the woods, jumping from tree to tree to get to the valley, the valley where many creatures roamed and I could hunt to keep my thirst tamed.

[Apollo]

Among the mountains the sun was setting, it had taken us the morning to get here, it would have been shorter if we had driven but we liked to run instead. Reaching the woods hidden in shadow I caught something and slowed my run, stretching my nose to the ground more to catch it. "Adam?" Brandon asked.
"Jus' a rabbit but. . . " I checked again. "With a deer, means a moose was here first which means. . .
"Food Food Food!" Jamie, the littlest of us jumped up and down. Dani grabbed him and hled her hand over his mouth.
"Shhh. . . remember what we talked about?" She asked him.
"Quiet." He whispered, smiling he stayed quiet as I smelled. I found the trail and if my ears could have moved they would have perked. My eyes grew wide and I ran after the smell, nose down.
"Told ya a moose would be close." I said, yelling it behind me.

[Black Wings]

Nothing sounded good to me today. Nor deer or squirrl or anything sounded delighting. But I needed something to calm me before school would start in the few hours I had. I had time enough, speed was a great advantage to me. To anyone, really. I smelled something that soothed my nose. The sent made my head spin with thirst. I trailed down what I could, and fould a fox, sleeping it's Night with pleasant dreams. Being soundless made hunting easy for me. I lurched foward, grasping it's body in my fists and burring my teeth deep in it's neck, draining every drop of blood from it. It wasn't enough, so I continued my search. A new, unfirmiliar sent had spotted me, and it burned my nose with being so out-of-place.

[Apollo]

The smell was unbearably in my nose now. . .we werwe close and I couldn't help but smile at it. I loved finding the kill. I stopped and my packmates weren't far behind. Brandon stoppd by me and I pointed to where it was coming from. "Ya smell it yet?"
He nodded, slightly out of breath (some say I could have been a runner but I loved the tracking rather than the take of the kill). "Scotty, Justy go. . .Dani take point on flank." They nodded as they caught the smell finally and went after it. I sat down crossed-legged on a rock and waited to hear the sound of the fall. "Good job." I nodded and leaned back to stare at the slit in the sky with a yell that went back and forth from a howl and a laugh.

[Black Wings]

The mangled body of the fow layed on the ground, together in one peice. I continued on, my nose still burning with the new smell. I could hear something else too. It was extremely loud, to loud for a normal creature. But how should I really know? My sences were very Keen. I grasped onto some bark to a tree, climing up to the top to get a view of whatever it was. My footsteps were light, never being able to be heard. I did this quick, even so not to scare what could be my prey. I peered over the tops of the trees, looking down, seeing figures run around, bigger than most animals that I knew of. A moose? A bear? No... Much bigger than that...

[Apollo]

The three came back as wolves with the moose in their combine mouths, they laid it down in front of Brandon. He nodded and every one turned, turning red and so did I. It began to burn and I itched which is what we needed to do. The fur glistened so as to come off easier, I dug at it until hair covered all of one arm. Half my face was uncovered as I also worked on the other arm. My eyes became sharper and my hearing, and my sense of smell. We dropped down and tore it apart.

After eating I told everyone I was going home. I walked through the woods smiling. I looked up and saw someone looking at me. The wind blew my face and my smile faded and I could smell something. It was the most inoxicating thing I could imagine. . .and I had to have it. . .either beside me forever. . . or in my stomache. . .