@StarkSpangledMayflower_Mad_Elder
"So how are you feeling?" Harley stood up and picked up the boy
"So how are you feeling?" Harley stood up and picked up the boy
"My arm hurts, but I'm okay." Then, the moon shone onto him from the trees. "Never mind, now I feel weird…" He winced as he transformed into a wolf pup, keeping his eyes tightly shut.
"Oh No." She whispered, "Max? Are you there?"
Iris gasped, smile forming. "Oh. My. Stars." was all she was able to say.
Max groaned, opening his eyes. "Oww… what? Am I hallucinating now?" He looked down at his hands, or rather, paws. "Where'd my hands go?"
Koray held her breath. 'This isn't good' she thought. Who would take care of him? If he wasn't a werewolf he could have just gone back to his family and they would have thought he was just blocking out memories with a big little kid imagination… but he could never go back. Not now.
Iris felt giddy and let herself become less serious for a minute. Shifting into her wolf form, her tail was now wagging excitedly. She didn't think of the fact that he couldn't go home anymore. Then it hit her. Her tail stopped immediately.
"Do you remember anything… from before? Like your family?" Koray asked Max - she couldn't remember if she'd asked him before. At least if he couldn't remember he wouldn't know what he was missing… then again… he seemed to remember plenty. His dog shudders, Cosmo, and his name. If he remembered that everything else might slowly come back to him and he'll be left… longing… for the rest of his life.
"Um…." Max thought for a moment. "Just… Cosmo, I think. I don't remember anything else."
Koray swallowed a lump in her throat "It's… it's probably better that way, Max." she said as she transformed into a wolf - she always felt more at home in her own fur.
Iris stared at the grass, feeling bad for Max. She then looked into Koray's eyes and noticed a similar solemn expression.
Max cocked his head to the side, confused. "What do you mean? Also, can someone explain why I'm a dog now?" He flourished a paw.
"We know as much as you do. No idea," Iris replied. He was still quite cute as a pup.
Koray sighed. 'Poor Max' she thought.
"Hey, Max! So how do you like being a werewolf? Pretty cool, huh?" Koray said in her best mock excited. She didn't want Max to think about this and she figured the best way to get his mind off it is to distract him.
He turned his head the other way. What am I doing? My head keeps… moving… when I'm confused. And so it did. He looked around at everyone, every few seconds his head cocking to the other side. Everything was distracting, and confusing.
"Max, sweetie you can't see your family, they ,um, they–" She looked at the other for help
"Max, your family's going to go away for a while. You're going to stay with someone like us." said Koray before turning to Harley to look for approval. She was usually confident in what she had to say but things like this were just a bit too… much.
"Where are they going? For how long? And can someone stop my head from doing whatever it's doing?"
Koray bit her lip "Max, they… they… wellll… I misspoke… you see… you're the one who's going away… um… forever. It's okay. It's nice here. It's just. Well… we don't know who you belong to or where you came from and we can't just dump you in the woods so… you'll be staying with us now. At least until you can figure out this werewolf thing." Koray explained. She gulped "You can make some new friends… and friends… they're practically family." Koray said.
"Did you tell mama I'm moving?" His head cocked to the side again. "Seriously, why does it keep doing that?!" He bopped his head a few times with a paw. "Stop it, stop it, stop it…"
Harley smiled gratefully at Koray. she knew there was a reason she appointed her best friend her Beta. looking to Max she smiled "come on Max, go with Koray, she'll show you the pups training ground! I need to talk to Deon for a moment."
Well that went better than she thought. She went off and followed Koray to continue watching over the rest of the smaller pups.
"Did you tell mama I'm moving?" His head cocked to the side again. "Seriously, why does it keep doing that?!" He bopped his head a few times with a paw. "Stop it, stop it, stop it…"
"Max do you hear a voice in your head? yes? that's your wolf's voice, ask it fo help."
"Really? Hey, wolf voice! Where am I? Is Cosmo okay?" He bopped his head a couple more times. "It's not answering!"
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