Willow liked the cold. Below freezing temps, bring it on. Winter was definitely her favorite time of the year, especially when it snowed. It was the time that she truly felt at ease outside. She could spend hours outside during icy temperatures. Willow found that loving the cold was even more so after her sixteenth birthday.
Willow’s senses came alive while running and playing in the snow. Her eyesight was sharper. Her sense of touch became even more heightened. Her tastebuds were humming with the different flavors she could now detect in her meals. Even more impressive was her sense of smell and how now everything had an odor she could detect. What her golden eyes didn’t detect, one of her other senses did, working in glorious harmony.
Throughout the night and morning, snow had raged, covering all. Willow found herself outside, running with wild abandon through the whole storm. Even though clouds covered the moon, she knew with her other senses that it had waxed to its fullest, perfect for hollering.
So, she ran through the snow, sniffing the air as she ran on two legs. She was excited by the sharp scents all around her. Then suddenly, she smelt the smell she’d been hoping for, the one that she had been waiting all afternoon to catch the scent of. She smelt the sense of fear from the creature in the brush to her right. Willow froze, then howled up to the moon; she shifted her shape and pounced.
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Comments (13)
I like how you wrote this first starting out kind of upbeat but then things turn somewhat mysterious. I enjoyed your descriptions and the energy of your story telling. I especially liked how you described Willow's eyes as golden eyes. That gave me a visual and stuck with me throughout the entire story. Great job as always!
I really enjoyed how you surprised me with the lycanthropy. Wonderful, efficient, descriptive micro fiction!
I was not expecting that ending. Great twist.
That was an unexpected ending
Loved this MC. so well written and clever x Fab ending!
Woaaaa, that was such a fun read.
Willow and I have a lot in common (minus the wolf thing maybe 😉) this was beautifully written.
You swooned me in with her "golden eyes" and eased Willow's transition gracefully. I thought a wolf was going to pounce on her!
A willowy werewolf hunting & howling in the Twilight. (Our son loved the series. Wife disparages it every chance she gets. The best thing was taking him along with a classmate/friend to the midnight showing & hearing them howl every time Jacob tore off his shirt. Our son was gay, of course. His friend was a girl.)
When you told about all her othet senses, I immediate thought of a werewolf but I brushed it aside. So your ending still managed to surprise me! Loved your story!
I had a feeling the story was going to go the way it did when you mentioned her golden eyes. Well done!
Loved the twist at the end!!! Wonderfully written & loved it!!!💕❤️❤️
Ooh that took an interesting turn that I didn’t expect! What a great tale right there!