Waiting Out the Pain

[elainawood]

It was a quiet night, almost completely silent except for the steady stream of traffic that came from the park's entrance. Ella sat quietly upon an empty bench, her pink Hannah Montana jacket underneath her as she watched the moons entrance into the park. Tomorrow night, it would happen tomorrow night. Ella winced as her body reacted to the light that seemed to beam upon her. The legendary moon hung low tonight, closer to the earth than she would have preferred. Chestnut curls fell into their designated places around her place as she tapped her nails on the bench. Her legs swung in a rythmic pattern as she tried desperately to ease the pain that came with the gibbous that was so close to making her a monster. She cringed as a new source of pain shot through her shins. Leg pains were always the worst.

Ella managed to draw her mind away from the throbbing for a while, counting the stones on the path that wound around and through the forested areas of Central Park. The tiny girl pulled her backpack to her lap and squeezed it with every new pain that entered her system. She managed to keep silent, but that was only because she had to bite her tongue. It was always this hard, and boring too, for Ella had to wait it out in silence. One false move and her cover, and most likely sanity, would evaporate.

[brocklesnarufc87]

Draven had decided to talk a quick walk through the park to ease his mind of the things that would play out tomorrow night. As he watched people walk by, he couldn't help but feel guilty. Whenever the full moon made it's apppearance, Draven lost all control and shifted. No matter what he did to resist or try to get away from civilization, his beast always found a way around it. If he tried to get away from the city, it would always find it's way back.

It was then that the moonlight came to him, and he could feel the wolf inside of him begin to stir. It was only about 24 hours before it could finally emerge, and no doubt that there would be chaos when it did. Yet Draven pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind and continued on his way. Like a number of werewolves, he could feel a bit of pain, even the night before. He cringed some, trying to ignore it. Once it faded, he walked down the sidewalk and suddenly sensed another werewolf near by. He let his senses take him to the source, and when he arrived, he saw a girl sitting on a bench. Draven couldn't help but feel sorry for her, the pain of a shift was more than he could handle, and he couldn't imagine what it was like for a child.