Family of the Fox by F. M. Isaacs

Author:F. M. Isaacs [Isaacs, F. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: transformation, Time-travel, animal transformation, shapeshifter, changer, Jewish, mystery, fairy tale, powerful young girl, band geek, Romance, Dark Fantasy, family secret
Publisher: F.M. Isaacs
Published: 2018-02-04T05:00:00+00:00

ALLEN WAS WAITING FOR me at the edge of the woods after school. Dismissing the day's bathroom disaster, I ran to him in a flurry. “Guess what? You'll never guess! I'm a time traveler! Just like Daniel!”

I think he was impressed. I wasn't quite sure. His reaction was a halting, “Wow, that's...”

Of course I didn't let him finish. I had to keep talking. “I'm not going to travel again until my parents talk to me about it, but after that, I can take you all over time!”

I didn't tell him about my Old West escapade. I guess I was ashamed about how terrified I’d been through most of it. But more than that, it was something I had shared only with my father. The experience was ours alone, and dredging it up would also unearth Dad's memories. I couldn't allow my mind to sort through them again.

Allen was uncomfortably quiet. He looked around the woods, tapping his foot on the ground. He glanced into the sky, then back down at me. “Promise me you'll never take me back,” he pleaded in a plaintive voice. There was suddenly a vulnerability surrounding him which I had never picked up before.

“To where you came from?”

He made a curt nod.

“Why would I do that?” I stuttered, appalled that he would think that I'd do such a thing.

Shuffling his foot through the dirt, he insisted, “Just promise me.”

“I...I promise.”

He let out a breath. “Good. Now,” he grabbed my hand and half-skipped us into a small clearing in the woods. “I have some plans for us today. You did so well in a four-legged form, I think you're ready to try something different.”

This time, a wave of anticipation ran through me. I wasn't scared. I felt adventurous and alive!

And, strangely enough, I trusted Allen with my life.

“Go ahead,” I said, clapping my hands together. “What will you make me today?”

He smiled. “A snake.”

“Oh!” I gasped as I became blinding light once again. I had no problem with snakes, although they weren't my favorite animal. But to become one? Well, I was going to find out what it would be like in the very next second!

I now hugged the earth. My figure had thinned and stretched, and the most unsettling sensation came over me. I was limbless.

My brain fought to use appendages that weren’t there. No arms! No legs! I can’t move them...

Once I got over this initial shock, I found that my new body was lithe and muscular, and I was able to twist it into all kinds of knots and contortions.

My acrobatics kept Allen well-entertained. “It feels like you're a living piece of rope when you're a snake. Like it?”

It's...mind-blowing, honestly. I feel weird not having arms and legs!

“You'll get used to it too. Instead of tying yourself into knots, move around a bit.”

I did. It wasn't as hard as I had expected. The snake body was made to slither, and I found I could go pretty fast.

“Can I pick you up, Corinne? I want to move you out of the open.

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