Shadow of the Hook by Erik Schubach

Author:Erik Schubach
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Erik Schubach
Published: 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Unexpected

That was the most surreal night of my life. Amanda fell asleep on a bench while Wendy gathered the pirates around her. She explained what they needed, and all of these men, concentrated hard, casting a Make-Believe, gasping and panting. While I didn't feel anything close to the power of the Lost Boys when they were all spinning their imaginations through the fabric of reality, there was still a respectable amount of magic in the air.

I could see the large crate that was in front of us shimmering and changing slowly into what amounted to a cell reinforced with steel bands and silver weaving all throughout. It wavered, and Wendy smirked at me and sighed out, “Men.” Then prompted me, “Shall we help?”

Oh... ok, I had done this once. I imagined a wolf containment cage with Full Moon Bars and could feel the power of Hook's imagination ripple past, feeling almost like an unstoppable force. I slipped again, seeing how cute Mandy was, snoring on the bench as her little tail twitched, and when the containment cage solidified, it again looked like a pink puppy carrier, only this time, human-sized.

By the grace of the Mother, my Mandywolf was going to kill me. Wendy cocked an amused eyebrow at me, and I shrugged, having the common sense enough to blush in embarrassment over my slip. This imagination magic was really finicky. Just one stray thought can change the outcome.

I buzzed over to the sleeping wolf girl and prompted, “We need to get her out of her clothes, or they will be shredded.” I tugged on her jacket lapel to no avail.

Wendy looked confused then alarmed. She didn't know much about the cursed. She had only been a child and hadn't ever seen someone who was infected go through the agony of the change before.

She nodded and slipped over to the bench to sit down. She stroked Mandy's hair, then coaxed her as she pulled her into her lap, taking her hat off and starting to remove her damaged pirate coat, “Come on sweetie. Time to get ready for bed. We gotta get your clothes off.”

Mandywolf yawned and stretched and half opened her eyes, she looked exhausted. She nodded, still half asleep and let us undress her. Then Wendy wrapped her in a blanket as my girl resumed snoring.

I could feel the transition from day to night as the light shifted in the fog of the Nothing. I urged her, “Place her in the cage now, there's no more time.”

Wendy rushed to comply and carefully, lovingly set Amanda down and then closed the door.

I buzzed up to stop her from opening the cage again when the screaming started. I told her, not breaking eye contact with her, “It is normal. It is the curse reshaping her into the beast that lives inside her.”

I placed a tiny hand on her outreached one and squinted my eyes in my own mental anguish as the screams continued while they morphed into yowls, whimpers, and howls of pain.

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