Under the Light of a Full Moon by D.A. McGrath

Author:D.A. McGrath
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: D.A. McGrath
Published: 2013-06-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Later that evening, Clara and Selina left the cottage and walked into the woods. It was a surprisingly warm, calm, evening for the time of year, but cloudy. While they were both very aware of the full moon, they couldn’t see it at that moment.

“Okay, now,” started Selina. “Same procedure as before. This time you are a majestic horse. Tall and proud, sleek and defined, you want to toss your mane and stomp the floor and neigh.”

Clara closed her eyes and pictured the most beautiful horse she could think of. It was a warm, sandy colour with a long mane and tail that were almost white. It had a white star on its forelock and white socks at the bottom of each leg.

She wanted to toss the mane and swish the tail of that horse. And when she opened her eyes, she found that she could.

She wasn’t a big horse, more of a pony really, but when she looked behind her, there was the swishy tail. When she glanced down, there were the white socks. She let out a neigh of joy and kicked her rear end high into the air.

When she turned to her aunt, she found herself next to a piebald horse with brown and black splotches all over its flanks. Horse Selina shook her head vigorously and then trotted off smartly into the trees.

Clara trotted off after her, used now to moving on four legs she didn’t have the coordination problems she’d experienced when she first became a dog. They trotted through the, now familiar, woodland until they reached some open moorland. Being much bigger than dogs they covered the ground quickly and then Selina really let loose on the open ground. Clara leapt into a canter and followed her aunt. They thundered across the ground with the wind whipping through their manes, their tails flying out behind them. Clara thrilled at the speed and soon outstripped Selina by relaxing into a full gallop. Eventually out of breath, she slowed down and circled back to where her aunt had stopped to take a drink from a cold, clear, gurgling stream.

Lowering her head Clara did likewise, her heart still hammering from her run, feeling exhilarated.

Once they’d both recovered their breath and quenched their thirst, Selina started to lead Clara back towards the trees. Clara was a little disappointed that they appeared to be going back to the cottage, she wanted to run and frolic some more. Horses couldn’t smell as well as dogs, but they certainly had the same acute sense of hearing, and Clara had never been more aware of every muscle in her body. She wanted to explore these new sensations some more. She followed her aunt reluctantly, stopping occasionally to observe a smell or a sound picked up, to kick at something on the ground that felt strange or to rise up on her hind legs to see how tall she could become. Selina accepted Clara’s loitering with patience and let Clara explore her surroundings at her own pace.

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