Pheonyx Nyla Moore walked across the forest floor in Ruem. She was alone hunting for food as she usually did. She was human. Which made her an easy kill for anyone or anything. She was small and skinny so she wouldn't be a very good snack for anyone. Except for vampires which like blood. A vampire has once gotten her before. It had tasted a little bit of her blood but she was able to get up and run away. She has been alone almost all her life. No one would even take her in as she was a small child because she was so filthy she had dried blood all over her and she was half starved since other animals were hunting game to. She could fight....other humans...and she could kill a vampire with a knife to the heart. A were wolf with a bow from in the tree. But she would never eat such beings. She never really had any friends. She used to like it but now she's getting lonely. And she needs help or she'll starve to death. She knows it to.

Blodwen sat lying beside a bubbling creek. Her deep brown eyes watching the slow-flowing water as it passed over shiny wet stones. Thinking about the full moon that would fall when the sun sets she began to plan her night. When the curse had first came into her being she was thankful to the moon when it set her free of the curse but one night was never long enough to make a friend who's bond would withstand her sudden trasformation at the suns light. She was usually forced to watch them flee, or herself flee from their weapons. Occasionally she would travel into a town for an hour or so to indulge in an ale but she didn't bother with people in her human form anymore. Staying in the woods was a risk aswell. Predators lurked everywhere and she was much weaker than her werewolf self in her human form. She was Lithe and quick footed as a human but it would only take one mistake to find her life cut short.

She lifted her eyes to the forest canopy above. An ear flickered back at the sound of leaves crushing under feet much smaller than her own huge paws. Her nose caught the scent of a human woman and in a panic of realization that her thoughts had eluded her senses, she forgot all stealth and jumped to her feet. Leaves underfoot and bushes around her rustled painfully loud at her movement, her paw splatting into the mud beside the creek before she regained her senses and bounded quietly towards the coverage of thick wood. Humans she'd learnt were one of two kinds, out to hunt her down, or those who screamed and fled. Neither she was very fond of and so she fled from all of them. Her chosen attitude towards her situation left her lonley, something she wasn't fond of either, but chose to bare.

Nyla walked down to the creek. She looked around making sure no predators were around. She bent down beside the river and drank. As lonely as she was she was calm. she head paw prints and turned around quickly seeing nothing. "hello?" she small girl said looking around. She knew animals couldn't talk, but it might be easier to talk to the animals. Her purple eyes floated around. She knew someone or something was out there. Her hand slid the the pocket of her worn jeans. She wasn't sure whether to pull out her knife or to wait for something to happen. She put her hands to her sides again. She wouldn't dare turn her back to the shrubbery again. That could easily get her killed. And she could sense someone was there.

Nyla instantly jumped and turned around when a huge crow looking animal (but like 3 times bigger than her) jumped out of the tree's. She yanked her bow of her back and shot at it but it was already to late the animal had already gotten to close. She screamed as loud as she could. "Help!" she yelled. she stepped backwards falling into the large creek. She withdrew her knife then the animal stopped in midair.

Blodwen had slowed her pace once she reached the woods so that she could not be heard. When she heard the footsteps behind her halt she took a moment to peer out. Her instincts had been correct. A human creature sat at the creek she had been lying beside moments before, though when something made her sucpicious of her presence Blodwen began to make her quiet and slow retreat. As she moved away she made for the caves further up the hills within the woodland to steak out her night of human form.

She didn't get far when she heard the human cry out from where she'd left her. "Help!" She heard, and against her better judgement she swiftly made her way back down to the lining of trees in time to see a huge crow sweep down towards her. Acting on instinct rather than logic she jumped into the open and landed beside the creek. She snarled but in her mind it was "Filthy overgrown pigeon." She'd seen this thing around before and it had picked up the likes of other innocent creatures before her eyes and she knew what it would do to the woman. She lunged, over the girl swiping at the bird in it's mid air stance. She thrashed her teeth and her hackle rose as her eyes flashed with an instictual rage that seemed to consume her once she started on a task, and probably wouldn't subside until it was over. Her pupils dialated widely as she kept them on the movements of the crow.

Nyla watched the wolf attack the creature that almost killed her. Her eyes widdended at the sight of the incredibly large animal, which was larger than her. She looked at it. "Thank you.." she said to her. She was little but she knew that this animal could kill her if it wanted to. She would try to possibly become it's friend and tonight was the full moon.

Blodwen swiped at the bird, clipping it's wing and snapped her huge jaws. It reatreated from her attack, which slightly annoyed her, in this state she was ready for a fight. She watched it flee and growled at it, loud enough so it could hear her warning. Shaking her head and standing for a moment she let herself calm down before turning towards the trees. In her agressive attack she had forgotten the presence of the human and froze at first when she saw her again, waiting for the reaction but only hearing "Thank you.."

The thanks threw her for a minute and her ears shot forward at first before she turned to face her properly. She flickered an ear back, forwards. Confused she wondered a moment if she was really human. She extended her nose in the space between them to pick up her scent again. Definantly human. She pulled her nose back in and shook her head slightly keeping her eyes on the creature.

"Who are you?" she asked the wolf. She stepped towards it. "Sorry, I should have introduced myself first...I'm Pheonyx Nyla...I go by Nyla." she said. She looked at the wolf with hopeful eyes. Almost pleading for friendliness.

Blodwen stood and listend to the human introduce herself. Still slightly wary she steped back as she stepped forward in case of a trap but the friendliness in her eyes condradicted her first thought. If in her human form she would've just spoke but it was harder to comunicate in her wolf form. She couldn't ask questions to search for lies like she would. She sidestepped then took another step to move closed. She stood taller than this woman on all fours. She stepped closed and when she was satisfied the woman was harmless... To a degree she stepped in close her leaning down to watch her, ears forward she growled, but a greeting sound rather than agressive.

I know you can't speak..." she said almost reading the wolf's thoughts. "The full moon is tonight if you wish to talk to me.." She said. Nyla knew that this wolf was the cursed one. She smiled. "I've heard of you...and the people who have fled. Just to show you I'm not gonna harm you or flee." She put down her weapons and stepped a bit closer putting her small hand to the wolfs head. "I'm 12. I'm a kid...been alone my whole life...I've liked it but I'm starting to get lonely." She said calmly to the animal. "I'm an easy target like a was for the crow thing. I've heard it's been killing the most innocent creatures." she said and sighed. She frowned remembering her parents and how they were killed by the thing. "It killed my parents...when i was littler." she told her hopfully soon friend.

Blodwen pricked her ears foward tilted her head and listend. She didn't realize people talked about her, knew about her. It amazed her but she supposed people would talk about their 'near death' experiences or their planned hunting trips. Word must've gotten around somehow. She thought this over for a moment before listening, intrigued. She hesitated when the girl rose her hands towards her, and stayed still. She listened to her story, and pinned her ears as she mentioned the large crow. When she said it had killed her parents she flickered an ear and lowered her head to the girls hand and nudged.

Nyla smiled a little. "Thank you.." she said and looked at the wolf. It was getting dark. She pulled a tent out of her pack and sent up camp near the creek. Nyla sighed. She didn't make a fire. "It's about time you should change human right?" she asked.

Blodwen didn't realize it had been getting dark until she realized the girl was setting up camp. Walking around a little she sniffed the perimiter before trotting around a little, back and forth. Nervous. She knew the young girl wouldn't flee her for once but transforming in the open where the crow could linger by made her anxious. When the girl spoke to her she meerly looked at her for a moment before sniffing the air. Taking in a large breath she howled a loud warning to the crow, where ever he may be then was cut short.

The form of the huge wolf in the clearing seemed to shrink into that of a everyday wolf before the dust that had settled around it's feet lifted and englufed her whole frame so that nothing could be seen of her. When the winds dropped and the dust settled the human for of the wolf was standing where the wolf had stood. Perfectly human save for the wolf eyes the peered out of. Looking down to her hands to confirm she had changed she looked up to the girl. She herself was older, in the reigon of 17 years.

"Um... Yes.." She said with a small smile.

Nyla smiled. "Cool." she said. She looked at Blodwen. "What's your name?" she asked.

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Blodwen smiled, nodded, extended a hand in greeting. "I'm Blodwen, Nice to meet you Nyla" She said. Her voice deep but still womanly for her age. She looked around the camp site for a moment. Light was fading fast but with her wolven eyes light still lingered.

"I love your name.." Nyla said and smiled. She was short to Blodwen. Very tiny. She looked at the tree's. She frowned.

Blodwen smiled and nodded. "Thankyou." She said as she looked down at the girl. Looking towards the trees she listened with ears of a wolf. "Is something wrong?" She asked seeing the frown.

"No..nothing." she said and looked at Blodwen. she gave a smile. It was fake but it worked. She looked around again. "Sooo?" she asked.

Blodwen hesitated a moment before smiling. "Heh, being a monster wolf ninety five percent of the time and living in the forest... Avoiding civilized company it's needless to say I'm not very good at making conversation..." She admitted. "How does one as young as yourself come to be alone in my home forest?" She asked her.

"I have no one to travel with..." she said and sighed. "I've been alone most of my life.." she said. "Even when my parents were alive I would always try to hunt on my own.." she said and smiled.

"Ah." She said. "I can relate to the solitary living... In my own way. I've been living alone for many many more years than my appearance lets on." She said and walked over by the fire. "How old are you?" She asked with a quiet voice. She pushed her palms out towards the fire to keep them warm. In all truth she had come to appreciate the benefits of her cursed form. The thick winter fur, the way no animal besides human hunting groups ever tried to harm her because of her size and brute force.