Becoming Forsaken

Part One

He needed to get home, fast and unseen. 

“Okay Kaelen, calm down, deep breaths.  Time to think about getting home.”  he muttered to himself.  

Composing himself he got up into a crouched position, scanning the forest around him.  He could see the road in the distance below him, recognising it and now he knew what direction to take. 

Keeping himself low so as to try to remain unseen he starts half running, half scurrying through the forest, his senses heightened as his heart starts pounding furiously.  He headed in the general direction he knew his home to be.  

A truck drove past on the road below, suddenly blaring its horn, startling Kaelen.  Diving for the nearby bush, crouched on all fours he caught the movement of a startled rabbit from the corner of his eyes.  Before he could think, he was off on all fours chasing the rabbit, dodging and weaving with it.  A growl came from deep within him, stopping him in his tracks as he cut it off mid-way.  

“What the hell?”  Kaelen exclaimed, bewildered by the reactions he had felt throughout his body. 

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