No matter how fast she was running, the howling kept coming closer and closer.

Shimmakk’s breathing was hard as she tried to outrun something she had no chance of escaping.

Her foot caught on a root, making her fall face first to the ground with a yell. In an instant, the sound of paws were right by her side, the beast on top of her faster than she could take a single breath.

Drool dripped on her face as she rolled over, staring death straight in the face.

 

Death was smaller than she expected.

She hadn’t expected it to drool quite that much either.

She stared into the wolf’s eyes, and before her very own, they started to shift.

 

Suddenly, there was a girl sitting on top of her.

A girl with large fangs and an even bigger grin on her face. She leaned in close to Shimmakk, invading her space even further. “Gotcha!”

Her breath certainly smelled like it belonged to a dog. She turned her face away, making the girl on top of her whine.

“Aw, come on, I wanna play more!”

 

Shimmakk’s eyes grew wide, face snapping back up to stare at her. “I- I wasn’t playing!”

“Then why were you running?” Clearly, the girl wasn’t following. “You run, I catch you. That’s how playing chase works.”

Shimmakk couldn’t help but conclude that this girl was an idiot. In what world would you think that a wolf suddenly taking chase out of nowhere as anything but a threat.

“I thought you were going to eat me!” she nearly yelled, growing more angry than afraid.

“Oooooh.” The girl (Wolf? Wolf girl?) pouted, before her expression grew bright again. “Wanna play with me now, then?”

Shimmakk stared up at her. “No.”

“Aw man! I’m the S in ‘sad’! Not even a little bit?”

“No. Now get off me.”

The girl rolled off her, getting dirt and leaves all over herself. Shimmakk stood up and started to walk away. The wolf girl followed suit, much to her chagrin.

“Where’re you going?”

“Home.”

Had the girl still been in the shape of a wolf, Shimmakk was sure her ears would have perked up, her tail starting to wag.

“Can I come?!”

“Absolutely not.”

The sad whine the girl let out was definitely too dog-like to think that she had hallucinated her earlier appearance.

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