of it at once but she was not going to have that. She was definitely one stubborn woman. She had to have figured out that she could also be a shape shifter if her parents were but I didn't even get that far to explain anything. Before I knew it she took off. What was she doing? Was she running away from me? I couldn't let her get away before I could explain.
Something on her face did not look right either so I took off after her. She didn't tell me no or not to follow her so I did. I could not believe how fast she was. Michael and I couldn't even keep up with her, she was gone. All of a sudden we saw her and then we didn't. It was like she vanished.
By the time Michael and I made it up to where she was I realized she didn't vanish, she fell. She was just lying in the middle of the woods, out cold, sweating from head to toe. She was unconscious but breathing heavily and her body felt hot as fire. Michael looked her over for a second then back at me.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" I looked at her, my life, my love, lying there in pain and suddenly I knew what was happening.
"She's changing." I picked her up off the sticks and dirt and carried her back to the house. I hadn't realized how far we were until we walked back. She must have run four miles or better.
"John, if she's changing we have got to watch her every minute until it's over. You know how tricky this can be. I've never witnessed one before but I've heard people talk." I looked down at my precious Ava in my arms.
The change was never easy and it was very painful. Your body starts to overheat to the point you feel like you are on fire, you begin to shake uncontrollably, and your body may even begin to change into anything on the fly and then back again. It is a very draining process and not everyone can survive it.
"I know. I should have waited and explained things to her in smaller amounts. Not just hit her with everything at once. I bet she started to have a panic attack which kick started the change. I knew at her age she would be getting close if she indeed was going to and surely that is what happened. What am I going to do if she doesn't survive it?" I could feel Michael's hand on my shoulder and I just thanked God he was there with me.
"She will make it John. Keep telling yourself that. She will make it. She is a strong woman, a strong stubborn woman. She will not let something like this keep her down."
Hopefully Michael was right. We made it back to the house and I took her straight upstairs to my bedroom. I laid her on the bed, turned the air conditioner on, turned all the fans in the house on and shut all the windows. We were in the middle of nowhere but that didn't mean hunters couldn't hear her if she were to scream. "Michael, I have some chains downstairs in the basement, would you go get them for me? She is going to have to be chained to the bed in case she starts changing uncontrollably."
"Are you sure you want to do that to her?" I looked at my sweet Ava and back at Michael.
"I have no choice." Michael ran downstairs and was back before I knew he was gone, he handed me the chains but all I could do was look at them. How was I supposed to chain up the woman that I love?
"John, would you like me to do that for you? If it were me I would never be able to do this." I just handed the chains over to Michael. He's right, there's no way I will be able to handle this. I knew this day might possibly come but not like this. I watch as Michael put the chains around her wrists and ankles then attached them to the bed posts. The chains probably won't even help that much but if she is too weak, the animal she changes into will be weak as well so hopefully nothing she turns into will break them. Once Michael was finished he came and sat next to me.
"So, you've seen a change before?" Oh yes,