Chapter 9

The bird, Hunter, was staring at me.

-What ? I said.

-Are you kidding me? What would you do if I told everyone what happened with Zack? He mocked as he returned to his initial form, having spoken in his bird form which I restrained myself from passing out because it was the first time I saw him do that.

I frowned.

“You shut up,” I told him dryly.

He smiles, happy to have pissed me off.

-Okay, hurry up and finish your lunch.

I looked up at him.

-Have you finished yet?

-I don't like hanging around.

Once outside, I followed Hunter who had gestured for me to join him, but refused to tell me where.

We were now in the woods, probably right in the center of the forest.

-I kept us away from the others because you wouldn't want anyone to see you naked after your metamorphosis.

-What !? But then why are you all dressed up when you become yourself again?

-I know how to control each phase of my metamorphosis. I've mastered it so well that I can stop it mid-step to look half-man and half-animal, he boasted.

-So that explains your fallen angel appearance last night?

He affirmed with a nod.

- Okay, so what do I do now? I asked him.

-We'll start with something simple and easy, like a cat for example.

-Okay, and how does it work?

-Imagine yourself in the shoes of a cat, it's simple to say, but not to do. You might not get it the first time, we'll see that.

Did he want me to get on all fours and meow? He could laugh a lot.

-So I imagine, in my head, that I am a cat? That's all ?

-So.

I closed my eyes and tried to put myself in the shoes of a magnificent ginger cat. After a good thirty seconds of trying to concentrate, I felt my skin tickle. I also felt a sort of mist envelop me. But before I could complete my transfiguration, I heard Hunter whisper.

-Don't turn into a mouse.

So ! He had distracted me and now I felt even smaller. When I opened my eyes, I saw a giant Hunter who was laughing, laughing at me. The grass was made very tall. Because of him, I was not a cat, but a mouse.

I wanted to scream at him to fuck off, but all that came out of my mouth were mouse squeaks. And what's more, I hadn't even asked him how I should do to return to my human form.

What should I do now? Thinking about my human body to become normal again?

I wanted to concentrate to see if it would work, but Hunter reached out with his big hand. I decided to bite him so he could understand that it wasn't funny.

- Ouch!

"Don't take this opportunity to crush me, you fat bastard!" »

We heard people coming. What if they saw us? In fact, they will only see Hunter because I was hiding in the grass.

But Hunter didn't seem to agree. He transformed into an eagle in record time and he took my little mouse body with one of his two big claws. He flew away before the small group of people arrived.

How could I keep calm when I was high in the air, in mouse form, trapped in one of Hunter's claws?

He lands further away, near a bungalow. He let go of me and I took a few small steps back.

-To return to your human form, all you have to do is imagine yourself in your initial body and that's it.

He could speak in his raptor form, but I couldn't. All you could hear was irritating squeals from me.

“Stop being mad and think human”

I felt the little tickle again followed by the little mist that enveloped me.

I was finally in my real body when I opened my eyes. I saw Hunter return to his true form, then I remembered what he had told me earlier.

“You wouldn't want to be seen naked.”

Panicked, I quickly looked down, already blushing in front of Hunter.