3 Deadly Drabbles - Going Through Changes

Moving through different phases

Stitches

Pain holds me tighter than a jealous lover, sending agonizing tremors through my battered body. Tears slip down my cheeks as another shockwave hits.

I don’t know how I got here. There are flashes in my mind, but nothing concrete, like a dream that slips away upon awakening. My body is a mass of bruises and livid stiches, red raw around the edges.

Another flash and I see teeth and claws, and I suddenly fear that the worst pain is yet to come. I close my eyes and see a full moon beckoning me to change into something truly feral.

Cocoon

The thin membrane around my body feels tight and cloying, but I am still able to breathe through my nose. My mouth is mostly sealed shut, but open enough to allow a feeding tube to deliver a sickly gruel that sticks in my throat upon delivery.

I can see shadows move beyond the gossamer veil. They are winged things, flitting to-and-fro, but these are not delicate creatures. They are massive and dangerous, this much I know.

In time, I shall become one of them. How long it will take is impossible to say, but I can feel the changes happening.

Turning

She told me that she loved me, that she could never be without me. I believed her, so I replied that I wanted to be with her forever, too, although I knew that forever had a time limit. She did not agree,

Bella would tell me tales of what I assumed were past lives, but they were all hers and hers alone, I later discovered. It scared me, but when she sensed my fear, she turned me.

I look at her now, all pale flesh and fanged fury, and I feel love and lust in equal measure. We are eternal.