Emily by Storm Jk Page A

am I? ’ Emily asked.
    Vladimir was first to reply and she heard him clearly in her head say, ‘ My Emily .’
    Eric echoed, ‘ Emily .’ This time they had both said her name perfectly. Pointing to Applejacks, Emily asked them who he was. Again they both replied, ‘ Applejacks ,’ and again the words were perfectly formed. Emily was excited. She knew that with practise they would both remember the human language in their wolf form. She requested that the pair change back and watched closely as they morphed back into human shape.
    Eric was excited, almost high with exhilaration. ‘God that was great!’
    Vladimir was more reserved with his reaction but added, ‘I was in total control.’
    ‘ Let’s do it again,’ said Eric, and they morphed back into wolves. Eric was now in a playful mood as he loped around the room testing his body by jumping then changing direction and mock fighting with Vladimir.
    Vladimir too tested his body with a number of manoeuvres. His wolf form was bigger than Eric ’s and very strong, but Eric was faster, quicker in his movements. Either wolf could have taken down an elephant.
    ‘ Let’s try talking ,’ Emily thought, and the pair both circled Emily and Applejacks before coming to a stop close to her. ‘ Vladimir ,’ Emily thought to him, ‘ raise your right paw .’ Vladimir instantly raised it. To Eric, Emily requested ‘ Roll over .’
    ‘ Roll over? ’ Eric replied, sounding a little indignant. Slowly he dropped to the ground and rolled his body over.
    ‘ Ask me something, ’ Emily requested to the pair. She wanted to see if they could form a sentence.
    ‘ Emily, sit down ,’ Vladimir said. The words were perfectly formed and she could hear his accent in her head. Sitting on the ground, Emily looked at Eric who had an intense look on his wolf’s face.
    Slowly he formed the words ‘ Emily, scratch my head .’ Laughing, Emily scratched Eric’s head. Instead of asking the men to change back into their man shape, Emily waited to see if they could make the change by themselves. But when, after ten minutes neither of the pair had changed back, Emily asked them to become men, which they did instantly.
    ‘ Why did you not change back as men?’ she asked.
    They both paused for a long moment and then Vladimir replied, ‘It didn’t occur to me to change back.’
    Eric nodded and added, ‘I didn’t want to.’ This shocked Emily. She had sensed a peace from both of them that was stronger than when they were in their human shape.
    ‘ Do you want to change back into a wolf?’ Emily asked tentatively. Both men paused again; it felt good and natural to be a wolf.
    Vladimir finally replied, ‘I do not have the need or desire to change back into a wolf right now,’ and Eric murmured in agreement. The relief was evident on Emily’s face and Vladimir reached out to her pulling her into his arms.
    ‘ Now it’s your turn Emily. See if you can move something with your mind.’
    Looking around for something small to move, Emily picked up one of Eric ’s boots.
    ‘ Be careful with that boot Em, I want it back,’ Eric teased, both men had pulled their pants back on.
    Feeling nervous, Emily laid the boot in front of her and placed a hand on Applejacks ’ shoulder. She concentrated on the boot and within a second it was gone. In the quiet of the large barn they all heard a small popping sound.
    ‘ Where did you send it?’ Eric asked in awe with what had just happened.
    ‘ I sent it to the other room,’ Emily replied, hoping that it had made it.
    So the four walked over and opened up the door and there, in the middle of the room, was the boot. Eric picked it up; it was cold. He passed it to Emily, she too was surprised at how cold it was.
    ‘ I wonder why?’ Emily mused.
    ‘ It is cold in between. I remember from that time when we came out of the river,’ Applejacks thought to the group.
    ‘ Yes, I remember now,’ Emily said out loud. ‘I thought I was cold from the