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The Magishift tournament was coming soon and fast, First Year, Savanaclaw student, Jack Howl was training harder than most students in his grade. Constantly running around the track for more than thirty minutes, fighting Savanaclaw students who challenge him in groups and even without the physical training, he still kept up with his studies. However, this day was somehow slightly different. He heard multiple rumors of many students getting injured by the staircases or classroom accidents, but he ignored it as he just wanted to get back to his training, but Professor Divus had to hold him after school to finish his alchemy project that he and his partner failed to do. After the many failed potions, he finally got the potion right and once he got out of the class, the cloudy night had already taken over the college.
He was walking in the courtyard, getting back to his dorm, but the moist air made his vision foggy and not knowing the campus too well, it made things a little harder on him, but it was just another obstacle to deal with. Then he suddenly stopped his tracks. ‘There’s somebody...here.’ he unconsciously thought. ‘They’re alone and close by too...about...six meters away from me…’ He suddenly hid himself behind a tree, making him slightly closer to the unknown being. He peeked over trying to see the stranger, but the fog was too dense to see the clear being, but it only showed its shadow. ‘Shit...did it notice me?’ he thought as he watched it come closer, then he instinctively asked himself: ‘Wait...will you run away if...I chase you?’
Jack’s mind for some reason wanted to hunt down the stranger, not for fun, not for justice, but instead: If that stranger was his prey to be eaten. He watched the stranger just stare at him and he was hunching and crawling like a real wolf ready to pounce and when the prey turned their back and ran, he chased them. They ran in the courtyard and just before the prey thought they escaped, he grabbed them and held them in his predatory embrace. And with a realization, he came in contact with two things, a human and his feral instincts.
‘Jack...wait...what the hell are you doing!?’ he thought, realizing his actions, however, he didn’t release her. ‘Why isn’t my body letting them go!? This is bad…! It’s like my body is moving on its own…!’ The wolf felt the human’s fingers squeeze on his arm as if they were trying to push him away, but he held them tighter and his face was closer to thiers, huffing off their scent. ‘Their scent… shit...it’s driving me crazy…’ he shuddered. The human tried to squirm out of his strong grip, but he held tighter and one of his hands traveled down to their smoothed, yet clothed thigh and the human rightfully hyperventilated out of fear. ‘Damn it! What you’re doing is making yourself...more appetizing. Shit...shit! Shit! Shit! What can I do!? I can’t stop myself! I can’t-’
“And that’s okay…”
Jack heard. He stopped and looked up to see a clear, black shadow looming over them from a distance. “We’ve been holding it in for so long...and today it’s the day.” it cooed and walked towards them. “We can’t hold it anymore.” ‘No...no! Stay away!’ he screamed internally. “Why? It’s time...it’s been fifthteen years and finally you have your chance to feast.” it stated. ‘Get the hell away from me! You don’t exist, you don’t exist! This is just a dream!’ Jack screamed. “Oh no, this is no dream Jack…do it. Do what all beasts do...eat them” it said and touched him. “Eat them...eat them...eat them…until there’s nothing left…!” ‘I’ll...I’ll….I’LL!!’ he roared and was about to take a bite, but his hand clawed their arm and thigh which made blood spilled out. With such a sudden blood, he unknowingly released the human out of his grip and without looking back, they ran. He watched them run off in the fog and he looked at his bloodied hand, registering what just happened. “God damn it…what's wrong with me?” he groaned and walked himself back to his dorm.
*In Ramshackles Dorm*
Grim was eating peacefully in the lounge area until he heard the door slam open and Y/N panting loudly. “Eh!? What the!? Why did you slam the- AAAH!!” Grim screamed as he saw Y/N with her thigh and arm covered in blood. “Grim…! Get the bandages quickly!” she yelled and limped her way to the couch. Without questioning and quickly flew upstairs and back downstairs with the bandages. "What the hell happened!?" Grim asked as he wrapped her. "I-I don't know! I just was walking and someone just grabbed me and crawled me!" Y/N huffed. She watched Grim finish wrapping her arm and soon tried to wrap her thigh up next. “I’m never going out again…” she sighed.