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[Chel]

C H E L

Chel spent more time prowling in the trees with Atzi than she’d like to admit.  She’d grown fonder of the jaguar’s shape as the darkness lingered, marveling at just how much better cats saw in the dark than equines.  Birds had been fun to experiment with too, but less practical in a dark forest.  Atzi made her way further into the boughs of the trees as Chel let out a huff and made her way to the larger, lower branches. She didn’t see anything amiss so decided that it was safe enough to make her way to the forest floor. She shifted back to her equine form when her paws found earth again.  There were times where it almost felt foreign being in this body after spending longer and longer in other shapes.  She shook off the feeling of settling into unfamiliar bones and pulled her wings to her sides. She did, however, retain the jaguar’s feline eyes. It was a necessity nowadays.  Chel learned early on that as an equine she couldn’t see for shit in the dark.  And she wasn’t willing to be caught off guard given…everything. She hadn’t run into any of the supposed monsters, but she wasn’t planning on letting something sneak up on her either. Her mamas’ had taught her better than that.  Her butterflies finally settled after having been disturbed by the shift, falling back into their leisurely orbit.  Chel honestly didn’t know what she was doing anymore since every waking hour was literally spent wandering around in the dark. She was too young to be having a midlife crisis but at the same time was too goddamn proud to go track down either of her mothers and bother them with her existential angst in the middle of a bigger crisis. She let out a soft huff as she took stock of her surroundings, which were promptly interrupted by a loud crack which immediately set her on edge. ”Atzi, that better have been you,” she breathed between her teeth, as she searched for some indication that her companion in the trees had been responsible for the noise or if they weren’t alone after all. THE MOON WAS FULL, AND I WAS LEFT UNSUPERVISED

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