Genesis (SFW/Non-Sexual)

[Hulkling]

Tell me if I'm on to something or if its a steaming pile.  I've needed to write something for a bit now, but its been ages since I've done this, and never in this genre.




Something was wrong.  Maya opened her eyes to unfamiliar surroundings.  She had no idea what she was seeing.  Everything had straight lines.  The ground beneath her was unusually soft and far too warm.  There was a strange rhythmic sound in the background, and the air burned in her nose.  She sat up and looked around, confused.  She felt a strange tug on her right arm as she moved and jumped to her left, startled.  There was no ground beside her, and Maya fell, landing with a sharp crack on the side of her head.  There was a sharp tug on her arm again, a loud pop and sudden pain.  She felt like she'd just fallen on solid stone.
   Shaking, and suddenly very cold, Maya looked at her arm.  Blood was coming in spurts from the inside of her elbow, but that wasn't what shocked her.  It wasn't her arm.  It was sickly pink.  She looked to her left, only to be greeted by the same alien flesh that was, but was not her own.  She looked up and saw herself reflected on something shiny.  It wasn't her body, but at the same time, she could see her own eyes in this thing which stared back at her.  This brown haired bald skinned specter of herself.

   Maya's eyes shot open, her heart racing.  Frantically, she looked around.  She was at the edge of the forest, and remembered quickly that she'd stopped here to watch the sun set and must have dozed off.  There was just the slightest glimmer of light coming from the horizon now, morning already.  She looked down to her familiar orange and black spotted fur and sighed in relief.  She stood up and stretched, thankful that whatever she'd just experienced had been a dream.  One she wasn't willing to return to quite yet, despite the setting sun.  It was a dream she had often, and it disturbed her deeply.
   She sniffed at the air and knew that it was going to rain.  Maya hated the rain except for clean water it brought.  She turned toward the woods, and casually walked into the familiar green.  As she calmed more from the dream, she recalled the events of the previous evening, which had been a good one.  She'd thought she might go hungry, but got lucky and had caught a gazelle unaware.  Smiling, she patted her still full belly.  She pondered going back to find the kill, but by now the scavengers would have had at it, and they never left anything good.
   Her tail twitched as she walked, the black tip arcing back and forth.  She surveyed the trees for anything that might provide her adequate shelter from the coming rain.  The sound of light footfalls snapped her senses into hyper-awareness.  Her eyes narrowed and the muscles around her claws flexed.  She whirled to face the sound and saw a single black wolf.  Her ears perked at the sound of another approaching, and another.  Three more appeared in her peripheral vision.  Her lips pulled back over sharp, dagger-like teeth, and she doubled over into a crouch.
   The first wolf, who must have been the Alpha, cocked his head to the side as if to ask her if she really intended to try and fight them off.  She growled as if this were her intent, but she was only buying time.  The Alpha took a tentative step forward, confident with his pack to help him.  The muscles in her lower back tightened and constricted.  Those in her chest shifted, and her crouch became completely natural.  The tendons in her arms and legs would together.  She smiled at the Alpha and darted to her left before he could react.
   Maya flew through the trees, her legs taking her faster with each parallel footfall.  Her muscles sang.  This was what she was born for.  She could hear the frustrated growls behind her and the frantic footfalls of the wolves.  She moved faster and faster, her heart settling into a steady rhythm, her lips curled into a smile.  Her would be assailants fell further and further behind.  Maya grinned as she heard a frustrated howl.
   The wolves would go hungry for now. 

[Orange Neko]

This was very good! I can only hope that one day I can match your...umm.....(word that describes how well your words are put together)
Will you be continuing this? If so I'm looking forward to it! 

[Hulkling]

Thanks Neko.  I have to admit, your avatar was what gave me the character.  I'm still playing with the main plot line.  Heres a little more :)



Maya had settled into a casual stride.  At some point in her escape from the pack, she'd just decided to keep running, for no other reason than her own curiosity.  She remembered virtually nothing except the forest, and it was time to see something new.  As she moved, the scenery gradually changed from forest, to seemingly endless fields.  Abruptly, there was a sharp slope and the grass ended.  In a graceful jump, Maya landed on some form of stone she wasn't familiar with.
   She stood in its center, puzzled, then started pacing as she marveled at her new discovery.  Behind her and in front, this strange stone stretched as far as she could see.  Forward seemed as good a direction as any, and Maya broke into a run again, following a rather strange line which ran down the center of the stone.  It really was an odd surface.  While very cool and straight, it was rough on her feet.  She had the distinct impression that something like this couldn't have happened randomly.  It reminded her of all the straight lines in her dream.
   Maya ran for a long time, and eventually decided to stop under a solitary tree to get out of the sun.  It had gotten much warmer, and the stone she ran on had become very hot.  She could easily have just run parallel to it, but the hours of running had taken their toll.  She wanted nothing more than a little water and some shade.  The tree was a large oak, and blocked the sun well enough.  One out of two wasn't bad.  She came to a stop and just enjoyed the coolness for a moment.  Her breathing slowed, as did the rhythmic thumping in her chest.  Her muscles were grateful for the break as well.  She relaxed the musculature in her back and chest so she could stand upright.
   Arms spread  wide, Maya stretched, smiling to herself as the tendons in her hands loosened to give her fingers movement once more.  She looked down at the pads on her hands and frowned.  Perhaps running on such a surface wasn't the best idea.  She looked up at a thick low hanging branch and grinned.  She jumped, catching it with her claws and swung herself up.  From here she could feel the breeze, which carried none of the heat of sun.  She lay down on the branch, her head facing the direction she was traveling.
   She wondered what as over there, at the end of the strange stone with the line.  She squinted, trying to see further into the distance and noticed that there was a strange haze on the horizon.  Like a cloud, but not.  Maya would wait for the evening.  The sun was directly overhead, and she was glad for the rest.  Her eyes fluttered for a moment, then shut.  Her breathing evened and deepened, and before long, sleep found her.

   Maya knew that she was dreaming, but this one, she didn't mind.  She was in a familiar place, one that by the look of it should have been frightening, but wasn't.  There were barriers, and beyond those were animals.  She remembered that she loved coming here to see them.  She often imagined that they were her friends.  She would talk to them, but they never spoke back, and that was fine.  She'd seen gorillas and a lion, but her favorite were the cheetah cubs that had only recently arrived.  She loved watching them play.  A boy and a girl, tumbling together in the enclosure, uncaring of the onlookers.  She wanted nothing more than to play with them.
   The cubs' scuffle broke up, the girl was apparently tired of ruff housing and wanted a break.  She laid down by the water and closed her eyes.  The boy looked around, suddenly bored.  His eyes locked with Maya's and she was sure she could see him smile, which only made her beam in happiness.  He ambled toward her, and Maya did the same, trying to not move so fast that she might startle him.  There were two fences (she mused for a moment at the word she'd remembered), spaced about a foot from each other.  The cub on one side, and Maya on the other, both wanting nothing more than to be on the other.  The cub reached his paw through the fence, and Maya did the same.  For some reason the pink of her skin didn't frighten her today.  She touched the fur on his paw and giggled.  He cocked his head puzzled at the meaning of the noise.
   There was sudden yelling, and hands around her waist which pulled her away from her new friend, who looked at her with sad eyes.  She struggled, but to no avail.  Maya could feel herself waking, but fought it too, as if the hands were trying to drag her out of this pleasant dream.  Naturally, it didn't work.

[Hulkling]

The tendons in her arms and legs would together.

This should have read "wound" hehe.  I apparently can't modify the original post 

[Orange Neko]

Yes, you can only modify it for about 5 minutes after you post it, then you cant .

Good job so far, liked the part about the road.