{"sf1_id":547572,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Beneath The Full Moon Chapter Two","author":"Jason_Magicman","words":3767,"posted_at":"2013-06-06T12:46:00.000Z","tags":["Action","Arguing","Comedy","Fear","Food","Fox","Friendship","Gay","Heat","Husky","Kissing","M/M","Parents","Passion","Romance","Surpise","Werefox","Werewolf","Wolf","bro"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/547572-beneath-the-full-moon-chapter-two","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/547572","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=547572\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"Chapter two of my new series is now FINALLY done. this is possibly longer than the last chapter, though I could be wrong. also I am trying to take some pointers I was given by my friend Bannor and putting them to use, hope it's easier to understand dialogue between characters now","content":"\u0026nbsp;\"Unnghh...\"  \nI moaned softly, pressing my hands against my head as I slowly opened my eyes,  \na bright stream of light poured in through the cracks on my fingers. Was it  \ndaylight already? I winced as I tried to sit up, my head throbbed painfully.  \n\"Oh what happened last night?\" I simply laid back, I couldn't  \nremember anything after setting up my tent... my tent? I sat up, crying out  \nsoftly as my head pounded mercilessly. I clamped my eyes shut as I gently moved  \nmy hands away placing them down at my sides... and unless I was mistaken, I  \nwasn't in my tent... unless someone had decided to stuff a bed into my tent  \nwhile I was sleeping. Slowly I opened my eyes... it was blurry at first, and it  \ntook a\u0026nbsp;few blinks to finally get my sight clear enough for me to see a bit.  \nI was sitting in a bed in what appeared to be a doctors office? Did I get hurt?  \nI winced as I started rolling my shoulders a big to help work the stiffness out  \nof them and I reached my hand up, surprised to find my shoulder wrapped in  \ngauze. \"What happened to me?...\"\u0026nbsp;  \nI sat puzzled for several minutes...I remembered leaving the camp area and  \nthen... I winced a fresh wave of pain rising up\u0026nbsp;behind my forehead. I  \nheard the rattle of keys and the click of a lock opening. I sat still taking a  \nfew deep breaths as a pair of footsteps moved into the room and I grimaced a  \nbit at the sudden flood of light, having to squint for a moment before my eyes  \nadjusted to the brightness.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"Well now it seems you're finally awake, Are you feeling  \nalright?\"\u0026nbsp; I lifted my head slowly, staring up into the eyes of a  \nlarge black bear, I nodded slowly the motion made me feel a little nauseous.  \nThe bear was huge, at least six foot five, he has quite a set of muscles on  \nhim. He was wearing a pair of dark green pants and a large black vest that was  \nunbuttoned, showing off his powerful abdomen and well defined chest.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"I guess I'm ok, but I have one nasty headache... what happened to  \nme?\" The bear pulled out a seat and sat down in front of me.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"I was hoping you could tell me that, I found you lying unconscious under  \na tree just a few feet from this building, you had some cuts in your shoulder,  \nbut it wasn't serious.\" I grimaced a sharp pain drilled into the side of  \nmy head. Cuts on my shoulder? I remembered a flash of gleaming teeth and I  \nshuddered.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"I... I don't know what happened, my memory is a bit fuzzy... the last  \nthing I remember was falling asleep near my tent.\" no... I saw a flash of  \nsomething else... something with dark orange fur, and a howl. The bear placed  \nhis hand on my knee.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"You were lucky you weren't seriously injured, there are quite a few  \ndangerous animals in the deeper parts of the forest.\" The bear smiled and  \nhe gently moved his hand off my knee. \"Now then... how about I take you  \nback to your camp, which one were you staying at?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"I'm supposed to be staying at the Grouse Mountain Springs area.\" The  \nbear let out a low whistle.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"That's quite a ways out west, you really wandered far before passing  \nout.\" I\u0026nbsp; massaged my temples, brief flashes of being carried floated  \nthrough my mind, but they disappeared before I could grasp them.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"I.. I guess so, do you mind if we go to the camp as soon as possible? my  \nfriend is probably worried sick about me, I was supposed to be meeting  \nhim.\" The bear nodded standing up and grabbing a some keys from a nearby  \ndesk.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"That's fine, but please... be careful, the next time you go wandering  \noff, you might not be found at all.\" the bear extended his hand to me  \nwhich I took gratefully, standing up and a small gasp escaped my lips as my  \nback, my back felt like I'd been tackled.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"It's your back isn't it? it's just a bit bruised, it'll be sore for a  \ncouple days, but it should be fine after that. Now let's go ahead and get you  \nback, it shouldn't take long with my jeep.\" I nodded, absentmindedly\u0026nbsp;  \nrubbing my shoulder I followed the bear out the door. Stepping out the door I  \nyawned, the first rays of dawn trickling in through the trees, the noises of  \nthe forest were becoming louder as the local wildlife stirred. I took a couple  \nsteps forward, moving down the few stairs. Sitting outside was a very new  \nlooking 2012 black Jeep Wrangler Arctic. \"Nice, isn't it?\" I looked  \nat the bear as he opened the backseat door for me. I nodded, moving over and  \nsliding in, putting on my seatbelt\u0026nbsp;as I did. I yawned loudly, I was still  \nso exhausted and my eyes begin drifting shut as the jeep roared to life and we  \nbegan moving. The gentle motions of the jeep as we drove through the forest  \nlulled me to sleep.\u0026nbsp; It had only taken  \nabout thirty minutes to get back to the campsite, the bear pulled the jeep to a  \nstop and got out, opening the backseat door. \"Hey... hey wake up, we're  \nhere...\" I yawned, stirring reluctantly from my sleep. I looked at him  \ngroggily as he helped me out of the jeep. \"Alright, you need to get some  \nrest, I'm recommending you take today easy alright?\" I gave a slight nod  \nof my head to let him know I'd heard as I stumbled exhausted into the camp  \narea, nearly collapsing onto my tent for\u0026nbsp;a second time. Looking around I  \ndidn't see Aster anywhere and I had a flash of pain, remembering... something  \nabout a bad battery, but it was still so foggy... I groaned, reaching into my  \nsuitcase I grabbed a shirt and slipped it on. I went to reach for my cell  \nphone, but I was hit with a wave of exhaustion and almost passed out right  \nthere. I decided to wait and rest for a while before calling, so I crawled  \nsluggishly into my tent, barely zipping it shut and curling up before I was  \nout.\n\n\u0026nbsp; A  \ncouple hours passed as I slept undisturbed, the soft chirping of wild animals  \ngiving me a small amount of peace, if only for a little while. Pulling into the  \nparking lot was Astor, having picked up his truck and packed up all the  \nsupplies for the next few days. He reached into the back of his truck pulling  \nout his\u0026nbsp; suitcase and a large cooler, which he held up on his should  \nalmost effortlessly, his strength hold it securely in place as he shot the door  \nand locked it before down the road towards the same cabin I visited when I  \nfirst arrived. Setting down the suitcase and cooler he pulled his drivers  \nlicense out he knocked on the door. There was a shuffling inside as the door  \nopened and the same wolf I'd met earlier came out. \"Can I help you?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"Yea I'm here for my reservation, under the name of Aster Moresby.\"  \nThe wolf nodded.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"I remember your friend who came through here yesterday, kind of a scrawny  \nlittle guy though.\" Aster grinned.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"he prefer the term \"Svelte\", but it's\u0026nbsp;the same\u0026nbsp;thing  \nto me, but I love my little bro, scrawny or not.\" The wolf smiled, taking  \nAster's drivers license, examining it for a moment before handing it back to  \nhim with another copy of the map to the camping area. \"Thanks!\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"I need to remind you guys about~..\" Aster cut off the wolf with a  \nsmall\u0026nbsp;laugh.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"I know I know, this isn't the first time I've gone camping out there, I  \nalready know the warnings so I think I'll skip hearing them today and head on  \nup the trail, my bro is probably worried sick.\" The wolf nodded.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"You have a good one then, and please be careful.\" Aster nodded,  \nslipping his drivers license back into his back before picking up his suitcase  \nand the cooler. Aster moved down the stairs and down the path. He grinned eager  \nto give his little bro a big hug and go exploring with him for a while before  \nthey sat down to rest and eat. It didn't take Aster very long to reach the camp  \narea, he only had to check the map a couple of times, but otherwise kept quite  \na steady pace, reaching it about ten minutes faster than I had on my trek up to  \nthe camp area.\u0026nbsp; Aster spotted my tent  \nalmost immediately, he'd bought it for me as a graduation present. Aster moved  \nquietly over, setting down his suitcase and the cooler. Checking inside he saw  \nme curled up in a ball, sleeping soundly and he smiled, deciding not to disturb  \nme, he zipped the tent back up and got to work setting up his own, being  \ncareful not to make too much noise. It only took a few minutes to finish, so he  \ndecided to rest for a little while. Opening up my tent he slipped inside,  \ncurling his body around me and I shuddered, a small moan escaping my lips.  \nAster smiled softly, resting one of his arms over me as he closed his eyes,  \nlistening to my breathing. My eyes snapped open at a sharp sting of pain behind  \nmy forehead, I remembered... something pressing itself against me... the heat  \nwas overwhelming. I was pulled back from my thoughts when I felt a familiar  \nform pressed against me.\u0026nbsp; I sat up and  \npulled away, turning around as I did.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"Aster! you're finally here!\" The big husky grinned and pulled me  \ninto a tight\u0026nbsp;hug.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"Hey little bro! Glad to see you managed the night without be here.\"  \nI pulled out of the hug slowly.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"Where were you anyways? how come you didn't show up yesterday?\"  \nAster gave me a strange look.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"Don't you remember? I told you last night the battery in my truck was  \nshot, I just picked it up this morning.\" I shook my head... I remembered  \nsomething about him mentioning that, but I couldn't quite grasp it...\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"My memory of last night is a little... scratch that, extremely foggy,  \nthough apparently I had quite an adventure, I just wish I could  \nremember...\" Aster gave me one strange look, I didn't know if it was  \ndisbelief? concern? It felt weird being looked at him like that, I began  \nrubbing my shoulder where I'd gotten hurt and Aster reached over, pulling back  \nthe shirt to see the bandaged shoulder.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"You don't remember anything?\" It almost sounded like Aster didn't  \nbelieve me, I felt a bubble of anger rising up, but it deflated almost  \nimmediately when Aster pulled me into another hug, being careful not to squeeze  \nmy shoulder tightly. \"Bro I'm sorry I wasn't here.\" I leaned into the  \nhug, I couldn't be mad at Aster, as big a goofball he was, he really did care  \nfor me.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"It's okay. I'm fine other than a few cuts and bruises, but those will  \nheal.\" Aster pulled back and smiled at me. \"Seriously Aster It's  \nnothing to be worried about.. thought admittedly I am confused.. I don't get  \nwhy I can't really remember anything from last night... It's like my mind is  \ntrying to repress the memories, but... I don't understand why.\" Aster  \npatted the shoulder that wasn't hurt.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"It'll come back to you, maybe once you heal a little, but in the mean time  \nwhy don't we eat and then go exploring?\" I nodded, it would be good for me  \nto try and enjoy myself, I mean after all I am supposed to be on vacation.  \nAster grinned before backing out of the tent. He was back within a minute with  \na plate wrapped in aluminum foil and a plastic fork in his hand. \"I  \nbrought you something special to make up for being late.\" I had a small  \ngrin on my face, I had an idea of what it was as I grabbed the plate and fork  \nand unwrapped the aluminum foil. I grinned as I tore away the last of the  \naluminum, it was some strawberry casserole, easily one of my absolute favorite  \ndishes. the smell wafted up, and I almost started drooling.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"This smells great, Aster thank you so much!\" I dug into it, cutting  \noff a large piece and bringing it up to my mouth, thick strawberry jam was  \noozing from the piece and I quickly pushed it into my mouth. the sweet, sweet  \njam made my body shiver as it ran over my tongue. The coldness of the jam sent  \ntingles of pleasure down my spine as I chewed slowly, savoring every drop,  \nevery crumb before swallowing.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"I knew you'd like it, my mom had to make some for some corporate meeting  \nat her work, so she gave me a couple pieces for both of us, I already had  \nmine...\" I grinned, knowing Aster couldn't control himself when he was  \nhungry, especially with his mom's cooking, it was heavenly. She was one of the  \nbest cooks I knew. I began biting off more and more, each one sent tingles of  \njoy through my body as I savored each piece, chewing it slowly, carefully,  \ntasting each bite as much as I could before I swallowed. It had been a while  \nsince I'd last had a strawberry casserole and this was absolutely delicious. As  \nI finished the last of the casserole, I handed the trash to Aster who crumbled  \nit up and left the tent to throw it into a plastic bag he brought for trash. I  \nfollowed him out of the tent smiling.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"So did you want to explore somewhere special? or are we going to just  \nwander aimlessly?\" Aster shrugged\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"It's up to you, we have the next few\u0026nbsp;days to explore as much as we  \nwant, so if you want to check out someplace specific that's fine.\" I  \nnodded, thinking it over a bit before coming to a decision.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"I think I want to explore the area around here first. I didn't get much  \nof a chance to really enjoy the sights while walking up here, so it's\u0026nbsp;the  \nperfect chance.\" Aster grinned reaching into the cooler and grabbing a  \ncouple bottles of water.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"That sounds like a great choice, here we'll need some water to drink so  \nwe don't overheat.\" I took the bottle of water from him, and held it  \nloosely in my left hand. \"I'm ready to go whenever you are little  \nbro.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"Well then let's go! I can't wait.\" Aster elbowed me playfully as we  \nstarted walking, moving out of the camp area and onto one of the many worn  \ntrails. It was great being able to explore, checking out branching paths that  \nled off into deeper parts of the forest. it was beautiful and Vibrant, bright  \ncolors splashed across the landscape like a painting, I hadn't seen something so  \nwondrous before. It was thrilling and I was eager to explore all of it, moving  \noff a bit from the paths occasionally to check out some flowers and to explore  \na small clearing, bathing in the warm sunlight and the fresh clean air, I  \nhadn't been able to relax like this in quite a long time. It was refreshing,  \nand everywhere I went there were more surprises, new sights and  \nsmells.\u0026nbsp; I barely kept track of the  \ntime, I was having so much fun checking out the forest that I didn't know  \nseveral hours had gone by, It was only when Aster tugged me back for a small  \nbreak that I noticed how late it was.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\"So how are you enjoying our day so far?\" I laughed giving him a  \ntight hug, leaving him pleasantly surprised.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"The day has been great! I can't believe how amazing this place is, the  \nsights, the smells, it's all so rich and wonderful I just can't get  \nenough!\" Aster laughed returning my hug.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"I am glad you are enjoying it so much, it's about time we got to do  \nsomething like this and now that I know how much you enjoy it, I can make a new  \nhabit of going on trips like this with you more often.\" I laughed nodded.  \nI loved every minute of this trip so far, I couldn't believe how much fun I was  \nhaving just wandering around, going on more trips like this would be great!  \nthere were so many places we could explore.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"That sounds great! It'll be amazing getting to travel and explore like we  \nare right now!\" Aster grinned and ruffled my hair before I pulled away,  \neager to explore more. I grasped his hand and pulled him along as I started  \nwalking again before letting go, looking up into the tree branches, watching  \nthe gentle sway as the wind passed through them, the breeze carrying their  \nsmell to me, caressing my body with it before moving on. I'd fallen back into  \nmy wandering as we walked, having hours more pass before Aster gently slowed me  \ndown enough so I could focus, noticing the new vibrant colors of twilight as it  \npainted the forest in red and orange.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"It's time to head back bro, it's almost time to eat again, plus it's  \nalmost past time for us to have returned back to the camp area.\" I sighed  \nsadly. I didn't want to go yet, I wanted to keep wandering around, but I knew  \nwe had to follow the rules and I began following Aster as he led us back down  \nthe paths. It didn't take us long to walk back to the camp now that we weren't  \nstopping to explore or enjoy the scenery, with the area steadily growing darker  \nas the sun set I moved closer to Aster. \"So bro I figured tonight we could  \njust have some sandwiches, I want to save the good stuff for later on when we  \ncan have a cookout, plus we need to eat the sandwiches before they go  \nbad.\" I laughed, Aster's excuses didn't fool me even for a second.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"Your mom made them didn't she? what is it this time? ham? turkey?\"  \nAster had a blush on his cheeks and across the bridge of his nose, standing out  \nclearly against his tan and white fur.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"H-hey it's not like that, I just.. I mean I thought...\" I laughed,  \npatting Aster on the back\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"You can't fool me like that, plus it's not like I don't love the food she  \nmakes.\" Aster smiled pulling me into a shoulder hug as we walked into the  \ncamp area. Now that the sun was going down it was a bit cooler. I gently pulled  \nout of the embrace Aster had me in and I moved over to the cooler and opened  \nit, returning my half used bottle or water So it could cold again. Looking  \naround I found the wrapped sandwiches in the corner and picked them up, before  \nclosing the cooler. \"Here ya go Aster.\" I turned around and handed  \nhim two of the sandwiches, keeping only one for  \nmyself.\u0026nbsp; Aster tore into the first  \nsandwich almost immediately, barely having taken the plastic wrap off of it.  \n\"Seriously, you are going to choke if you don't slow down.\" I bit  \ninto my own sandwich. It was\u0026nbsp;honey glazed\u0026nbsp;ham, Swiss cheese,  \nmayonnaise, and tomato. the juices of the tomato flooded my mouth as I bit into  \nit. even cold these sandwiches were really good, lots of flavor and extremely  \njuicy. It was no wonder Aster couldn't control himself. I laughed watching  \nAster scarf down the second sandwich as quick as the first before I ripped my  \nsandwich in half and offered it to him while finishing the half I'd already  \nbitten off of.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"You sure you want to give me half of yours bro?...\" Aster stared at  \nthe offered piece to him and it brought on another laugh from me.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"Go on and take it you need more energy than I do, plus I'm not all that  \nhungry.\" Aster grabbed the half of the sandwich, biting into it as if he  \nwere starving and I smiled, a yawn forced it's way up and I stretched.  \n\"Hey Aster do you mind if we turn in early? I'm pretty tired..\" Aster  \nnodded swallowing the last of the sandwich.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"You alright bro?\" I nodded.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\"I'm fine... just tired after doing so much exploring.. I'll catch you in  \nthe morning.\" Aster nodded, moving in and ruffling my hair before I  \nreached into my suitcase, grabbing my rolled up sleeping bag and I entered my  \ntent, zipping it shut and crawling inside. I rolled out the bag, simply  \nsprawling out on it, using my arms for a pillow as I drifted off. It didn't  \ntake long for Aster to grow tired after I'd gone to bed, having nothing to do  \nhe decided to turn in early as well, opening his suit case he grabbed a similar  \nsleeping bag to mine and tossed it into his tent before he stripped off his  \nshirt and folded it up and stuffing it into his suitcase before sliding into  \nthe tent, using the sleeping bag as the pillow. He laid back, staring up at the  \nroof of his tent, slowly dozing off.\u0026nbsp;  \nA couple hours passed in blissful sleep before my eyes opened groggily and I  \nyawned, rolling over and trying to go back to sleep, but my mind refused to  \nreturn to sleep. I tossed and turned for what seemed like an hour before I sat  \nup. Outside my tent I heard a couple foots steps and a shadow blanketed the  \nfront of my tent. It was a muscular looking from and I groaned thinking it was  \nanother one of Aster's antics. \"Aster go to sleep, I'm\u0026nbsp;not in the  \nmood for one of your jokes.\" The shadow moved closer, I could heard the  \nfigure breathing just outside. \"Seriously Aster go back to your  \ntent.\" I grabbed the zipper and slowly pulled it back. \"Aster, look I  \nknow it's you, I could hear you breathing...\" Staring out of my tent I  \ngasped, backing up. Standing over\u0026nbsp;the entrance staring into my tent right  \nback at me, was the werefox.\n\n_ **End Of Chapter Two...** _\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n  \n  \n\n"}