My fears probably weren't justified, after all I hadn't tried to hurt any of my friends... Only people who had been attacking us. But Gods, I had enjoyed it for a moment and that was quite possibly a moment too long. I needed to know that I could control that part of myself completely - I couldn't live with myself if I hurt a friend.
I had been walking for hours and hadn't come across anyone else. A little over an hour ago I had come into a dense wood with many ancient trees, many of them so big around that it would have taken all of my companions and me holding hands to reach completely around them. It was beautiful and serene and I felt the music of the trees soothing whatever beast raged within me. As I walked slowly through the trees, I found a small footpath that had obviously been traveled many times before by many creatures. I knelt down and peered at the path - obviously some prints were human while others were, well, Not human.
I walked cautiously down the path until I saw a really huge tree with two other paths (besides the one I was on) leading away from it. The tree was garlanded with flowers and birds were nesting and singing in many of the brances. Much to my amusement (and amazement), I saw a big sign in front of what was obviously a door leading into the tree that said - [color:"green"]Metheeka's House [/color] and then hanging down from that sign was another one that said [color:"orange"]At Home - Welcome [/color].
I walked up and knocked on the door and it was opened by the funniest looking creature I had ever seen. She was, well she was ... a troll! She was shaped like a barrel with arms and legs like toothpicks, she had a Huge Nose with a big dent in the middle. She wore a dress that looked like a Hawaiian muumuu with huge purple flowers on it, and don't tell her ..., but her slip was showing and to top it all off she had on big pink fuzzy slippers. And I won't describe all the ... uh ... body hair...
She smiled (and oh my was it a sight!) and said, "Welcome! I've been expecting you! Where's all yer friends? Don't tell me they're lost already!"
