Rain. That was the first thing that Cailean Mac a’bhaird noticed. He woke up slowly, hearing the rain patter against his window. A huge smile broke across his face as the harsh light of the lightning illuminated his surroundings. He jumped from his bed and drew on a pair of jeans over his trousers. He didn’t bother with a shirt. He threw open the window and drew himself up onto the large bay window seat so that he could feel the cool water splash against his body. He slid out onto the slopping roof and balanced precariously on it’s edge. The heightened senses that had come with his new life made this a much easier task then it had ever been before. Careful he slid the window closed so that only a small space separated window from frame. This would allow him to slip back in later when the time came. With deliberate slowness Cailean allowed himself to slide down the slope until there was only a story separating him from the ground. He rose to his feet and leapt off the roof landing in a low crouch. Feeling the ice cold rain coat his skin and plaster his hair to his head. He ran his hands through the shaggy mess of long raven black hair that fell just over his shoulders. Laughing he took off running towards the woods nearby to his house. Once safely hidden in the darkness of the forest he stripped down to his skin and allowed the painful change to take him. Until he fell to the forest floor loosing track as pain made him scream.<br/><br/>A few long minutes after the change when the man no longer lay curled on his side like a pup, the lycanthrope rose to his full bipedal form and howled in ecstasy. His eyes closing. Hiding the deep amber orbs. His arms outstretched to either side. Black fur getting drenched from the downpour. He finally fell to all four and took off. Like a distorted wolf.<br/><br/>For the remainder of that stormy day Cailean hunted, ran and eventually lay down next to a large stream safely hidden in the dark shadows of the woods. His eyes closed and his body relaxing after the large meal. Sleep too him.<br/><br/>It wasn’t until he woke up as the last peel of thunder faded and the rain continued to come ins sheets that he realized he’d slept the rest of the day away and early evening was coming on. He rose to his feet and ran back towards where he’d left his jeans hidden in a bush and changed back to his human form. The pain making him loose track of things again as bones rearranged into human form. Dressing quickly he shivered in cold wrapping his arms around himself and slowly began walking back towards his house. Fully aware that his parents would be very upset over his disappearance and state of disarray. For Cailean the day had been perfect. He only dreaded going home. He walked slowly back out of the woods and towards the small home visible by the forests edge.<br/><br/>He wondered if he was going crazy, but he could feel eyes on him as he left the wood. He tensed stopping in the center of the open clearing that held a dozen steps in either direction towards wood or house.<span style="color: #80FFFF">”Who’s there?”</span>He called turning around to face the woods.