The Taste Of Hunger

Day 1, time: Night

Woke up in a frozen forest, nothing but trees around, it's beginning to feel like I've already died.

Strange…I do not feel cold, but there's nothing that could keep me warm here…

Beginning to feel hungry, I crave for something… Fresh…

I sense a village close to me, it smells so delicious… I wonder what they're making.

I traveled to it, and I saw what smelled so delicious… It was the villagers…

I couldn't control myself, I bit one straight on his neck, I ate him, I ate another man…

They fell into a shock, some frozen in fear, some running as fast as they possibly can, and one of them screamed "It's a Wendigo, run!" At first I didn't know what that meant, but I didn't want to stay around to find out, so I ran as fast as I could. Something seemed off… I was running way faster than usual, and I wasn't getting tired at all. I ran and hid into a nearby cave that I saw, and stayed there for the night.

Day 2, time: Morning

It is now morning, I woke up, but I was suddenly feeling very cold, and slow. I heared a man call out for someone… "There's someone in this cave, look! The poor lad must be freezing…"

They brought me back to the village I ran away from, and gave me some fresh clothes, food, and water.

I couldn't seem to eat the food, it tasted awful… So I only drank and warmed myself up by the nearby fireplace.

They asked what happened, why I was out there, how I survived. I had told them that I do not know, I only remember running, and biting something… For a moment they froze in what looked like fear, remembering last night.

I brushed it off, and asked how I could repay them for taking me in.

They asked if I could help build a wall around the village, and so, I accepted.

Day 2, time: Afternoon

I'm starting to feel tired, and hungry, but I'm not cold, and I'm feeling lighter than before… What is happening to me…?

After some time, and hard work, we had finished making the wall.

The villagers thanked me, and I thanked them back. My hunger was growing more and more, I was starting to smell that delicious aroma again, and so, I ran away… I ran as far as I could, I did not want to eat another person, not again… After getting some distance between me and them, I was starting to feel warm, quick, and it had seemed that my stamina has increased… But as a result, my hunger grew even bigger…

I was starting to feel dizzy, and my vision became strange, almost like it was enhanced, made to see in the dark.

I had noticed my skin turned gray, and my fingers were longer than usual.

I got scared, so I kept running, I ran, and ran, until I passed out…

Day 2, time: Night

I woke up in the middle of the night, feeling hot, agile, and starving… I once again needed to feast, but I knew what this meant…

I smelled the aroma of a human, but it didn't come from the village, I ran to it without giving it a second thought.

Once I got there, I saw it was a middle-aged man, walking through the woods with a bow, I assume he was hunting the wildlife…

I stayed in the shadows, and bushes, I did not want to alert the man. My hunger grew uncontrollable, I pounced at him, and bit straight into his neck, while covering his mouth with my sharp, long fingers, what have I become..?

Once I had devoured the man, I was feeling full, and I felt even faster, stronger, more agile, but that all was about to change…