Curse, Fall Upon Me

Went a little crazy with the background...O.o
Anyway...

It's ALEXIA! ('bout time too, I've been talking about her for years and this is the first picture of her. )
Even though this is the first drawing of her, she's gone through many changes, but I am very happy with this final outcome. I will explain her markings shortly, but you must first read this. It is part of a rough draft of Chapter One and takes place while Alexia is still a human girl, just trying to take out the trash.

“A…dog?” she asked herself.
A large, gray-brown creature stood frozen at the base of a tree quite far away from Alexia. Even though he was far away from her, Alexia could see that it was bigger than any dog she had ever seen. It was undoubtedly a wolf, but something was wrong with it. Alexia had seen many wolves from her time living here, and the way this wolf was put together wasn’t right. The weirdest thing was that she could almost feel as if the animal had a look of surprise on his face, as if he was as surprised to see her as she was him.
In another blink of her eye, the wolf was running away from her. Forgetting the trash and her mother, Alexia felt compelled to follow the creature. She knew it wasn’t the smartest idea, in fact, she knew it was very stupid, and she tried to tell her feet as much as her socks became soaked running through the long forest grass.
Alexia ran past tree after tree, wishing she had worn shoes. The plants and twigs under her feet had already ripped a hole in her socks and she was pretty sure that her feet had several scratches on them now. The wolf had long disappeared from her view, and yet she saw still out here, trying to find it. Alexia had never wandered this far into the forest, her mother never allowed it, saying it was dangerous. It was only now that Alexia thought she may have been right.
The red-headed girl stopped at a large tree and leaned against it to catch her breath. Clutching her chest she groaned as she finally felt the fear of being alone in the strange part of the forest engulf her. Her feet ached with pain and Alexia slid down the tree truck to sit, curling up her body as if to protect herself from the eerie silence of the woods. Silently, Alexia cursed her curiosity for leading her into this odd place.
Taking off the ruined remains of her socks, Alexia winced in pain. Her whole body seemed to be in pain now, although she had no clue as to why, only her feet were bleeding. She examined them, flinching as she pulled out a thorn loosely catch in her skin.
A sharp howl rang through the crisp air and more howls joined the first, making Alexia‘s blood chill. With a sick feeling in her stomach, she knew that the lone wolf she had been chasing belong to a pack, and now they were together. She tensed and pressed herself against the tree in panic. They were close.
Alexia’s breathing seemed to be unnaturally loud as she could hear the sound of the pack running through the woods, coming closer. Her body was now crawling with pain, and the only thing that kept her from screaming was her uncontrollable fear of the thought of the pack of wolves finding her. She dug her nails into the ground beneath her to keep from screaming.
Just when the sound of the pack seemed to go away, she could hear breathing that was out of rhythm with her own. Terrified, Alexia slowly moved her green eyes right and left. As she did, another paw step was heard right next to her and a huge wolf came into view. It was the wolf she had seen at her home! The animal’s brown-gray fur rippled with anticipation as it past her tree slowly, crawling along the ground stealthily. Alexia stopped breathing, it was close enough to touch, and from her spot, she could get a better look at the wolf.
He had darker flecks in his fur and he was a young wolf, his brown muzzle poked out in front of him like that of a normal wolf. His body however, was lanky, his joints seemed unnatural as they jutted out of his body in a strange fashion for a wolf. Alexia could see his strong shoulder though, his black claws, and when the beast opened his mouth to scent the air, she imagined those long teeth lunging at her.
As the young wolf scented the air, his gray ears perked and she could see his body tense. Fearing the worst, Alexia watched as the wolf turned slowly to look at her. Her terrified green eyes met his brown in the next moment and as she stared into those depths, the pain suddenly became intolerable. Alexia jerked in pain and felt her head smack against the course tree trunk. Falling on the ground and twitching in agony, she watched the brown-gray wolf and waited for it to attack her.
Instead, the animal jumped away from her in shock, yelping as if it were the one scared of her. At the sound of their companion’s yelp, the others joined the younger one. Alexia looked at one from another with helpless eyes. They surrounded her, looking at her solemnly. A large gray wolf crept close to her and stared into her eyes. Alexia was shocked to find a twinkle of intelligence in them. But his gaze caused her more pain and she screamed, closing her eyes. Suddenly she felt a large paw on her forehead, and it felt as though it were a hot iron laying over her face. The pain and fear overwhelmed Alexia before it was suddenly gone, and she had blacked out.

So there's a little taste of the story, if you have any comments for it, please comment!
Anyway, to explain a little bit.
The black you see on Alexia's wolf form is where 1) the wolves touched her. Or 2) She had an open wound of some kind.
There are other ways for the wolves to have these markings. For exsample, Jack was not touched nor injured when he became a wolf, but he was suffering longer then most do when the curse hits them, so he has a darker stripe of gray down his back.

Hopefully I will have more of the cursed pack drawn soon, but I'm not making promises. ^^

Alexia(c)Me