Title: Red Moon Rising
Character: Mary
Rating: PG, gen
Length: 100 words
Disclaimer: Supernatural belongs to the CW.
Author's Notes: Written for
elliemurasaki's menstruation prompt at the
spn_bitesized Bad Moon Rising challenge.
Summary: Mary's body had its own sense of priorities.
Mary woke to bloody thighs and dark-wet sheets one summer night when she was thirteen. She reported it to her parents right away, like she would any injury.
Mom hugged her, whispering, "Now you're a woman, honey." She gave Mary a hot water bottle and dabbed up the thick red gunk with some linen for a protective charm.
Dad sucked his teeth. "The Quella would smell you coming a mile away. Guess your first hunt will have to wait a little longer."
Mary wondered at her body's timing, and decided that maybe, just maybe, becoming a woman was more important.