RedEye wrote:
You're trying to contact someone who knows you.
How do you show them you aren't going to kill them? How do you communicate with them? How do you tell them what happened to you?
Well, you text them, obviously. Assuming you're at least as intelligent as a preteen, you should be able to bang out "In woods, bring steak plzkthnx" This works even better if you have your own cell phone, and they know the number is yours. Best case scenario: your friend is there, looking at the big wolf thing sitting in front of the phone, and wondering what's happening.
Hey, that reminds me of that phone commercial where the guys go camping, then a bear gets their phone and it randomly starts taking pictures of its fur.
"Jim sent me these pictures, I think he got a dog or something."
Everybody thinks you're dead, or wandered off into the distance.
How would you communicate who you were?
Well, the best thing to do would be to make a plan, before chasing the guy into the woods. Do something that you would know, or would be a little difficult for someone to find out. Something like breaking into your house, deactivating the alarm, and writing/carving something into the wall. Turn the alarm back on when you're leaving, make people wonder what's happening and who did it.
Though, it would be best to aim for a neutral area, where you convince them you're not going to feast on their delicious entrails, but where the "conversation" hasn't gotten to:
"Oh, it's you."
"Yeah."
"So...you look different."
"Yeah, I wanted to change my image."
"Huh. Ah, what big ears you have."
"All the better to...wait, you noticed?
"Yeah, the fur and tail kinda tipped me off."
"Damn, I was hoping to keep you guessing, say I was Gary from accounting."
"Whatever happened to him?"
"He's around, most of him anyways."
"Hmm, oh I see him under the blanket. Wait, is that blood? Did he taste like chicken?"
"I hate you."
For extra points: There is a Hunter after you. How do you "talk" them into protecting you, rather than turning you over to them?
So, do you mean talk the friend into protecting you from the hunter, or getting the hunter to protect you from himself, or getting the hunter to protect you from your friend?
Using elaborate plans and convenient nearby theatre props, you each disguise yourself as traveling Armenian genuine fake Rolex salesmen. Using your business savvy and gilded tongue, you talk the hunter into a friendly game of cards. Soon, you will have swindled the man out of his gun, life savings, and left shoe. Then it all becomes clear: Shoot your friend and say that he was the werewolf.
Or you could just make it seem like you, the human you, is nearby, wounded, and probably unconscious. Hopefully your friend will be concerned, and attempt to get the hunter to help him search. This plan works best if your friend is not aware that you, the werewolf you, is nearby or even exist at all. Provided the hunter has some manners, he won't simply shoot your friend out of hand. Thus the hunter knows that werewolf you is nearby, and he will be suspicious of your friend. In short order you should have your chance to escape unnoticed, or kill the hunter, or to pick a spot to reveal yourself in such a manner that the hunter cannot shoot you without your friend trying to stop him. Then, according to the ancient rituals, they strip to the waist and wrestle to solve their dispute. Or something slightly more plot-relevant occurs.
I mean, you're a werewolf, shouldn't be too hard to make it look like someone was attacked and dragged into the woods, and insinuate that it was the human you. Leave your wallet, or cell phone, or favorite shirt, or autographed picture of you being pulled into the underbrush for your friend to notice. Then leave something else in/on/near the hunter's vehicle if he brought on. Friend missing and possibly hurt, strange man with gun looking at you sideways and very tense for some reason. Then you find your friend's wallet, with blood on it, beside his truck even though he says he's never seen you before...totally not suspicious. For extra goodness, take something of the hunter's, maybe even injure him slightly if you can. Plant the item somewhere.
Though, if you've got the faculty to devise a plan like that, probably not going to be too far out there to club the guy over the head and be done with it.
But the dance routine Gevaudan suggested could work too. Possibly with nearby forest creatures as backup dancers, and some music from Dances With Wolves playing as well.