Animal Magnetism // Ready To Run (DEREK HALE Fan-fiction)

•Day 1•

I sit on my bed and stare out the window with a book in my hand that I was meant to read. I guess I was distracted. I hear the sound of birds chirping and the wind rattle against the  leaves of the trees.

Suddenly I hear a loud ringing noise in my ear. I grind my teeth together and hold my hands over my ears. It doesn't seem to work. I drop my book making a loud noise on my hardwood floor. I ignore it. I fall to the ground as I feel my nails grow out of my hands and dig into the floor. Not now please! Please!

My teeth grow out and I look into the mirror and see my eyes glowing bright blue. I immediately look away and cover my ears more. I screech at the sound, it's triggering me off. It's been an on going thing with anything sound, sense, sight or randomly happening. I can't handle it. I crawl under my desk in hope it will help.

I hear a knock on my door.

"Sweetie is everything ok?" My mum asks behind my wooden bedroom door.

"Y-yeah I'm fine" I stutter containing my transformation.

"But I heard a bang" she begins to open the door.

"It was just a spider, really I'm fine" I assure her and hold my body down to the ground.

"Okay, if you need anything I'm downstairs" she says and leaves my room. I scrunch my eyes as my whole body tenses tightly. I pull on my hair trying to calm myself down. As I try to stand up I hit my head against my desk, I begin to rub the spot where it hurts and my body starts to relax. I slowly calm down watching my nails disappear and my teeth turn to their original state. I just hope this incident doesn't happen at school.

Yeah, I have school. It's been three months since I've returned and I'm beyond anxious about seeing everyone. I have talked to my best friend Becky, we were once invincible. But, after the kidnapping we didn't keep in touch. I guess she wanted me to recover, and I thank her for that. She said she'd meet me at school straight away which I'm glad about. This is a moment where I need support from my best friend. She doesn't know that I'm a werewolf and she is unaware what specifically happened to me in those days in hell. I don't plan on telling her that I'm a supernatural creature as what happened to me, should never happen to her. After all, knowing that werewolves existed got me into the troubled state.

I cautiously walk down stairs seeing my parents at the breakfast table. They look up at me with small smiles.

"Hi honey" my dad approaches me.

"Hi" I greet him back.

"You ready?" dad asks me. I gulp down my saliva and stay silent.

"You don't have to go, Mila" my mum tells me, and I finally respond.  

"No I want to go" I pronounce and they nod in reply. You could see the hurt in both of their eyes, it broke me. They were worried and so was I. I get into the car with mum and she starts it. Nerves start to build up in the pit of my stomach and I sit in silence. Mum doesn't budge to say anything, I guess she's just as nervous for me.

Mum pulls up into the school, it seems like I've never been here before. It's unfamiliar and unknown. I see Becky standing in front of the car and as soon as she saw us, her face lit up.

"Are you sure your ready?" mum asks me turning to face me. No, no I'm not.

"Yep, I'll be fine" I say and kiss her cheek. I get out of the car and close the door behind me. I step up on the footpath watching my mum drive off. I turn around and Becky stares at me, she seems like she's having trouble breathing. She slowly walks to me and then quickens the pace, she's now running. She leaps onto me and holds my body in a tight grip.