Two Tails

Chapter Eleven- "Vesta's A..?"

I pull Vesta into a hug, and I can hear Aatu glare at Sofia, who begins to whistle. I look at Vesta, and grab her wrist. "Come on! I'll show you to your room!" I told her with a glance at Aatu. "You take Sofia here." I nod to Sofia, who sticks the middle finger up at him... I growl at Sofia. "Put your hand down!" I growl as Isa takes over. Sofia holds up her hands, as if she were submitting to the police. I chuckle, and tug Vesta into the pack house. Vesta stops, and I turn to look at her. "I need to use the restroom." She says.

I raise an eyebrow, and then shrug. "At the end of this hall is a bathroom." I tell her. Vesta nods at me and darts down to the restroom. I lean on the wall, and wait for Vesta to come out. I turned my head when I heard a scream. I raced towards the restroom, and knocked on the door. "Um, Vesta. Are you okay?" I ask. Vesta slams the door open right when I jump back. "I am NOT okay! My eyes are flickering!" She yells, I jump back, and then look at her eyes. She was right. Her eyes were flickering from dark blue, her normal eye color, to light blue.

Just my luck, Aatu comes walking down towards us. "What's wrong?" He asks. "We need to go to the Elders. Quick!" I said, and grab Vesta's wrist. "Why? What?" Vesta says, and I drag her outside to my truck. I start the engine, and Vesta gets into the backseat while Aatu takes passenger seat. I drive towards one of the Elders' homes. I stop the truck, put it in park, and then get out. Aatu and Vesta are right behind me and together we walk up to the door.

I knock on the door, and one of the Elders, Elder Henry, answers. "Hello." He says. "Hello." I say. Henry motions for us to come in and we do so. "What seems to be the problem?" He asks. Vesta throws her hands up in the air as if it were obvious. "My eyes are flickering color!" She yells. The other Elder who stays with Henry comes up, and walks towards Vesta. "Henry, I think I've seen this before." She says. "Same here Imara." Henry says. They motion for us to sit down, but I refuse and stand up.

I cross my arms, listening to everything they say. "When a human's eyes are flickering, it means they're a werewolf." Imara says. "But they never knew they were a were, and same goes for any weres." Henry says from his spot next to Imara. "Vesta, you're a werewolf. Or werecat, the only way we can know is by scent. But your wolf-or cat- has been under construction for so long, that you don't even know what you actually were." Imara says. I speak up, "So Vesta's a werewolf?" I ask. Imara and Henry nod, "Very much so." Henry says. Vesta looks around at us. "And she needs a trainer." Imara says. To this, everyone looks at me. I raise my hands as if submitting to the police, "What are you looking at me for?!" I almost shriek. Imara and Henry look at Aatu, who nods. "Ohhhh." I mumble, and cross my arms.

Vesta seems to finally take everything in, and she runs out of the house, arms flying and voice loud and screaming. I chase after her, but she's in the truck and is starting it. I groan, "Why did I leave the keys in the truck without locking it?" I begin to run towards the truck, but Vesta is already heading towards the Pack House. I groan again, and race after it.

Turns out, Vesta is really good at driving quickly. And she knows where to hide herself. I walk into one of the guest rooms, and I hear a small scream from the closet. I walk over to the closet and knock on the door. "Come out, Vesta." I say. "No." Vesta replies. "Please?" I ask, and crouch down outside of the closet. "No." She says. I groan, "I need you to come out!" I say. "No!" Vesta says voice a bit louder. "Candy?" I ask. Yeah, I've averted to bribing. "Nope." Vesta replies. "Ice cream?" I ask. "No." Vesta replies. "Candy with ice cream?" I ask. "No." Vesta replies. Who can resist ice cream with candy? I ask myself. "Candy with ice cream and hot fudge on top?" I ask. It takes Vesta to reply, "You're forgetting something." She says. "And a cherry on top?" I ask. "Ooo! Yeah!" Vesta says, and opens the door. I sigh, and begin my walk down to the kitchen.

Vesta follows me to the kitchen, and watches me while I make her ice cream-fudge-candy thing. I hand it to her when I'm done. "Happy now?" I ask. "Yup." Vesta replies. I huff, then cross my arms. "We'll start your first training session tomorrow." I say, "In the meantime, enjoy that ice cream." I mutter. Then suddenly Aatu comes rushing up to me and grabs my arm. "Come on!" He says, I raise an eyebrow, and then look at the servants. "Take care of Vesta." I said, nodding to the red-head who was gobbling up her ice cream-fudge-candy-thing. She looks up and gives an innocent smile, and the servants widen their eyes.

"Where's Mikhail?" Aatu asks one of the guards. "Sorry, Alpha, but we couldn't find Beta anywhere." He says. Aatu growls, and drags me into the forest. I can hear several wolf yelps and growls and snarls. Aatu looks at me, "We could use some tiger strength." He says. I roll my eyes, and cross my arms. You up for a fight Isa? I ask her. As I ever will be. She replies. With a pop I shift into Isa and glance to the side to see Aatu in his wolf form. He nods, and I run into the fight. I'm honestly surprised Aatu would let me fight in a actual fight, but anything is possible. I leap onto the closest rouge. I unsheathe my claws and scratch its back. The wolf lets out a howl of pain, and turns to snap at my leg. I raise a paw and swipe a hard blow to the rouge's head. The rouge falls to the floor, and I lift a paw and lick it delicately before jumping back into the fight.