Shapeshifter

Three

"Why not?" Louis asked, knowing exactly why. "Because the werewolves hunting you are in town and less than a mile from this house?" 

"They are here?!" Harry asked, looking slightly afraid before he looked worried. "I wonder if Liam and Niall are okay."

"Liam and Niall?" Louis asked, taking another bite of the chocolate cake. 

"My friends." Harry ran a hand through his hair. "C'mon, you are going to help me find them." Harry grabbed Louis' wrist only for his grip to tighten on nothing as Louis shifted into a snake, slithering away from the vampire, shifting into a human again half way up the stairs. 

"I'm not leaving this house." Louis growled. 

"Please, I need to find my friends and you have a better sense of smell than I will ever have. I can't smell those dogs unless they are really close, same with my friends, which means they could be in danger." 

"Why would I want to help you?" Louis asked instead. 

"Because I need you and I'll do anything to get you on my side." Harry pleaded, feeling anxious with every passing second not spent on finding his friends. 

"Fine." Louis hissed, shifting into a dog and bounding down the stairs and waiting at the door. 

"Why a dog?" Louis shifted back into a human. 

"I don't like people and don't like talking to them." 

"But I need to communicate with you." Harry explained and Louis rolled his eyes, clenching his fists before opening the door, locking it and waiting for Harry to follow him out. 

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Louis lead the way down the streets, avoiding the ones too close to the werewolves, knowing they could probably smell Harry, who reeked of a pure blood vampire. 

"What scent am I looking for?" Louis asked, stopping with Harry a few feet back. 

"They were at the abandoned warehouse last time I saw them. They are blood bonded." Harry explained. 

"For fucks sake." Louis hissed. "Blood bonded?! My day couldn't get any worse." 

"What does that mean?" Harry asked. 

"Their smell will attract werewolves like a magnet, and that means I'll have to convince angry werewolves not to kill you three." 

"Why would they listen to you?" Harry asked. 

"I'm a shapeshifter, werewolves practically worship the ground we walk on." Louis replied, almost sprinting towards the abandoned warehouse. Mid-step Louis formed into a dog, running quickly down the streets, Harry following behind closely. 

Louis stopped when they reached the fence and Louis shifted into a bird, flying up an over before dropping into a human, making sure no human saw him. 

Harry hopped the fence and followed Louis into the warehouse. "They are here all right, werewolves too." 

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Louis sprinted up the levels and made a noise of surprise when he saw two vampires cuffed to a wall and two werewolves guarding. "Hey! What's going on here!" Louis yelled, knowing Harry was staying hidden. 

"Cuff him." One werewolf said and Louis went along easily. Getting cuffed between the two vampires. 

"You two better be fucking worth it." Louis hissed at a blonde one, bite marks on his neck. 

"What are you talking about? Who are you?" The other vampire asked. 

"Your escape." Louis answered, letting his body float for a second before it took shape as a snake, falling right out of the cuffs and the second it was done Louis shifted into a human again. "Look, guys, I don't have all the time in world." Louis stood, slightly enjoying the four pairs of eyes staring at him in awe and confusion.