I Will Protect This House ( On hold )

Chapter 1 Shift

My bones began to crack and realign, sickening crunches resonating through my skull. I screamed in pain as my mother watched her beloved daughter turn into the monsters she had come to love. As my hands clenched and unclench I noticed hair begin to sprout and claws begin to form. My screams died down to whimpers as my body began to shake and quiver, excitement and nervousness burned through my veins as I entered the last stage. I closed my human eyes, only to open my wolf's and realize I no longer stood on two legs , but four. My mother screeched in pure delight her eyes brimming with tears, my fathers deep voice made me tremble. " cinder you look beautiful" his voice filled with pride and adoration. I half trotted half walked to the mirrors that encircled our shifting zone. My center of balance tilted as I swayed earning me chuckles. Staring into the mirror, striking hazel eyes stared back at me and my soft grey white fur had replaced my long black hair. Turning I tried to find my emblem, the moon goddess would decree what we are by our emblem. Finally I saw the flash of gold, and I almost jumped. This was not a pattern I recognized, whimpering I turned to father and spoke through our mind link. ' what does my emblem mean father' anxiety began to build as his eyes glazed over in thought. ' I don't know' I almost howled, wanting to be of high ranking to appease my fathers high standards. Finally my fathers beta Warren came over with our Codex and carefully skimmed through the pages. He soon found the emblem pages , and his eyes darted around until they widened like saucers. Speaking aloud his voice wavered as though unsure. " it says here, her mark means daughter of the gods themselves, power lies deep within her" his voice was laced with honesty and I held my head higher. ' he is correct we are the royalty of royals' a strong voice in my head had me launching into the air. Many of the guards around the room also jumped, confusion flashing across their face. 'What is your name' I asked myself, at least I think I can call her myself. ' Kitana, young one and do not fear saying we are one your power fuels both of us' her voice was so wise that I couldn't help but give a wolffish grin. My fathers men stood guard around our shifting area. In case you were wondering a shifting area is a place completely designated for shifting, complete with everything. The doctor is always on standby along with several guards, just in case when someone phases their wolf takes control. " Cinder could you please phase back we need to have a long talk" my fathers voice was deep and it made me want to do what he said. I concentrated on my body with clothes, more specifically the clothes I had worn this morning for the shift. My bones began to realign and crack again, this time the pain was bearable and I made sure not to make a sound to sound weak. I looked down only to find my black hair swing lightly into my face and my clothes back on. Sighing I walked over to my father, His eyes shown with pride as placed a kiss on my forehead. Walking back into the house, the familiar sights seemed to pop with my new and improved senses. My wolf chuckled at my remarks and I only groaned. Suddenly my stomach decided it needed attention, my dad only gave me a funny sideways glance before steering us into the kitchen for some food. Eagerly approving I took out my usual salad. " Cinder you need red meat, correction your wolf needs red meat or else you could get really sick" his voice was so matter of fact I wanted to puke. Disappointedly putting away my salad i took out the left over steak and began gnawing on it. My wolf seemed content, but I still longed to keep my figure I had worked so hard on. ' sweetie you don't need to work on that any more your body now burns twice the calories' sheesh why is everyone lecturing me. " Cinder, the Westerchild pack Alpha and beta are coming to stay with us for a couple of weeks, well the future Alpha and Beta" my dad than began to blabber on and on about manners until I raised my hand signaling him to stop. " dad I know how to act now If you don't mind I would like to go upstairs and sleep" my anger began to bubble, was I really worthy of that talk I mean I kept my grades to all A's , and I always respected my father and even the Omega's. He sighed , but waved me to go upstairs, I smiled at my small victory over our argument. The wooden steps creaked as I made my way down the hall and to my soft lavender room. My bedspread was black and white to contrast with the purple, and other than that the furniture kinda followed the other lines. My blue backpack stood in a corner reminding me I still had homework to do, mentally groaning i made a note to do it. I still slightly wondered what my dad wanted to talk to me about , I mean my mark can't be that rare right. Maybe checking the Codex would be a good idea,' you know you could ask me all those questions that are swirling around your head' Kitana answered. Ignoring her I grabbed the codex from one of my shelves and sat at my desk chair, flicking on the light. The pages were worn, but still readable and I always felt like I would break the book if I flipped to hard. Getting over that weird fear I began mindlessly searching for the emblem section. The emblems are our way of telling whether you are a Beta or Alpha, or even a low ranking Omega. It was considered in our culture shame to be a Omega, because their wolves are not very powerful and don't really specialize in anything. The emblems will also signify whether or not someone is a warrior wolf, or tracker. Finally flipping to the page , my eyes found my emblem and I knew that I wasn't just rare I was unheard of.