Shapeshifters

School..... and Pack Members

 I awoke to the feeling that someone had beat me with a bat then ran over me with a bus. It was not a great feeling, to be honest it was more of warning of you shouldn't get out of bed to go to school, but of course I ignored that warning and began to get ready. School was still my personal hell-hole, the one place that I wished either was victim of a random fire or tornado or even a freak earthquake. And now, thanks to a bunch of Elders giving me blood, school will become even a more hated place than before. Lovely.

Then, of course, we cannot forget the wonderful reason for my waking up in the Elder's palace... Brenna. The stupid she-demon, witch that needs to go drown in her hair products. I jumped when a growl, yes an actual growl, escaped my lips. Yeah, today was just going to be one of those days I guess.

Upon arriving at the jail that was school, I was stared at like a monkey freak that had escaped the circus and got ran over three times but was somehow still alive. Determined, I walked with a bitch-please-touch-me-and-you-die-a-thousand-deaths-with-excruciating-torture aura, which people delightfully allowed me the right of way. Or pretty much just came to a dead stop and did not move an inch scared for their lives. Needless to say, my "alphaness", if that is a word, liked the feeling very much.

Holding my head high, and never making eye contact with anyone, I proudly walked, more like strutted or maybe even pranced but it was definitely not just a walk, to my class and took my seat. As I took my seat, more people stared and finally getting irritated because come on, who wouldn't if you were gazed upon like a one person freak show, I growled at all of them. "What? Do you have a problem that I can help you with? If not, than what are you looking at?"

Needless to say, they all looked away pretty quickly except for Bailey. The thing with Bailey was, that I could practically smell the guilt coming from her and that she wanted to apologize instantly presented itself in my mind. Barely listening to what the teacher said other than the partner up part, I quickly made my way over to Bailey and sat next to her, effectively claiming her as my partner.

She looked at the ground, not wanting to meet my eyes, "Listen, Cyd.... I know that you got sick right after the whole thing with Brenna and I'm really sorry for dragging you into all of this. It's okay if you hate me for getting you sick." I scoffed and her head shot up, showing pure confusion on her face, "Bay. Come on, you know me! I did not get sick because of Brenna, she had nothing to do with it and I don't in any way or form blame you or hate you for me getting sick. It's not your fault simple as that, if anyone getting the blame here, I'm going with Brenna because she is the perfect scapegoat, but it wasn't your fault."

She smiled at me, and happily started on our work knowing that I didn't blame her was apparently what was all that needed to be said. After the bell rang and we all walked out, I got a weird feeling in my chest. My instinct was screaming at me to bite Bailey. Yes, bite. That was defiantly my animal and was not normal at all. Then again, I was no longer normal and was a shapeshifter who needed a pack. Still though, I had to bite them to get them in my pack? What kind of justice is that, can't there be some magical shifter-dust fairy that sprinkles it on the people I want?

Knowing that I wanted Bailey in my pack was okay, but still the biting part made me want to go bang my head repeativily on a wall. My animal though would probably break the wall and then I would have to deal with the principle asking why I broke the wall and then I might show my secret and then I could be hunted like an actual animal and then I might die. I shook myself from those thoughts, knowing I could go down that road forever and that would not be good for my state of mind.

Suddenly, arms wrapped around me and before anything could be done, the person's face was smashed into the wall beside me. Shocked at my reaction and just how quick I had done that, I let the person down. Maddie spun around and I winced at the giant red spot on her forehead, but on the inside I was dying of laughter cause she kind of deserved it for not checking up on me or anything since I've been sick.

"What the heck? Freaking jerk, I was just giving you a hug!" She yelled at me. My eyes narrowed and the Alpha in me was telling me to show her how to respect me, the right way. "Well, sorry for being a bit on the defensive side since I was just sick and all!" I snapped right back at her, anger showing on my face and in my posture. Maddie, being really freaking stupid, snapped right back, "I thought there was nothing wrong with you! Maybe you were just sleep deprived!"

I snarled, and I felt the power rush through me. "Maybe, you should stop with the nice act and actually be real for once!" Her eyes widened in shock before taking a shuddered breath, "Maybe Brenna was right. You will find out who your real friends are, and am I ever glad to say I wasn't one of them." She turned and fled down the hall, and a good thing too cause I completely lost it. My claws pierced my hand and drew blood but I didn't seem to notice. More growls came from my throat and I knew I had to get out of there if I didn't want to maim someone, but I couldn't just skip. Carefully making sure no one saw me, I made my way to the bathroom.

My eyes were the same ultra green that proclaimed my supernatural powers. My teeth were sharp canines that could shred anything and everything. I heard footsteps coming into the bathroom and panicked turning into the corner acting like I was just drying my hands. "Hey, I saw everything that happened with you and Maddie. Are you okay? I know that she was kinda a b*itch towards you." I swallowed because that voice belonged not to a girl but to a guy and not just any guy but Dimitrius. He was the school jock, Mr. Perfection, and extremely popular and why he followed me to the girls bathroom was beyond me but my head screamed at me. The want and need to bite him was literally taking up every part of my brain.

"I'm fine." I spat out, trying not to turn around because I knew I would bite him. I heard him step closer, "You don't sound fine." He stepped even closer and placed a hand on my shoulder turning me. I screwed my eyes shut and hid my hands behind my back but the urge to bite was ridiculous by now. "Cydnie.." He didn't say anything else as I opened my eyes and stared at him. He didn't smell of fear or panic or anything you would think that someone would smell like after seeing a friend or non-friend or whatever I was to him, turn into a being that wasn't supposed to exist.

Leaning forward, I grazed the spot right between his neck and his shoulder. He didn't move or attempt to move, he just stood still. Smiling at my new pack member, I whispered in his ear, "Welcome to the Pack." Then, made the bite.

To the People...

You seem to have forever patience, thank you for that. Mistakes are my own. And her pack grows. Til next time, my peeps.

<3 Tazzy