Adopted by The Pack

Chapter 13

Preston woke me up that morning, reminding me about the deal last night.
"Are Mitch, Jerome, and Rob playing too?" I asked. Preston nodded, obviously not wanting to wake Brianna up. I got up, put the original fire hoodie on over the shirt I slept in, and pulled on some jeans once he'd left the room. Coming out of my room, we headed to the car and left for the office.

Once we got there, Preston connected everyone on a voice chat, and they started the map. I promptly went and, becoming a fox, curled up on the couch. After maybe an hour of Mitch time, Preston came in needing help. Yawning, I stood up and walked over with him. Keeping the ears and the tail, I became human and saw that they were stuck on stage six. "Y'all do realize there's like, 20 stages, right?" They all groaned.

"And we thought we were doing really well." Lachlan said.

"Wait, Preston, who is this?" Mitch, Jerome, and Rob asked.

Laughing, I said, "The creator of this map, also known as Ashley, or Preston's adopted daughter."

"Nice headband" Vikk said. You can keep the ears?

Yeah, I have the tail too. The rest is too hard to explain. "Anyway, do y'all want my help or not?"

"We need it!" Came six responses, almost simultaneously. Smiling, I bent over and did it on my first try on Preston's account.

"Like that. See, it's not that hard." I say, smirking at their stunned reactions.

"Preston, I think you have someone who's ready to take your place." Mitch said. Everyone laughed as I left the room. Smiling to myself, I close the door and become fully fox again.

Meanwhile, back in the office...

"Did anyone else notice she had a fox tail when she turned around and left?" Rob asked. No one heard him, and they continued the map, doing better now that Ashley had helped them.

After they finished the map, Preston closed them out, and went to wake me up. Yawning, I turned human and went out to the car, falling asleep as soon as I was buckled in. When I woke up, we were pulling into the driveway. "How long was I asleep?" I asked Preston.

"Long enough for me to go by Starbucks." He answered. "Oh, and I wasn't sure what you'd want, and I didn't want to wake you up, so I didn't get you anything."

"That's fine, I'm not a big fan of coffee anyway." I responded. "So, how was the map? Was it challenging enough? I felt like it was really easy, but that may have just been me."

"You thought it was easy?" He said. I nodded as he just stared at me. "That thing was super hard, even for me!
Here, when we get inside, I'll play you the raw footage."