Translucent (Legacies FF)

17

I wake up that night howling in pain. Something animalistic sheds my human shin and I'm on all fours and shoved to the back of my conscious mind. 

Kaleb awakens from his cat-nap and cowers in the corner, my true form in his eyes.

"Taylor!" MG roars through the vents.

I snap out of the haze and stare at my true form in the mirror across the hall. My fur is white with one gray patch over my right eye. One of them is blue and the other is purple; my witch side. Dragon wings sprout to the side from my back and I roar again. My hands and feet are eagle claws and I have the head of wolf.

Punching the door open, I step over the barrier and vanish into the quiet of the school.

~W~

My claws click against the wood floor and I nudge the office doors open. Alaric sits in his chair, the knife in his possession.

"What the hell?" He bares the knife and my new eyes dart to it. "How'd you get in here?"

I roar at him, not able to control myself. His eyes dart to the amulet around my neck, and they widen. 

The creature darts out the window, carrying me with it. The glass rains around my new form and I take flight, hitting a barrier blocking my escape.

An alarm goes off around the school and I freeze. Laying down, I succumb to failure but awaken in the morning to my naked body back in the cells. I reach for the covers, but Rafael and Jedd stand at the gate. I speedily change into fresh clothes, hiding myself from the male wolves.

"So, what's up?" I question, pulling a shirt over my head.

"You shifted. Time to join the pack."

"No."

"Don't say no to your Alpha." Jedd growls.

"You're not my Alpha, Jedd. You never will be. Piss off," I pick my bag up and Jedd digs a wolf claw into my stomach. I smirk and involuntarily shine my red eyes at him, flicking out a talon and dragging it down his chest. "No one controls me." My voice turns demon-like. 

~W~

"All students to the main hall. Something has come up."

After placing my bag back in my room, I follow MG and Rafael down to the front hall. I grab a chair in the second row and people glare at Milton. I growl at them.

"Good morning, staff and students. I have come to the conclusion of having an honor council to change how this school works. Last night, a griffin appeared in the school in search of the knife. I don't know why so many creatures are after it, but this is what a council's for. Vote wisely!"

Whispers break out among the students and the vampires hiss at MG again. I flick an eagle claw out and it glows. Burrowing my hand under my jacket, Alaric motions for me to follow him. 

I finger my grandmother's amulet and follow him into his office where the window I smashed through has been patched up. I sit in the plush chair and cross my arms. His eyes fly to my necklace. 

"Strange form you took last night."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"I'm sure you do. Now, why'd you take the form of a griffin?"

"Your body can't decide what you are," Hope steps out from the back of the office. "So she becomes a griffin, but with the head of a wolf, dragon wings, and one blue eye. Purple means witch."

"Are you a threat?" 

"No. I promise I'd never purposely hurt anyone."

"You're free to go."

 Something is definitely up with Taylor. I don't think Griffins look like the form she takes.