Part 5

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The party host rushes down the stairs as he starts scanning the room looking through the crowd for me.

As perceptive as I am, I notice a tall black haired man standing at the end of the staircase looking around. He was different from everyone else I noticed here, this man gave off a strong aura. I may have looked small, like a shrimp who couldn't beat someone up, but I was unknowingly strong. On the other hand, this man looked strong on the outside and I could sense his strength coming from everywhere. It felt overwhelming yet tolerable. He had a slim but very muscular body that made his clothes look like they were too small. 'pshh look at that duuudde' I thought to myself in a very comedic way.

The man turned his head slightly as I caught a glimpse of a tattoo on his right shoulder, slightly peaking out of his shirt. Of what? It was to hard to tell from the distance. His dark grey eyes quickly turned towards me as we lock eyes.

As we look at each other, a strong wind followed by rain starts to flow through the back and front door of the house. Everyone starts screaming as they run to their vehicles trying not to get soaked. Me and the party host break off the stare, 'what was that? Why did it storm all of a sudden, and why could I sense comfort yet rage from this man?' I think as I rack my brain around what just happened. I turn around to see Mason looking at me then at the host. From a distance, I see Jasper running to the car with Rachel and Duncan before they high tail it out of here.

"I'm going to get the car, are you going to be alright?" Mason asks. I nod as he heads out the door.

When it's just me and the host standing there, I walk out the back door to look up at the sky not worrying about getting soaked. "I'm Drew by the way" he says while looking at me. "I'm Danny if you haven't already figured that out." I replied.

"Why did you come here?" Drew responded.

"I came here because I wanted to crash the party. I didn't know it was your party that I was at." I say nonchalantly.

"No, I mean to Valley Ridge?" He questioned. I look at the ground as it goes silent for a moment. "I... just wanted a change." I responded as I thought about Trisha again. Drew looks at me for a moment then walks back inside as the rain starts to quit.

Mason walks through the front door to the back where I'm standing. "Hey, you want to go?" He asks hastily.

"Nah, I want to walk. You go on ahead." I responded.

As mason starts heading out I hear a faint calling towards the woods. 'Was it Mr Owl? Or was it a fox yipping with its friends?' Curiosity takes the cake as I am now walking through the woods. Looking around, I am surrounded by trees. 'Which way did I come from?' It's so dark that I stumble over a tree root extruding from the ground. "Motherf*****!" I grip my ankle as I suck in angrily from my teeth. Suddenly, the pain in my ankle stops as the pain in my whole body begins.

Every bone in my body starts cracking, over and over again this happens. 'What's this Deja Vu feeling?' I wanna scream out in pain but something is keeping me silent. Let me out! A Strange voice screams inside my head. I starts groaning as I'm clenching myself on the ground. When suddenly, the pain stops. I start shaking my head but it feels much heavier than before. Looking down, I see two big grey paws. Trying to gasp, all I get is a weird half barking sound. My Turn! The voice in my head says before I start running deeper into the woods. 'what is this feeling? The wind, the trees, the grass. It's calming.'

After the run, I make my way to the laundry mat since I'll probably be naked once shifting back and they always have clothes. I try changing back but it's not so easy. Eventually I get it and am back to my own two feet.

I start looking for clothes and notice that there is only a suit out so I sneak up to it, grab it, and put it on as quick as I can trying not to be noticed. Thankfully there was a fedora beside the suit, so I grabbed it and put it on in hopes to cover my face, "Hopefully nobody will notice".

I start heading back to my hotel room, grabbing the spare key I hid in the crack on the side of the door. Walking in, I immediately head for the showers. When I get out I throw on a black Panic! At the disco crop top and some baggy grey cargo pants as I plop down onto the bed and fall asleep.

The next day, I get up late and quickly start to get dressed into my new uniform. "I love this black and red color" I say while glowing my whitish grey eyes like a psycho. Then I enter the bathroom to make sure my necklace is still on and straighten my hair. I put in a new pair of contacts since the ones from last night fell out during my shift, then put on my leather jacket, grabbing my motorcycle keys and sliding the spare key back into its spot before I head to school.

It's 8:46 by the time I arrive so I walk inside, grab my books from my locker, and head to math class. "So happy you could join us today miss Reed" said Mrs. Stanford.

"Yeah yeah whatever ya old hag" I jest in a grumpy yet tired tone. Half the class chuckled while some make oooing noises.

"What was that miss Reed?" asked Mrs. Stanford with a harsh tone.

"I called you a hag" I say angrily and proud.

"Detention now!" Said Mrs. Stanford angrily.

"Thank god" I say while walking out of math class towards detention.

I walk in and sit in the back corner near the wall since someone else is sitting in the seat I like. "Alright everyone, no talking, no electronics, no smoking, yes I'm talking to you Ashton, no fighting, and no leaving this room. I'm going to the office to talk to the principle and I'll be right back. Danny, I hope to see you in my class today and if your not then you will fail on you second day here." said coach Mark.

I look at who was sitting in the opposite corner and saw a boy with short black hair and a scar on the side of his neck. I turn away so I won't get noticed for staring. Suddenly I get a strong whiff of what smells like the woods and nicotine. Ever since I shifted last night, it seems like my senses are slightly elevated. He turns and looks at me noticing all my features before turning away.

I get out my phone to check my messages. *Danny, what's going on? You're on the news for possible murder and I don't know where you are. Tag, me, and Bryan are worried about you and we want you to come to my place to talk, so if you get this then please come home. -Jessica (delivered 1 day ago)*

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