The Better Swan (J. Black)

Walking into a Huge Whiff of Testosterone

Billy ended up driving in the end because apparently I suck so bad at driving that I can't back out of the driveway.

He's obviously overreacting.

But we pulled into the driveway of a nice, rustic house. I get out of the truck and take in the surroundings. So far I see woods...woods....more woods....did I mention the woods? I got Billy's wheelchair out of the back and rolled to his side and he plopped into it.

"Well, it's very...naturey out here." Billy snorted. "Well what do you expect Ella. We're werewolves. Like we're going to turn into a large dog in a suburban neighborhood." I blushed in embarrassment. I didn't think of that.

The door opened and three shirtless guys....wait a minute. S H I R T L E S S   G U Y S! I quickly look anywhere but the three glorious six packs in front of me and focused on Billy.  He really needs to condition his hair. So greasy.

"You must be Ella." I turn towards the guys and managed to keep my eyes on the big one's face.

I nod and he continues. "I'm Sam. This is Paul and Jared." I wave awkwardly and the one named 'Paul' winked at me. Ewwww.

"Nice to meet you." I shake Sam's hand and he leads us to the backyard. I look back when I notice Billy not following. "Do you really think that I'm going out there with all that mud? No thanks, I'll hang with Emily and eat her cooking." I chuckle and shake my head.

"C'mon Scream Queen. We won't bite." Jeremy, I think said. "Speak for yourself." Periwinkle spoke and gave me a cocky smirk.

"Not even in your dreams loverboy." I snort and Gerald laughed. We stopped at a clearing and Captain John Smith turned to me.

"Okay. Obviously, we have been informed of your....abilities. So let's start minor." I nod taking in the information.

"Paul. Jared. Go shift and come back." Persephone and Josiah quickly went behind the tree and I could hear tearing, making me wince.

"We are going to teach you how to use your voice to your advantage. Boys." Sergio called. Before I knew what was about to happen, two huge ass wolves walked out where the boys were. 

What?!

For some reason, I wasn't scared of them. Instead I felt....pride? Familiarity? I honestly have no idea, but I know I wasn't pissing myself so I guess that's....good I guess?

"Woah." Was all I could say. The grey one....Pablo, I think, snorted. I turned towards...Samantha. Oh yeah, his name is Samantha!

"How? All my voice does is go high pitch when I feel someone die." I question. Samantha walks  over to me. "Ella, there is a lot more to your voice then that. You could become a Siren and make someone fall for your voice, you can attack someone with a whistle, you can pretty much manipulate everything with your voice. And we're going to teach you." 

I look towards Pablo and Juan and see the determination in there stances and a smile makes it's way to my face. I can already tell that I will create bonds with these people in the future.

"Okay, where do we start?"

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"Try whistling and watch how much air you blow out." I nodded. I shaped my lips in an 'o' and start to blow through my teeth in a whistle. To say it was loud was an understatement. I might have, maybe, most definitely, almost shattered Billy's truck windows.

Oops.

I stopped and Phillip was passed out. Oh no I look in horror and Jalapeno checked on him and whined.

I did that.

I hurt him.

Samantha looked at me in remorse. "Ella. He'll be fine don't worry. He's just unconscious."

Tears gathered in my eyes as they couldn't leave the wolf's body. "I did that. I hurt him." Tears fell and Samantha grasped my shoulder in his hand.

"It's okay Ella. We'll work on it." I saw Pharrell start to wake up and I gasped in relief. He shifted back and my relief turned to full out horror. 

"OH MY GOD! GET SOME DAMN PANTS ON POCAHONTAS!" I turned around and ran into the house, the boys' laughter following.

Soon, they all piled in, fully clothed and grinned at me. I looked disgusted, no scratch that, I am disgusted. Also scarred. I shudder thinking back to...that.

"What, did you think we got to keep our pants? We're not the Hulk princess." I shudder and the boys laughed.

At least he was alright. That put my guilt at ease.

"Hey don't scare off our guest! She's the first girl that has been over." I  look towards where I heard a melodic voice to see a beautiful native girl with three scars running down her face, though they made her look even prettier.

"Ah, the wolf girl." I conclude. Billy always talked about the woman who cooked meals from, and I quote, from Heaven themselves.

She chuckled. "Yeah I guess so, well the girlfriend to one." (A/N: Sorry if I got this wrong. I actually don't know when they got engaged)

I nod and look at Sam with my best Lenny Face. He chuckles. "And you must be the scream girl." I snort. I can tell we are going to be best friends. "That's one way to put it."

"Emily." She put her hand out and I put mine into it and shook it with a friendly smile. "Ella."

Well, at least Emily got my mind off of....

GOD DAMMIT!

I shudder and stare at Phoebe with disgust. He was stuffing his with a muffin and looked at me with a mouthful and said, "What?"

I look away with disgust. "Emily, do you any medicine to remove one's memory?" Emily chuckled.

"Hey! For your information, a lot of girls would love to wake up to that in the morning. You should be grateful." I hold my mouth as I almost puked. Emily rubbed my back in sympathy as Jesse laughed. 

I threw him a glare and he looked away sheepishly. "Look Powell, I really feel bad for those girls, because I was scarred for the rest of my life. So thank you for the nightmares that will come to me tonight." He just grinned evilly before looking offended.

"My name is Paul." I snort. "And my name is Jeff. Just shove that muffin up your-" Billy this time interrupted me. Good, I would've really hurt his ego just then.

"Okay Ella, I think it's time to go." Me and Pedro glare at each other one more time and I hug Emily and thank her for letting me into her house. I practically tackled Samantha in a hug before he moved out of the way, so instead I tackled Josephine.  "Whyyyyy?" He groaned and I laughed and got up.

I ran outdoors and put Billy in the driver's seat, put his wheelchair in the back, and got in the passenger seat.

As we were driving out to the driveway, I called out, "Bye Samantha! Bye Poncho! Bye Javon! Bye Emily! Thank You!" 

And then we went home. What an interesting day.