Operation Unite The Beasts.

'Were' Aware

  ~Ariana's POV~
The lecture hall was overrun with yawning, bored looks and dozing students as the lecturer at the front of the hall droned on and on about macroscopic anatomy.

Anatomy classes were always like this, I still couldn't understand why though, I mean, even I found it hard keeping the yawns in, it wasn't that the topic wasn't intriuging or something, I just attributed it as having something to do with Mr Rodgers, his method of presentation and practically everything about him, two words could describe efficiently "dull and drab".

He had the insane ability to make any topic sound boring as hell, I really can't tell how he does it, the funny part was, you could see the man was putting in a lot of effort to keep the students interested, it just wasn't working out that well for him.

I honestly sympathized with the poor old man, added to being dull, drab and a whole lot of issues he probably had going on with him, he would soon be able to add unemployed to his list, I shook my head, pondering over his soon to be more sorry  situation, as I recalled the Student Union's unanimous  agreement to take his case up with the board of directors.

Taking into consideration how important Stanford University considered student opinions, I'd say a unanimous agreement meant his days were numbered, it was sad really.

"bang"

I was drawn out of my thoughts by a lound sound, chuckling as my friend Mia fell off her chair in response to Mr.Rodgers angrily hitting his desk, she glared darkly at me to which I flashed her a wide smirk,

"bitch." she grumbled out and I chuckled again, lending her a hand to help her up, once she was sitted we all looked up to the lecturer expectantly

"I am trying to give you all the best...." he began in his usual way that hinted 'story of my life begins' the whole class groaned, already knowing what to expect, I zoned out immediately he began, zoning back in at the sound of my name,

"Miss Ariana are you with us?" Mr Rodgers asked angrily,

"Oh yeah, yeah sure, totally with you." I replied, I raised a brow as he glared at me,

"Care answering the question then?" He asked,

Question? What question I pondered, looking to Mia inquiringly, and she whispered to me

"He asked if he wasn't a good teacher, everyone felt the course representative should reply, but Dan passed the baton to you saying you maintain top scores in Anatomy so you'd know best."

I spun around glaring crossly at Dan, who was currently trying hard to avoid looking at me,

"jerk." I grumbled...

"Miss Ariana, you do realize we don't have all day right?" I heard Mr Rodgers say, I sighed realizing all eyes were on me, I gave Dan one last glare that hid a promise of retribution for putting me on the spot light, before I stood up and faced the teacher,

"Mr Rodgers..." I began, 'here's the thing, your teaching downright sucks', was what came to mind, but instead I mustered up a dazzling smile and said

"Here's the thing, your method of teaching is quite peculiar, and well, only people of great understanding and deep thinking would be able to appreciate you sufficiently, it is our inadequacy that limits us from being on par with you."

My voice was tinged with sarcasm, but I guess he took it as something else because to my surprise and relief, he broke out into a huge smile and nodded in understanding,

"I used to wonder why you always aced not just my course but all others, I see why now.", He gave a honest smile and I couldn't help but feel guilty, I heard coughing and I glared at Mia who was choking in her attempt to swallow her laughter.

The rest of the class went with him giving me strange looks and singing my praises whenever I answered a question , which honestly wasn't anything special here considering everyone attending this institution could be considered geniuses, it wasnt one of the top universities in the world for nothing , the screening process was extremely brutal, so fawning over something as ordinary as correct answers showed his ignorance of his environment, everyone in the hall probably knew the answers, they just couldn't be bothered to indulge him.

I really didn't know how to react to his new attitude to me, so I was grateful when the bell rang at that exact moment it did.

I grabbed Mia immediately, dragging her despite her protests out of the class, the moment we were at a safe distance, she doubled over in laughter, and I punched her arm in annoyance, only to smirk as she started choking, after giving it some time, I patted her back slightly to ease her discomfort and she gave me a slight smile, I smiled back, before my eyes caught unto something attempting to sneak past, or rather someone...

"Dan." I said through gritted teeth, Mia followed my eyes and shouted

"Stop right there you bastard!" Dan immediately broke out into a sprint, I gave Mia a look before we both gave chase, the hallway was overrun with laughter as we chased him through the hallway, the cafeteria, music hall, back in the hallway, the back garden and finally out through the schools back gate and into the woods, Mia screaming unmentionable profanities at him the whole way.

I was quite fit, so I found it fun rather than exhausting, jumping over fallen logs and ducking low hanging branches, I had no difficulty keeping up, that was untill we were deep enough in the woods and Dan noticed we were gaining on him, in the blink of an eye he shifted into a huge gray wolf mid jump and landed perfectly without even a sound, immediately zooming off and leaving us in his dust,

"You cheat!" I screamed out, cursing angrily at him but receiving no response, he was too far gone,

"Do you mind?" I heard Mia ask from behind me

"Nah course not, I'll wait right here, you go chase him back." I replied, she shifted immediately, her gray wolf identical to Dan's albeit a little smaller,

Oh right, did I mention they were siblings?...No?...oh well my bad.

Dan and Mia are what you and I know as fraternal twins, bearing no likeness facially, beats my medical knowledge why their wolves look identical though.

Mia's wolf Ashley yelped excitedly at the prospect of a chase, she pranced around me for a bit and I giggled at her antics before she darted off in the direction Dan had taken.

Now you must be thinking, what da actual f*ck, wolves?...yea I thought so too. Dan and Mia are what you'd call shifters, werewolves to be exact, a specie with the ability to change form between man and wolf at will, beginning at their eighteenth birthday for most, their wolves are as much themselves as they are a part of them, being an inner conscience within them but having the ability to manifest and take the reigns as such controlling the person whether in it's form or in human form.

Wolves are quite similar in character to their humans, Dan and Mia's wolves for example are nice enough, well at least most times, anyways it's really amazing how many wonderful things we believe to be myths are actually in existence, it'd surprise you to know they're a whole lot more of them than wolves, within the were community, there's the were lions and other were species and beyond that there are vamps,mers, fae's, pixies, dwarves, the list goes on and on, you might be wondering how I know so much, am I one of them perhaps?...

'haha, no I'm not, I'm actually human, no hidden powers or anything, just a human unlucky enough to enjoy running through the woods only to chance upon my best friends transforming into something I thought existed only in stories' took me a while to get used to but I valued their friendship so eventually we worked things out....as Dan says, as of last year I became officially 'Were Aware'.

    ~Authors Note~
Phew...first chapter done, hurray 💃💃💃
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Author- JHeart