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"The high school football game against the Mustangs has been canceled tonight on account of the lightning,"Principal McDafton announced over the loud speaker in her kind voice.

10 seconds til the bell would ring and the weekend would be mine and Sammy's, we stood in front of the door the whole class behind us grumbling about the canceled game, I enjoyed a good football game but I was most looking forward to spending the weekend with Sammy. 3...2...1 ding ding ding.

We opened the door and speed walked to our lockers down the hall, avoiding the excited end of school especially on a Friday rush, I put my toes on the bottom of wall just by the floor in my usually habit, punched in my combination, unpacked my binder, grabbed my gear, and went over to Sammy's locker a couple of doors down.

Jenna came over to were I was standing reminding me she would be coming over tomorrow so we could finish up our history project, she gave me a hug and vanished into the sea of excited high schoolers.

Unlike other schools or high school was a combination of 7th-12th graders, it was weird but if you live in a small town like me your used to weird happenings.

"Come on Sammy! Hurry up, the busses are going to be leaving by the time we get out there,"I complained

"Yeah yeah yeah," she said and slammed her locker closed, "I'm so happy I can get away from my family this weekend," she said.

"Well your stuck with mine now so you gotta deal with it,"I said

She gave me one of her quirky smiles and we walked out the door, it was raining but I didn't really care, I liked the rain.

Then all the sudden something grabbed my backpack handle swinging me down and dragging me around the building's corner.

"All right you little bitch, where's the 50$ you owe me!"He said, he was tall, I was smaller, he was 18, I was 14, he was big, I was, well... Less big.

"What are you talking about, my friend over there lent fifty bucks to you from me and you said you'd pay him back so he could give it to me, now I want my my money back, we're is it?"he yelled

"What are you talking about? I don't even know him!" I said gesturing to the guys standing a few feet away,"just let me go!" I demanded because he was holding the collar of my T-shirt.

"First give me my money,"he said, and I saw Sammy walking around the corner to look for me a few feet down.

"I don't have your freaking money!"i yelled and kicked him in the shin and tried to run but he grabbed my backpack handle again and swung me around and punched me square in the face, his hand going in a down wards motion and I felt my flesh rip and I felt my eye, when I pulled my hand away it was full of blood, my blood... Blood.

I was enraged, I looked up at him from where I lay in the mud, Sammy had her mouth a gap a few feet away, my blood started to boil, I was in a white hot anger, and I started to shake, no one would hit me!

I jumped up at him and something was different, I was bigger, I was stronger, I bit his leg and he crumbled to the ground crying out and his friend ran away, I was breathing hard. Sammy looked at me, I started walking towards her, did she want to hurt me too? I looked around for other attackers, where there others trying to attack her, I lunged at her but stopped and realized this was my friend, but it was to late I had cut threw her jeans into the soft flesh of her leg, not deep but enough to bleed and rip fabric, Sammy looked down at her leg and back at me.

I all the sudden was scarred, what was wrong, wait why did I bite some one? Why did I scratch someone, I backed up and a whimper escaped, What was happening?

I looked back at the senior, he was screaming on the ground, I looked at his leg, it was at an odd angle, wait! I did that, oh no no no no this was not happening, what was happening?

I looked down at my feet backing up, these weren't my feet they were paws, and I screamed but it came out as a shark bark, what was wrong with me!? I ran, ran away into the woods, I didn't know what was happening and I was scarred, what was I? What had I done? What's happening!

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