Delta (Wolfblood)

Family Ties

Sierra had posted some of her own drawings on her board and a couple of them, were a child sitting alone, in a dark corner.

She sighed as she put more up on her board, including one with Rhydian in it with her and Maddy.

She also had one more drawing to put up on the wall, a pair of people, a man and woman, who were shot, dead and unmoving in the woods.

She looked over at Rhydian, as Kara and Kay began to be disgusted at his choice of drawing and he flips it over angrily and starts snapping at them.

"Hey, leave him alone." Sierra said to the two of the three K's as they look at her, as she walked calmly and swiftly, over to Rhydian's board.

"He doesn't have the same family history as you, none of us do. You can laugh at mine or be disgusted at mine for whatever reason that your small brains can cook up. But don't mess with anyone that you can't handle."

Sierra said coldly and she felt veins creeping up her neck, feeling grateful that she wore a long sleeved uniform, instead of a short sleeved one today.

"You know... you don't always have to do that, you know." Rhydian said from a distance behind Sierra who was sick of the K trio and had decided to go for some air.

"Do what, Rhydian?" She asked him quietly as she looks at her hands, both of which were now veining up like it was uncontrollable.

"Hey. You don't have to prove to me that I can trust you. I already do, it's just Maddy who needs to earn it." He said and she sighs, as her eyes briefly glowed, shining with tears. "Is it true that you saw your parents die?" He asked suddenly and she winced, as her tears rolled down her face.

"First full moon I ever shifted. I wanted to see the rest of the territory as a wolf, so I went out. I strayed too far from camp, got lost, couldn't find my way back. I heard some humans, and one of them had a shotgun." She wipes her eyes and took a deep breath in as she blinked back more tears.

"I didn't know what I was doing, so I backed away,. I had my tail, between my legs, quite literally this time. I had no idea what was going on, they were way too close to camp."

"Then my parents were howling for me, and when they were in front of me, I snapped a twig. Then... before I knew it, the shotgun was fired. I think I was shielded by my parents."

"But the last things I remember... before I ran far, far away, was two things. The howling of the pack as they converged on the two men, and the two bodies in front of me. My mum and dad." Sierra whimpered as she veined up more.

"I ran after that. Don't remember much more. I've been terrified of guns ever since." She whispered and he looked at her, sitting down next to her on the picnic table.

"Do the Smiths... do they know? Mr and Mrs Smith?" Rhydian asked and she lowered her head at his words as she shook her head. "You drew the two as humans, do they know that you all had shifted?" He asked and she sniffled and nodded.

She swallowed back a sob and coughed quietly. "I think... I think I'm just gonna go home." She whispers as she stood up, and slung her backpack, over her shoulder and ran off as far and as fast as she could go.

The next day, they were all taunting Rhydian once again, about the whole vandalism of the family thing.

"He was with me, all right? He wasn't anywhere near the school. At first, he was looking into the room to see if I was there, until I called him. Told him that I was at Bernie's already. He met me there, then he went to his place and I went to mine." Sierra explained to them coldly, her hands, veining up, in her pockets.

"You went on a date with the Welshie?" Jimi asked and out of nowhere, Sierra's fist hit him in the jaw, clocking him hard into his locker.

Rhydian and Maddy grabbed Sierra quickly, whose veins were all over the place as they dragged her out of their school and outside.

"What's wrong with you?!" Maddy shouted at her and Sierra shakes her head and her eyes began to switch, going from the wolf color blue which was extremely rare among wolfbloods, to her normal brown.

"I need to get out of here. Now." She said and then suddenly she ran off as her eyes were blazing blue.

Maddy looked at Rhydian, as they watched Sierra run off.

Sierra raced through the woods and she had at some point, changed into a wolf, as she ran directly to the Smith family house, and Emma came out of the house.

"Daniel!" She called out as she saw Sierra running toward them, full tilt as a wolf.

Sierra changed back as soon as she ran into the house, collapsing on the sofa and becoming a sobbing mess.

"What happened?" Daniel asked as Sierra curled up in a ball on the sofa as she whimpered, her eyes blazing a piercing blue.

"Sierra, honey, talk to us." Emma pointed out and she shakes her head and suddenly a quiet knock, came at the door.

Sierra growled sharply as she heard Maddy walk in and she ended up as a wolf, hiding under the table.

"It's only me. We found the vandal, it was Jimi." Maddy said and shoved her a bag, it was full of scraps. "I got your project." She said and Sierra came out from under the table.

"I never really got over my parents dying, I guess. I'm sorry for not comin' to family night, but I couldn't take it."

She whispered to them all, as she walked upstairs, as her door was shut quietly behind her.