Life as an Ultima Werewolf

Shannon's House

             I remembered that I had Shannon's number so I texted her if I could stay the night over at her house. She gave me her address and the moment I walked to the front steps, she greeted me with kindness instead of hate and torment. "Hello!" Shannon's little sister said while looking up from her coloring book. I smiled and waved at her. I felt something brush up against my leg and I reached for my knife that I had in my hoodie then looked down to see a puppy sniffing my leg. I hadn't realized I pulled my knife out until Shannon grabbed my arm. "Relax," She said, "No one is going to hurt you." When she said that, I dropped the knife and collapsed in her arms crying. She held on to me trying to calm me down. "Susie," Shannon said, "What happened?" I took my hoodie off and lifted my shirt up to reveal all the cuts and bruises that marked my body. Her ears folded down and her eyes changed from midnight black to sapphire blue. "Who did this?!" She asked concerned. I looked down and said, "My own father." She wrapped her arms around me then asked, "How long has this been going on?" "My whole life," I sobbed. "Layla!" Shannon said, "Can you color in my room please?" "Ok, Sissy," Layla replied. After she went to Shannon's room and closed the door, Shannon asked, "Is that all he did to you?" I shook my head and said, "He raped me." Shannon's eyes changed from sapphire blue to crimson orange with slitted pupils. I backed up fearing what she was going to do when she grabbed a hand mirror and looked at her eyes. "Crap!" She said then she looked at me puzzled then asked, "How are you not affected by my eyes?" "What do you mean?" I asked. "You're human," She said, "I am an Ultima so I could have changed you into a werewolf. Wait, was one of your parents werewolves?" "My dad is," I said, "But my mom is not." "Okay," She said, "You must be human dominate then." She went to the kitchen and put gloves and a mask on then grabbed a red chili pepper then walked back over to me. "Werewolves can't stand the smell of these things," She said in a muffled voice, "We use them to keep stray cats and dogs from going in our garden back at our old house. Sniff." I sniffed it and instantly jumped back from it. "It felt like I just snorted the sun!" I said rubbing my nose. "I know," Shannon said laughing, "My dad used these to stop me from getting into the candy when I was five." I smiled. "This is the first time anyone had been nice to me," I said while tears were forming in my eyes, "Everyone else would pick on me about my pink hair, how I'm not a werewolf and my brother is, they would beat me and call me names. Your the first real friend that I ever had." She hugged me and said, "I won't let anything bad happen to you as long as I'm still breathing." I cried in her arms and said what I did to my family. "I'm sorry," I said in between sobs, "I just wanted the torment to end!" "Hey," Shannon said calmly, "I don't care what you do or did, I am just glad to see that you are ok. I killed before. I know it's rough, but promise me you won't do it again." I nodded then we both went to her room to sleep. "Susie," Shannon said, "You can sleep in my bed with me tonight." Suddenly, I was with my dad and he was in the bed with the knife and belt in his hands "Susie!," he said with Shannon's voice, "Susie?! Are you okay!?" I was on the floor with my knees close to my chest when Shannon snapped me out of the flashback. I was breathing heavily and my hands were shaky. "Are you okay?" She asked again. "Yes," I said finally. "I can sleep on the floor if you want me to," Shannon said, "I don't mind." "No," I said, "We can sleep together." Shannon nodded then gave me some of her nightclothes to wear. While she was getting the bed done, I quickly changed and from the corner of my eye, I saw movement. I looked and it was the puppy from earlier. Shannon saw me looking at the pup so she said, "This is Riley, our family protector." I reached out to pet Riley and it was the softest thing I ever touched. I smiled and got down to her level and kept petting her. "She likes you," Shannon said, "Normally it takes a while to be this friendly to new people." "She's so cute!" I said. "She sleeps with me most of the time," Shannon said, "So you might feel safer tonight." I then laid down and Riley climbed on to my stomach and fell asleep. Shannon went to get a glass of water then came to the bed and laid down...