Disclaimer: Everything belongs to mettle, I was just bored enough to write this for amusement.

Author's note: All names are puns in one way or another, usually from other languages instead of English. You can probably google them if you are interested in the meanings. Also I decided to rewrite this story because the other felt rushed.

The last time that Toralei had saw her was during a storm that had struck their territory when she had only been eight years old, but she could still remember the way that the older werecat had been the fastest of their litter, seconded only by Rioan, her twin brother. But Toralei didn't want to remember all of that, she didn't want to think about her clowder, her biological family that had a bloodline nearly as old as the De Niles. No, she was happy where she was at. But still it didn't make nights like this any easier to deal with.

"you're usually asleep by now. Is everything alright Toralei?"

The ginger-furred werecat jolted at the sudden voice, though she relaxed when her self appointed guardian took a seat beside of her on the porch.

"Today would have been her birthday...She would have turned eighteen today and would have been graduating this May." Toralei replied, knowing that she wouldn't have to explain who she was talking about to the woman, who had gotten the whole story out of her shortly after taken Toralei in.

"I'm sorry. I know days like this are hard. Especially on someone so young."

Toralei felt an arm snake around her shoulders, as if afraid to offend her however the fifteen year old just smiled slightly and leaned into the woman's side.

"Doesn't really help that Madow Prep is coming to Monster High's open house tomorrow. I am not looking forward to seeing my four siblings." the teen admitted with a sigh, ears flattening against her head as she thought about the drama that was sure to bring about.

"Then show around the students from Yoso Academy or Zmena. I'm pretty sure that the offspring from Elite families aren't going to want to associate with either 'lesser' group. It took me long enough to get their headmaster to agree to this week!"

Toralei couldn't help but laugh aloud when her mentor used air qoutes as she said the word lesser.

"really? You do realize you're over seven hundred years old right?" she teased, earning a light smack aross the back of the head for that comment.

"Just for that you can walk to school tomorrow."

Toralei just smirked "Was going to do that anyway! I did volunteer to help Purrsephone, Frankie and whoever else with decorating the front of the school remember? I'm leaving earlier than you in the morning! Anyway I'm going to bed, Night."

Meanwhile in the outskirts of the city where forest began, set two teen-aged figures. One with hair as red as fire, which was worn in a faux hawk style and the other a human girl wearing a ring that seemed to pulse faintly in the darkness.

"Pyralis, I'm sure this school is different. I mean I understand why your Mom decided to have you home-schooled but Indra promised that this school would be different! That we would fit in, you as just you and me in this form! Do you know how hard it is to keep this ring on sometimes?"

The redhead glanced up at their dark haired friend, smirking a bit as they fell back onto the grass, arms spreading out. "Then why don't you just take on your real form and ditch the silly disguise? I mean anyone can use magic if they want to! It wouldn't be that odd for a daughter of Bastet I mean you can already do that thing with your eyes...What is it called?"

"auctoritatis, though most people just call it the glare and it's not the fact that I can summon an aura and what not. It's my biological family, you know I love living with Tara and Logan but where I'm from I was being conditioned for something important and I don't want to do that. That's why I never went back."

The dark haired human answered with a smile before leaning down and kissing the redhead before adding:

"Besides, If I went back I would be forbid to be with you."