Bright emerald eyes opened up to a cool sunny morning, partly due to the noises of the construction work that could be heard from where the orange haired boy was at. He gave his tired eyes a gentle rub, before sitting upright and walking to the kitchen to grab something to eat. Once there, he took some sandwiches his mother made in the morning for breakfast before going off to earn a living. He took a bite, and went over to the door and opened it, as he wanted to see what was happening that caused the noise which made him wake up on such a cool and breezy morning.

As he opened the main door to his house and turned to his right, he could see the house next to his as the source of the noise. Mover workers were rushing to get the furniture into the house, and the supervisor was shouting at them to get the job done quickly. In a corner, there was a blonde haired girl, about the same age as the orange haired boy with her mother. 'So, they are moving in huh,' Ryan thought. It was then he noticed that the blonde haired girl saw him, and smiled and waved to him. He smiled and waved back as well. He scratched himself on the head before returning to the house to prepare for his activities for the day.

When the house next to his had settled down, he thought of going next door together with some homemade cakes and cookies to welcome them into the neighbourhood. Afterall, he also wanted to find out why did the previous owner leave the house. His mother also taught him that it was basic manners to welcome somebody in the neighbourhood by a welcome gift. He thus got down to baking his welcome gift for his new neighbour who had just settled in the neighbourhood. An hour or so later, he had finished baking what he wanted to bake for the people next door. A fragrant aroma surrounded his well furnished house, making him think that if they weren't for the people next door, he would have finished them right after he took them out from the oven. He packed them nicely in a box decorated with star prints all over, and left the house right after.

He knocked on the door. No reply. Just as he was about to knock again, a girl with sweet looking blonde locks who seemed about the same age as Ryan opened the door with a shy look on her face. 'Oh its you from next door! What brings you here? Whats your name? I'm Lire,' she smiled. 'Ryan,' he smiled back. 'I'm here to deliver some homemade pastries as a housewarming gift' he flashed another sweet smile and handed out the box of patries to her. Lire's eyes widened and sparkled when she opened what was inside the box. "Oh my, thanks Ryan! They smell really good! I'll thank you on me and my mother's behalf!"

"Don't worry about it, its my pleasure." smiled Ryan.

"Hey Ryan..." mumbled Lire. "Do you mind if we become friends? I'm new here and so..." Lire blushed slightly.

"Yeah sure, why not! Since we are already neighbours anyway!" replied Ryan with a sweet eye-smile.

"Thanks..." muttered Lire.

"Hey, do you wanna go out and play?" asked Ryan.

"Play? Where?"

"I'm not exactly sure, but I guess we could explore around! Theres a forest right behind those houses that are opposite ours, maybe you wanna come with me to explore them?"

"Oh sure! I love the nature!"

"Same here! So, meet at tomorrow afternoon at one? At the fountain over there, right inbetween our houses and the houses opposite?"

"Okay! See you there! Have a good rest tonight!"

"Yeah sure, I'll get going now, gotta go, bye!"

"Bye!" waved Lire to Ryan, as they bade goodbye.

-next day-

Ryan got to the fountain right after he got ready, only to see Lire already waiting there. Lire smiled when she saw him, and he smiled back as well.

"Let's go?"

Lire nodded.

They slowly made their way in to the forest, and in it there were all types of plants, flowers, bushes and trees. Insects flew around the forest as if it was their mini little town, where they had their daily activities in it. Even though the forest wasn't exactly that pleasant to begin with due to the tall grasses making it hard for the both of them to walk and the muddy ground that felt sticky and soft when you stepped on it, both Ryan and Lire did not complain. They were too excited and both of them were hardcore nature lovers to begin with, so it wouldn't be strange if they had agreed to live in the forest for their lifetimes.

Both of them walked and explored the forest, like as if it was a museum with many interesting artefacts. They were amazed and the variety of plants they could find, and treated the insects as if they were friends. They stopped at many places to appreciate certain living things, and they chatted together while walking on the soft ground of the forest, mainly about plants and nature and stuff.

Finally the day came to an end, where it could be seen by the sky turning into a sweet orangey-red colour, a stunning colour that signifies the end of the day for most people who did not keep track of time, or did not own the watch, such as the two who were still admiring the nature in the middle of the forest. Ryan realised it was getting dark, and knew they had to get home.

'Lire, its dark already, I need to get you home.' Ryan told her.

'B-but I'm not done yet! I still want to find out more about this huge gigantic beautiful forest!' Lire gave a face when she said that, showing that she truly did not want to leave.

'I can bring you here tomorrow again, and we'll continue where we left off for today' Ryan reassured.

'Promise?'

'Promise.' Ryan smiled.

Ryan grabbed Lire's hand before she could change her mind, and led her to where they entered the forest from.

'So, tomorrow same time same place?' Lire wanted to be sure.

'Sure, see you tomorrow then!' Ryan smiled.

'Bye!'

'Bye!'

And so, everyday, the two children led their lives like this, meeting at the exact same time and place, going to the forest every afternoon together, and leaving before the sky was dark, only to return the next day to continue where they left off.

A few weeks later, they had already covered most of the forest. However, they would still go there. One particular day, they entered the forest again. They walked all the way straight, making sure they hadn't left out anything, only to discover that hidden in the few ordinary bushes and trees, beyond it lay - a flower paradise. The ground was as if it was made out of flowers, and it was particulary soft and warm, just like most beds. It also had a water fountain, where water poured out from a cliff, to a mini oasis at the side of the flower bed. Lire squealed, and ran to the middle of the flower bed and sprawled on it.

'Its so beautiful!' Lire squealed, beckoning Ryan to join her.

Ryan came to beside her, and lay down, to admire the particulary cloudy blue sky that day. The weather that day could be described as 'perfect'.

After a while, Ryan started to feel thirsty. He went over to the mini oasis, where Lire stay laid down on the flower bed. He placed both his palms together, and sank them into the oasis to scoop up some water to drink. After he had enough, he went back to lay down on the flower bed. He admired the sky for a little while more, with the gentle chirps of the birds, when he suddenly felt weird. All of a sudden, his body temperature went up high. He felt very uneasy and felt pain in all areas of him. 'Ryan! What happened!' Lire came close to him, trying to help. He couldn't do anything to the pain inside of him, much less give Lire a reply. He felt as if his body was going to explode. Suddenly, out of his own instinct, he shouted, 'Get away from me!'

Lire backed down, but her heart felt sorrowful as she could only see her best friend in pain and suffering. All of a sudden, she could see that her best friend was growing fur. Orange fur. And his hands turned into claws. His mouth grew bigger, and all she could see was fangs. Ryan had turned into a wolf, standing on its feet, with long growing orange fur, long white fangs, sharp claws and last but not least, with his green ferocious eyes staring back into the khaki brown eyes of Lire.

A/N: Finally done with the first chapter! Thought about this story for many nights, and I finally got to slowly pen it down! However I'm still too lazy to type out the whole full story, so I hope you'll all be happy with this humble little first chapter! I'm not good at english or anything, so please review and hopefully i can learn more! also correct me if there are wrong terms used, becos i'm not that good in my vocabulary as well

will upload the next chapter as soon as possible hopefully after my exams! ^^ it won't be a long chaptered story, probably a maximum of 3 chapters

please review! thanks! w