"Manny?"

A scared voice from behind called. When he quickly recognized the voice and turned around, he saw Frida behind him. She was shaking from the cold December night air and her clothes were torn and ripped in places he shouldn't see. He wouldn't have noticed if he didn't smell blood gushing out of a deep wound that came from her side.

"Frida what happened?" he asked worriedly as he reached for her

Her hand was against a wall for support. She gasped for air trying to explain, "B…big d gasps for air, licks her dried lips, and tries again dog attacked me."

That was all she could get out before collapsing into his open arms unconscious.

"FRIDA," Manny yelled, but it was no use.

When she woke up she was in a hospital bed and found Manny on the little couch snoring, and Mr. Rivera talking to the nurse.

The nurse looked away from Mr. Rivera and smiled as she looked at Frida.

"Ah, so the patient is awake? How was your night?"

She spoke a little too loud because it woke up Manny with a jolt. He yawned and looked to the bed at Frida.

"You are awake! How do you feel." he cried sleepily throwing her one of his half-smiles.

Frida smiled at him and said,

"Ugh…kinda like I've been hit by a dump truck. What happened to me?"

His smile faded and he hesitated for a few minutes.

"Uh, you told me right before you fainted. You said that you've been attacked by a big dog, remember?"

She winced and bit her lip as the awful memory returned, but Manny thought it was a cry in pain so his worried face returned.

"Can you tell me what happened, the whole story please?" he asked calmly.

She gulped and after staring into his big honey-brown, Pac-man style, worry-filled eyes, she sighed.

"Okay, it was around 3:00, I was just coming over to your house, but your dad said you were not there, so I started to walk to the park. I'd figured you were either saving someone or pulling a prank, but then I thought that was silly because you wouldn't pull a prank without me…..right?"

He laughed and lightly punched her shoulder,

"Of course not, but its not every day that you find your best friend in a puddle of blood in the park."

"You want to hear the rest?" She asked suddenly.



"Please continue," he mumbled.

She took a sharp intake of breath because she felt a jolt of pain coming from her right hand. She glanced down at it unwillingly. Her hand had a dark silver swirl-like mark. She gasped because that was the hand she was bitten on…but it was completely healed, like there was never a bite. As she looked at it closer the strange mark seemed to glow faintly. Manny impatiently cleared his throat and she snapped back into reality.

"Oh yeah sorry," she said as she hid her hand,

"Well, I wanted to explore the wooded part of the park. So I walked only half way in and all the sudden this giant and I mean GIANT wolf just came out from behind a tree not even 100 yards away. I knew I couldn't get away but I didn't move 2 steps before the dog had me on the ground. Its claws and teeth were slashing at my skin. I screamed but no one heard me, I knew I would have to find someone to help me soon or I would die. When the wolf made sure I was dead, it went away and I stayed on the ground unable to move. A couple hours later, I pulled myself up."

She winced, shutting her eyes tight.

"It hurt so much to move. I fell against the wall of the baker's shop and that's when I found you."

Manny sighed, closing his eyes. Mr. Rivera came to Frida's side and said,

"Really, what an interesting story but I assure you, there are no giant wolves or any wolves in the park. Why don't we get you out of here and back home."

"You don't believe me?" she said defensively, "I swear I saw a giant wolf. I'm not crazy."

"I believe you," Manny said quickly, "I was wondering where you were when my Papi told me you had just come by and was looking for me. I thought you went back home so I called your number but your dad answered the phone."

He chuckled throwing yet another one of his side-smiles her way,

"And you know he doesn't like me much, but he said, or yelled, you were over at my house so I went back home to see if you just left or something. I didn't find you, I was now really worried." He opened his eyes again to find her giving him an apologetic look. "I turned into El Tigre to see if I could sniff you out. After that my tiger senses kicked in and I got a whiff of your trail leading to the park. It was only then when I noticed a different smell along with yours, but I ignored it. I also smelled your blood so I knew I had to get you to the hospital as soon as I found you. That's when I heard your voice behind me and that's why you are here."

Frida sighed then something clicked in her mind and she smiled evilly at Manny.

"What?" he said curiously (and slightly blushing).

She giggled again, "You said you were worried a lot," Manny blushed even deeper and stammered,

"I-I….you were covered in blood."

She smiled a friendly smile and said,



"Uh-uh, you said you were worried before you were El Tigre."

Right then Frida's father came in, glared at Manny, and hugged Frida very tight. "Mija, you're alright!"

He said relieved.

"Oh hi dad, listen can we please go home now?"

Frida said but her voice trailed off.

"Sure, sure how'd you get here?"

"Manny brought me." He looked over at Manny who smiled and waved back.

Mr. Suarez snorted and nodded.

Every one left in a few minutes. Yeah they let her go that fast.

Frida was sitting on her bed and looked at the clock it was 12:00 p.m. and her silver scar started to burn really really hot. Her bottom really hurt like someone was pulling out something really sharp. Her scars were glowing bright. Her body began to shake like crazy the room started to spin and suddenly the room went black. When she re-gained conciseness, she was somewhere far away and almost completely nude, except for her underwear and bra. She shivered from the cold snow falling lightly on her almost bare skin. And again completely covered in blood, but this time it was not her blood. She could smell that. Wait she could SMELL the difference? When did this happen? And she could hear from really far away, her eyesight also increased. 'Wow was it like this for Manny?' She thought. She tried to get up but she was frozen. She literally couldn't move. She yelled for someone to help her but she was deep in some forest where the smell of blood was so strong. Suddenly she heard a familiar voice calling her name.

"Manny," she tried to scream but only came out as a whisper; she was still frozen even her lips were turning blue. He must have heard her because he was charging through the snow towards her. Once he reached her she was as blue as her hair. Manny/El Tigre gasped at what he saw. His tiger instincts were kicking in and he had to control himself. He had never seen her like this. He stole one glance at her and almost lost complete control. He quickly scooped her up and dashed out of there as fast as he could. Against him, she was warming up fast and she could finally move. She looked up at his face, which was contorted with a mix of concentration, and pure rage. When she got home and dressed, he growled at her, his ears flat against his head and his eyes were full of rage. She only looked at him confused.

"Damn it Frida, this is the third time this week, do you want me to lose control that way?"

"N…no but I don't know how this keeps happening. Honest, I swear." She sobbed.

El Tigre was shocked, "You mean you have no clue how you get there almost without any clothes?"

She nodded slowly, tears staining her cheeks. He gulped and said,

"Yeah right nice story, I really think you hit your head when you were attacked. Speaking of getting attacked…. I'm just wondering how you were able to heal so fast, I mean you were hurt just three days ago and now you don't even have a scratch on you….well except for that silver scar on your hand….wait let me see that for a sec."



She held her hand out and El Tigre examined it first by sniffing it. As he held her hand in his, a slight blush ran across her face.

"You said you had no clue where you were each time or why you were almost nude?"

She nodded slightly trying to make the blush go away, but only deepening it when he stroked the swirly silver scar.

"W-well, a-anything?" she stammered.

"No, it smells different, kinda like sulfur."

He asked, "When does all this chaos normally start?"

"Around 12:00 a.m. every night."

"Well then I'll see you at 12 tonight."

As he left he smiled that heart melting side smile she loved.

The day passed by almost in an instant just like someone pushed the fast-forward button, maybe because it was Saturday. Frida was excited about Manny coming over but she knew her dad would say no. So his arrival was a secret. At 11:50 he had climbed through her window with her not even aware. She came back from the bathroom, with her wet hair, and a toothbrush in her mouth. Manny smiled his heart melting side smile, lounging on her bed. She ran back to the bathroom and spit out the gunk that toothpaste left and came back just as quick.

"Well, that wasn't long," he said lazily

She couldn't help but smile and blush a little. Once he saw her blush, a light blush swept across his face and he just stared into her big cerulean eyes. Moments passed they were just staring and all the sudden Manny leans forward as Frida does. They were only centimeters between them and then Frida collapses in sudden pain. Manny watched helplessly as she struggled. The scars on her hand were brightly glowing and Frida started to change. Her clothes ripped as muscles grew in her arms and legs. Her face began to stretch out into a snout. Light blue hair covered her entire body as a long bushy tail shot through her jeans, nearly destroying them as her hands began to form paws. Manny stood there awestruck as her transformation had finished. He was now staring at a giant, blue, Clydesdale horse sized, wolf. Frida growled at him and then crouched and attacked. Luckily he had the agility of a cat so he could easily dodge. Frida leapt through the open window with ease and bounded down the street. Manny shook himself from his sudden stupor and activated his belt to follow her. As a feral wolf, who knows what she would do, then he remembered the blood surrounding her and his eyes went wide. He needed to stop her but he didn't know how to stop a giant horse-sized feral ware-wolf. When he found her, she had two people cornered growling, stalking them. He roared and she turned around, her eyes were wide and she looked like she recognized him. Her ears erect forwards him as were his. He roared again and she tilted her head to the side curious.

"Frida,"

Manny growled which earned him a playful bark and jumping around the way dogs do when they get playful. He could already see her now silver-colored eyes darken as he got closer. He growled the entire way. When he was only a few feet in front of her, she suddenly growled and launched herself at him. He 

easily dodged, but Frida kept going. He mentally cursed himself and followed Frida's swift gait. Luckily there were a lot of buildings around so he could keep an aerial view on her. She suddenly picked up speed and started to drool. This was never a good sign to a ware-wolf, it meant she was hungry, and there were a lot of people out for some reason. Manny realized this all too late and just watched as millions of people were massacred right in front of his face. Blood drenched her face and chest when the sun had peeked over the volcano. She suddenly noticed him, and leapt on top of the same building Manny was on and just sat there staring at him. At first he was scared, and then he realized she was not going to hurt him. He gulped and cautiously walked over to her with a shaky hand out stretched. She must have seen he was scared so she folded herself and placed her head on her paws still curiously watching him. When he was close enough to her jaws she suddenly clenched them together in a loud click. El Tigre jumped backwards on another building as the blue wolf fought with itself. Then something clicked in El Tigre's head and he gasped, 'she's going to change back any minuet now.' Finally the sun was over head and he saw her change back into the human Frida.

"Oh no," he gasped, "can my instincts take much more of this?"

He jumped over to her covered in blood and lifted her, keeping his eyes trained on her face, which was strikingly beautiful against the glow of the morning sun. It made him drool and weak in the knees. His tail twitched and he couldn't look away. He swallowed the drool in his mouth and that's when she opened her eyes the sunlight glinted off of them making her look even more angelic. Luckily this time she had a shirt on. He still whimpered and looked away. Frida said,

"I know I smell really bad right now but why am I covered in blood again?"

"Oh, uh…you….people…..people….hundreds."

He stammered, still shocked by her beauty.

"Tigre, please take me home now."

"Oh right sorry."

He leapt off the building and she closed her eyes nuzzling into his fur for warmth, which made him purr. She stopped nuzzling because she mistaken it for a growl. He mentally slapped himself for stuttering like an idiot. By now his face was completely red. When he got Frida home, and she got dressed, she gave El Tigre an apologetic look and said,

"I'm really sorry, you probably hate me now. What did I do this time?"

El Tigre changed back to Manny and sighed not really wanting to be the one to explain what she is to her.

"Ah…err…well, you see… to answer your first question of why you were covered in blood well…I'd have to tell you what you are. You see you're not exactly…human."

Frida gave Manny an 'excuse me' look.

"What do you mean I'm not exactly human?" she demanded.

He bit his lip and explained,



"You are a…." he looked away then back at her quickly, "Do you remember the giant wolf you saw in the park?"

Frida nodded

"Well that's what you've become, a Ware-wolf. Only you are bigger, more blue, and fluffier."

Frida gasped as realization sank in. Manny only nodded.

"I can't believe it."

Frida said in a low voice.

"Yup you are."

"No I can't believe you would call me fluffy."

Frida playfully glared at Manny which made him laugh. Frida then noticed the scar on her hand felt hot she began rubbing it without even noticing. Manny noticed and sighed.

"Manny, if what you say is true, what should I do? I would have to leave Miracle City to keep you-I mean it safe."

Frida looked away fast now aware of the cherry red blush that now swept across her face. Manny smiled big and said in a very hero-like voice,

"No you won't chikita, we'll figure out a way to fix this, don't you worry. There is absolutely no way I'm gonna let you leave Miracle City, this I swear. I'll even do research on were-wolves to see if you can be tamed down a little bit."

Frida's eyes got all big and shiny

"Oh, Manny, thank you so much, wait your not mad at me for once?"

She gave him a confused look. And it was then he noticed her eyes were back to their original cobalt color.

"Well, I understand now why you went without clothes. You can't help it."

"Oh thank you Manny, you really don't know how scary it is when you wake up barely dressed in some place covered in blood that isn't your own."

She said in a sob. Manny hugged her and felt a powerful static shock rush through him; he was surprised, the urge to hold her tighter was over powering but he resisted. Her beautiful scent was filling his nose. He reluctantly let go.

"W-w-well I'd better go, it's already 7:00 a.m. and you need to get some sleep."

He threw her one of his half smiles, activated his belt and jumped out the window. Much later that day, Manny was at the school library busy with his research. After about what seemed like forever he finally 

found something on blue were-wolves that looked promising, but gasped at what he read. The article stated: The rarest of all is the blue were-wolf. It is said that the blue were wolf can grow to the size of two large dump trucks and can run faster than a cheetah. Be warned, this were-wolf is un-tamable and has an appetite of a whale shark. If bitten, or even scratched, by one, you will die instantly. The only way to stop them is to destroy them completely, leave no trace of them at all. This

"Oh no, I wont let them hurt Frida! If anyone found out Frida was the blue were-wolf she will be killed,"

Manny whispered on his way to Frida's house, unaware that he was over heard by Santana of the dead. He printed out the page and ran strait to Frida's house, but on the way there he found Santana of the dead headed the same way along with a huge mob of angry citizens. Quickly stuffing the article into his pocket, he spun his belt and jumped in front of Santana and the mob as they were crossing Frida's lawn.

"What is the meaning of this?"

El Tigre growled. Santana chuckled and said,

"Ha, we know what your little friend is. And I can't rob the city if there is no one to rob."

El Tigre snarled and raced to Frida who was sitting quietly enjoying a book on exploding guitars. El Tigre burst into her room and stood protectively in front of her snarling at a mob of citizens and Santana of the dead. El Tigre's fur stood on end; his ears were flat against his head; his fangs were barred; his tail reached around pulling Frida closer.

"Manny, what's going on?"

Frida asked now clinging to El Tigre.

"Well I did some research on what you were and I guess they over heard me. I got to get you out of here and somewhere safe."

He scooped her up bridal style and jumped out the window with the angry mob screaming insults at them. El Tigre ran as fast as they could but every where they went there was another mob so they hid in the same woods Frida was attacked in