Hi Guys! I made this story just for fun and because these are the types of stories I like, so enjoy!
My limo rolled up to Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Woman, everything looking exactly the same as it did before summer. If you are reading this that means you have level 4 clearance and know that this really isn't a high school for exceptional students, it's really a high school for exceptional women-shape-shifting women.
Yes, yes, I know you might be saying this is impossible and it's only the sort of things you read in books but this time it's actually true. We have to keep it a secret from the public because, well, we have to. Civilians would start freaking out and suddenly we would all be hunted down. Not that they stood much of a chance against us anyway...
So let me tell you a bit about myself, I am Cameron Ann Morgan but call me Cammie. My nickname is the chameleon because when I don't want to be seen, I'm not. I don't shape-shift into a chameleon; I change into something a bit cooler than that, a wolf. What you change into depends of firstly what your parents shift into and also what your personality is like. I change into a wolf because both my parents were wolves. This has its advantages because as I am a pure breed I am stronger and faster than all the other wolves.
I stared at all the limos next to us and in the one to my right could see one of my best friends, Rebecca Baxter, but you should call her Bex or you WILL get killed. Bex changes into a panther. Thats probably because of her fiery personality, her parents change into a fox and a lion.
In the limo to my left I could see my other best friend Lix Sutton. She was busy typing away at her blackberry, as usual. Lix changes into a chimpanzee, not ideal for fighting but boy was she clever! Lix could sometimes even sense things before they happened which kinda freaked me out a bit.
Once the limo stopped I grabbed my bags and ran straight to my best friends. I gave them a massive hug, nearly killing them doing so.
"Cant. Breathe. Let. Go!" Lix choked.
"Woops, sorry! I just haven't seen you guys in so long! I missed you all so much!"
"Me too!" joined Bex.
Suddenly we were back in another hug. We heard a cough coming from behind us to see who it was. It was Macey. Macey was looking as beautiful as ever, wearing a black lace dress, combat boots and a bright red leather jacket. Her long black hair was wavy and pulled into a side ponytail. It's no wonder she changes into a snow leopard, anything else wouldn't be beautiful enough for her.
"Am I no longer part of the group anymore?" she asked raising her perfectly plucked eyebrow.
"Oh come here Macey!" Liz screamed. Soon we were in another hug even more tightly than before.
"Come on, let's go up to our room," Bex said and so we all followed.
Our room was probably one of the best rooms there was. It was on the top floor and had a tree practically next to the window. With expert precision we threw our bags through the window and began to change. It felt good changing, it hurt the first time but after that it just got better. I missed the feeling of changing; I wasn't allowed to change at my grandparent's ranch in Nebraska because my granddad was human and couldn't know. Changing felt completely right to me. The extension on the bottom of my spine that was my tail, my back legs shortening and my arms lengthening, coming down to floor height and eyesight getting a million times better. Bex had already started climbing the tree, her long jet black legs barely touching the tree as she sprung herself from branch to branch.
I went next, easily jumping from branch to branch and doing so in record time, I fell into the room just after Bex had landed on the floor. Macey elegantly sprung into the room, changing human in mid-flight. It took Lix a bit longer to come up; her body just wasn't made for doing things quickly. She hoisted herself over the windowsill and landed in her comforter by the radiator.
I shifted back to human reluctantly. I loved the feeling of being animal but we have to attend the welcome back dinner in human form. Plus it was easier to talk to each other this way. I mean, we could communicate while in our animal forms, but only through pictures and depending on what animal the other person was it wouldn't always be in colour.
"Come on, let's go down to dinner. My mom said she had some big news she wanted to tell everyone." So with that we made our way down to the grand hall.
Once we had taken our seats and quietened down my mom began speaking.
"Welcome back Ladies. I hope you all had a great summer and are in shape and reading to get going for this semester. There are going to be some changes to the school this year. Firstly Dr Fibs has produced a training program which if you do enough, will allow you to change into whatever animal you want."
There were oooh's and aah's coming from everywhere around the hall. I was pretty excited myself; I had always wanted to try being a bird.
"However ladies, this will only be available to the juniors and seniors." I smirked while everyone younger than me booed and looked disappointed.
"That is not the most major change though. For this year students from Blackthorne School of Shape-shifting will be joining us."
While I sat at the table with my mouth wide open students-or rather animals-bust in from all the doors and started making their way to the tables.
This was going to be an interesting year.
Well what do you think? I'm only going to post one chapter today but will post four more this weekend. Then depending on how many reviews I get I'll see if I continue. I hope you all liked it!
Sophie xxxxx