The New Girl
Settling In?
Kerri is sitting typing at her laptop and the clock beside her reads 7:40am 'The day I started the change turned my world upside down. I was shunned by my boarding school for 'gifted' children, but really it was a hide out for witches, pride (pride animals have cat like abilities, and the strongest of the pride can transform into a range of wild cats), 1/2 breeds and rarely wolven, I got to be a mad creation, my dad was an Alpha of a pack somewhere and didn't really give a damn about me, my mum was a ½ breed, witch and pride, but the witch in her was the strongest, just like, me till now I had been at the school all my life, when my mum got pregnant with me we came here and she became a teacher and I was an honorary student, but she died when I was 10. My dad never visited but wrote twice a year, Christmas and my birthday, wow wasn't I lucky??
Now I live in a town called Wolf Lake as you can probably guess it's my new pack and home, I have family here, which I suppose will be cool.'
"Kerri!! Breakfast is on the table get a move on" shouts Sherman "Okay okay" running down the stairs, "I know I know school starts gotta be there early and all that" replies Kerri rolling her eyes "Don't you start! Sophia does exactly the same when I tell her to do something" "When do I get to meet people and tell them who I am??" staring at her great uncle, wise keeper of the pack, seems just grumpy old man to me "Not yet" Sighing "Why not? You don't think people will notice??" the sarcasm in the voice revealing the frustration behind it. "I hate being cooped up I am an athlete and I need to run to jump...." "Just eat something and get your bag will you? to himself ...you kids... all the same, me me me me" "I heard that!!" Kerri shouted in reply
Walking through the corridors Kerri could feel the stares of skin walker and human alike, it made her skin crawl and she knew it would blow over but it didn't ease her feelings The first class was physics just a great way to start the day.... Walking in she was escorted to a seat in amongst what she was sure were skin walkers, the teacher also had that level of authority that came from being a skin walker. He noticed her straight away, her hair so dark, tied cutely in pigtails, those emerald eyes, and the scent of the change hanging in the air mixing in with the smell of cinnamon.
"Sherman just who or what is this new girl? You have taken her under your wing and she's been staying with you for over a week, yet you have not come to me!" Stated Vivian staying calm but wanting to rage "She's a relative of mine... rubbing his hands through his hair.... She's my sister Ellen's granddaughter, Ebony's little girl." Sighing as the stress of cooping a strong woman up was getting to him "So she's a ½ breed of witch and pride?" "No" interjected Matt
"Then what? What else can she be?" "A part of us" Matt stated flatly "Kerri was fathered by the Alpha of the pack over in Pine Creek" "When?" "Oooh bout 18 years ago" laughed Sherman "Don't get smart, what does this mean for us? She doesn't belong to our pack; she should go to Pine Creek" "I can't. My dad doesn't want to know,"
"Why aren't you in school??" raged Sherman Both Viv and Matt stepped back shocked at his show of emotion, but Kerri stood firm "Check your watch its lunch time! And you said come find me, so I followed my nose" "Kerri this is the Alpha couple Viv, and your Uncle Matt" "Hi", sheepishly "Sorry I came straight in; the door was open and the guy in the kitchen said to come in" "Luke! You home??" shouted Viv "Yeah me and Sophia are grabbing lunch then heading back" "Sophia's here??" Asked an excited Kerri "Did someone shout of me?" asked Sophia as she stepped into the living room her dark hair hanging loose around her shoulders "Kerri, wow it's so good to finally see you properly" Sophia squealed as she ran across the room to give Kerri a truly warm hug "You were aware of Kerri's existence then Sophia?" asked Viv accusingly, annoyed that she had been left out of the whole situation "Yeah, sure me and Kerri have been talking online since Sherman found out she was starting to show signs of flipping and arranged web chats between us, sorting out school stuff, you know..." "Soph" Luke called gently "Yeah" "Its time to head back" trying to diffuse the tension he sensed in his mom "Kerri will stay here." An angry looking Viv stated "Sophia you will make excuses for her since she's in your class next, okay?" "Sure Sherman, see ya in history" called Sophia worried she'd caused a big mess back at the mansion
Luke and Sophia chat quietly as they slowly walk down the hill towards the main part of town, and school.
"It'll be okay, she seems strong minded enough, I mean you heard how she spoke to Sherman" "Yeah and how he spoke back," laughed Sophia gently "So Sherman is your Great uncle???" asked Luke confused as to how no one at all had told him this. Reading his thoughts she told him over their private link "no one told you because only my dad, Sherman and my mom knew" "So how did you find out?" "Sherman told me when Kerri's school had told him she was starting the change"
As they went separate ways through the school Luke called over the private link "see you in history" and the sound of his laughter continued through her mind as she entered the English lit. class
"Sherman explain your actions" yelled a now furious Viv "Don't yell at him! It's not his fault" yelled Kerri angry that her Pops, as she had now nicknamed him, was being treated. "Kerri it's not wise to raise your voice to the Alpha, no matter how mad you are" said Sherman not wanting her to be in trouble on her first meeting with the Alphas "Your nature being kept a secret is his fault; he was the one keeping it quiet" "He was protecting me; I hadn't managed to flip till yesterday and he's been getting in touch with my dad." "You didn't flip till yesterday?" Matt asked curious as to how long she'd been in the process of the change; Sophia had taken 2 months, "No not properly, and I have been in the process for bout 4 months, I know you were curious" laughed Kerri But I wasn't broadcasting thought Matt to him self "No you weren't "stated Kerri, curious to what his reaction to that would be, "Then how do you know my thoughts?" asked a puzzled Matt "I am part witch! Had you forgotten that? I can occasionally read minds, but I don't do it often, it tends to cause too much trouble" "I remember,"
"That still doesn't excuse you for not telling me Sherman" Viv said a tad too coldly for Kerri's liking "I honestly didn't think she'd be staying here long enough to even start school or become a trouble" "But my dads a dick!" said Kerri with her voice laced with hated and her eyes flashing a bright gold before returning to their emerald green. "I will call a pack meeting tonight to introduce a new member, there won't be any trouble from Pine Creek will there?" asked Viv suddenly worried bout implications of welcoming another Alphas daughter into her pack. "There shouldn't be my dad made it perfectly clear I was not to contact him ever again, and besides I'm Sophia's cousin and Sherman's great niece so I am already family in a way" Kerri pointed out "Then Sherman" "Yes Matt" looking up from where he had sat down moment before "Bring Kerri to the woods at seven tonight, have you told anyone who you are Kerri??" asked Matt "No, Sophia and Luke are the only other people aware of who I am, here in Wolf Lake" "Good then go home now with Sherman and he'll bring you to the meeting safely"
Settling In?
Kerri is sitting typing at her laptop and the clock beside her reads 7:40am 'The day I started the change turned my world upside down. I was shunned by my boarding school for 'gifted' children, but really it was a hide out for witches, pride (pride animals have cat like abilities, and the strongest of the pride can transform into a range of wild cats), 1/2 breeds and rarely wolven, I got to be a mad creation, my dad was an Alpha of a pack somewhere and didn't really give a damn about me, my mum was a ½ breed, witch and pride, but the witch in her was the strongest, just like, me till now I had been at the school all my life, when my mum got pregnant with me we came here and she became a teacher and I was an honorary student, but she died when I was 10. My dad never visited but wrote twice a year, Christmas and my birthday, wow wasn't I lucky??
Now I live in a town called Wolf Lake as you can probably guess it's my new pack and home, I have family here, which I suppose will be cool.'
"Kerri!! Breakfast is on the table get a move on" shouts Sherman "Okay okay" running down the stairs, "I know I know school starts gotta be there early and all that" replies Kerri rolling her eyes "Don't you start! Sophia does exactly the same when I tell her to do something" "When do I get to meet people and tell them who I am??" staring at her great uncle, wise keeper of the pack, seems just grumpy old man to me "Not yet" Sighing "Why not? You don't think people will notice??" the sarcasm in the voice revealing the frustration behind it. "I hate being cooped up I am an athlete and I need to run to jump...." "Just eat something and get your bag will you? to himself ...you kids... all the same, me me me me" "I heard that!!" Kerri shouted in reply
Walking through the corridors Kerri could feel the stares of skin walker and human alike, it made her skin crawl and she knew it would blow over but it didn't ease her feelings The first class was physics just a great way to start the day.... Walking in she was escorted to a seat in amongst what she was sure were skin walkers, the teacher also had that level of authority that came from being a skin walker. He noticed her straight away, her hair so dark, tied cutely in pigtails, those emerald eyes, and the scent of the change hanging in the air mixing in with the smell of cinnamon.
"Sherman just who or what is this new girl? You have taken her under your wing and she's been staying with you for over a week, yet you have not come to me!" Stated Vivian staying calm but wanting to rage "She's a relative of mine... rubbing his hands through his hair.... She's my sister Ellen's granddaughter, Ebony's little girl." Sighing as the stress of cooping a strong woman up was getting to him "So she's a ½ breed of witch and pride?" "No" interjected Matt
"Then what? What else can she be?" "A part of us" Matt stated flatly "Kerri was fathered by the Alpha of the pack over in Pine Creek" "When?" "Oooh bout 18 years ago" laughed Sherman "Don't get smart, what does this mean for us? She doesn't belong to our pack; she should go to Pine Creek" "I can't. My dad doesn't want to know,"
"Why aren't you in school??" raged Sherman Both Viv and Matt stepped back shocked at his show of emotion, but Kerri stood firm "Check your watch its lunch time! And you said come find me, so I followed my nose" "Kerri this is the Alpha couple Viv, and your Uncle Matt" "Hi", sheepishly "Sorry I came straight in; the door was open and the guy in the kitchen said to come in" "Luke! You home??" shouted Viv "Yeah me and Sophia are grabbing lunch then heading back" "Sophia's here??" Asked an excited Kerri "Did someone shout of me?" asked Sophia as she stepped into the living room her dark hair hanging loose around her shoulders "Kerri, wow it's so good to finally see you properly" Sophia squealed as she ran across the room to give Kerri a truly warm hug "You were aware of Kerri's existence then Sophia?" asked Viv accusingly, annoyed that she had been left out of the whole situation "Yeah, sure me and Kerri have been talking online since Sherman found out she was starting to show signs of flipping and arranged web chats between us, sorting out school stuff, you know..." "Soph" Luke called gently "Yeah" "Its time to head back" trying to diffuse the tension he sensed in his mom "Kerri will stay here." An angry looking Viv stated "Sophia you will make excuses for her since she's in your class next, okay?" "Sure Sherman, see ya in history" called Sophia worried she'd caused a big mess back at the mansion
Luke and Sophia chat quietly as they slowly walk down the hill towards the main part of town, and school.
"It'll be okay, she seems strong minded enough, I mean you heard how she spoke to Sherman" "Yeah and how he spoke back," laughed Sophia gently "So Sherman is your Great uncle???" asked Luke confused as to how no one at all had told him this. Reading his thoughts she told him over their private link "no one told you because only my dad, Sherman and my mom knew" "So how did you find out?" "Sherman told me when Kerri's school had told him she was starting the change"
As they went separate ways through the school Luke called over the private link "see you in history" and the sound of his laughter continued through her mind as she entered the English lit. class
"Sherman explain your actions" yelled a now furious Viv "Don't yell at him! It's not his fault" yelled Kerri angry that her Pops, as she had now nicknamed him, was being treated. "Kerri it's not wise to raise your voice to the Alpha, no matter how mad you are" said Sherman not wanting her to be in trouble on her first meeting with the Alphas "Your nature being kept a secret is his fault; he was the one keeping it quiet" "He was protecting me; I hadn't managed to flip till yesterday and he's been getting in touch with my dad." "You didn't flip till yesterday?" Matt asked curious as to how long she'd been in the process of the change; Sophia had taken 2 months, "No not properly, and I have been in the process for bout 4 months, I know you were curious" laughed Kerri But I wasn't broadcasting thought Matt to him self "No you weren't "stated Kerri, curious to what his reaction to that would be, "Then how do you know my thoughts?" asked a puzzled Matt "I am part witch! Had you forgotten that? I can occasionally read minds, but I don't do it often, it tends to cause too much trouble" "I remember,"
"That still doesn't excuse you for not telling me Sherman" Viv said a tad too coldly for Kerri's liking "I honestly didn't think she'd be staying here long enough to even start school or become a trouble" "But my dads a dick!" said Kerri with her voice laced with hated and her eyes flashing a bright gold before returning to their emerald green. "I will call a pack meeting tonight to introduce a new member, there won't be any trouble from Pine Creek will there?" asked Viv suddenly worried bout implications of welcoming another Alphas daughter into her pack. "There shouldn't be my dad made it perfectly clear I was not to contact him ever again, and besides I'm Sophia's cousin and Sherman's great niece so I am already family in a way" Kerri pointed out "Then Sherman" "Yes Matt" looking up from where he had sat down moment before "Bring Kerri to the woods at seven tonight, have you told anyone who you are Kerri??" asked Matt "No, Sophia and Luke are the only other people aware of who I am, here in Wolf Lake" "Good then go home now with Sherman and he'll bring you to the meeting safely"