Chapter One
Rahne Sinclair groaned softly as she sat up in bed, reached up and stretched. She stood up and slipped past her sleeping roommate Amara Aquilla. She padded softly down the hall, towards the bathroom; it would be an hour before anyone else woke up. The wolf slipped inside silently, closing and locking the door behind her. The last thing she wanted was anyone accidentally setting her wolf senses off.
She turned to the mirror glancing at her reflection sleepily at first but then her mind jerked awake and she looked at the mirror closely. Her usual short red hair had grown down her back stopping at her waistline exactly. Rahne blinked at first thinking she was seeing things.
Rahne stared for a while then unlocked the door and headed back to her room. Not knowing what to do about it she pulled her clothes on then slipped downstairs. She headed into kitchen and picked up a pair of the scissors cutting a handful of hair off only to drop what she had cut as before her very eyes her hair grew down to her knees.
" This can't be good" Rahne gasped staring wild-eyed at her reflection. She was snapped out of her stupor when the doorbell rang. Rahne quietly placed the scissors down and headed for the door. 'The mail doesn't come this early' she thought opening the door and glancing down. A package sat on the mat and she bent over picking it up to see whom it was for.
On the cover printed neatly in a slightly spirally writing were the words "to whom it may concern, I give you a gift in turn" it was signed Rahne Sinclair. Rahne closed the door and tore the paper off. An old age beaten book sat in her hands. She opened the book and searched for a title only to find none. She flipped through the pages searching for anything that might tell her where it was from, nothing.
She sighed exasperated and dropped the book onto the couch. The books pages flipped over like there was a wind pushing at it and the pages stopped turning at a specific page. An old letter sat in the book. Rahne stared for a few minutes then picked it up. The envelope hadn't been fastened and there was no writing on the front.
Inside she found a letter, which read quite neatly " a howl of hope, a drop of blood, the truth in life, the trust in death, my life is doomed, your destiny has come".
"Well that makes sense" Rahne growled tossing the letter and envelope down on the book. She turned away from the book and stalked upstairs unhappily. "Perfectly good morning down the drain" she grumbled.
She stopped midway up the stairs her wolf senses on high alert. Her head whipped around staring at a wall. Her wolf senses screamed at her to watch out for the… knife? 'A wall is threatening me with a knife' she thought confused.
Rahne hardly knew what was happening as her ears began to grow out and fur began to sprout. She felt her human mind enclosed in a sort of box and then the wolf side took complete control, she went straight into her werewolf form and shredded the banister.
Amara bolted up in bed as a long piercing howl filled the institute. She glanced over at Rahne's bed only to find it was empty. She lunged out of her bed and hurried to see what was going on.
The sight that met her eyes was Rahne had somehow half transformed and was tearing about out of control destroying a wall. It wasn't long before Jean Grey appeared beside her and mentally reaching out and attempted to induce sleep on her. The wolf fought back and Jean cried out in pain collapsing while clutching her head. Every mutant was out there now just watching.
Finally Professor Charles Xavier, and Wolverine appeared. The professor looked upset about something but nodded at Wolverine who in turn pounced on the werewolf and caught her in a death grip. The professor wheeled himself over and reached out to touch the werewolf's fur. Rahne screamed in pain but then grew quiet slowly transforming back to human form where she immediately lost consciousness and slipped straight through Wolverine's grip at first only to be caught by Wolverine before she hit the floor.
"Put Rahne in a medical bed, Ororo wheel me to my room I need to rest. Scott see to Jean" the professor called out hoarsely his voice fading as he spoke. The mutants nodded moving about fallowing his orders. Rogue appeared beside Amara and together they watched wolverine carry Rahne to medical bay.
What had happened to Rahne's hair and why had she been attacking a wall?