Title: Falling Snow

Chapter 4: Collars and Panties

"talking" 'thinking' 'dark Haru thoughts' "Dark Haru Speech"

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX TOHRU XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

The fog began to lift on my otherwise confused mind and I couldn't help but moan at the bone deep chill, the hard surface I was laying on and the strong draft flitting across my cold body. I picked up my head and began to move into a sitting position but hadn't opened my eyes yet. Taking a breath to clear away the last of the fog I slowly cracked open my eyes and was met the sight of the familiar concrete structure our group used to restrain ourselves when one of us got so out of hand that we had to be temporarily put into a drug fueled coma. The whole room its self was a basic cell with four walls, a floor, a partial sun roof and one of the walls had steel bars like any prison cell. If one were to leave through the door one would find a set of stairs that led to a small door which opened up to a privately owned camp site. However the room was also enhanced with 5 sets of chains. 4 chains led to steel cuffs and the 5th led to a steel collar. There were two other rooms exactly like this one. No one really knew it but Ou, Hana, and I were shape shifters. When I get out of control I tend to take on the form of a demon wolf, Ou and Hana both tended to take the same shapes but they could also shift to other desired animals as well it just depended on their mood before they decided to shift.

"OU! HANA!" I screamed and knew they would surely hear me. I was irritated at the fact that I was cuffed and collared like a common stray, but what made it worse was the fact that I was completely nude. I growled with agitation at not hearing anything. Right as I was about to yell again the sound of footsteps came down the stairs. I got up on two legs, crossed my arms and waited. Soon enough Hana and Ou stood before me.

"Well?" Hana asked with a raised brow.

"Well what?!" I snapped back.

"Well, what do you think your doing throwing up a barrier and shifting forms like that at school?! Well what do you think you were doing with that boy?! WELL DO YOU KNOW HOW CLSOE YOU WERE TO BEING CAUGHT?! DO YOU HAVEANY IDEA?!" Arisa was shouting angry. I sunk down and allowed my hands to rest in my lap. My irritation and anger gone.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what happened. One minute I was sitting with Haru waiting for lunch and the next I woke up here."

"Sorry ISN'T guna cut it Tohru. There's already a missing persons report on that guy you ate the other night. And another thing, those boys saw you and Haru, the only thing they didn't see was you in your wolf form. Your lucky I had other clothes on. When are you guna learn to be more careful? We've been waiting for two days for you to wake up." By the end of her speech Ou had turned her back on me.

"Well Hana how long should we keep her locked up in here?" I was shocked, surely they couldn't be serious about leaving me here.

"I dunno, were supposed to meet them in two days. We could leave her here till then or we could just leave her and think about letting her out when we get back. After all she'll be in heat in about three days. Shell just be right back here anyway." I let out a sharp whine and slowly got on all fours and crawled as close as I could but I was still a foot short of reaching the bars.

"Please let me out, I'll be good I promise!" I begged.

"I dunno Tohru, the closer it gets to that time, the harder you are to handle." Hana was in reservation. Ou made a sound to show her agreement.

"Please! I'll behave, if I don't you can do whatever you think is best." I begged and hoped it would work.

"Fiinnnee, but if you so much as look the wrong way you'll be forced to change into your small form, you'll be muzzled and brought right back here for three weeks, without clothes." I winced and blushed but nodded. She smiled, turned and walked out Ou tossed me a scrap of clothing and I grimaced. In my hands lay a soft, cotton, red and silver summer dress. Spaghetti straps and it landed about mid-thigh. I tugged it on and began to look for my beloved panties only to realize I wasn't given any. My face turned a deep scarlet and I started yelling for them to come back.

XXXXXXXXXXXX TWO DAYS AND ONE PAIR OF PANTIES LATER XXXXXXXXXX

"You guys suck!" I whined as I tugged the bottom of my dress down as far as I could get it.

"Stop complaining. We could have just left you where you were. Besides you were suspended for eight weeks anyway which just so conveniently ends just as two weeks after you come out of heat so we really have nothing better to do than let you relax in your favorite room." Arisa's smile was not the warmest but I knew I wouldn't get any type of sympathy since they were both still mad at me for the little fiasco a couple days before hand.

"Oh come on! I said I was sorry!" I floundered and threw my hands up in the air.

"At least we gave you panties, not hush were here." Ou snapped back.