Sam's POV

I stayed out on the balcony until the sun started to rise. It's colors erased the inky black sky and brightened up the world. I stood up from the lawn chair and stretched my incredibly stiff legs. I wobbled back through the window and stopped at Carly's door. I pressed my ear against the wood and listened. No voices or whispers so I opened the door quietly. The living room was deserted to I plopped down on the couch. I started to unwind the bandages on my arms and wrists. My arms were scratched and a purplish color. It grossed me out a little as I threw the bandages away in the trash can. I went into the bathroom to take off the ones on my forehead.

I looked in the mirror as I removed the last bit of gauze. Nothing too bad but there was a mildly deep scar the slashed through my right eyebrow and ended right above my eye. I rubbed it with my fingers. It felt foreign on my skin. I tried to get used to the scar as I looked at it from different angles. I felt like that bad dude from The Lion King with the scar on his eye. I chuckled and started to roar in the mirror.

"Run Simba, run away and never return." I quoted in my lion voice. I heard a laugh behind me. Freddie was leaning against the door frame laughing at my lion impersonations.

"Uncle Scar, will I like this surprise?" he said.

"Simba, it's to DIE for." I said back. Freddie and I laughed and said more quotes from the movie. Freddie put his finger on the scar and traced it down to my eye.

"I think it's kinda cute." He said smiling. "You look like one of those badass chicks from an action movie."

"Eh, I guess I'll have to get used to it."

"Hey you wanna watch a movie?" Freddie asked suddenly.

"Yeah! But I get to pick it out." I said shoving him aside and running to the living room. It was pretty obvious what I chose. Freddie popped in The Lion King and we sat on the couch together. He poked me in the stomach when Scar first appeared on the screen.

Everything was cool up until the part where Simba met Nala and they started to play that stupid love song. It made me realize and remember that Freddie was with Carly. The scene played back in my head as Freddie nuzzled Carly on the muzzle.

"Hey Freddie?"

"Mmm?" he hummed. His head was on top of mine as I rested my head on top of his shoulder.

"Are you and Carly…Together?" I said shyly.

"No, what makes you think that?" he said looking me in the eye.

"Well I saw you guys, y'know, nuzzling outside my window." I blushed deep red. Freddie chuckled and squeezed my shoulders.

"That? No way, she was teaching me how to properly nuzzle someone. It was all fake." He said.

"Seriously?" I said. I sighed in relief and snuggled closer to Freddie. His arm way draped around my shoulders. He kissed my head right as Simba and Nala were "kissing" or whatever lions do. My eyes started to droop as the movie ended. I fell into a nightmare.

I was back in the snow dying. There was so much blood. Freddie was laughing at my pain as he and Carly held hands. Freddie called someone but I couldn't hear. Cinders and Austin melted out of the shadows. Their eyes were bright red and their faces were bloodstained. They closed in on me as I cried out for help. Austin started to drag me away and suddenly, we were on a cliff. I dug my claws into the rock and yelled for help. Freddie stood above me, his fur rustling in the wind.

"Freddie! Help me! I'm slipping!" Freddie dug his own claws into my paws. He leaned closer and whispered into my ear.

"Good bye Sam." My eyes widened as he threw me from the rock. I screamed as I fell down into the sea of flames licking at my feet.

I awoke screamed and sobbing uncontrollably. I reached out for Freddie but he was gone. I buried my face in the pillow and screamed more. I felt a pair of arms shaking me.

"Sam! Sam calm down!" I grabbed the arms and hugged the person shaking me. I sobbed into their shoulder as I struggled to gain control. Freddie hugged me very tight and whispered in my ear. But nothing could calm me down. I felt fur sprouting from my body and my limbs stretching. I roared as I phased into a wolf. I ran around the room hitting my head on the wall and trying to control myself. Freddie was standing in front of me trying to calm me down. Carly burst through the door and looked at me in shock.

"Freddie what's wrong with her!" Carly yelled.

"She's lost control! She had some kind of emotional breakdown from a nightmare!" Freddie yelled back over my noise. I clawed at my head and face trying to erase the images. I rolled on the ground as Freddie morphed into a wolf. He jumped on top of my and held me down. I struggled and struggled. I finally threw him off and jumped out a window. I ran in circles and crashed into oncoming cars. Freddie and Carly were now chasing me as I ran uncontrollably. Freddie finally cornered me as I ran into an alley.

"Sam! You have to calm down!" he said. I dug my claws into my face, drawing blood. Freddie and Carly held me down together as I fought and snapped at them. I soon fell limp with exhaustion.

"Freddie, you go somewhere else. She'll turn back human any second and I brought clothes." I heard Freddie trotting away as my limbs shrunk and fur retreated back into my skin. Carly put a shirt and some Spider-Man boxers on me. She was smiling at me with her sharp teeth and white fur. I wrapped my arms around her large neck and sobbed into her furry shoulder. I climbed onto her back and she ran back to Bushwell Plaza. She put me down and told me to wait for a second. I cried into my arms as she came back human. She picked me up off the ground and helped me walk to the elevator and into their apartment. The living room was a wreck. The walls had holes in them and the couch was turned over. There were claw marks in the carpet and the coffee table was smashed.

Freddie arms wrapped around me as he pulled me into his lap. He rocked me back and forth and hummed in my ear softly. My sobs soon subsided and I fell into a dreamless sleep in his arms.

Freddie's POV (of Sam's breakdown)

I heard Sam screaming and crying in the living room where I left her so I could use the bathroom. She was holding onto a pillow and sobbing harder than I thought possible. I grabbed her shoulders and tried to calm her down.

"Sam! Sam calm down!" She squeezed my arms TIGHT and buried her face in my shoulder. I tried so hard to calm her down. I felt her shudder and fur sprouted from her body. No, I can't let her phase! I held on tighter but it was no use. She phased into a wolf. I watched as Sam backed into a corner roaring as she clawed at her face. She knocked herself over in a complete breakdown. Running into walls and crashing around the room, Sam was losing control fast.

"Freddie what's wrong with her!" Carly yelled as she burst through the door.

"She's lost control! She had some kind of emotional breakdown from a nightmare!" I yelled back over the noise. I needed to stop her before she seriously hurt herself. I morphed and jumped on top of her. Sam struggled against my grip and finally broke free and jumped out a window.

"Carly, help me!" I called jumping through the window. Sam was in the street as cars crashed into her. I chased her with Carly right behind me. She kept falling over as she ran. I finally got her into a corner where me and Carly pinned her down until her ragged breathing slowed and she fell limp.

"Freddie, you go somewhere else. She'll turn back human any second now and I brought clothes." Carly said as she held Sam. I ran into the next alley over as I heard the now human Sam sobbing into Carly's shoulder. I saw Carly run out with Sam on her back. She was wearing a T-shirt and some Spider-Man boxers. I followed closely behind until we reached Bushwell Plaza. I went into another alley and changed into a human. I threw on my clothes and waited for Carly to bring Sam upstairs. They came through the elevator. Carly help Sam and put her gently into my lap.

I rocked her back and forth until she fell into a peaceful sleep.