After reading for a couple hours she glanced at her clock. It was seven forty seven. She would transform at exactly eight seventeen. She stood up carefully so not to hurt her arm. She had a terrible time undressing. She squirmed out of her jeans and very gently using one arm pulled her shirt over her head. Then she pulled off her underwear and bra. Instead of folding then up, which would have been almost impossible anyway, She just gathered them up and exchanged them for a robe on top of an old dresser in the corner of the shed. After covering herself with the robe, that was much to big, she settled back down on the mattress. It was now eight o'clock. She had seventeen minutes. Oh what she would give if she didn't have to do this every month. She just wanted to be normal, like everyone else. But then she thought about Remus. He wasn't normal… he was like her. But before she could get any deeper into that thought it started. She closed her eyes and held her breath. Her bones began to grow and crack, and then her muscles pull and tighten. She threw her head back and cried out as the tears spilled down her cheeks. She felt her flesh stretching until she thought it would rip. Her nose and mouth lengthened into a muzzle and her eyes dilated. The pain was unbearable. She cried out again willing it to stop. More tears came and she didn't try to hold them back. Everything came to a stop…She collapsed on the mattress wide-eyed and fearful. She tilted her head back and howled.

She laid her head back down and was about to go to sleep when she was answered. Not by a dog, but by another werewolf. She jumped up and it took her a second to realize what had happened. She howled again. And once again she was answered. She walked over to the door there must be a way to get out. She jumped up and clawed the door. It was locked. There was only one window and it was boarded up. She went to lay back down when she noticed a crack in the floorboard in the corner. She walked over to it and put one paw on it… it was loose she grabbed it with her mouth and with all her might she pulled. It came loose in her mouth and she laid it aside. She started to dig. After about forty-five minutes she had reached the other side. She threw her head back confidently and let out a long sonnet and she was once again answered. She started to walk away when she heard a noise. It was the sound of someone cocking a gun. Her father stood in the doorway with a shotgun on his shoulder.

"How did you get out?" he said questioningly. "Oh well"

He aimed the gun and luckily Selena jumped out of the way just in time. He shot again and Selena took off. After she was away from the house she stopped running. She closed her eyes and set her mind back to the task she was trying to accomplish. She howled again. When she was headed she could tell she was headed in the right direction. She picked up her pace.

I'm Standing on a bridge
I'm waitin in the dark
I thought that you'd be here by now
Theres nothing but the rain
No footsteps on the ground
I'm listening but theres no sound

She was starting to get tired but she continued on. She howled again to check her position. After changing direction a little she started to pick up the pace again.

Isn't anyone tryin to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life

She had been walking for a long time. She was growing tried by the minute. She stumbled and fell. A howl shattered the night air but it wasn't hers. It was as if the other wolf knew and her wanted her to keep going

Wont you take me by the hand
take me somewhere new
I dont know who you are
but I... I'm with you

She picked herself up and trudged on not knowing where she was going or why, she just felt as though she had to.

im looking for a place
searching for a face
is anybody here i know
cause nothings going right
and everythings a mess
and no one likes to be alone

It was now early morning and she needed to get back home. If she didn't then she couldn't get back to Hogwarts. She couldn't get there on her own and she didn't know anyone who went there. With one last sniff in that direction she turned and headed the other way. The wolf howled again. It took all her might to keep walking away. After a minute she broke into a sprint toward the direction called 'home'.

Isn't anyone tryin to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Wont you take me by the hand
take me somewhere new
I dont know who you are
but I... I'm with you

She reached her house in a matter of hours and climbed through the hole she had dug, threw the dirt and floor board back in place, and walked over to the mattress. The sun was coming up and she readied herself for the transformation back. If hurt just the same but her bones were shrinking and so were her muscles and skin. Luckily it wasn't nearly as long as the other. After it was over she went to move clearly forgetting about having the burden of a broken arm again, and accidentally moved it the wrong way. She shut her eyes tight trying to push the pain out of her mind without much luck. She was to absorbed in the pain to hear the rattle of the door's locks. The door swung open to reveal her dad standing in the doorway.