She was normal, well what she taught was normal was. She lived in a well-to-do city, went to a private school that sort of thing. She had wonderful dreams and goals. She wanted to get married and have a career, but all of this took a backseat to what she really was. She was born, raised, and shall always remain of the pack. She was a wolf, and loved every minute of it.

She taught she was normal because she had to be. She had to fit in with humans in the city. She didn't mind fitting in for once. She was the odd-ball of the pack, the dreamer. Actually she liked the city. The rush of people, the mixing of noise and music. Really the only thing she hated about leaving the dark, damp, putrid forest was changing her name. She was born bluerose-rain, although it was a common name for her people, to her it was a beautiful name, distinguished. But it had to change; it was now Jane menet, the most uninteresting name she had ever heard. Blue wasn't the only one to change her name, her whole pack had to. So sunset-amber became Samantha smith. Starlight-black became carol Jones. Even her beloved mother's name, oceanruby-rain had to be taken and slashed until nothing remained except leana menet.

Her family had moved to the city out of necessity, lack of food and living space. Although the idea of living in a city repulsed her pack, the ultimate choice was the alpha females, her mothers. Her father had died early on in her life, along with her two brothers. That was during the sickness, they lost half the pack that year. All that was left was three young couples their assorted children, her mother, her, and the elder of the pack, her grandfather.

And then it came time for school...