"School? Here? I thought you said zis place waz only temporary!" Rahne said over a breakfast of toast and micro waved pancakes.
"Yes well, you know how things are, and we might be staying here a little bit longer until I can find a house," Rahne's mother replied.
"But I could help you! I don't want to go to school here! It makes it seem like we would be here forever!" Rahne desperately cried out, waving a hand at the room they were eating in. In the kitchen there was a microwave, a few cabinets, and a small countertop. The table they were sitting at seemed small enough to put in a child's playhouse.
"Rahne, please, just look at the school, it'z just down the street so all you have to do to get there iz…"
"Okay! Fine! I will 'check out' zis school. Whatever!" Rahne said, storming into her room.
"But…" her mom said meekly as the door of her daughter's room slammed shut.
It was just like any other day in New York. Cold. Rahne shifted through the belongings in her suitcase to get her jacket. She wasn't allowed to take her uniform when she left, but they did let her keep the X-jacket she was buttoning up now. Rushing through the apartment, Rahne opened the front door of the apartment the led to the stairs to escape another lecture from her mother. Locking the door behind her, Rahne left her brooding mother by herself to think. Rahne felt terrible when it was like this between her and her mother, but she had to be strong with her. She was pushing Rahne too fast, blinded by her desire to have the best for Rahne, her misguided way of taking away Rahne's old life was the worst thing she could have done, even though she was only trying to protect her. Rahne's had the power to transform into a wolf, which showed through her personality, in or out of animal form. Rahne hated being protected-it made her feel weak, and she wanted to suffer alongside her friends who accepted and understood her, rather than alone.
'That's what I am now,' Rahne though bitterly, skipping the last step, 'A lone wolf.'