"Crap crap crap!" Camila said as she walked in a circle as the call of a social worker visiting the house was bad news for her and Luz who was still stress-bitting her tail. "Luz, can you stop?" "It helps me, so who's coming to visit?"

"You're too young to understand but someone is visiting us to see how we take care of you just don't panic you know what happens when your emotions get the better of you."

Luz knew as any sign of high emotion would cause her to change to her true self as she shifted to her human form. "I'm scared." "So am I Mija." Soon the family was cleaning every inch of the house to make it stand out as Camila placed a vase of flowers on the kitchen table while Mateo was wiping the windows. "Take a break, my love we take good care of Luz." "What if they don't believe it?" "Nonsense why would they think that?" She said nervously chuckling.

A few months ago

The sounds of screaming came from the Noceda residence which woke up a bunch of neighbors as Camila rushed into Luz's room. "What is it?" Luz simply pointed to the floor to see a large spider on the floor as it crawled around as Camila took off her sandal and started smacking it as Luz screamed closing her eyes as anyone on the outside could only see their silhouettes.

"There now stop screaming alright you'll wake up everyone." "Yes, mama," Luz said as she cried herself to sleep.

Weeks after the spider incident

It was raining outside as Camila was grabbing Luz by her tail. "No your not going outside like that your cold-blooded you'll get a cold now put on a raincoat." "Mud."

"No your not making a mud Angel I just gave you a bath and it's hard to get rid of when you're like this!" Camila said as her hands gave in as she let go as Luz slithered out the window and into the rain as she held her tongue to feel the raindrops and not a minute after her skin turned icy blue as she fell on her side shivering. "Tanto frío." Camila then rushed out of the house as she carried Luz back inside and quickly set the bathtub to the hottest setting before placing Luz in who screamed. "AH! I'M BOILING, HOT HOT HOT!" "Mija calm down."

Camila told her as she started pouring vinegar. "Don't eat me!" "Luz it's for your skin." She said as she started rubbing it on her as Luz calmed down. "So warm..." "Want me to get your glitter bubble bath?" "Si."

Present Time

Soon there was a knock on the door as the couple took a deep breath as Camila answered the door as the social worker walked in and sat down as he pulled out a notepad and a pen. "So before we start where's the child?" "I'll get her," Mateo said as he knocked on Luz's door. "Luz come on out we have a visitor."

"Comming," Luz said as she started shifting to her human form before opening the door and sitting on the couch next to her parents. "Ok, we can start." The social worker then separated them as to personally question them starting with Mateo.

"So how long do you interact with your child?" "Well as much as I try to." "Can you elaborate on that?" He asked Mateo

"My wife insists that I simply work and I only see Luz when we eat and Cam never lets me near her not even to give my daughter a good night kiss." "And why do you think that?"

Mateo then whispered to him "Between you and me I think she just wants to keep her for herself, and she never told when where she got her from." The social worker then started writing on his notepad before moving on to Camila.

"Now Miss Noceda it says here that you mostly homeschooled your daughter before sending her to Elementary school care to explain?" "Well, I just thought she wasn't ready to be near another hum... I mean kids her age she's shy and nervous about most things so I schooled her at home till we decided it was best to send her to school."

"Ok, now you seem to make decisions in your child's life." "Well, she's still young and..." "Where did you find here?" Camila almost gagged. "What?" "Everyone in your neighborhood knows about the "Accident" and what happened after you can't adopt so where did you find her?" "You know in a basket alone, abandoned."

The worker's eyes were of suspicion as he asked "Why don't you let your husband be near her, is he a drinker?" "NO!, he's not sure he drinks a can from time to time but he's never hurt me or Luz he loves us," Camila told him.

"And yet you keep her away from him." "She's not used to him yet." "Most children arent' accustomed to having another parent when they don't interact with them much and also she isn't vaccinated?" "Well, she is sort of..."

And Finally Luz...

"So do you like your parents?" Luz simply nodded. "Ok and what do you think of your father?" "I don't know mama never lets him near me." "And why is that?" "Mama said to never tell." "And why is that?" "It's our secret."

The worker then sighed. "Luz, does your mother hurt you? Hit you? Kick you around?" "No." The worker then pulled out a few papers. "Luz a few weeks ago you went to the hospital due to high exposure to hypothermia care to explain that?"

Luz was shaking her fingers in fear. "I simply went into the rain without a coat." "Luz the rain can give someone just a cold, you were exposed to so much cold it's almost like you were placed in a freezer with the door locked." "It was the rain that's it." "And not before that, there was a police report about screaming from your room as a witness said that they saw your mother hitting you with a sandal and she said it was just a spider."

"It was." "And when the police asked to talk to you your mother shushed them away." "I was crying." "Crying why?" "What she did was scary and I couldn't handle it." "Handel what?"

Luz struggled to remember as she simply made something up. "The number of times Mama used the sandal." "On a spider?" "Just one smack one the spider and... the rest was for..." Luz then burst into tears hiding her face with her hands as the social worker handed her a tissue before finishing his notes.

Soon the Family sat down in the living room as the Social Worker said "Well after talking to all of you it's clear that at least ONE of you tries your best to take care of your child." "One of us?" Mateo asked as the worker looked at Camila with disgust before talking to Luz. "Don't worry after your trial is cleared then your parents will have to deal with their own."

Luz was confused by the words as the Social Worker then left as Camila and Mateo sighed "Well that's over with." "For now." Luz then put on a coat as she walked outside. "Where are you going, young lady?" "I want to apologize to Charlotte properly." "Luz, do you even know where she lives?" "No, but she hangs out at the park."

The couple then looked at her and then at each other. "I'm sure it wouldn't hurt." They were at the park as they walked around as Luz saw Charlotte hanging out with a group of high schoolers as she slowly approached them hearing a conversation.

"You really think staying with a bunch of toddlers will keep you safe? sooner or later you'll come back, now pay up." A fifteen-year-old girl said as Charlotte then ruffled through her pockets handing the girl handful of crumpled bills and coins. "Ten bucks!?" "Hey, those kids get coins and one-dollar bills it hard to..."

"Shut up, although you just earned yourself a free day of not getting toilet water on your head but..." The girl then gut-punched Charlotte as she held her stomach. "What's wrong rich parents can't even hire a damn bodyguard for you?" Two other girls then held Charlotte as the head girl then pulled out a switchblade. "Take her under the tunnel no one except joggers passes that."

They then walked Charlotte under the tunnel as Luz hissed in anger and looked and saw her parents slowly talking to each other as she followed the girls.

"Listen Heather I can..." "Shut up." Heather and her two friends then punched Charlotte over and over before Heather then placed the blade near Charlotte's face. "Hmm can't tell if I want to scar or BLIND your eyes oh wait I'll do both!" Heather said as she yelled in pain as she was whipped causing the knife to slide away. "The hell? SHIT! Patty get the knife before my dad kills me!"

Patty then simply walked around in the dark as she then screamed. "Pat? Regina, Victoria check it out." The two girls did and found Patty on the floor her eyes with terror as she was paralyzed with fright. Soon Regina and Victoria then felt something tug their legs as they tripped and were dragged into the darkness screaming.

"What are you playing here!?" Heather asked Charlotte. "It isn't me I swear!" "You wish, guess fire will work." Heather then pulled a lighter and lit it moving it closer to Charlotte's hair as she then felt something tight wrap around her as she struggled to breathe as she heard hissing. "Stay away from her." Heather then turned around and was face to face with a horrifying monster as it opened its mouth showing its sharp fangs causing her to scream her lungs out as she fainted.

"Well, that was easy," Luz said as she shifted back and turned around to find Charlotte staring at her as she asked. "What the hell are you?"

The chapter is done also I may or may not have added a small horror reference if you get it.