It was Wednesday and the last class of the day. Tina kept checking on me every hour just to make sure I was ok. I kept looking at the clock for the bell to ring, five minutes. Come on five minutes, go fast. I was hitting my pencil against my desk and biting my bottom lip. I was a little worried for tonight, something didn't feel right. I've had that same dream again, every time I fell asleep. I wanted to tell the Sons about my dream but I didn't want to worry them. They were happy and getting on with their lives ever since Chase had been destroyed. They didn't need to get scared for something that probably wasn't going to happen. No need to worry them.

RING

The bell, thank goodness. I grabbed my books and walked out the door. I waited for Tina at the entrance of the school. She walked out and smiled at me.

"Ready?"

"Yeah, I guess," I said shrugging.

I held my books close to my chest and stared at the ground. I could tell the curse was getting to me I wasn't feeling too well, and this is how it starts. Tina was talking about her day and then looked behind her.

"Hey, you guys," he said walking up to us and kissing Tina's cheek.

"Hi," she said blushing and smiling at him while grabbing his hand.

"Hey Tyler," I said in a raspy voice and looked at him.

"Erica, are you ok?" he asked moving over to me and putting his hand on my shoulder.

"Yeah, yeah," I said shrugging and then looking at the ground. I looked at him again and Tyler scrunched his forehead. "Your eyes, they're…"

"Blood vessel popped," said Tina quickly. I put my head down, my hair covering my face.

"Yo, what's happening people?!" yelled Reid coming up to us.

"Popping blood vessels don't do that Tina," said Tyler looking at her strangely.

"Do what?" asked Reid confused. He looked at me and I wouldn't look at anyone.

"I really have to go you guys," I said backing up.

"I'll come with you," said Tina. She turned to the guys. "We'll talk later, ok?"

Tyler nodded and kissed her goodbye. Tina hurried over to me and put her arm around me.

"Um, aren't we suppose to be going to the dorms?" asked Reid eyeing us up as we walked towards the dorms. Tyler shrugged and they kept a safe distance from us.

"Everything will be ok," whispered Tina.

"What are you going to tell him?" I asked opening the door to the dorms.

"That you're sick."

I rolled my eyes. I was so not feeling well. "So, are my eyes that terrible looking?" I laughed.

"Just the usual looking when you're about to…"

"I get it." I looked at some of the people walking by but made sure that they didn't look me in the eyes. No one else needs to see this, too many people, too many wonders. I really don't need that.

We opened the door to our room and walked in. I sat on my bed and leaned against the wall that was next to my bed, and on the other side was Reid's bed. No, don't think about him right now, I have tonight to worry about. I need to make sure that I can get out of here without anyone seeing me.

"How are you sleeping?" Tina asked sitting at our desk and turning on the computer.

"Horribly, I keep having the dream. The one where I'm saving the Sons and I go chasing after that thing and it hits me in the back of the head and I wake up. UGH! This is so frustrating." I looked at the clock, it was only three. I have until 11:30 to get out of here. If I'm not out of here by twelve then there was going to be some serious problems.

I heard some noises coming from Tyler and Reid's dorm and I put my ear to the wall. There was a lot of walking around; maybe all four of them were in their bedroom.

"I'm telling you something was wrong with her eyes," I heard Tyler tell them.

I stiffened. This was not good.

"Maybe it was just a popped blood vessel like Tina said," said Caleb.

"You're not worried about this are you?" asked Tyler.

I heard someone sit on Reid's bed and hit the wall. I jumped and backed away.

"Are you ok?" asked Tina.

I whipped my head around and smiled. "Uh, yeah."

"Are you spying?"

"Maybe."

She smirked at me and looked back at the computer. The rest of the evening was so long. I couldn't take waiting for my transformation. The more the hours passed the more pain I would be in. Around 5 there was a knock on the door and I was pouring in sweat from the pain I was feeling. I looked at the door and then at Tina. She got up from her bed and cracked the door open.

"Oh, hey guys, it's not really the best time, Erica's really sick," she said to whoever was at the door.

"Would she be ok?" I heard Reid ask. Why the hell is he asking? Why does he care? Not like I'm that important to him.

"She should be fine soon…"

"If she's that sick, shouldn't she be in the infirmary?" asked Caleb. I saw the door open a little bit more, like someone was trying to open it up to see inside but Tina's leg shot at it and blocked the door.

"It's not that horrible, Caleb. She probably just has the flu."

"Are her eyes the same?" I heard Tyler ask.

I cracked up at that and lay down on my bed. Tina shot me a look as in be the hell quiet so I can get out of this damn position. I closed my eyes and listened to more of the conversation.

"Hope she feels better," said Caleb.

"Tell her to get better really soon, we have a date on Friday," said Reid and if I know Reid, he was smirking at Tina. Tina shut the door and locked it. I knew why, she probably didn't trust them. I don't blame her; I would have done the same thing.

Around eleven is when the pain was really unbearable. I put on my sweatpants and tank top, Tina put her coat on and gloves. She's dressed normal for January weather while I dressed for what looked like summer morning weather. I was burning up because of my transformation. When it was 11:25 Tina put her shoes on and helped me out of bed. She put her arms around my shoulders and opened the door. She poked her head out to see if anyone was in the hallway. When she saw that it was clear she quickly drug me out into the hallway. She closed the door and we tried our best at running down the hallway. The way the pain was in my body, there was no way I was really in a running mood, but we couldn't let anyone catch us. But when we hit the stairs that's when we heard footsteps behind us and then a voice.

"Tina?" It was Tyler.

Tina turned around quickly then looked at her phone 11:30, not good. "Um, Tyler, it's not really the best time."

"Is that Erica?"

"Please Tyler…"

But Tyler was at our sides so fast that he turned me around to look at me, I must have been horrible looking. I fell to the floor and looked up at him. I felt tears fall down my cheeks. Tyler backed away a little and just kept staring at me.

"Tina…I can't stay here…" I said in my raspy voice. "We have no…time." Pain. Oh my goodness the pain was so horrible. I cried out a little and lay on the floor. I scraped my nails across the tiles of the floor leaving scratch marks in the floor. No human could have done that. Tina grabbed my arm and helped me up.

"Tina, be careful, you don't know…"

"No," said Tina looking at Tyler. "You don't know. I don't know if you will believe me if I tell you."

"Have him help," I whispered.

"What?" asked Tina shocked.

"No secrets." I shook my head and smiled weakly at the two of them. "You can't start a relationship off with secrets, even if it's your best friend's secret."

"But, Erica…"

I shook my head and looked up at Tyler. He nodded in understanding and walked to my other side and put his arm around me. They both carried me out of the dorm building.

"Where to?" asked Tyler looking at Tina.

"The forest."

The three of us quickly walked over to the forest. They brought me deep into the forest, Tina knew where to go. She's been doing this for years now. And I thank her for this, but I hope Tyler would know to keep this a secret from his brothers. I sat down on the forest floor and looked up at them.

"Time?"

Tina took out her phone. "11:47."

I nodded and laid down closing my eyes. I opened them up to look at Tyler. "Tyler, you have to promise not to tell your friends or anyone about what you have witnessed tonight. Please, it's just too hard to have Tina worry about me, I don't need you guys either."

"So the legend is true, you're our protector."

I nodded. "Don't ask about the beginning of this year with Chase. It's such a long story."

"Don't worry Erica, I won't tell them. I promise."

"So, wait, Tyler, you are really a…" started Tina.

Tyler finished. "Witch."

"Well, if my best friend is a werewolf, why can't the guy I'm dating be a witch?"

I tried to laugh but if hurt too much. "Time?"

"11:50."

"Better go soon; this part is very horrible to the human eyes."

Tyler nodded and Tina took the clothes out of the bag that she carried out with her and put them under a little bush. She always put her perfume on the clothes so I knew where to sniff before I turned back human.

"Thanks you guys," I said. Tina grabbed Tyler's hand and walked back towards the dorms. I could hear the time clicking away in my head. I laid there staring up at the night sky. It was time. I screamed in pain and rolled over onto my stomach. I grabbed my stomach and screamed again. I felt the changes, the horrible changes, and the horrible pain. I blinked seeing my eyes change before me, at first everything was blurry now I can see, different then human eyes, they were hunters eyes, night vision. I looked down at my hands to see them changing into paws. I felt myself getting taller. I screamed again in pain and blacked out, only for a minute, so the transformation will complete. I opened my eyes to see myself as a wolf. I howled at the moon and I knew Tyler and Tina heard me. I looked behind me, where they took off and then ran in front of me. Just running, basically what I did the whole time I was a wolf, I wouldn't eat, oh no eww gross. I would wait until I was human again to eat. I ran all the way to the other end of Ipswich, to the beautiful lake where fathers took their sons to go fishing, where me and Tina went skinny dipping last year on the first warm day of summer. I walked over to the lake and stared at my reflection. I had dark brown fur, like my hair, and my green eyes. If someone who knew me, really knew me, looked into my wolf eyes, they would know that it was me, my soul trapped inside this form forever. I decided to rest and take a nap by the lake until the sun came up. When it was day time, you couldn't see the moon, but I knew it was still out. I would hide in the dark parts of the forest from the humans, I didn't want to get caught and then have some trouble.

Around 6:30-7:00 I woke up and started running again, into the dark parts of the forest but that's when I smelled something, something very familiar. I stopped in my tracks and started sniffing around. The stench was coming from the south and I followed it. When I was getting closer, the stench became familiar to me, it was blood. The blood was still fresh, the stench was only two hours old, three tops. Once the stench was strong I slowed my pace. I followed it for a couple more miles when I found it, the dead body. I walked over to it where some of the birds were feeding off it until they saw me and flew. I walked over to the body to see that it was a man, looked to be about in his forties. I circled him and wondered what had happened. It looked to me that he was mauled, maybe by a beard? I heard steps behind me and I looked quickly putting my guard up. There was a woman walking out of the brush that I walked by. She was staring at me; she was kind of scary, old crazy woman scary. I started backing up a little more till I hit the body. I growled at the woman and she laughed.

"His blood is on your hands," she spoke. When she spoke I felt the cold air hit me hard. I barked at her and growled again. She smiled at me and vanished. I turned around to see two men in hunting gear run up to where I was. This isn't good. When they saw me they put their guns up ready to shoot me. I ran quickly through the forest, faster than their stupid guns could hit shoot. I didn't stop running until I knew I was near the school, it was only Thursday morning and I wanted to change back to being just plain old Erica.

I wondered if that woman was watching me right now, she scared me. I didn't like the feeling of that woman. I had to tell Tyler, I have a feeling that woman had something to do with my dream I have been having. I walked to the clearing where I and Reid had made our plans for our 'date.' I curled up against the tree and just kept looking around. I sensed that I was the only one in the part of the forest I was in except for the other animals, no humans and no vanishing freaky weird ass woman. I decided to make a perimeter around the school where the forest and the school met, just in case that woman decided to show up. While I was doing this for the whole day I was wondering, was I doing this to protect the Sons, or was I doing this to protect my friends, or both? I didn't know the answer to this but I was so happy when I felt that it was almost time for me to be me again.

I ran to where Tina hid my clothes and sat there waiting for the transformation. When I transformed, I was cold, I hated every time I transformed I was naked, but thank goodness for best friends who will hide clothes for you in a bush. I smiled feeling the warmth of the clothes against my skin. I ran back towards the dorms and opened tried to open the dorm door. Damn it, locked…wait why was it locked? It's never locked. I quickly walked over to where me and Tina's dorm window was. I threw a couple rocks at it, the light turned on but it turns out I was hitting the wrong window. I saw Reid at the window and then opened it up. Uh oh.

"What are you doing down there? Aren't you supposed to be in bed? Aren't you sick?" he called down to me.

"Just open the door, I'm freezing my ass off!" I yelled up to him.

He closed the window and I walked over to the door. I saw him coming down in nothing but a pair of black sweats. I felt my insides got hot and a feeling deep inside me that I cannot explain flow through me when I pictured myself pushing him against the wall and kissing him. WHOA! Why did I just think of that? Totally not feeling like myself right now. I shook my head and quickly walked in when he opened the door.

"Thanks," I said while rubbing my arms. "Why are the doors locked?"

I looked up at him and he was staring at me. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah."

"A man was brutally murdered or eaten last night in the forest. Provost is having it where the dorm doors are locked at eight on week days and twelve Fridays and Saturdays. Where have you been?"

"Um, for a walk," I said and quickly started up the stairs. He walked next to me and I felt that feeling again. And this time I felt like I was going to throw him against the wall and make out with him. Oh no, my mother told me about this. The changes in a wolf, to find their mate. "Oh no," I whimpered as I reached our floor.

"Are you ok? You're acting kind of strange," he said as we reached both our rooms.

I looked at him and then smiled weakly. "Um, yeah, I'm just going through some things right now."

"Well, if you need anything, I'm right next door."

That's when I felt something go through me and I knew I wasn't myself. I smirked at him flirtatiously and walked a couple steps towards him. I put my hand against the wall and looked at him seductively. He was a little taken back by it but just for a minute and smirked at me too. "You know I will definitely take you up on that offer." We were so close to each other's face now. I felt his breath against my lips and he was looking at me like he wanted me. I quickly put the seductress down back into the deep darkness of me and shook my head.

"Oh my God," I said and backed away. "What did I do? Oh no. Oh, oh, oh." I shook my head and tried opening my door to find that it was locked. I banged on it and heard Tina get up. I looked back at Reid and he was staring at me like I was on drugs. I smiled at him. "Come on Tina, open the freaking door," I muttered to myself. "Before I try and seduce Garwin again." She was taking her good old time walking to the door. I looked back at Reid and he was smiling at me now. I bit my lip and Tina finally opened the door. I quickly walked into the darkness and Tina closed the door.

"I'm sorry Erica, I fell asleep." She turned the lights on. She saw my face. "What's wrong?"

"A couple things, one I just tried to seduce Garwin."

"You what?!" she screamed as she watched me fall onto my bed. She walked over to me and sat next to me. "What do you mean you tried to seduce Reid?"

"Well, there is a time in a wolf's life where they need to find a mate, and ha my inner wolf wants Reid Garwin! I am definitely cancelling for Friday."

"No, you are not! You are not leaving me there! I need you there!"

"I know, I know." I sighed in defeat. I owed her this after everything I put her through. "I just hope I don't try to seduce him again. It was just, he had his shirt off and he was only wearing his black sweatpants and he was looking really really hot."

"Ok, eww. So, what was the other thing?"

I sat up and looked at her. "I found that man that was dead and I saw the killer."

"They said that was mauled what looked like an animal."

"Yeah, I know, but I know what you want to ask me Tina, and no it wasn't me. You can go and tell Tyler that too because I am betting he is thinking it's me."

"We weren't thinking that Erica." She looked offended.

"I'm sorry." I looked down at the floor.

"Well, who was it?"

"Some vanishing creepy looking woman who said and I quote 'His blood is on your hands.'"

Tina looked at me a little scared. "What did she mean by that?"

"I don't know but all day I was protecting the school as if I was protecting the Sons but you and Sherrie too, you know?"

She nodded. "Why don't you get some sleep? You've had a tough day."

"Yeah," I said while taking off my shoes and my pants. "Dead bodies, vanishing creepy women, guns being shot at me, protecting you guys and seducing Reid Garwin. Yes, I can see why you said I had a tough day."

She grimaced and shut the light off. I faced my wall knowing Reid Garwin was right there. If this wall was not blocking us, we would have probably been staring at each other. Things were changing and it was scaring the piss out of me.