The car trip to Bayville high seemed like a long one for Greer. She was so nervous every bump in the road seemed to cause her to tremble violently. "Are you ok? You look like you're having a seizure..." Jean asked her green eyes growing wide with concern. "I probably am. So many things can go wrong! What if people catch me? What if they attack me? What if I attack them? Ahhh!" Greer moaned as she buried her face in her hands. "Relax Greer. It'll be fine." Scott comforted her as he stopped the car at the traffic light. A low muffled groan escaped Greer. "OK I CHANGED MY MIND! I AM NOT READY! SCOTT TURN THIS CAR BACK RIGHT NOW! RIGHT NOW!" she declared as she withdrew her face from her hands. "Nope! Too late, we're there in 5 minutes! "He said teasingly. Five minutes later, he parked his car in front of the school. Greer shuddered, she felt like dying. The school was huge, no colossal and the worst part, it was filled with colossal amounts of people. "C'mon Greer don't be such a scaredy cat." Jean joked grabbing her arm. "Ha-ha. Really funny." Greer sulked as she reluctantly let both Jean and Scott pull her into the school. "Ok, your first class is biology and its... right over there..." Jean pointed down the hall. Greer just starred in fear and she could actually feel her fur standing on their ends. There was just so much people. " Don't worry you'll be fine. I have to go, I have chemistry and the teacher isn't the most patient person on earth. Bye!" and before Greer could say anything Jean disappeared into the crowd. "Great, I'm all alone," Greer mumbled as she trudged towards her impending doom.
The classroom was filling up with people and Greer tried her best not to bump into anyone. She could spot the different social groups easily. The nerds were at the front row preparing notes. Jocks were scattered all around the classroom throwing a football around and the popular girls crowded at the back giggling away. Considering how many people she had blown off when she herself was popular she decided to stay away from them. Taking a careful look around, she spotted an empty seat by the window. Grabbing her bag she sat silently not wanting to draw any attention to herself. "Hey that's my seat! A girl wearing a loose shirt with the words "leave me alone" inscribed called angrily. She had long tousled black hair and striking grey eyes. Greer leaped up. "I'm sorry, its just I didn't know..." "Yeah right, Amber a friend of yours? Go back and tell Amber not to play any tricks on me. It isn't funny anymore." "Amber isn't my friend..." "Oh yeah? You'd look like you'd be her friend." The girl shot back harshly. "Well I'm not. I don't even know who Amber is." Greer mumbled resisting the tremendous urge to growl at the girl. "Oh real... hey wait... I haven't seen you around... awww man are you the new girl?" Greer nodded the urge to growl shimmered down a little. The girl's striking gaze softened, A little. "Sorry. You can sit next to me but just for today new girl." She said sharply as the teacher strolled in. Biology was hard. Not just the subject itself but also because it was the first time Greer had to pay attention. She was lost. Initially she thought of asking the girl beside her for help. However, noticing the girl sketching and doodling away on her notebook Greer knew there was no point. Sighing she had no choice but to take her own notes. It felt like an hours before she heard the bell ring. Grabbing her bag she proceeded to run out. "Hey! Hey! New girl! New girl!" Greer ignored her seat partner. Did she notice something? Was her inducer failing? She had to get away. "NEW GIRL! HEY! YOU LEFT ALL YOUR NOTES BEHIND!" the girl screamed. Greer felt her cheeks flush red. Lowering her head in embarrassment as her sharp ears picked up nearby snickering and snide comments from the same group of popular girls that were in her class. " What a loser." " Gee sucks to be her." "Idiot". Greer had to literally bite her tongue to prevent a low hiss from escaping her throat. "Thanks" she mumbled lowering her eyes not wanting to meet the girl's gaze. It was hard considering the height difference. "Why were you running away?" the girl asked flatly. "Thought you didn't like me..." The girl laughed. "Probably at the beginning but you seem ok for someone who looks like popular material. I'm Riley." Noticing the still giggling girls, she continued. "Ignore Amber and her gang. They're jerks to whomever they meet. Anyway, I want to apologize for being such a jerk myself." "Oh its ok..." "So I'll see you around?" Riley asked. "Yeah see you." With that Greer walked off still flustered but glad she made at least one acquaintance.
Over time, Greer began to enjoy her new life. Despite their rocky start, Riley became her best friend outside the institute. Since she couldn't do cheerleading anymore, she placed all her attentions towards her studies and training. In a matter of weeks she started topping all her classes and soon. Came first in the cohort along with Jean and Scott. In her free time, Greer took special courses with Logan. He taught her how to use all her new enhanced senses. She could see hear and smell at least ten times better than before. Thanks to Logan's training she could now see in almost total darkness. Hear things from faraway places and can both identify and track a person based on their scent alone. Within weeks she became an excellent tracker and fighter herself almost on par with Wolverine. Her first mission wasn't the best though. She aided Rouge in taking down toad while the rest took down other members of the brotherhood in an abandoned warehouse. "Whoa what are you some sort of catty plush toy?" toad snickered when he came face to face with her. She started regretting her enhanced sense of smell. Toad smelled like a burst drainpipe. "Gah at least I don't smell as bad as you do frog boy." She snarled at him. "You little... " Before she could do anything he had lounged at her. Throwing them both off the second floor and squashing Pietro in the process. Their scuffle didn't last long. She managed to hunt him down and distract him long enough for Rouge to knock him out earning herself a permanent spot on the team and new codename, Tigra. Before Greer knew it a year had passed. More mutants had joined the institute. She even had her own protégée whom she taught. Greer liked her new protégée. Not only was she a fast leaner but a really sweet and gentle person. Greer taught her not only how to use her enhanced senses but also how to hunt. Although they were almost sisters now, their first meeting wasn't the smoothest. That day, the professor had requested her to meet him at the blackbird for a special assignment. "So professor why did you ask me to skip school again?" she asked curiously as she piloted the jet. "Well, a good friend of mine Moria MacTaggert has recently saved a young mutant from an angry mob with gifts quite similar to yours. I want you two to meet and for you to be her instructor." He replied casually. "What? But professor I don't have that kind of experience, how about Logan or Ororo..." His relaxed gaze calmed her down. "Ok, I know they're busy with the other students but I don't get it why just me and not the others?" "Because Greer, you're the only one who can connect with this girl." She sighed. "I hope so, but what do you mean by saying we have similar gifts, is she part animal?" "Ahhh yes, this girl possess the ability of lycanthropy only without the full moon, in other words she is a ..." "werewolf" Greer groaned. "Don't sound so disappointed Greer, there is another reason why I've brought you specifically. You see Moria is one of the world's best geneticists. If there is any way to somehow reverse what happened to you Moria is probably one of the few people to do it." Greer could not believe her ears "You mean?" she asked barely being able to breathe "Yes" he said with a smile.