Bonus Chapter 1: Memories…
It was a winter afternoon as I shoveled snow out of the yard. I kept my human form, as I was outside, while wearing a thick sweater along with a loose scarf, some mittens and two pairs of sweat pants. I distracted myself in what I was doing to keep myself from getting cold. I stopped and stared at my sister as she drove in from work. She sat in the car while talking on the phone, probably with Jeff.
I took a break and tried making out what she was saying, but I was no lip reader. She finally hung up and got out of the car then finally noticed I was there. She wore a yellow jacket with matching scarf and mittens with her work pants and shoes.
Lillian Ann Talbain, my sister, was an 18 year old female cat Darkstalker. At her human form, she stood a little shorter than me at about 5'8" and 5'11" while in cat form. She had a great physique, an almost perfect hourglass. Her bright red hair, which she dyed constantly, almost reached down to her hips. She was a hyper girl but quick to lose her temper. She was currently dating my best friend, Jeff Rodriguez, who I've known since the eighth grade.
She smiled, "hey, Jonathan!" She said and I waved back.
She walked back to her car and took out a few grocery bags. I continued shoveling snow as she made her way in and out of the house, I could swear I saw a pregnancy test in one of the bag, but it might have been some "female needs" item.
"What are you doing?" She asked after she was done and walked up to me.
"Just shoveling," I replied as I cleared a small path.
"Did dad tell you to do it?"
"No, I was just bored."
"He might get mad... You know he likes doing it."
"Yeah... But I think he'll be ok with it." I picked up some snow and threw it aside.
"Hey!" Someone said.
I quickly turned and saw Christine wearing some warm clothing as she held a mug of, what looked like, hot chocolate. She shook of snow from her shoes.
Christine Marie Archer, my girlfriend, was also 18, a year younger than me. She was human and a little shorter than my sister at about 5'6" which meant that I would have to bend down whenever I wanted some lip action. She was a scrawny girl before she got pregnant with my child. I've known her since we moved here, when I was 11.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Christine" I said as she walked over and handing me the mug, "I didn't see you."
"How could you miss me?" She started, "I'm as big as a house."
I took a sip of the hot chocolate as I looked her over: it was easy to see that she was seven months pregnant now, even under the layer if clothing.
"Girl, you're not big. You're just right for this wolf." I said as she smiled and kissed me as she rubbed the top of her stomach. She then sighed and adjusted my scarf.
"Hi Christine." Said my sister walking up to Christine and hugging her.
"Hi, Lily," She replied.
"How's my niece or nephew doing?"
Christine smiled as I wrapped my hand around her. "Fine, seven months now."
"Wow," replied Lily as she placed her hand on Christine's stomach. "Do you... Do you think it'll be a cat or a wolf?"
Christine raised an eyebrow at Lily then at me when I smiled. "That's her way of asking you if it's going to be a boy or girl."
"Oh..." She smiled, "well I think it's going to be a boy... Sure eats like one." I smiled and waved Richard over when he walked out wearing a pair of blue jeans and a black muscle shirt under a crooked dress shirt.
Richard Oblivion was a white tiger Darkstalker. He just turned 21 and stands at 5'11"while in human form and 6' while in white tiger form. He had slightly darker skin and short curly hair, but what made him stand out was his Texan accent. He was somewhat muscular and agile. We found him in a lab where he and his sister were forced to live as guards since they were children. They were kept as nothing more than animals, which they grew accustomed to. We rescued them and Christine's parents agreed to take them in. Now they share a room in Christine's house as they grew accustomed to living as humans.
He walked over and Christine sighed again and adjusted his shirt, one bottom at a time. "You male Darkstalkers can master transformation but you can't master scarfs or buttons?" She finished arranging Richard's shirt and shoved him lightly.
"Hey," he started. "These darn buttons are hard as hell..." Richard inspected himself as if to remember how the button placement should be.
"Yeah them buttons are killers," I started looking Richard over "so are zippers."
"Oh God." Said Christine looking away as Richard quickly zipped himself up.
"Hey guys!" Said Alexandria as she walked up to us. She wore a light blue half sweater over a white shirt, and a blue jeans skirt with black stockings underneath.
Alexandria Oblivion, Richard's younger sister, was also a white tiger Darkstalker, just like her brother. She turned 18 a week ago and stood at 5'7" when human and 5' 9" when in her white tiger form. She had black shoulder length hair, which she had cut regularly. Both her and her brother's skin and hair changed to a black on white when they transformed. Her skin was slightly tanned, also like her brother, with a slight Southern accent. She was a perfect hourglass and wasn't afraid to show off when she had the chance. Her happy and sarcastic, not to mention flirty, nature had started to rub off on Christine as they spent a lot of time together. Alexandria has obviously gotten used being human now but likes to walk around on all fours when she thinks that nobody is watching.
"Hey, Alie," I started as she hugged me and moved closer to Christine and her brother.
Richard helped me shovel some snow as the girls talked.
We all went inside of my house an hour later as my mother served us some chicken soup.
My mother's name is Felicia Talbain, by marriage. She and my father had been married close to 20 years now and from what I understand, they knew each other long before that. She was a cat Darkstalker and stood around 5'10".
We all talked about the baby. We, or better yet I, haven't decided on names yet. Christine had spent a lot more time at my house lately, the thought of being a father sometimes scared me half to death, but I would never let Christine know that.
"You guys need to tell us how you met." Said Alexandria as she picked up her bowl and licked some juice with her tongue.
"Don't do that, girl," I said sliding a spoon towards her.
"Sorry," she said placing the plate down and fumbling the spoon in her slender hands. "But seriously, tell us."
I smiled and looked at Christine who sat next to me; she smiled back and placed her head on my shoulder.
"Fine..." I started. "We lived in a town where Darkstalkers didn't have to hide their forms from each other, until I was eleven. My parents had taught how to change into human form a year before."
*Flashback
It was night now as we drove past several houses, I didn't like the idea of leaving the house and town I knew. My parents said that nobody should ever live in hiding, I still didn't know what that meant. Two cars followed us, they were our previous neighbors who volunteered to help us move.
My father drove through several streets as he and my mother argued, neither one wanted to admit that we were lost, I still hoped that they gave up and went back home. My sister, Lily, had her head on my shoulder as she was fast asleep. I pushed her head away once but she moved it back so I gave up.
"Are we there yet?" I asked.
"Almost, honey." Replied my mother, quickly.
We turned again and again and finally came to a stop in front of a house with a "Sold" sign in front.
"Finally," said my father in relief.
I unbuckled and shook my sister awake. My father walked out and looked around as my mother checked on us.
"Are we back home?" Asked my sister, rubbing her eyes.
"We're on our new house, dear," said my mother, unbuckling my sisters seat belt.
We all walked out and looked at the house. I noticed a girl looking at us through her second floor window. I stared back as my mother took my hand as she walked by, carrying my sister.
Two men and a woman walked towards us. They stood next to my mother and looked around with us. The woman was married to the first man, Mr. and Mrs. J'ariso. The second man was their 22 year old son, Mark.
My father unlocked the door and took my sister from my mother's arms. They kissed and waved the J'ariso's in who complemented the house as they made their way in, we walked in afterwards. Lily and I walked upstairs and looked through the rooms. There were four bedrooms and two baths, one of which was in the largest of rooms. I wanted that room but had to settle for a smaller one across the hall.
My new room was large and empty except for a brown curtain that covered the window. I moved the curtain and noticed that I was looked directly at the window that the girl was looking through. I heard my father and Mr. J'ariso walk up the stairs as they carried some mattresses and bed components up the stairs. I walked out and looked at them. My father carried four different mattresses and was now in wolf form. His blue and white fur shone nicely on the light. Mr. J'ariso followed carrying several bed parts and was also in his wolf form but his fur was pure white.
"Jonathan, can you get the door?" Asked my father.
I opened his bedroom door and they walked in.
The beds were set up, several minutes later, with only minimal swearing.
My mother and Mrs. J'ariso put stuff away in the kitchen as Mark, the son, moved boxes from the cars into our living room. My room had a bed and dresser now which I filled with clothing and decorated the top with toys and other items.
I looked through my window again and saw the girl walking back and forth in her room through the slightly opened curtain. She happened to look back and noticed me. I waved at her slowly, she did the same before turning as somebody had called her, and she looked back at me and mouthed the word "bye" and left.
We all unpacked the following day, we didn't have much as our old house was tiny. Lily and I helped put stuff away as my father tried arranging the little furniture we had.
We all looked at each other as someone knocked on the door. My father opened it and three people stood outside. One being the girl from next door.
"Hello," started the man, "we're you're neighbors."
My father shook his hand as my mother walked up to join my father.
The man was named Anthony Archer, a man in his early 30's. He was a regular looking man, nothing special. The woman at his side was his wife, Mariana Archer. A thin woman in her late 20's. She seemed friendly while she held a homemade pineapple upside-down cake. Their 10 year old daughter looked at me. She was a small girl, even for her age, she held her father's hand shyly.
My parents invited them into the house; they accepted politely and walked in as Mrs. Archer handed the cake to my mother.
"Honey, why don't you go play with them." Said Mr. Archer and shoved his daughter closer to me and Lily.
She slowly walked closer to us; she held her hands close to her as she stopped in front of us.
"Hi..." I said quietly, "I'm Jonathan..."
"I'm Lily," said my sister bouncing a little.
"I'm Christine," she said slowly.
It was odd, we've had neighbors but they were either always boys or were too old. So it was weird having a different girl in the house, Lily seemed to like the idea.
"Do you want to play, upstairs?" I asked.
"Okay." She said and we made our way upstairs as our parents talked.
"We work in a place called Huyton Industries." Started Mr. Archer as we walked into my room.
A month passed and we had fully unpacked now. My father went back to work, doing the same thing he had been. He didn't quit, he actually had a shorter drive now.
We had a new member in the family; a female stray cat had wondered into the back yard and adopted us. She was a large cat with black patches in her white fur, we named her Irene.
My mother looked into some schools she could put us into. I was in middle school, 6th grade, while my sister still in elementary, 5th grade. My mother took Mrs. Archers recommendation and placed us in Blue Eagle Union, a school for fourth to eight graders.
Classes were hard to get used to, up until now, we were home schooled. I sat in class as the teacher tried etching a girl how to finish an equation. I looked outside and saw both Lily and Christine waiting for me outside, Christine noticed me and waved, Lily followed. I smiled and waved back.
Class ended and my mother picked us up, we passed by a restaurant before going home. Christine stayed the night as Mr. and Mrs. Archer had to work late, they said that they were starting on a new project.
"Jonathan!" Yelled Christine. I turned as she caught up with Lily and me on our way to school.
Two years had passed since we moved in, I was 13 now. We convinced my mother to let us walk to school. it was only a 20 minute walk.
Christine joined us and we continued walking as she adjusted a pair of large black glasses that seemed to be too large for her face. She still didn't know that I was a werewolf or that Lily was half cat, nobody did. My father said that humans wouldn't understand us, that they couldn't understand us.
We talked about how Christine was going to be able to skip eight grade and go straight to ninth, with me. It was funny listening her speak, she recently had braces installed but hasn't gotten used to them yet. I teased her a lot about it.
We kept walking when a Hispanic kid, my age, walked up behind us.
"Hey guys!" He said and we greeted him.
His name was Jeff. He was always alone and walked to school by himself so we decided to walk to school with him. He and I quickly became good friends.
We arrived at school and we all headed to our classrooms. I liked the idea of getting to know more people even if my parents didn't let us tell any of them about out true forms.
I walked into class and sat down next to Jeff. Class started As a new kid was introduced; he was a nerdy little kid. Nobody interesting.
Lunch started and we all met up on our regular table. Lily and Christine talked about something girly while Jeff and I ate lunch and stuck gum onto a girls backpack without her knowing.
"So Jonathan," asked Lily giggling a little.
"It wasn't me," I said instinctively as I turned around to look at her.
"Are you going to take Christine to the dance next Friday?"
"Umm... Well I... Umm..." I stuttered.
"It's fine if you don't," replied Christine beaming red, she clearly didn't think that Lily would ask me that.
"We could go..." I started.
"Really?" Asked Christine happily."
"Yeah... We just need to find Jeff and Lily a date."
"I've got an idea!" Added Jeff.
"No!" Said Lily quickly.
"Who else are you going to go with? Tom Flimper?" I asked and she gave me her "maybe" look.
The bell rang and we all headed to class.
We walked home after school. The route was now familiar to us. We reached Jeff stop and he took off. Christine, Lily and I walked home as we talked about school.
"I thought today would never end." Lily said stretching.
"I know..." I replied digging into my pocket and pulling out some candy, I forgot I had, and gave a piece to Lily and shared one with Christine.
"I think my parents are going to be gone again tonight..." Started Christine. "They've been out a lot since they started this new project."
"What is the project about?" I replied as I chewed on the candy.
"I don't know... They don't talk about it with me."
"Maybe their making zombies or something," I replied making scary noises which they got a kick out of.
"Do you want to sleep over?" Asked Lily, "so you don't have to sleep in that big lonely house..."
"Sure."
"Oh hold on..." said Lily pulling out a disposable camera that mom bought a few days ago. "I want to take a picture of us.
She got in front of us and held the camera in the air then snapped a picture.
"Ok you guys pose." She said and walked in front of us.
I stood next to Christine and smiled.
"No!" Nagged Lily. "Jonathan, get behind Christine and put your arms around her.
I flinched and moved behind Christine, I placed my arms around her neck, my heart beat faster, I didn't know why but I felt shy now.
Christine smiled and I did the same as Lily took two pictures. We couldn't help but laugh afterwards. Lily took several other pictures on the way home before finally announcing that the camera was done and put it away.
Christine came home with us as her parents were already gone. My mom made us sandwiches when we got home.
"Christine, where do your parents keep going off to?" Asked my mother as she looked at the calendar.
"They're working... Not sure on what, but they leave randomly."
Irene, our cat, brushed up against my leg which indicated that she was hungry.
I didn't like cats, they were small disgusting creatures who do nothing but tear things and complain. My mother picked up the cat carefully and placed her on her lap. Mom said that Irene was going to have babies.
"Well, you know that you're part of this family too... So you're welcomed here, whenever you need us."
"Really Mrs. T!" Yelled Christine running up to my mother and hugging her.
"Please don't call me that... It makes me feel old."
"Sorry..."
"Hey mom, can Christine stay over today and tomorrow, if her parents are gone too?"
My mother stopped and glanced at the calendar, I looked at tomorrow's date: a full moon was forecasted.
"Sure..." Said my mother thoughtfully.
"Yay" said Lily hugging Christine.
A full moon meant solitude for us. My mother wasn't affected at all by it but my father was fixed into his wolf form if he was in contact with the moons light. Lily and I were able to hold our human forms for a little but we still haven't mastered control so we eventually were forced into our wolf and car forms, respectively.
Christine went home to get some stuff as my father came home from work.
"Okay guys..." Started my father after my mother had explained the situation. He had a slight accent, which my mother said he was European; I always assumed 'European' was another word for vampire when I was younger. "We have to make sure that all curtains are closed tomorrow, Christine still doesn't know about us."
"Why don't we just tell her?" Lily asked with her hands on her back and bouncing a little.
"No... Humans don't understand us... Some bad stuff might happen if humans start realizing what we bloody are."
Christine had found it odd that we had closed the curtains the following night.
"Why are the curtains being closed?" Christine asked me as my mother finished closing the blinds on the living room and kitchen.
The full moon was out which meant that we were not allowed to go outside or near a window.
"She's being paranoid," I lied. As I remembered a few humans who saw us a few years back, when we still lived in our old house. They yelled and ran when they saw my father. I didn't want that to happen with Christine.
Christine stopped wondering about the curtains when we started playing some video games on the downstairs TV. Mom set a "no girls, other than her and Lily", rule on my room until I was married. That was fine, why would I want a girl in my room anyway.
We played a fighting game, which I was very good at but she kept winning.
"No!" I said as her character knocked mine out of the ring.
My sister laughed in the couch behind us, "Jonathan, you got beat by a girl."
"Shut up... I'm just warming up..." I replied.
She laughed again, "if you lose again you're going to have to marry Christine!"
I felt angry as we started the next round: I didn't even hit her character once.
Lily laughed as she started humming "Here comes the bride." behind me.
"That's it!" I said as I chased her in and out if the kitchen.
Christine giggled as Lily yelled things at me as I struggled to catch her. "You guys are going to live in a huge house with like 100 kids and ponies!" She taunted me as she easily ran from room to room.
I jumped at her but ended up hitting the wall instead. The curtain fell to the floor which covered me.
"Oh look," started Christine as she moved to look out of the window.
I felt the full moons rays burn the side of my right foot. I removed the curtain away from me as I felt weird. Christine stared at me as I struggled to stay human but my fur eventually started showing itself.
My skin was being covered with black, blue and white fur as my hands and feet elongated and became thinner as they changed to claws. A muzzle slowly stretched from my face as a small tail made its way out of my bottom back. A pair of wolf ears now stood on top of my head. Irene actually hissed at me.
Christine backed away from me with horror in her eyes as Lily ran off yelling "mom!"
My parents ran downstairs to see me standing hunched over the dropped curtain and staring back at Christine sadly.
Christine yelled and ran out of the door.
"Christine!" I yelled in a darker voice that belonged more to the wolf than it did to me, Christine actually cried out when she heard me.
"I told you this was a bad idea!" Said my father running after Christine but stopped right before he left the door.
I looked out of the window as Christine struggled to open the door she looked at me once more then ran inside her house.
I ran upstairs and looked out of my window to see Christine close her curtain. I quickly opened my window and yelled to her.
"Christine! Wait I can explain." I yelled.
"Leave me alone!" She yelled back as she struggled to close the window.
The window finally closed and I stood there. It hurt hearing those words; I didn't even know why it hurt... It just did.
My father placed his hand on my elbow. He was now in his werewolf form too as the moon had touched him.
"I'm sorry son..." He started as I felt tears fall from my eyes. I didn't reply as he walked away and whispered "we might have to move" to my mother who held my sisters hand while standing by my bedroom door.
I didn't turn to look at any of them; I didn't want them to see that I was crying. I stared at Christine's window hoping, praying, that Christine would look out through her window again. She didn't.
We didn't go to school for the next four days. My mother started looking for places we could quickly move to.
Nobody came to our house, my parents feared that people might actually show up and try to hurt us but nothing had happened so far.
I looked at the clock, the time was 3:21, and Christine would be walking home any minute now. I walked outside as Christine hurried home. She saw me and stopped; scared to make any sudden movements.
I stood there staring at her sadly. I was about to say something when a stray dog crept up to Christine. The dog growled and barked at her. She yelled as the dog jumped on her. I instinctively ran towards her and tackled the large dog from her. The dog yelped but recovered in time to bite my left arm.
Pain shot up as I punched the dog with my other hand and he fell back a little then bid me again in the same arm which made me yell.
"Jonathan, oh God" Christine started as she saw my hand bleeding.
She ran back to my house to tell my mother as I punched the dog over and over with my hand but he wouldn't let go.
My mother ran out of the house towards me as my sister stayed behind yelling. My mother ran up to the dog that let go of me and barked at her. My mother quickly kicked the dog that fell backwards but quickly jumped at her but was interrupted by Irene who jumped on the dogs face and scratched him.
The dog yelped loudly as he shook Irene wildly and finally threw her through one of Christine's windows. I moved quickly and kicked the dog in the neck.
The dog fell back gasping for air then growled at me, he leaped at me once more and my mother grabbed the dog and hit him against the floor.
The stray stood up slowly then limped away. I started to go after the dog as my mother took hold of me and examined my blood filled arm. The wounds were already starting to heal, thanks to the werewolf blood in me, but the pain was still there.
"Irene!" I yelled as I broke away from my mother and went to look through the window at the pregnant cat that probably saved our lives laying on her side as she bled to death.
I cried out and my mother walked up next to me. "Oh God, Irene! Hold on!" Said my mother as she ran back into our house to get Christine to open the door. Irene meowed painfully as I stared at the cat that looked at me; she seemed to smile a little. I smiled back as I heard my mother ran back with Christine on her side.
Christine unlocked the door quickly and my mother knelt next to Irene.
I walked in and knelt next to her. Irene's breath was quick as she lay on the floor. She let out a painful meow when my mother picked her up slowly. Blood stained glass lay on the floor.
"Jonathan, get my keys, we're taking her to the vet." My mother said as she carried the cat out. I ran inside of the house and took the keys. I sat on the front seat with Irene on my lap as my mother fastened my sister on the back seat, right behind the passenger seat.
I stared at Christine as I got in the car that started to move and to my surprise; she ran towards the car.
"Mom, stop!" I yelled.
My mother stopped abruptly, "what? Why?" She said looking round then noticed Christine running towards us. My mother opened the door and she jumped in.
"I'm coming with you!" She said as she closed the car door and fastened herself.
I smiled which made me forget about the pain in my arm. I noticed Christine staring at me but I made a point to focus on the dying cat on my lap.
We sat in the waiting room of the veterinarian hospital, waiting for the vet to come out. My mother was outside as she talked to my father on her cell phone. Christine sat on the opposite side of the small waiting room; she would glance at me and Lily once in a while.
My mother walked up to us sighing and smiled weakly at us. The vet finally walked out and removed some latex gloves that had some blood in it.
"Marcus..." Started my mother.
"Felicia... Can I talk to you?" The doctor replied smiling weakly at Lily, Christine and me.
"Y-yeah."
They walked away from us and talked for a minute, I noticed my mother place her hand over her mouth at one point which most likely meant bad news.
They walked back to us and my mother knelt next to Lily and I.
Christine jumped off of her chair and stood next to my mother.
"Marcus says that Irene didn't make it, guys." She said sadly as Lily started crying.
"And the babies?" I asked.
My mother looked back at the vet who shook his head slowly.
"Them too..." My mother replied slowly.
I didn't want to feel sad but Irene had been a part of our family for years now and she had protected us in several occasions.
Lily hugged my mother with tears in her eyes; my mother made hushing noises and stroked her hair. I felt a tear drop from my eye, my mother noticed and she pulled me closer to her.
Christine moved closer, "I'm sorry... It's all my fault..."
We all looked at Christine who had tears running from her face. My mother smiled sadly and extended her hand to embrace Christine who wrapped her arms around my mother's neck.
"It's not your fault dear..." Said my mother hugging the three of us. "These things happen, I'm just happy we were there to stop that dog from hurting you."
"I'm sorry... I didn't mean to hurt Irene or any of you..."
"It's ok... Irene is in a better place now."
My sister and I stared at Christine as she now stared at my mother. She looked all of us "I... I mean... Mrs. T... I haven't told anyone about Jonathan..." She wiped a few tears from her eyes with her arm.
My mother smiled, "thank you, but Christine, but don't call me 'Mrs.' because it makes me feel old."
"I'm sorry..."
"Haven told anybody about what? What's wrong with Jonathan?" Asked the vet curiously.
"N-nothing," snapped Christine quickly.
My mother nodded to the vet slowly as he knelt down next to Christine. "Tell me, is he a werewolf?" He asked smiling as Christine stared back. He handed her a red lolly pop which she took it reluctantly.
"How did you..." Started Christine but was interrupted by a nurse that ran to the waiting room.
"Doctor J'ariso, come quick. It's a miracle!" She said and ran back through the door.
The vet got up and quickly walked through the door.
"How does he know?" Asked Christine quietly.
"He's been a family friend since Lily was born." My mother replied.
The door opened again and Dr. J'ariso motioned for us to come in.
"Felicia, come see this. All of you come in!" He said frantically and my mother picked Lily up and took my hand and started walking through the door. I reached out to Christine who, to my surprise, took my hand.
We made our way to the room where Dr. J'ariso entered. The room was white with a table in the middle and cabinets, full of several bottles and pills, on the outer part of the room.
The nurse held something covered in a towel. She handed it over to Dr. J'ariso who knelt next to Lily, Christine and me. He un-covered it and in his hands lays small white kitten.
The kitten wriggler and meowed. I heard Lily gasped and looked at me then my mother who held her hands to her mouth in surprise.
"The mother just gave birth... It's a miracle. A single kitten survived, it's a girl." Said the nurse bouncing a little.
Christine moved closer as Dr. J'ariso carefully handed the kitten to me. I held the small kitten in my hands and she actually moved her head in my direction and stopped meowing, her eyes were closed but she looked right at me. I smiled and she lay on my hands and fell asleep.
"Can... Can I name her?" I asked looking at my mother; she nodded as her eyes glistened with unshed tears.
"Aracia... I want her to be named Aracia!" I said as Christine passed her hand on the sleeping kittens head.
"I want to call her Ben." Said my sister, stubbornly.
Dr. J'ariso chucked and informed my sister that Ben was a boy's name.
Dr. J'ariso then took the time to inspect my blood stained hand.
"Jonathan... Does it hurt?" He asked as he gently touched my arm with two of his fingers.
"A little," I replied.
"Change." He said and pulled out a needle.
I looked at my mother who looked at Christine.
"It's ok..." Started Christine, "I won't scream or run away this time."
My mother smiled and nodded at me.
The change happened quickly, in less than a minute I stood as a 13 year old werewolf in a veterinarian office.
Christine stared at me as Dr. J'ariso passed an cotton piece on my arm then pricked me with the needle. I gasped as he did that, the sound came unnaturally to the wolf so it sounded a lot like a high pitched growl which made Christine take a step back l, my sister giggled.
Dr. J'ariso took the needle out after he withdrew some blood and handed it over to his nurse who took it away.
"The werewolf blood in him will speed up his recovery but I still want to check him for possible viruses or anything that the dog could have had when he bit Jonathan. Try to have him in werewolf form as much as you can, it'll speed up the healing process."
"Thank you Marcus," replied my mother holding the kitten.
"Hey, it's the least I could do... I still haven't paid you back for baby-sitting Mark all those years."
We made our way back home. Lily wanted to sit in the front so I sat in the back next to Christine. I was back in my human form. I rubbed my arm on the spot where I was pricked.
"Does it hurt?" Asked Christine looking at the red dot in my arm.
"No... It itches." I replied scratching myself.
She smiled and took my hand in hers. I forgot about the itching as I stared at her. She laid her head on my shoulder slowly, I made sure not to move too much as she fell asleep as we drove home.
A year had passed, funny how fast time flies when you get older. I was now 14, my sister was 13 now, she was changing a lot, and I guess I was too.
I walked back into the house as I finished throwing out the trash. My father and Mr. Archer were busy talking as my father organized our garage. My sister sat curled up on the sofa as she hugged a pillow while watching a stupid soap opera as my mother examined her extremely long blue hair in the mirror for gray hairs, she pulled one or two out every now and then and swore under her breath. I walked to my room and turned the lights on. Aracia meowed at me loudly as she lay on my bed. I sat next to her and scratched her stomach playfully. I had developed a soft spot for cats in the last year.
Aracia playfully bit my human hand as I played with her.
I stopped when I heard someone call my name. I looked out of the window as Christine waved at me. I smiled and changed to a werewolf then climbed onto my window and jumped to the branch next to her bedroom window.
I sat on the branch, much like a dog would. It was comfortable for some reason, or maybe I didn't mind it as much because I was talking to the girl next door.
"Hi, dog boy" she said smiling.
"Hi," I replied grinning.
We talked for a good hour as I sat on the branch. We made plans to go to the mall the following day. Mrs. Archer called out for Christine who flinched and looked at her door.
"You'd better go." She said as her mother started opening her door.
I jumped away from the branch but missed the window so I crash landed inside if my room, I rolled once and landed on all fours then turned back into human form. Aracia stared at me and seemed to smile.
I stared back, "don't you say anything."
Aracia meowed playfully at me.
(Present)
"That's about it." I said sitting on the floor by Christine who passed her nails through my hair.
"That is so cool!" Squeaked Alexandria clapping her white tiger paws together.
"I was not a loner!" Protested Jeff.
"Yes you were," replied my sister as she lay on the ground next to Jeff. She waved her tail playfully in front of Aracia who kept pawing at it. "That's why I liked you."
Mrs. Archer and my mother walked into the living room. Mrs. Archer seemed older in a way but she had learned to love the Oblivions as her own.
"Come on guys, its past midnight. I'm sure Felicia needs her beauty sleep and Christine you need to rest up." She said as she clapped her hands then waved for everyone to walk out.
I helped Christine get up from the couch and walked her to her front door then kissed her good night. Alexandria gave me a big hug before going inside and Richard butted my fist.
I saw Lily and Jeff kissing by Jeff's car. I made sure to take my time before passing by. I walked towards the back and checked the locked door to see if it was locked, it was.
I walked back and Jeff also butted my fist and said good night before kissing my sister once more and taking off.
I went inside and hugged my mother before she went to sleep. I lay in my bed as I hear Lily change into her pj's on the other side of the wall. I slept like I always did, as a wolf and wearing shorts. I closed my eyes as my sister laid on her bed.
"Jonathan... Are you asleep?" Lily asked me.
"Yes." I replied.
"Smart ass." She replied. "How does it feel... I mean to have a child on the way."
"Don't know, never really thought about it. I like the idea of having a wolf..."
"What if it's a cat?"
"Then I owe you a coke."
"I'll hold you to that..."
"I'll give it after you have your baby."
"So he told you?"
I stared blankly at the ceiling before speaking again. "No... I was playing around..."
No answer.
"Lily, tell me you're playing!" I said.
"Good night, Jonathan." She replied as she turned over.
"I'm going to be an uncle..." I muttered.
"Yup."
I didn't get anything else out of her so I decided to go to sleep.