Wednesday

Tori closed her front door as soon as they stepped inside.

The girls made their way upstairs to Tori's room after a quick hello and offers for food or drink from Mrs Vega, which both girls denied.

Tori closed her bedroom door behind her, leaned against it and sighed.

It was a decent sized room with light purple walls, a queen sized bed in the middle of the room, a wardrobe near a door — most likely the bathroom — and on the opposite side, in the far right corner of the room was a desk with a laptop and some school books.

Pictures of the gang and her family littered the room and walls but there was one photo in particular that had her full attention.

It was a photo of a brown wolf snuggled with a white tiger, both of their eyes closed.

"Any ideas for the song?" Jade asked as she finished scrutinising the other girl's room.

Just as the Latina was about to answer the girl, her phone went off, her text ringtone filling the air.

She took out her cellphone and read the text.

Are you free? I'm in the mood for a run - Faye

She smiled, eyes brightening as her fingers quickly typed back her response.

Not at the moment, working on a project for school. I'll call you later and we'll plan something, how does that sound? - Tori

The response took less then a minute.

Sounds good. - Faye

Faye had been out for a run when she came across Tori, less than a week before her change and, once she figured out why this girl was in so much pain, had explained what was happening. It took some convincing and a demonstration before Tori believed her but since then they had become close, close enough to call each other family.

They shared everything, no secrets, no lies.

Being a couple of centuries older, Faye taught the younger girl everything she knew. Shaking her head Tori turned her attention back to Jade only to find the girl's eyes already on her as she placed her phone back in pocket.

"Sorry about that…" She trailed off, scratching the back of her neck sheepishly.

"A wolf and a tiger, huh? Aren't they meant to be rivals?" Jade questioned pointing at the picture of the two beautiful animals she was admiring.

"Yeah. These two seem fond of each other, don't they?" She chuckled, a secretive smile playing on her lips.

"So…" Jade started, wanting to get back to the assignment. "Should we do a cover or write our own song?"

Tori hummed "I've never written a song before, at least not seriously…"

"How about-" Jade's teeth clamped on her bottom lip to muffle a scream. It felt like something was trying to tear out of her shoulder blades. The pain seemed to last forever and by the time it disappeared she felt a warm, sticky liquid trickling down her spine.

Tori, unsure of what was happening, gasped at the sight in front of her. The wolf was standing in front of a human looking Jade West with black and red wings, black eyes with red flecks.

"What the hell are you staring at?" Jade demanded when she found the singer staring at her, mouth open and eyes wide in shock.

"Um… You might want to look in the mirror?" Tori suggested but it came out sounding like a question.

Jade didn't bother arguing as she made her way to the bathroom in the youngest Vega's room, her wings adjusting naturally to the narrow doorway.

A few minutes later she came back into the room even paler than usual, eyes wide in both fear and shock.

"Jade? Jade, are you okay?" Tori asked, recalling how her first transformation felt and how freaked out she was, even knowing what was happening to her.

"Okay? Okay? Do I look okay to you?!" Jade snapped.

"Be quiet!" The half-Latina clamped a hand over the goth's mouth "Do you really want my mum to come in here and see you with wings? Humans aren't allowed to know about our world and you're lucky this didn't happen in front of one." She concluded her rant in a low tone.

"Wait, humans? That means… If you aren't human then what are you?" Jade's breathing became shallow as she began to panic.

Tori chuckled "Werewolf."

Jade took a deep breath, shook her head and sat down on Tori's bed "This is crazy!" She whisper-yelled.

Tori quickly sat down next to Jade and placed a hand on her shoulder in an attempt to calm her.