Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Fantasy

Chapter one: A New Beginning

Today started different than the other days of my life. The thing is, to other people, it was just the same as any other ol' day. My reason for saying this is I'm a bit over environmental. I pay attention to every single detail. 

It was too cool for a mid day in July. The atmosphere was crisp, almost as if it were a day in late November. Even though this doesn't seem so strange, it was for me. I was in California, a land which has mostly deserts. It was just simply too cold. But that wasn't the only thing. I kept sensing something was wrong. My arms and legs kept going  numb and tingly, my breath shaky. 

I lay there on my bed and listened. Listening to the sounds of the beach waves, the seagulls, the wind. I got up and peered through the window. Then, I unlocked the balcony doors and walked outside. Looking at the beach, I sighed at the sight of foolish teenage boys setting fire to everything they saw. 

I shook my head and walked back into my apartment. I had too live alone. My parents kicked me out a year ago, when I was fifteen. When I was walking downstairs, I heard a burst of laughter coming from my front door. The same group of idiots from the beach. I only lived a small walk from it. I don't know why those boys were so rude to their peers. Darting to the front door, I nearly tripped on the furniture in my living room. I slammed tye door open and scowled at them.

Then, my heart sunk. They had set my great-grandmother's rose bush. I tackled Bryant, the one with the lighter and grabbed the stupid thing from his hand. Then, I stuffed it in my pocked and punched Bryant's shoulder with the bone in my middle finger. He got up and said "jeez, Kira! It's just a stupid rose bush!"

I could tell my face was red and my eyes almost seemed to be flaming with anger. "A STUPID ROSE PLANT?!?" I managed to get out of my mouth. Then, realising it was still on fire, I grabbed the hose from the side of my apartment and watered the bush down. "Bryant, I know you don't realize it, but that was my great-grandmother's rose bush. Plus, you shouldn't go around setting things on fire!" I scolded him. I looked at the rest of his idiot friends "same goes for you!" I said 

"Kira, your like an old lady." Said John, one of his friends. "Just go away! You guys are a bunch of IDIOTS!" I snapped. They turned around and walked away, leaving a trail of laughter behind them. I walked inside and went to my bedroom. Closing my curtains, I sighed.

I plopped myself down on my bed, face first. Then, sometime later, I went to sleep. 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 hours later
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*loud knocking* 
"Huh?"
I rocketed out of my bed. What time was it? Most important, who was the figure at my door? I crept out of my room and started walking downstairs. Looking through the peephole of my front door, I saw a man in an expensive blue suit. I unlocked my door and said "hello?" 

The man shook my hand and said "hello. I have a matter to discuss with you, if you don't mind." I stepped aside from the door and said "please, come in."  

He sat down on the couch as I fixed tea. "Do you want anything to eat or drink?" I asked him. "No, thank you." He answered. "Actually, could I have some tea?" He asked. "Yes, you may." I answered. 

I poured the tea in two cups and sat them on the coffee table. "Like I said earlier, I have a matter to discuss with you," the man said. "By the way, I am Mr. Callihan. Well, actually Professor Callihan. As you can tell by my name, I am a professor at a colledge." He contenued.

"Usually, you will get an offer in the mail for a colledge, but since you are a special girl, I came to talk to you personally," he said. "Wait, hang on. I'm only sixteen!" I said, confused. 

"Like I said, you are a special girl." He said. At this point, I had just noticed he was carrying a brief case with him. He pulled out a needle from it and said "look, you have power. When you were born, your parents didn't know this. Doctors shot an injection into you to keep it concealed. When your parents figured out that you were special, they kicked you out of your house." 

"So," he contenued. "Do you want me to take this injection out of you?" He asked. I nodded yes, and he said "so, are you ready to start a new beginning?" I nodded and said "yes, I am." He stuck the needle in my arm and a bubbling, purple liquid filled it.

I grew wolf ears, and a wolf tail. My eyes turned midnight navy, instead of light blue. This was it- my new beginning.