Fated to the lost Alpha

~TORI~ “What do you mean we’re moving to Georgia?!” My mouth hung open as I stared at my parents, my eyes darting from one to the other. Dad sighed, rubbing his forehead, and took another sip from his cup of coffee. He sent a pleading look to Mum, who was by the stove. Mum saw the look and rolled her eyes before turning to me. Dad smiled in relief. "Listen, honey, ever since your abilities were awoken recently, things have become different." Mum lowered the stove a bit and clasped her hands together. "How so?" I raised a questioning eyebrow. “You’re the first werewolf that didn’t get the abilities until you turned sixteen,” Mum explained further. “It has never been heard of before. All wolves always have their abilities at birth. But since your case is different, we don’t know what to expect. We don’t know if your strength exceeds or subsides that of the generation before you. Then there is the incident you had in school getting expelled." “It wasn’t my fault, mum!" I defended myself, tucking a strand of my dark brown hair behind her ear. “That pervert had it coming, making lecherous comments like that. He should have kept his eyes somewhere else.” “You just proved my point.” Mum pinched the bridge of her nose, shutting her eyes tight. “Yes, I know how the male gender thinks sometimes. They have the tendency of doing so with their third leg every once in a while." Mum paused, noticing the scowl on Dad's face at her comment. She winked at him discreetly. "Mum? You were saying?" I cleared my throat, resisting the urge to gag at their flirtatious banter. Old people love. Gross. “The point is," Mum faced me, "bashing his head against a locker and sending him straight to the hospital wasn’t really going to solve anything now, would it?” “Sort of," I retorted. “At least next time, he would watch his mouth.” “Tori.” Mum admonished with a stern gaze. “My point is that your actions were a result of the manifestation of your newly awoken abilities. What happened with that young man was a decision of the wolf in you.” ‘Well, she’s not lying. That pig was lucky he even survived,’ My wolf piped. ‘Not helping,' I scolded. “This decision is the best for you. There are more of our kind in the city. Keep in mind that we don’t even have a pack yet. Our kind is scattered across the country, and I feel this is an opportunity to form one,” Mum said. “I also think we can get the opportunity to know more about your powers," Dad finally said. “My brother has a friend who is a doctor. He can examine you and see if there may be anything we should be worried about.” I was silent for a while, balancing my weight from one foot to the other, trying to process the whole thing. Ever since I could remember and my parents had put me on an orientation about my abilities, I had doubted them. I never showed any sign of being a werewolf, much to their worry. I believed I was just like everyone else. But recently, when my powers awoke and the signs showed, my parents were overjoyed. But then came the sudden aggression, and then a change of temper. All of which finally led to the assault of a student in high school who ‘looked at me the wrong way and put his foot in his mouth.’ The principal didn’t take kindly to it and had me expelled with immediate effect. It was safe to say that Dad and Mum were far from pleased with the news. “What about my friends? What about Nat?” I asked, sending a pleading look to my parents. An attempt to make them reconsider. “You can always communicate with her through cell phones.” Dad stared at me like it was the most obvious thing in the world. With a defeated sigh, I walked slowly out of the kitchen. “Don’t be so down, honey," Mum said. “I’m sure you’ll like this new place, and the school too.” ‘Yeah, right,' I thought with a mental roll of the eyes. I trudged up the stairs and straight to my room, flopping on the bed with a long, drawn-out sigh. How did everything get so downhill so fast? Why did we have to move? Sure, mom had explained the whole thing, but it still didn’t make any sense to me. Either that, or I just didn’t want to listen. My inner wolf was really doing everything to block out any form of listening, and it took a great ounce of inner strength to placate it. The naughty canine had a strong mind of its own. I stared at the white cell phone on the bed. Picking it up, I contemplated dialling Nat. If my childhood best friend was sad when I was expelled from school, she was going to be crushed when she heard the recent news. Well, it was better late than never. I dialled her number and waited. After a few rings, an answering click was heard at the other end. “Hey, girlfriend!” Nat’s high-pitched voice piped. “What’s up? I really missed your feisty ass in school. It’s just not the same anymore. How have you been?” “Hey, Nat.” My voice was sullen. “Tori?” Nat’s voice dropped an octave, clearly hinting at concern. “What’s the matter? You don’t sound like yourself.” “Nat, there’s news.” “Good or bad?” “Bad. Extremely bad.” There was a short pause on the other end. I could hear the fast breathing of my friend. The tension was getting thinner. “Is it connected with what happened at school?” Nat finally asked. “Yeah," I replied. “I’m moving.” “Like away from here?” I could detect the shock in her voice. “Yeah.” “To where.” “Georgia.” “Why?” I paused to think. How could I tell Nat about my newly awakened abilities? There were obviously two problems with that. One: As much as I loved her to bits and to the earth, she wasn’t very good at keeping her mouth shut. Two: Even if Nat did manage to keep it a secret, paranoia could eventually set in and drive a wedge between us. The last thing I needed was to look like a circus freak to her. I tugged at my hair in annoyance. This whole thing was so frustrating. “My folks think a change of scenery may better suit me," I told the half-truth. “I can’t believe this.” Nat sighed, her voice wavering a bit. “It’s not fair. Can’t you convince them otherwise?” “You know how my folks are when it comes to the final decisions.” I rolled my eyes. “Especially my mum.” “Gosh. This is the worst thing to ever happen to me.” “Come on, girl. Don’t be like that. We can always communicate and video chat with each other.” “Doesn’t mean it’s going to be the same.” “I know. I’ll try to keep in touch. I’m so sorry, Nat.” “It’s not your fault, girlfriend.” ‘Technically, it is.’ I could feel my wolf's grin. ‘And you’re the saint here? You do realise this is partly your fault too,’ I growled. ‘Keep up that yapping, and I’ll lay off meat for a month.’ 'That's low, even for you,' my wolf whined and became silent. ‘Yeah. That’s what I thought.’ Ismirked. “Tori, are you there?” Nat’s voice brought me back to reality. “Oh.. Yeah.. Yeah, I’m still here.” “I was saying that Alex is really going to pop a vein when he hears this. You know he has something for you.” Nat said. I could detect the smile in her voice, and I pictured the mischievous look on her face at the other end. “Well, it stinks for him," I scoffed. “Come on, girlfriend. I don’t know why you always turn a blind eye to him.” “It’s not that. Alex is really sweet and all, but that’s just it. I can only see him as a friend. I just don’t see the both of us as a thing.” “Well, if you say so, I’m going to work on my project now. When are you moving?” “Not sure. My folks haven’t specified yet. But I know it’s soon.” There was a long sigh at the other end. “I’m just going to try and process this whole thing," Nat said. “I’ll come around tomorrow after school.” “I’ll be expecting you," I replied. “Bye, girlfriend. Take care.” “You too.” I ended the call and tossed the phone aside. “Tori, dinner’s ready!” I heard mum call from the bottom of the stairs. "I'll be right down!" I replied. ‘Yes! Finally!' My wolf was practically jumping on the inside with glee. Shaking my head, I rose from the bed and made my exit with the impending new adventure on my mind. For the first time in forever, the thought of bacon and sausages didn’t appeal to me.