the other side of me

 My name is Alice Morris. I cannot tell you exactly where I live because that would put us in danger. You see, there are some who are not a fan of werewolves and would love to hunt us down.  They just do not understand what we do.  Why we were put on this earth.  They do not know that we are trying to keep their sorry asses alive. They will not listen to our story.  They do not know what is out there that we are trying to save humanity, not destroy it. I am in Middle School; I am thirteen years old and I am a werewolf. How? I do not know. The Elders in the tribe say that our ancestors were werewolves. The younger generation says it is because of our love for the wolf and that if you love an animal so much you will turn into that animal. But we do not really know.  You see this story of our lineage of our history has been passed from one generation down to the next and details have been lost along the way so we may never know why.  But enough about me it's time to tell you the story. But beware there are vampires in the world and if you are one watch out, we are watching you. This story starts way back in 1878 when I moved to the outskirts of the town, I now call home. I did not know that I was a werewolf at the time. How could I? I was only three years old. It was not until I turned 12 years old and my little sister got me so mad that I started to shake uncontrollably, and I turned for the very first time from human form to wolf form. My coat was a beautiful rich white and my eyes were a deep golden color.  I could feel every bone in my body break and twist, changing me from human to wolf. I was terrified I had almost torn my own sister's head off.  I bolted away.  Ran as fast and as hard as I could scared that I had somehow in... someway turned into a monster a -- a beast of some sort.  When I finally was able to calm down, I found my way back home and my mother and father hugged me close and told me everything was going to be okay, then they gave me this crystal.  It was the deepest red I have ever seen.  They told me it was charmed so that I would not turn at school.  But that was only the beginning.            The next day I had proceeded to school and in eighth period my teacher got me so pissed telling me that I did not know what I was talking about.  We were studying how our tribe fought for our freedom and the same thing almost happened again, but luckily for me I calmed down before I turned but just barely. He somehow knew what was happening and told me to leave the classroom and I did and I got up and walked out.  I knew I was starting to change my nails elongated into rock hard claws and my white fur sprouted out of my fingers and my tiny hands doubled in size in preparation to become large wolf paws.  I took a deep breath and grabbed the blood red crystal that hung around my neck and the fur started to recede and my claws turned back into fingernails.   The end of the day finally came. I got on the bus and went to the back where my friends and I normally sat. They told me the same thing happened to them. I do not feel so alone now. They each wore a similar crystal to mine. Edward’s was a deep blue, Bailey’s was a deep yellow color it was almost gold, Madison’s was a deep dark purple, Dekalah’s was a bright orange and Jaden's was a bright ass pink.  Oh my god what the hell is that smell my nose is burning. It is only 25 degrees out, but I open a few windows any ways to air out the damn bus. A lot of kids are complaining that it is cold in the bus, but I do not feel a thing my body temperature runs at 102℉.            The bus finally pulls in front of my house. My friends and I get off the bus. That is unusual, my dad's home early. We walk through the door and my dad says that he wants to talk to me about something when my friends and I are done studying. Three hours later we are done, and it is time for my friends to go home and for my dad to tell me what the hell he wants to talk about. So, my dad and I go to the man cave which is where he spends most of the time now when he gets home from work.  It has a couch and a loveseat, a bar and a flat screen tv. I do not know what he wants. I did everything I knew I was supposed to do.