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I knew this wasn't good...

The burly 16-year-old picks you up and slams you into the table. In an instinctive response, you kick him right in the groin. At first you're not sure if you hit the correct "target" because you can't see too well with your face in the table ... but a very long howl of pain echoes in your ears. Thank God for good luck and a strong kick! While your attacker recovers from the blow, you give him a good slash across the chest with your claws.

Wait a minute.

CLAWS?!

You look back at your hand, your CLAWED hand. Just looking at the fur on your knuckles tells you the obvious: You've become a werewolf! How it happened isn't too important to you at the moment, but the fact that it saved your life is kinda nice!

Jason bends down to the wounded jerk and calmly says, "Still think it's party time?"

The jerk shakes his head, then slowly gets up from the floor, still moving like an old man from the pain that just recently flooded his body.

"Sorry about that", the bully says. "I was sure you were human ... I mean, that smell ... well, forget it. So, how is it? I mean, studying humans? What are they like?"

Soon, everyone in the cafe is asking you questions about humans, and you answer each one as truthfully as you can. But then one tricky question comes up.

"Where's this ranch you work on?"

For a moment, you draw a blank. Thinking quickly, you come up with what you hope is a good idea.

"It's confidential", you smirk, remembering from your first childhood how much you can lord 'grown-up stuff' over your peers. "No one but trusted pack members can set foot there." You're proud of your genius, and you used an appropriate term: Pack members. It makes you sound more like a werewolf.

"Why is that?" the waitress asks, curious.

"It could greatly damage the psychiatric and emotional state of the herd.", you reply, slipping easily into a 'lecture mode'. "They tend to get scared by werewolves. They like me, of course, but they always insist I be in human form when I see them." 'Where does all this knowledge come from?', you wonder, before you realize the key fact. They don't know anything about humans ... and you do.

Sooon you're one of the most popular guys in the building, and you and Jason leave the cafe with full bellies.

"How did you do that?", Jason asks.

"Your guess is as good as mine." you respond, shrugging.

So now you're a werewolf ... but you're still a kid. And how did you suddenly become a werewolf? You're pretty sure you've never grown fur and claws before. But you don't even know where to start looking for the answers. And, from the looks of things, neither does Jason.

So...what should you do?


Written by Matt C. a.k.a. White Fang (edited by wanderer)

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