Joining of a pack PV Werewolves Closed

With the event done with, me, Colin and Irina had left together. I couldn’t wait to get into something more comfy than my school uniform! “Mate, that was brilliant!” I laughed to Colin. “The way she basically glared at you, brother! Thought you was a gonna!” I hadn’t spoken to Irina, not really. It was weird but it was also whatever. She wants to have the arse with me then FINE see if I care. Stupid Halfblood, a voice scoffed in the back of my head.

“Rina! Colin! Hey!” my head snapped backwards to find a girl around our age. She was littered in freckles, a nice mop of blonde hair upon her head and hoots mudded up like no other! Where in Merlin’s great beard HAS she been? Bloody Hippogriff stables or something? I feel sorry for the poor caretaker! Bringing all that mud! Was she raised by run down slobs?

To be honest, the more I look at her, her face does seem familiar. I couldn’t get an exact sent on her so she isn’t someone I’ve seen frequently, but she smells of somewhere I’ve been a lot. Wood. “Look what the sheep dragged in,” I commented, looking her up and down. She looked nice, I will hand her that, but come ON. And can she please do something with her hair! I stared at her hair, “- backwards… through a hedge,” I added to my previous comment.

She stook her hand out, my eye glancing at the scars on her wrist. Were they bite marks…? No… I looked away so it didnt seem like I was staring and, with a expressionless face, shook her hand first. “Hiya! I'm @Tesla Stone, but you can call me Tes! I'm a first year Hufflepuff,” she announced.

“Lucian Michael Mornstern. Slytherin. I’m 12,” I told her. Could she call me by a nickname? Sure. Was I gonna say? No. I looked right into her eyes but she turned away from me and focused on @Colin McCoire and @Irina Sousa

“I was hoping I'd catch up with you guys! It was so exciting to see both of you there!" oh so she apparently knew them. How come I— THE DUPONT BALL! Thats when I saw this pathetic excuse of a witch, more like a farmer!

A smile she lost at my respectable face was found again at looking at a barefoot boy and the halfy.

Attire: Usual school day attire: robes, shirt (buttons mismatched), tie (knotted around his left knee), kilt, neck ring, no shoes.

Reducio

Colin stuck his arm around Luci's neck as they laughed and meandered along the corridors with Rina. The errand had been kind of fun. No one at the table had actually said they hated werewolves or any other kind of so-called monster. Though perhaps they were just terrified because they were surrounded and outnumbered by werewolves and dhampirs! Coo, that dhampir even gave Colin the willies! But his girlfriend didn't seem to mind in the least, and that helped Colin settle down immensely.

He had wanted to tell them a funny story he'd heard in the common room when two things happened almost at once --- Rina said she had to go off and work on some project or something and a familiar and uber cheerful voice came up from behind them: “Rina! Colin! Hey!” Luci's head turned to see who it was. Colin knew, but he turned anyway, with a big smile. Tes!

Luci started talking smack right away: "Look what the sheep dragged in.”

"Oi!" Colin smacked Luci in the belly. Colin couldn't help but smile at Luci's ability to come up with awesome insults, but this was different! "Easy mate, she's my friend! Save it for the Gryffindorks!" Luci didn't seem to pay any attention which led Colin to wonder if they had ever met before and he instantly hated the girl. The way they introduced themselves to each other, though, really confused Colin.

Tes of course was bubbly and friendly --- the perfect Hufflepuff! She could have charmed old Tom Riddle from his murderous ways, he thought. But then Luci kind of sounded stiff like an old blood. Colin rolled his eyes. Aye, the perfect Slytherin Pureblood!

As Colin said goodbye to Rina, he got to thinking about Luci and Tes. He knew they were both Wolves, but --- they probably didn't know the other was! Colin suddenly felt his heart jump. Wait. Tes obviously knew Rina --- did they know each other were Wolves? Colin suspected they must. Rina, him and Luci knew about each other. Colin knew there was at least one other Wolf in Hogwarts, a girl his age.

A smile crept across his face. Somehow he'd have to get Luci and Tes to recognise each other as Wolves. So, he put his arms around their necks and began slowly walking along the empty corridor. "Gosh that meeting really was --- interesting! Eh mates? I mean, bringing together Dhampirs and Veelas and --- Werewolves! Brilliant right?"

Colin gave Luci a gentle kick with his bare foot. "Like, there was a Dhampir at our table. He seemed pretty cool. He certainly didn't seem to mind that there were any --- Werewolves! Right mate?" He gave Tes a slight bump with his other bare foot. "I wonder, Tes, did ye see any --- Werewolves --- at yer table lass?"

Colin could barely suppress his laughter. He hoped they'd get the hint! Colin wondered. Ever since Henry disappeared, the few Wolves that were at Hogwarts seemed to go underground. He'd lost track of Edme altogether. But here he was with three other Wolves --- could they form a Pack?

@Lucian Mornstern | @Tesla Stone | @Edme Achillian

I let out a grunted as he whacked me in the belly. “You’re friends with this undignified troll?” I asked with a furrowed brow. But, if he is friends with her then I can’t exactly be a prick to her. Much. “Fair point,” I smirked at him. I nodded at her greeting and then stared at her with a questioning look. “So you’re eleven?” I laughed in a condescending way. Colin put his arms around our shoulders. “Careful mate, you may get lice,” I sneered, okay I wouldn’t be completely nice to her.

Not until she proved herself to be more than a gold medal swimmer in mud.

Colin kicked me and I glared at him, I’m not the one shouting about werewolves every 3 seconds. I angrily got out from under his arm and pushed him a little harshly. “Shut your mouth,” I hissed at him. Why was he so cavalier about this? Was he not taught to hide this part of him for his own safety?

It was draining, yes, but it was safe. And if it was safe then it was worth it. I wasn’t going to risk my life just for people to know my secret. I’ve grown up alone and I can live alone if I must. I am a lone wolf, at the end of the day, and while I would love for that to change… I can live with being alone.

But then she brandished her wrist and my eyes widened. She’s a wolf. I looked from her wrist to her face and back at her wrist again. She’s a wolf. Like me. I looked at Colin, did he know?

Tesla Stone is a wolf. Same as Colin and I. Same as Ree. “How many of us are there here?” I finally whispered. More so to myself but given Colin and Tes hage heightened hearing because they’re a wolf, they would hear me fine.

Luci was being real thick.

And a prat.

"Brev!" Colin said, immitating his mate's incomprehensibly thick English accent. "Lice? Really? That's the sort of thing --- other people --- say. I mean ---" Colin didn't get a chance to finish, because Lucian all but tore himself away from Colin's brotherly embrace. Colin understood, so he didn't chide his friend. His smile faded somewhat, but never quite left his face. He knew Lucian wasn't too keen on letting the whole world know about him. Apparently, he thought Colin was dropping all these hints around some random girl!

"Laddie!" Colin said, releasing Tes and taking Luci back into his arm. "Lad, are you barking? What's up with you?" Tes told Luci that she was the only one --- the only Werewolf --- in her group. And she showed him her scars. Luci took forever to put two and two together, though! He kept looking from Tes's wrist back up to her face. Maybe he was trying to gauge her truthfulness. Or maybe he thought Colin was pulling a prank on him? Hah! As if!

"See lad? Luci." Colin looked directly into his friend's dark eyes. He'd come to love this fellow Slytherin like a brother. He'd never do anything that would intentionally reveal his secret. Colin lowered his voice. "There's no one else here with us. You didn't honestly think that I would make a game out of this in front of someone I knew wasn't like us? Lad. I wouldn't even do that with Clair!"

Eventually Luci managed to ask Colin how many wolves there were at Hogwarts, his voice barely a whisper. Colin looked around furtively. Just in case some pure blooded, Werewolf hating wank like Avery oozed out of some crack in the wall. Colin thought he was highly sus, and had decided to keep an eye on him.

"Well," he said, keeping his voice low. "I know there a couple in Slytherin, first years. I'm certain of it. I mean, besides us lad! There's one girl in my year, she's a Ravenclaw. Het name is Edme! I'm pretty sure there are others, too, though I don't think there are any others in Ravenclaw. A couple in Hufflepuff. Sometimes, well, I just a get this feeling. You know?" Colin smirked as he looked from Luci to Tes and back.

@Tesla Stone | @Lucian Mornstern || @Edme Achillian

I returned the gesture as she stuck her tongue out at me and even did something I had seen my cousins do many times— I gave her ‘the finger’. Basically just sticking my middle finger in the air. Apparently it was a bad thing and you should do it when you’re mad.

"Me barking? What? You’re the crazy one," I commented, shaking my head. And then it all made sense… and I couldn’t fathom, for some reason, that a girl like this was a werewolf. I’m not sure why. Perhaps when I grow up I will find it easier to distinguish man and wolf. "I dunno. I- I know that some are more… open with who they are and- and you prance around with your scars on show sometimes!"I explained, however it hit me that he wouldn’t be so careless around Clair. That’s Clair. I’m short of calling her his soulmate.

He explained the wolves he knew of and even then I was plunged into the void of disappointment. Yeah, there were more of us, but not many. Not that I wish the pain of this upon someone else but it’s comforting to know that you’re not alone in your struggles. Comforting that there are people who genuinely know what you go through and not those that think they got mad empathy skills and can somehow feel what it’s like to get your bones broken and reshaped every full moon.

That’s what empathy is, right? Putting yourself in other people’s shoes? Well jokes on them because I don’t wear shoes during transformation. They couldn’t possibly know what it feels like. I listened to her yap and that’s when I schooled my expression again.

"Yes, well, I don’t know you. I would prefer to have chosen who I let my secret to. Not all Werewolves are considerate," I explained cooly, but I did trust her. If Colin trusted her… he seems to have a way with people. Although I wouldn’t let my guard down for the first few weeks. After all, this girl is caked in all things unhygienic and her hair still looks like a cat jumped around in it after being scared. Filthy.

She started speaking about a pack and, I must say, I did lighten at that. A ghostly smile fluttered across my face and I nodded. "At the risk of agreeing with the commoner, I concur that a pack would be marvellous," I said, my gaze switching to Colin. I heard her let out a directioned breath, probably trying to calm that torpedo-hit hair, before she called us in for a handshake. "I’m not gonna get the lurgy if I touch you, am I?" I asked, pulling a face although I was joking that time. I clasped her hand in mine and then Colin’s as we hand shook. "Packmates— although you do have to get out of that sty once in awhile and use this thing called a shower," I informed her, I shower twice a week. Monday to aid me through to Friday which leads to me to Monday and so on.

"I vote that Colin is the Alpha," I immediately said, clapping him on the back. I shot a look at Tes, "Right?" soon enough I said, "Now that we know, we either go our separate ways for now or we go someone more secluded - outside maybe - and chat?" I offered. Depending on what was chose, I still make Colin walk ahead ‘just gonna clear the air’ I would say and then walk up to Tes. I stood real close to her. "You’re a friend of Colin’s? How long for?" I questioned. I invaded her personals peace with a glare. "I swear to Salazar, if you hurt him in anyway then I will hurt you. Worse. No one touches Colin. Are we in an understanding?" Colin… he’s like my older brother. I never had an older brother. I’m the older one. But Colin has made me feel so welcome and comfortable around him with my Lycanthropy and I always feel protective of him.

My glare turned to a smile and I backed down. "But, if you stay your chipper and unhygienic self then we shall be fine!" I clapped her on the shoulder and then made a dash for Colin, wiping my hand on my trousers. "Come on!" I called.

❝ The wolf stands on its hind legs, places its forelegs on the scientist's shoulders, and places its jaws around the scientist's head. This is just the wolf's way of being friendly. If you're an animal who doesn't know how to talk, a very clear signal is communicated:
'See my teeth? Feel them? I could hurt you, I really could. But I won't. I like you.' ❞
~ Carl Sagan