To Be A Shifter

I kept my head low as she walked closer to me. Suddenly, there was a pressure against my jaw as she gripped her hand, forcing me to look up at her. Her Grey eyes were full of hatred and disgust as she looked at my unkempt state. “Why are you still here when you were supposed to be cleaning the bedrooms already?” Her voice hardened as she gripped my face tightly. I knew I would have another bruise from this, but I made no move to speak. Speaking would only make things worse for me. She gave a sigh and pushed me back onto the floor. I stayed on the hard tile floor, letting my matted and choppy brown hair cover as much of my face as it could. I just wanted to hide from the world.Thankfully, she was in a good mood today and left me alone on the floor to pick myself up. Even though it’s been almost two years, it still hurts to be treated this way. Losing everything at once changed me. My body was littered with bruises and scars. My once green eyes that were filled with light and shine

My eyes fluttered open sometime later. I felt sticky and a little wet. My body was glued in place, unable to move. My head throbbed as I remembered what had happened before I was knocked unconscious. Suddenly, I noticed the pain in my ribs. I groaned softly and attempted to make my body lift off the floor. The partially dried blood was stuck to my face, causing a sloppy, sickly sound as I peeled away from the floor beneath me. The room was spinning so fast I thought I might puke from the motion. Soon, my vision went back to normal, and the roller coaster in my stomach calmed. I moved myself to my feet, trying to be gentle on my ribs. As I stood, I felt as if someone had lit a fire inside the right side of my chest just below my breast. The bones were definitely cracked, and I’m sure at least two were broken, but I couldn’t be sure, not without a doctor anyway, and I would never be allowed to go and see one here.I glanced over at the oven clock that flashed a digitized time of nine th

I felt my breathing stop as I looked into those eyes. Vampire. While we were on speaking terms with each other after the Great War, we still didn’t see each other more than the necessary meetings of peace. I stood still, frozen in place as the eyes looked back at me. I was scared. I needed to get out of here, but my body refused to listen to me.I heard the bushes move, and I started to shiver. I could see the person’s shadow moving slowly towards me. I stood rooted in place and cursed myself in my mind. Why couldn’t I move? Damn it I needed to run. “Don’t be afraid, little one.” A soft voice echoed from his lips as he made his way into view. “I promise I’m not going to hurt you, little human.” The air I was holding in my lungs finally escaped, only to be replaced with uneven and ragged breaths.“It’s okay.” The voice was back, and it was crazy. “It’s okay, child, just listen to him.” The voice was calm. I willed my legs to move, but found that they were going forward instead of away

Please. What do you mean?” This time he chuckled. “Oh, little one. It’s simple. Our biology tells when the perfect time to shift is. For wolves it’s between fifteen and sixteen. For vampires we know around thirteen sometimes it’s a bit late coming close to fifteen. Witches and fires shift around seventeen and angels shift sometime between sixteen and eighteen. You still have time. Until your eighteen. Your just not a normal Shifter. You still may be human but you could still be a dark angel. If your special you could be a white angel but there hasn’t been one for hundreds of years so it’s very unlikely.”At his words I could feel my heart race in my chest. I still had time? I still could shift? His words filled my heart with hope. But sadness. Why would my family shun me without even knowing yet? I just wasn’t a wolf I could have been something else this whole time. “So, I still have a chance?” His smile widened as he nodded his head. “Of course little one.We spent the next hour talk

The next morning I was greeted with the alarm and quickly shut it off. Tuesday. Today I would be helping some of the other pack members design their dresses for the festival. The work was tedious, but it also excused me from all my other daily chores until after. While it was still early there were quite a few members up from the excitement. I remember those days. The beautiful gowns and dancing. The food and how right at midnight we would go on a run together to celebrate our nature and who we were, as we goddess created us.The work piled on quickly as I had a line of men and women coming for measurements and looking through the color and design options. Most people were to excited to pay me any mind, at least I thought. When I smelled that horrid perfume I knew Rebecca was back. “Okay i`m only going to say this once so listen up human.” I nodded my head and grabbed out my notepad writing down her name and measurements before preparing her directions. " I want a strapless, floo