Before I could even begin to think of what to do, Eric began to howl. It took me a moment to realize what message he was trying to send. He was howling the song of anger.

We couldn't communicate nearly as easily in wolf form, but there were certain emotions and concepts we could get across easily, including anger, fear, danger, etc.

A reply came from our father. It was a questioning sound. Eric sent the reply, asking for him to come. We needed help.

As Eric was 'talking' with dad, I thought through my options. I could shift into other forms. I could fly back to my room and get some clothes. The problem with that plan, though, was that it would split us up. Eric would never approve. He didn't mind being on his own, but he would never let me go off on my own in what he considered hostile territory. I thought over our conundrum and looked around where our clothes had been. All of Eric's possessions were gone besides his destroyed cell phone. My phone was smashed too. The only other things I had were my vampire pendant and room key.

There was a note left too, under my smashed cell phone. I nudged it carefully until I could see what it said. It wasn't very original: <Go home wolf-bitch. Shifters don't belong!>

I had the feeling that whoever had stolen our clothes was waiting for us to shift back into human form so they could take incriminating pictures of us. That wouldn't help either of us. We had to get somewhere safe, away from the students. The other problem was that campus was busy now, classes were over and dinner was about to start.

It was then that I got an idea. I knew where we'd be safe. I whined to get Eric's attention and pointed in the direction we needed to go. Before he could protest, I carefully grabbed the note and my destroyed phone from the ground, and took off into the woods, toward the school, toward the full vampires, they would help us.

Eric was following me. He was growling. He was pissed that I took off without him, but I knew he would follow. I knew my plan would work. We broke through the trees right by the gym where the karate classes were held. Kinoshita-sensei was still there, she was locking up the dojo as we ran toward her. She was startled when she saw us, but saw my pendant and quickly realized who we were.

"Come inside," she bid, knowing that we were in trouble if we were coming up to her in wolf form. We carefully made our way inside and dropped our burdens of smashed cell phones and the note right inside the door. She locked the door, keeping us safely inside. "Samantha-san, your gi is downstairs in the locker room. The door is unlocked and open. I have an extra that will fit your brother. I will get it out while you go change and then we can talk." I gave her a nod and padded downstairs to the locker room. Eric followed me, but waited outside the door while I shifted back and struggled into the clothes. I was glad I had something to wear again. Kinoshita-sensei brought a spare gi down and promised Eric she'd protect me while he shifted back. I was surprised he trusted her even that much, but he ducked into the locker room to change and left me with the vampire. He came back a couple minutes later, wearing the borrowed karate uniform. "Let's go upstairs and have a cup of tea and you two can tell me what happened." We followed her upstairs and she set to brewing us tea. I was still flustered and upset by what happened and didn't know what to do. I was bordering on shock, and nothing that terrible had happened to me. Eric wrapped his arms around me.

"It's ok to feel scared," he whispered. "We'll make them pay for scaring you and trying to hurt you," he promised. I nodded and let him hold me safely in his arms. He was my brother. He'd always protect me.

"Is the Alpha on the way?" Kinoshita-sensei asked as she joined us with the tea. Eric nodded.

"I contacted him while we were in the forest."

"Then I ask that you tell me your story quickly. I would like for us to be prepared when the Alpha arrives." Eric nodded again and told her the story of what happened. He sounded just like he did when he gave a report to father after a hunt. I realized that dad had been training him for these kinds of political situations. Kinoshita-sensei listened to his story gravely. She didn't interrupt him. "Thank you for trusting me. I promise that you are safe here. The headmistress will meet us all in her office once the Alpha arrives. I will wait here with you until then. Samantha's safety is the biggest priority at the moment." Eric wouldn't argue with her on that point. She made more tea for us while we waited, hiding in the safety of the dojo.