"Happy birthday Rose!" Screamed my younger sister Lily (Yes, My parents like the names of flowers). 
"I'm up! Don't you dare come in and jump on me!" I yelled back, but unfortunately, my younger sister doesn't listen to those kinds of requests. She burst the door to my room open and full-on leaped onto my half-asleep form. She landed on my back, receiving an "oof" from me. I laughed and grabbed onto her, tickling her into a fit of laughter. A sudden light flashed in front of me and I looked up to see my dad holding my smiling mother, who had a camera in her hands. 
"Muuuuuuuuum!" Both Lily and I groaned in unison. Both parents laughed and turned out of the doorway and back into the kitchen. I picked up Lily and gave her a piggyback ride into the kitchen for breakfast. Now, you'd probably think that we were a pretty normal family right? We just have a secret to humans. We are a family of werewolves. Both my parents are wolves, Lily and I haven't had our first shifts yet. I'm 16 today, so I should have my first shift sometime today. I can't wait to meet my wolf. 
"Rose! Lily! Breakfast! Oh, you're here" She laughed the last part as she didn't realize we were already in the kitchen. Lily burst out laughing because being her 5-year-old self she thought everything was hilarious. My parents were very young when they had me, they always made me promise that if I found my mate to use contraception so that I didn't end up getting pregnant before the age of 19. I always thought that it was an embarrassing topic and raced out of it as soon as I could. 
"And for breakfast, I present to you, bacon and eggs on toast with hot chocolate!" My mother hands me and Lily a plate each and then a mug with a steaming hot chocolate and marshmallows. Lily's eyes widened just like her smile and she dug in. I smiled at her reaction before starting to dig into my food. I was finishing my last mouthful before I spat it out and fell to the ground, pain shooting through my body. 
"Get her outside! Now!" I heard my dad yell through my pain. I heard cracking all through my head and my body. I was picked up and rushed out the back door, somewhere more private and open than the front of the house. I screamed at the pain, Lily was crying but as soon as mum told her what was happening she stopped and looked at me with curiosity. My arms were growing grey, black and white fur, which was odd because both of my parents had brown and red wolves. I tried to scream again but it came out as a roar rather than a scream. The pain finally stopped, and I was on the ground, eyes closed, trying to regain my strength before fully standing up in my new wolf form.
"Mummy, What happened to Rose? Why is she not a wolf?" I heard Lily whisper with my now heightened hearing. With that I opened my eyes, to look at my family. my eyes travel down to my two front paws, and they indeed are not regular wolf paws. Below me were grey paws with fluffy white toes, long, sharp, retractable claws, and soft pink paw pads. I jumped up in fright and looked down at my family. Holy shit I was huge compared to them!
'Hi Rose'
"Who are you and what am I!?"
'Rose, relax! My name is Clara and I am your Snow Leopard.'
"But, My family are wolves? How do I have a snow leopard?!"
'I don't know, but I promise I'll always be here to protect you.' I didn't respond to Clara as I just turned and faced my family, a look of awe on Lily's face, but a look of confusion on both of my parents' faces.
"Rose, honey, are you ok?" My dad asked, stepping forward a little. I dipped my head but then turned back to look at my long beautiful fur. I turned my head around and saw a long spotted tail that swayed when I tried to turn all the way around. 
"Rose?" I stopped walking in circles and turned to look at my younger sister, she was waddling towards me with a huge smile on her face. I crouched down and let her pat my nose, a loud purr erupting from my throat. 
"You are so pretty big sister! Can I ride on your back like we used to with mum and dad?" Lily giggled and hugged my neck. I gave her a little nod and got her to climb up my front leg. She pulled at my fur which hurt but I held back a hiss as to not scare my cute little sister off my back. She got on and sat in between my shoulders perfectly and began laughing and squealing in joy as I slowly walked around the backyard. My parents now looked proud, but still had slightly confused looks. I purred again, making my chest and back vibrate which in turn, made Lily laugh even more. I stopped in front of my parents and crouched down slightly to let them pat my head because that's what my parents told me to do when I became a wolf. Granted I wasn't a wolf, but I still thought they'd want me to. They both smiled and lifted their hands up to pat my cheek and nose (My nose was as big as their hands if that helps visualize how large I was to them). I gently let Lily down from my shoulders as I shifted back into my human form. I grunted from the pain of my bones snapping back into place but the pain wasn't as bad as it was the first time. My mum had a spare change of clothes in her hands but when I had fully shifted back I was still in the clothes I had on before. Must be perks of being a leopard shifter.
'Snow leopard' Clara corrected. I smiled and rolled my eyes in my mind back at Clara and turned back to hug my parents. They hugged me back, just as tightly.
"I want hug too!" Lily screamed and clung to my legs. I laughed and picked her up. 
"We should go for a walk later today, what do you say Li?" I asked Lily (Li is my nickname for Lily pronounced 'Lee'). She smiled widely and nodded really fast. I turned back to my parents who were smiling and shaking their heads. 
"As long as you are back before dinner," My mum said and gave Lily's cheek a little squeeze before messing up my hair. I laughed and swatted her hand away. 

That was the last normal (ish) day for Lily and me because little did we know that our lives were about to change. 

A/N:
Thank you all for the support on all of my books. This book is going to be the main book that I work on. I have lost motivation for a lot of things that I do but this book has gotten me inspired as I already know what is going to happen :) 
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