Dacota knew she had to go to school. If she didn't and they rang home and her dad didn't answer, they would come looking for her.
So instead she quickened her pace and ran through the school gates.
She ignored the jeering of the bullies and the hollers of the crowds. She couldn't show weakness. Especially that day.

She opened the big orange door to the pristine school corridor. Groups of chatting friends bordered the walls. Dacota always felt left out, if she was ever spoken too it was only a harsh word.
She knew she never belonged here:ever since her dad made them leave their old homes. He said "this home had bad memories". Even more so for Dacota . But she had to suck it up.
She walked into the school hall for assembly and sat down. She noticed Xavier Night staring at her from across the rows of chairs. His slicked back black hair sent shivers down her spine and his sculpted cheek bones gained  a small growl from Dacota.
"What" she whispered. She had never growled before. Xavier seemed to notice too as he looked away sharply.
"What is going on" she whispered.
And that's when everything changed.
Bethany Jefferson pushed herself onto Xavier, and Dacota felt jealous all of a sudden.
" why am I jealous" she said to herself. "I don't have a reason to be. "
And then another growl erupted from her chest, earning a worried look from Xavier. His eyes bore deep into her, and the shivers returned and she felt...calm.
Bethany however noticed, and retracted herself from Xavier and walked towards Dacota. Dacota was sure her heart skipped a beat as the bully towered over her. She had always been afraid of her.
"Aww, poor wittle Dacota is jealous. Xavier is mine" said Bethany.
"Leave me alone" she replied. And she meant it. Blackness was clouding her vision and every bone in her body hurt in excruciating pain.
"Why should I?" Said Bethany in a triumphant tone.
And that's when Dacota lost control. She started beating the hell out of Bethany until she herself was lifted up and carried away. She shivered at their touch and growled unintentionally. She punched whoever it was in the face. It was Xavier.
"I'm-"
"It's okay we need to get you into the woods."
"Wh" And then she felt every bone in her body crack and reform into alien shapes just as she reached the woods. Xavier put her down gently and she missed the feeling of his touch. But as she looked down at her arm, fur was sprouting from it, and at her hand was a paw. She tried to let out a scream but it came out as a howl.
And then she realised how her life would never be the same.
She was a werewolf.