My Wolf And The Bullies

Break time has arrived. I’m already in the cafeteria enjoying my lunch. I can’t stop thinking about the whisper I heard a few hours ago. Lorraine suddenly showed up with her friends. 

“You shouldn’t be enjoying your lunch here, Lauryn,” Lorraine mumbled and put her tray on the table. 

“This is a public place. You have no right to kick me out. Anyway, I was the first one to sit here,” I said.

 One of Lorraine’s friends protested to me. “You’re the new student here. How could you give us this shit?”

“Is there something wrong with being a new student here? Since this morning, you’ve been acting like you’re the owner of the Ethereal Hunters. Girls, you’re just snot-nosed kids hiding behind your parents’ titles,” I shot back. 

“How dare you!” Lorraine shouted at me. 

I gave Lorraine a glare like I’m annoyed by their presence. Lorraine picked up her tray and left me. She grumbled but I didn’t care about any kind of bullies. If I’m weak, I’ll get the same treatment as before. 

All the students in the cafeteria stared at me in disgust. 

“Why did you act like that? We’re family here,” a student asked me. 

“I’m sorry.” 

“Oh, you’re terribly anti-social,” she grumbled and avoided me.

“Can I sit here? The other tables are full, Lorraine and her friends won’t let me sit with them.” 

The strange man who glanced at me sharply this morning, greeted me. 

“Have a seat,” I replied. 

“Thanks.” 

“Nevermind.” 

Everything becomes awkward in an instant.

“You just moved from Highcrown Walkers?” 

I nodded. 

“I’m also a former Highcrown Walkers.” 

I paused then tried to remember this strange student’s face. Unfortunately, I don’t remember who he was.

“Alpha Hughes kicked me out last year for failing my weekly hunting test,” he said. 

I raised my eyebrow. “Weekly test?” 

“It’s a weekly test to determine who can get into the intelligent wolf agency–”

“So, you’re in the same batch as my older brother? Last year he took the test to get into the intelligence wolf agency. But he failed.” 

“There were a lot of failed participants,” he whispered.

“Did you get kicked out just of that?” I asked. 

He shook his head, then said. “It’s complicated.” 

“Well, so you repeated in 12th grade because you didn’t pass that test at Highcrown Walkers?” 

“That’s right. I’m repeating a year again because I struggled so much last year. I’m lucky, Alpha Matthew accepted me here.” 

I nodded then I reached out to him. “Lauryn Anderson.” 

“Jamien Barnabas.” 

I gasped. “You are Jones Barnabas’ son?”

“He’s also a late bloomer, he just got his wolf last week.”

“Late Bloomer?” 

Jamien glanced at me as he chewed on his potato. “How do you know about it?” 

I was confused, a voice lodged in my head. The voices became mysterious whispers. No one was near me, except Jamien. Jamien didn’t say anything about his late bloomer. I got up and walked to Mom’s room.

Mom threw the book out of her hand when she saw me coming with a gasp.

“What’s going on?” Mom asked me. 

“I hear mysterious whispers from my mind,” I shot back.

“What do you mean, Lauryn?” 

“I heard these weird whispers, and it was like–” 

“Can you smell another scent?” 

I shook my head. “But the whispers are so real, Mom.” 

Mom asked me to sit on the couch. “Keep it down.”

“Has Randy and Chloe’s harsh treatment driven me crazy to hallucinate like this?”

I covered my face in despair. Mom strengthened me, she clasped my hand. 

“Lauryn, this isn’t a hallucination,” Mom said.

“It’s an unreal incident however, I feel like this is real, Mom? How can you say this is not a hallucination?”

“It’s your wolf, Lauryn. You’ve found your wolf, and she’s trying to re-link with you.”

“That’s right, it’s me. Can I get a cool name?” 

I was speechless.  The whisper grew clearer in my ears. 

“Mum, are you sure this is my wolf?” I asked her. 

“If you hear those strange whispers, this is a sign that your wolf has already appeared, Lauryn.” 

“But…”

“This is good news. After lunch is the last lesson, prepare to go home. We’ll stop by the supermarket to buy groceries.” 

Mom was excited after hearing this. I was silent in my seat. I still didn’t understand something.

"Mark once said that the first transformation only occurred during the full moon." 

"It's okay. Each beta gets their wolf in a variety of unusual ways."

Today isn’t the day when the full moon appears. So, why did I get my wolf now? Am I not going to be shifting in my first transformation? And why did I get my wolf, when I've only been in Ethereal Hunters for a week?

“Go back to your classroom, the bell has rung.”

I nodded and walked over to my classroom. Everyone stared at me when I entered the classroom. A stinky water spilled over me. I shouted out loud. Lorraine and her friends laughed in satisfaction, but I’m done with the bullies. 

“How dare you treats me like that, Lorraine?” I grabbed her collar. 

“I’m the one who should ask you ‘How dare you humiliated me before everyone, Lauryn Anderson?’ You’re nothing here but a loser as Jamien,” she growled. 

“Are you sure he’s a loser? Though you’re just a shit of a greedy Beta?” I asked her. 

Lorraine slapped me, and I returned it. 

“How dare you!” 

She about pushed me down, but Alpha Matthew came in with his assistant. 

“What’s going on here?” he asked coldly. 

“They’re get into a big quarrel,” someone said. 

“It’s a school not a champion match. Stop being a childish!” He growled. “You should follow me into the headmaster room after school!”