Josh stumbled away from the window in mute horror, shreiking as pain washed through him. He could feel his spine snap and re-form, he could feel his legs stretch out and thick fur sprout from every pore in his body. A muzzle stretched from his face, full of razor-sharp blood-stained teeth. He pricked his sensitive, pointed ears and listened to his harsh, laboured breathing and his sharp claws scratch across the floor.

But he wasn't paying attention to that. All his senses were trained on one thought; Blood. Letting out a blood-curtling howl, he lunged at the window, listening with triumph as it shattered under his three hundred pounds of solid wolf muscle.

He went flying out of the small attic, skidding to a halt in the middle of the street, completely unharmed. He narrowed his indigo eyes on a little girl playing in the front yard of her house, and then started to creep up behind her; silent, deadly, hungry and ready.

And then he lunged, teeth digging into her neck with a loud snap that indicated he'd killed her. He sniffed at the girl carefully, turning her over with his nose a couple times until he got bored. 

He wanted to eat something else. 

Leaving the dead, mangled, and bled-out girl behind, he started to dash down the eerie dark street quickly. His stomach rumbled.

One down, more to go.

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Charlotte smiled, and then stopped walking as something walked out in front of her. She paled and nearly collapsed.

There was a pale girl there, with long auburn hair and freckles. Her green eyes almost seemed to glow, compared to her transparent body. Her body, which had giant bloody animal teeth marks around her neck and throat, and blood smeared all over her pretty white shirt and jeans. She shrieked a single word, and then fled into the forest.

"Werewolf!" she'd screamed, making Charlotte have to grab Derek to keep from falling over.

Charlotte clamped a hand over her mouth to keep from puking. "A-A girl..." she whispered, finding it hard to speak. "S-She was torn apart by an animal... but..." She frowned, looking up at him with wide, confused eyes. "She said it was a w-werewolf. Do those even exist?"

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Josh barked, bloody tongue lolling out the side of his mouth as he dashed after her at full speed. He let out a howl again, leaping over a trash can that had fallen. Then he stopped running, and coiled his body, ready to spring.

His mind made the calculations in no time flat, and he leaped over her, skidding to a halt, paws sliding painfully over the pavement, and turned to face her with narrowed indigo eyes.

He snarled, revealing teeth, with large canines the length of her index finger. They were all drenched with fresh blood, and a rotting smell mingled with is breath, which swirled like smoke through the dark chilly air.

"I've got you now," he said slowly, preparing to leap at Erin. His voice was nearly the same, though it was harsher and more growly. His eyes focused on hers, and for a moment he was paralyzed. 

His instincts were momentarily stopped by his human knowledge and feeling, struggling to regain controll over the full moon's power.

Charlotte shivered, only slightly from the cold, and continued to walk with him in silence. "Do you think shapeshifters exist?" she said quietly, unable to look at him.

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Jace blinked, and smiled. "Ella is a pretty name," he said, blushing slightly. He tried to correct himself, "I mean, so is Angel and Cinderella, but I prefer Ella," he added nervously, chewing on his lip, "I mean, if that's okay with you." He blushed.

Charlotte couldn't help but shiver at that. "They must be scary," she said. She had no clue Derek was one.

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Jace flushed again and looked at his feet. "Okay."

"But what if they're just like normal people..?" He blinked.

Jace shrugged. "I dunno."

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Charlotte shook her head. "But they can turn into animals!" she exclaimed. "Animals with claws, and teeth, that eat other animals..." She pinched eyes shut and took a deep breath in.