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would never beat them with their werewolf strength. She was tired of being hurt and learned quickly how to use whatever was in her reach as a weapon for defense.
    Stacy was the biggest and the meanest of the group. Because of her height and size, she was the leader of the smaller girls and was continuously encouraging the assaults against Amber. Ordering the girls to surround Amber on the playground, Stacy would punch and kick her, pulling her around by the hair, bragging about how easy it was to change. Stacy continually taunted Amber, accusing her of not being a true werewolf. Stacy would change and stand over Amber, snarling and threatening to bite her until one of the adults came out to break up the group.
    One day, it all changed. Overhearing Stacy’s plan to attack and bite her, Amber decided it was time she fought back. She had always avoided Stacy when possible and didn’t understand why the girl hated her so much. Slipping into the kitchen unnoticed, the small knife was easy to steal and was easily hidden throughout the day in the front pocket of Amber’s jeans.
    Amber waited all day with dread, when they surrounded her in the courtyard, Stacy approached, immediately beginning the shift into the wiry mixed colored form of her wolf. Before the transformation was complete, Amber attacked. She quickly swung the blade and sliced across the half girl half wolf’s face. As practiced in her room, spinning quickly, Amber stabbed the bigger girl in the side when Stacy lunged towards her.
    The girls in the circle surrounding them were stunned and stood with mouths gapping. They stared in dumbfounded silence as Stacy fell to her knees, clutching her bleeding face and side.
     
    Amber’s eyes were a wild swirl of color, her breathing shallow and fast. Skin crawling, her head was pounding. With rage clouding her eyes, Amber whirled around to face the group, snarling menacingly, taking a step, daring them to block her exit. Without their leader to goad them, the girls immediately parted, allowing Amber to pass.
    Escaping their circle, Amber ran as fast as her legs would carry her towards the woods. Gasping for breath, she reached the tree line. Suddenly a male wolf stepped out from behind the large tree and grabbed her, stopping her progress into the forest.
    “I know you’re only trying to protect yourself, but they’ll kill you for that,” he told her, concern crossing his face.
    “Blake! What are you doing here?” Amber exclaimed. “Maybe I’ll just let them kill me so I won’t have to worry about this shit anymore!” Amber responded in frustration, while she fought to catch her breath.
    “I can help you get out of here, instead,” he advised.
    Amber stared at him for a long moment before she nodded in agreement. Blake turned and rushed her deeper into the woods.
      Amber had spent the last year and a half at the shelter for misfits; it had been the most miserable time of her short life. She would not miss that place or its people. Except one, she corrected herself silently, glancing at Blake beside her.
    “OK, what’s the plan?” Amber asked, turning with her hands on her hips facing him. Blake’s soft brown eyes stared back at her. Since arriving at the school a couple weeks after she had, Blake had been a true friend and she trusted him.
     
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    Hiking through the trees, they headed for the cave they had found a couple months earlier. Blake and Amber had explored and talked for hours before realizing how late it had become. Laughing, they rushed back to the s chool before anyone missed them. The cave was their secret hiding place where they could go and get away from the world.
    Blake agreed to return at midnight and rushed back to the school. Amber spent the evening pacing, watching the entrance, waiting anxiously for Blake to arrive, and then jumped in startled surprise when he silently and suddenly appeared.
    A smile lit Blake’s face when Amber ran happily towards him. Getting into her