"What's happened?" His eyes looked me up and down, ridged with consternation, one blue and penetrating, the other green and kind.

I inhaled slowly, drawing my breath from deep in my lungs. My forehead seemed drawn together in a permanent frown. My eyes were sore. I knew I looked awful. But maybe it would help me. Maybe my awful appearance could give me confidence. I only hoped so.

"I..." I began.

I broke off with a cough. Last night, I didn't change back till the small hours of the morning, which had been about twelve hours in all. I hadn't been seen by anyone. I only hoped that I was so unnoticed on a normal basis that no one detected my absence. I hadn't eaten since lunchtime the previous day. And I only had three bites of the mushy sandwich before tipping my tray in the bin. School food is not food. And yet it's the only food I can remember.

To get back to the small hours, I was starving hungry. Fear makes me hungry, and I was so exhausted from my time in the attic that I knew I would faint if I didn't eat. So I took myself down to the main dining room. Or somewhere around the kitchens. Somewhere to eat. By this time my eyelids were closing, and my eyes had narrowed to a pinhole vision, a small circle inside a black fuzz.

I was caught. I wasn't caught stealing food. By that time I had eaten some raw vegetables, and had satisfied the wirst of my hunger. But my senses dulled as I ate, and I didn't hear the footsteps until it was too late.

I spent an hour with Mrs Finch, my captor, in her study, hearing her vaguely, but it seemed to be in a different language. All I could think about was Mr Bane and his story about Magnar Blackmane, and Wolfborn Syndrome, and I suppose I kept saying Mr Bane's name over and over again. He was the only one who could help me. So I had to tell him.

"I...can't..." I gulped, aware of his muscular form opposite me. I felt embarrassment even through my troubles and tears. He was so big and handsome. But what right did Mio Phiale have to be thinking such a thing? And even if she had felt herself to have that right, having noticed just about every other girl in the school making eyes at the new teacher Mr Bane would be enough to stop me from speaking to him. But now I had to. I couldn't speak to anyone else.

"Let's find somewhere private," he said, and I followed him to a small perri room not now in use. There had been a couple of passers-by who couldn't help staring.

I tried again.

"I...can't...control..."

But now my dilemma was telling. I had never told anyone. I had resolved never to tell anyone. But I had to. So I did.

"I have Wolfborn Syndrome," I said, and my voice sounded loud and confident as it resounded around the room, bouncing off the walls and back into my ears. My brain translated the sounds of my words, and I burst into fresh tears.

I had told. And the emotion was too much for me. I felt myself changing once again, quickly, my bones tearing and morphing, my skin bulging and tightening, my soul flashing before my eyes.

I saw a pale shaking wolf in the cracked mirror behind the door, and felt my legs collapse under me. I had told Mr Bane, and now I was unconscious in a small room off the main corridor, and I was a wolf.

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I came to in the dorm. I didn't know what time it was. I lay thinking, trying to find some sort of order in my head. I had changed back into a human. I didn't often change, but here I was, having changed twice and back again in the past twenty-four hours. It was the emotion. It got too strong, and it scared me out of my own body.

I opened my eyes, and blinked a few times. A face loomed over me, looking down at me quizzically. I couldn't be sure, but I thought it was Brina Dahl. There was a question in her eyes. But she didn't know anything. And I couldn't tell her. Not then.

Only one person other than myself knew. And that was Mr Bane. He was probably getting me expelled as soon as possible, telling all the teachers, warning them that I was bloodthirsty and dangerous. Why ever did I tell him anything? I needed help. I still do.

It feels better to have told someone.

But it hasn't solved my problem. I don't think anything ever will.

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The story is basically about a school for werewolves. They start at age the 13 until 17 or 18 depending on their birthday. They have their 1st transformation the full moon after their 13th birthday. After that they can phase whenever. If your charecter was bitten then they'll have special classes.
The first year (when they experience signs of transformation) teachers or a set crew of werewolves can wrangle up these coming werewolves and their classes could be about accepting who they've become and learning to control urges and whatnot so they don't kill people, common rules, etc.

Second years could learn the legends of the werewolf.

Third years could learn how to protect themselves/their secret.

Fourth years could learn about the natural enemies of werewolves.

Fifth years could learn how to live in normal society without being detected and being as responsible as can be.
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Name: Sebrina Dahl
Age: 16
Year: 4
Appearance: long curly black hair, dark blue eyes, slightly tanned skin, tall
Personality: sarcastic sometimes, bit of a drama queen, nice, loyal to her friends, caring
Other: Sebrina comes from a long bloodline of werewolves. her parents sent her to live her grandmother in Nightshade when she was 10, when she turned 16 her grandma died and was sent to the live in the dorms. Also plz call her Brina:)
Author: SydneyJade

Name-Talutah Kagi O Iyokpaza but everyone knows her as Talutah Fitzgerald
Age-17
Fifth Year Student at Nightshade Academy
She was bitten when she was fourteen and camping out in the woods with her brothers. They unfortunately did not survive the attack but Talutah did and was recruited into Nightshade by her best friend Kellan. She's very smart. She is respectable and kind to everyone and carries herself with pride. Talutah is half Sioux and half American (mother was Sioux, father was American)
Author: michelletakesthemic

Name Draco Robinson
age: 16
fourth year
appearence: short terrorsaw cut, with each section dyed a different colour of the rainbow from front to back. Turns into a siberian wolf so looks alot like a husky but more greyish. no dyes on the wolf. He wears different clothes but follows a relaxed appaerl nearly always. Not overly powerfully built but has strong muscels but is still rather slim.
Other: British kid, his family was killed in a car crash, and he was going to die but the driver of the other car didn't want him to die because he felt guilty so bit him (was a werewolf). He is proud of his Britishness as well as being European and harbours a slight disdain for american culture. He is however increadibly laid back and is very hard to motivate unless he is intrested, the only one able to motivate him is his significant other (whom he accedently bit) Jamie, who has his own bio. Draco does however have a fearce temper when angered and is angered easily. HE can restrain himself but will bare a grudge. However he is not petty about apologising when he knows he was wrong and is a keen freind.

Name; Jamie Freeman
Age 17
fouth year
appearence: natural raven black hair, and green eyes, also turns into a siberian wolf, though his wolf is albino. his hair is (as he says fairytale length) reaching to his ankles. He keeps it combomed straight and swept back, many mistake him for a girl due to his femine physice and short stature. He wears varrying clothes, and has no real preference.
other: also british like Draco, met Draco at school, and attended the Douglas acadamy (werewolf acadamy in scotland one of the three in existance. first is nightshade then douglas then Hakamoto in Japan) with Draco as perement boarders, jamie's family having been buchered by a rouge werewolf and draco turned. When Draco was expelled and sent to nightshade for turning and scareing the local town by walking down the street in the middle of the day, Jamie followed him to nightshade in the Northern Canadain wilderness. Jamie is quite and anxious about most things. Draco being a constant pain in his backside making him always worry. jamie is persistantly confused by the coloqueal lingistics of the region, such as the use of the word sidewalk and the differeing pronatations. He is also very timid and spends most of his time in the company of Draco or alone. He is however very acedemic and very intellegent and has already got an above average number of British A-levels despite his youth
Author: d-w

Kayla Jones
Age: 15 (almost 16)
Year: 4
Appearance: Dark black shortly cut hair. Green eyes. Light bronze skin. 6'1.
Personality: Before she became a student at Nightshade she was wild and out of control when she turned. But now she's trying to help it. She's very weird and is often caught talking to herself. Otherwise she's very sweet and hysterical.
Other: She dreams of being a regular human.
Author: HarryPotter.lover

Mio Phiale
Age: 16
Year: 4
Appearance: skin as pale as ivory, flat brown hair, penetrating blue eyes. 5'5"
Personality: she is quiet and modest and thinks a lot, but doesn't tell anyone what she is thinking
Other: since her first transformation Mio has been unable to control when she transforms, which she worries about intensely
Pet Wish: to be loved and cherished
Author: BasilWoodall

Name: Kera Oliver.
Age:14
Year: Second Year
Appearance: A young girl who is a little odd-looking. White-pale skin, dark vibrant green eyes. Bottle-green, brown, black, blue and red hair due to the amount of times she's dyed it. Her wolf transformation is red-brown with black tips to her facial features. She wears lolita(frilly, black, knee-high dresses) clothing and the only shoes she wears are her Dr Martins. But at times she prefers to wear boys clothing; so she doesn't usually distinguish herself as male or female; even though she's obviously a girl.
Other: Violent no matter the situation, hates feeling weak. She likes to feel dominant over the strong boys; but she doesn't talk much. And it takes a lot for her to crack a smile. Her family are alive and well and loving, and sent her here to help her. She's English.
Author: Ichigo"

Name: Balthazar Bane
A.K.A - The Spirit Wolf
Age: 21
Occupation: Hunter of rouge werewolves and part time lecturer of Werewolf history at Nightshade Academy
Appearance: Tall (6ft 3") and muscled like that of a professional sports man with spiked white hair, one eye a piercing sapphire blue and one a deep oak leaf green. Usually wears older styles of clothing, doublets with puffed, slashed sleeves either white or black. No other colours exist in his wardrobe because he sees no need for anymore as he is completely colour blind. Despite the horrors he deals with almost every day of his life Balthazar is not an unfriendly man, as quick to laugh as anyone but has a much more serious side he saves for his work.
Other: A former student of Nightshade Balthazar was quickly flagged by all the teachers there for being different; mainly he was one of the strongest werewolves they had ever taught. The Bane's are a long, well respected dynasty of werewolves, spanning their bloodlines as far back as the dark ages and from this lone lineage is where Balthazar gets his powers. When passed by birth werewolfism grows stronger and stronger, the child always surpassing the parent/s in skill, intelligence and strength. Where most would use this power poorly Balthazar chose to join the ranks of the Lightning Pack, an elite squad of powerful werewolves that hunt down and capture (if possible) rogue werewolves across the world that have either killed their own kind or humans. Due to his lineage he was made commanded of the Lightning Pack at 20 and has lead it well ever since, his nickname comes from his team for his pure white fur when he changes. He tries to spend at least one month a year at Nightshade, teaching mainly first years, but also teaches werewolf history to some of the older students. Most girls at Nightshade (and even some teachers) have massive crushes on the young man because of his unnaturally good looks that come with twelve generations of werewolf blood.
Author: Lilley

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