Sassy sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror.
She watched as the other girls dressed happily, all excited for the new school year, while she was still the same weird, blonde-haired werewolf girl.
Sometimes she wished she could run away or stay hidden or bury herself under her sheets or even disappear, but she couldn't as she stood out amongst everyone and her absence would be immediately noticed.
And where would she even run to?
"Alright girls, let's get going. The bus is here." The matron announced from the doorway, interrupting Sassy's train of thought.
The girls shrieked in joy as they excitedly ran out to the bus.
Sassy just stood at a spot, waiting for her absence to be noticed.
"Where's Blondie?" She heard the matron ask, and her sharp ears picked up the sound of the matron's footsteps coming back to the room.
Sassy sighed and stepped out.
"I'm on my way." She muttered.
"Oh, there you are. I almost thought you locked yourself up in the bathroom...again." The matron said and Sassy's face was red with embarrassment.
The matron held her hand and took her to the bus, but there were no more empty seats.
"Toria, could you adjust a little, Blondie needs to sit." The matron asked and Sassy's ears almost bled.
Why did she keep calling her Blondie?
"No matron. Blondie can't sit here. I don't sit next to weirdos." Toria replied with a look of disdain.
"It's fine matron. I'll just stand by the edge." Sassy said.
The matron stared at her for a while.
"Umm...are you sure about that?" She asked and Sassy nodded.
"Alright then. Be careful. Hold on to something, so you don't fall, okay?" The matron said.
"Thank you, matron," Sassy said.
Soon, the bus started, but as they were going, the driver didn't notice a bump in time, and when he did, he immediately stepped on the brakes.
The bus's wheel screeched and the bus jerked.
That small movement wasn't so small to Sassy, as she had lost balance and toppled over, scraping her knee in the process.
"Oh, great." She muttered to herself, as the other children laughed at her.
Sassy was fifteen years old. She was the only blonde girl in the Black Knights Pack. She always felt she didn't belong there as it was quite obvious.
She never met her parents as she had grown up in the orphanage. Rumors had it that her parents were dead. Some said they ran away, and some said they threw her away because she looked scary. She didn't know which to believe.
She had tried to ask the matron about her family's history but she couldn't get a direct answer. So she could only hope and pray that one day she'd get the answers to all her questions and someone, probably her fated mate would take her away from the Black Knight's Pack.
But that was still a long time away, as she was just fifteen and hadn't gotten her wolf yet.
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Sassy sat alone at the door of the Janitor's closet trying to eat her snack. She always did that so she could eat as she was always bullied and mocked in the cafeteria.
She hurriedly tried to eat her bread as she saw Murphy, the school bully coming with his clique.