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Melody has been alone for a long time. Her kind of shifter isn't supposed to exist. Yet she does.
So what happens when a rogue who wants her for his dinner hand delivers her to the one person who she's supposed to spend the rest of her life with?
When she meets him, it's confusion all around and he's conflicted to say the least.
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The wind ruffled my orange fur as I trotted through the forest. The world is full of werewolves, vampires and witches. There are a few rarer shifters like horses and large cats. Then there's me, the only one of my kind. I'm a fox shifter. I shifted at the age of 6 and I've been in my fox form ever since although I do sometimes shift back when I need to. I'm the size of an average fox and my small size can have its advantages. I'm fast, quick and I can hide in the smallest of places. The werewolves, horses and cats all tower over me but I don't mind. I've spent so much time in my fox form that if someone comes across me they don't know that I'm a shifter. The scent of the forest has been woven into my fur and it just seems like I'm a normal fox. I stop walking when I hear a twig snap. My ears swivel around, trying to pinpoint where it came from. I heard a growl and I turned to see a wolf staring at me hungrily. Rogue. I turned back around and start running as fast as I possibly can. I can hear him chasing after me. Sometimes other creatures will try and hunt me for food or fun. It's sick. My sensitive hearing picked on voices so I ran towards them. Soon a pack came into view. I sped up and crossed their border. I kept running until I found some random guy and hid behind him. He looked at me in confusion before seeing the rogue barrelling towards him.
"Rogue!" He shouted and everyone burst into action. I ran out from behind him and hid under a chair while the rogue was sedated and dragged off to the cells. The guy who I hid behind looked around him before his eyes landed on my huddled body. He slowly walked towards me and knelt down.
"Hey there." He cooed gently. He held out his hand and I gave it a curious sniff. He's a werewolf, a beta I think.
"I won't hurt you." He said quietly. I took a few careful steps forward and soon I was out in the open. I licked his palm and he smiled. He sat on the floor with his legs crossed underneath him. I was still weary of him. I took another step forward and he made no movements. I put a paw on his knee and lifted my front up as I sniffed his face quietly. He doesn't smell dangerous. I can smell if someone has killed anyone before and some of the major chemicals that the brain makes. Clearly my sense of smell is more defined than any other supernatural. When I was happy that he wasn't going to hurt me I stepped into his lap and curled into a ball, looking up at him. I felt him scratch the spot between my ears and I closed my eyes, savouring the feeling. He chuckled as continued to scratch.
"You should probably go now little fox." He said as he lifted me off his lap and set me on the ground. He got up and began to walk away. I don't want to go. I may not know him but I feel safe around him. I ran up to him and trotted between him legs as he walked. He looked down with an amused grin on his face.
"Come on now. You need to go home to your family." He said as he stopped walking. I jumped around his feet, clearly not going anywhere. He knelt down and scratched behind my ear.
"You're not leaving, are you?" He asked and I responded by licking his hand.
"I guess you could stay. How about we think of a name for you?" He said before falling silent as he thought.
"How about Gary?" He asked and I just stared at him.
"No? Ok. What are you?" He asked before taking in a deep breath.
"You're a girl so we need a girl name." He pondered.
"Ashley?" I just stared at him.
"Georgie?" Nope.
"Trixie?" Nah uh.
"Melody?" He asked and I yapped happily. I'm surprise he managed to guess my real name.
"Melody it is then." He said before standing and walking off, making sure I was following him.
"Let's make sure you're not diseased." He said. I followed him up to a huge house and followed him inside carefully, looking around me as I walked. Eventually we arrived at what looks like a hospital room.
"Hey Emma." He said and an older lady spun around with a smile on her face.
"Hello Jack. What can I do for you today?" She asked.
"I've got someone who needs a check-up." He said with a grin.
"I'd be happy to. Where are they?" She asked. Jack stepped the side, revealing me. Emma gasped and knelt down on the floor. I went back behind Jack's legs. I don't trust her with all the sharp objects around.
"Emma meet Melody." Jack said.
"I won't hurt you." She said like she was speaking to a small child. I let out a yap of surprise when Jack gently lifted me off the ground and placed me on the hospital bed. I looked for a way out but I calmed down and I felt him scratch between my ears. What can I say? It's my weak spot. The next 20 minutes was horrible. She did all these tests to make sure I was healthy. She also stuck a thermometer where a thermometer should never be put...
"She's all good." Emma said and Jack smiled.
"Thank you." I jumped down from the bed and ran out the door with Jack close behind me.
"Are you hungry?" He asked as he changed course. I followed him curiously until I found we were in a kitchen. He went to the fridge and my eyes widened when I saw him pulled out a piece of ham. I jumped up and snatched it from him in an instant. I quickly scoffed it down and he fed me more. I haven't had ham in so long. He closed the fridge and walked out of the kitchen. Of course I followed him. He went into the lounge room and collapsed on the couch. Before he could say anything I jumped up and draped myself around his shoulders, resting my head on my front paws.
"I've got my own self-heating scarf." Jack said with a chuckle. He switched on the TV and searched through the channels when I saw one my head shot up and I shot off towards the TV. Jack went past it and I looked back at him, silently asking for him to change it back. It went back to the station I wanted and I watched as the foxes on the TV played around in the grass. The show ended a few minutes later though. I walked back to Jack and curled up beside him.
"Hey Jack." I looked over when I heard a male voice. A guy walked into the lounge room and when he saw me staring at him and let out a yelp of surprise.
"Why is that in here?!" He said loudly, frightening me. I buried my head under my paws.
"A rogue chased her in. She's grown attached to me I think and she doesn't want to leave." Jack explained.
"It could have a disease or something." The other guy said.
"She doesn't. I had Emma check her over." Jack retorted.
"How do you think Derek will react to having a fox running around?" The guy asked.
"I don't know, Kyle. Maybe it'll be just like having a pet." Jack said.
"Ok good luck with that. I've come to get you for training." Kyle said and I felt Jack get up. I raised my head, jumped off the couch and followed him outside. He walked to the backyard and when we got there I saw around a two dozen people ranging from the ages 13 to 25.
"Pair up and start sparring. I'll be coming around and watching." Jack said, his beta voice coming out. I watched as people paired up and shifted into their wolves, making grow a little uneasy. I sat off to the side and watched as they fought while Jack walked around. I narrowed my eyes when I saw an older wolf bite savagely into a younger wolf's leg. I shot up from my spot and ran towards them. The wolf was bigger than I was obviously but that didn't stop me. I stood in-between the two wolves and growled at the older one who looked at me in surprise before growling back. My ears were pointing forward, showing that I was on the offensive. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Jack running over. He knelt beside the injured wolf and checked his leg before ordering two other wolves to take him to Emma.
"What were you doing?" He demanded to the older wolf whose ears flattened against his head and had his head bowed.
"I don't care. Leave." He hissed and the wolf slunk away. Jack knelt down and scratched my ear.
"I don't know how you knew but I'm grateful that you did. Good girl." He said and I purred in delight. I walked back to my spot on the sidelines and continue watching as the training continued. They're really good, I'll give them that. By the time they were done the sun was starting to set and everyone was sweating profusely. I ran up to Jack and he picked me up, putting me back on his shoulders. I guess this is my new spot. My body bounced slightly as he walked back towards the pack house. Jack went up the stairs gently so I wouldn't bounce right off his shoulders. He walked into a room and placed me on a bed before walking into another room which I assume is the bathroom. I sniff the scent of the room and find that it's Jack's. I roll on to my back with my legs in the air and close my eyes. I had just drifted to sleep when I heard a laugh. I opened my eyes and looked at a shirtless Jack who was watching me in amusement.
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