Anastasia stood wearily by the conveyor belt waiting for her luggage to appear. As she was grabbing her last bag she heard a high pitched scream behind her.
There is only one person who screams like a banshee, Aunt Natalia.
Ana turned around and spotted her aunt looking at her.
"Anastasia, is that you?" Nat screamed running towards Ana. She braced herself for the hug her aunt was bound to give her.
"Hey Aunt Nat, how are you? " Ana asked uninterested.
"Oh, no you don't. I want a better happy hello." Ana laughed heartedly.
"I'm sorry. Hi Aunt Natalia, you look good!"
"There we go. Now come on your sister got here an hour before you and she is circling around the terminal." Natalia called Adina to let her know where they were. When Addie pulled up they quickly put Ana's bags on top of Addie's and climbed into the truck.
"What took so long?"
"My plane was late; why the fuck do you care? It's not like you had shit else to do."
"Shut up Ana, shit! Why do you have to do that every time? I asked a question, why the fuck do you have to reply so nasty for?"
"That is enough! Watch your language! I swear you are not too old to be put over my knee!"
The girls laughed at that. "We're sorry Nat." They said in unison. As they headed to the house, Nat started to get nervous.
"What's wrong Nat?"
"Nothing, just happy you girls are home for break."
"I don't believe you, what's wrong?" Addie said risking a glance at her while driving.
"Okay fine. I'll tell you when we get to the house. Trust me you aren't going to believe this at all."
The car remained in silence after what Nat said. Each woman encased in the thoughts running through their head. A half an hour they were back at their childhood home. They carried their bags up to their old rooms. After they settled in, both girls drifted towards the family room. As they walked in they noticed a jeweled chest sitting on the coffee table.
"Sit down girls; it's going to be a bumpy ride. What should I start with?"
"I was going to say the beginning but that isn't always best so start with whatever is easier to say." Addie said folding her legs under her body as she got comfortable on the couch.
"Ok well, let me ask something first. Has anything, anything at all, happened out of the ordinary to the two of you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Like something not humanly possible, weird dreams, or like sixth senses?"
"Well, I had a weird dream. I had a dream of some guy who said he was the Master Beta something or other. He also called me his mate. What does that mean?"
"Hold on Ana. Addie, has anything strange happen to you?"
"Umm... I can't really explain it but I stopped myself from falling, without touching anything. Then I thought up and my body started rising up."
"Ok well, that seems normal. You are not human; you are known to some people as Were. Most humans don't know that Weres exist. There are different kinds of Were, there are werewolves, were-panthers, were-tigers, were-snow leopards, were- bears, were-cats, and many unknowns. There are other beings besides Weres also, like Vampires, Druids, and Fae, good and bad. What you girls are is the most important thing though. You are white tigers the rarest and deadliest were known. They are the most strongest and most powerful of Weres. Your ancestry leads all the way back to Luna herself. You also harbor abilities that basically what Addie said, you can't explain it. I am Were and I have abilities also, but I am not a white tiger. I am part Ancient. I don't need to explain it because truthfully I don't understand it. Are there any questions so far?"
"I don't believe you Nat. I can't just listen to you tell me something like this and expect me to just except it." Addie whispered.
"You expect me to believe that we are part of some freaky tiger family with magical powers? Have you been taking any medication lately Aunt Nat?"
Natalia looked at Ana and exhaled.
Fine, don't believe me I'll show you.
Natalia stripped naked and stood before the girls.
"What are you doing?!" Addie exclaimed.
"Oh my god it burns!" Ana screamed covering her eyes.
"Oh shut up you two. You don't believe me so I have to show you. Don't blink." Natalia stepped back. One minute she's standing there the next, a furry white wolf.
"What in the hell..."
Watch your mouth young lady!
"Holy fuck, how did you do that?!" Ana yelled grabbing her head.
"Do what?"
She means this
"Holy shit!"
Okay seriously someone's about to get hit.
"Okay sorry, I'm just shocked."
Natalia shifted back into her human form and put on her clothes.
"Okay let's say I believe you. That still doesn't explain the dream I had." Ana said sitting up in the loveseat adjacent from Addie.
"Your dream is what we call a mating dream. A mate is your other half, someone who completes and compliments you. There is also the mating pull; it's like your psyche being drawn to your mate, your subconscious recognizing your other half. Are there any more questions?"
"Can you tell us about our parents?"
Natalia eyes started to tear up," They were amazing people. When you two came along they were so happy and proud you could see it in their eyes. Your mother, Marian, was a white tiger, your father, Joel, a big black wolf. There are only female white tigers that I know of, I've never met any male white tigers. I and your mom have different mothers but the same father. Which is why I am not a white tiger, my mom died giving birth to me. My father was pure Ancient so that's why I have abilities. Your grandmother was a beautiful woman too. She took care of me like my mother would have. Your grandfather was happy about having another baby. I admit I was jealous but your grandmother made sure she showed me just as much love.
Your mom was very outspoken. She would get into so much trouble over the years that every time we would go back to visit our parents everyone would talk about her escapades. Like one time while she was working at the local mall she called her manager a prick over the PA system for making her work late and making her miss a party. Your mom didn't hold her tongue. During the week of her 21
st
birthday though, weird things started happening to her. She knew what was going on but I didn't. I thought she just couldn't shift but she told me she wasn't allowed to yet. She told me Luna wanted to wait until she reached a mature age for her to shift and embrace her true self. She always had to train, to prepare herself for what was to come. Even though it wasn't her birthday she started getting little glimpses of her abilities.
For instance, your mom hair changed colors. When she was mad her hair would turn blazing red, sad it turned blue, when she was tired or exhausted it was snow white, and when she was happy it turned yellow. Her natural hair color was black, so black that people always wanted to know what she used to dye her hair. People just thought she just changed her hair color all the time.
