Fitting in, Try hard

"Elena.. Elena!!".

Mrs Bernard, a red-haired, slender-looking woman in her early 40s called from the stairs of their empty duplex as she headed for the door

"Elena!, we do not have all day".

"I'm coming!".

Walking out of her room, a bright teen, gifted with a shiny nut brown hair, an oval face, a beautiful set of brown eyes, and a small pointed nose with thin pink lips.

Backing on her backpack she walked down the stairs and joined her mother

"The removal men are done moving the boxes and furniture, let's go".

she held her daughter's shoulders as they both walked out of the building

"Do we have to leave mom? we can just change my school".

She paused and turned to her mother

"I don't wanna leave this place".

"Honey, we have been through this a couple of times". She sighed

"As much as anything I too, don't want to move but it's for your good". She said and left for her car

She opened the door and turned to her daughter

"Just until things die down, mmm… now hurry let's go". She ushered and her daughter entered the car grumpily

Joining her daughter, she started the car and drove off the garage and into the street as the removal truck followed

"You know your father and I are doing all these for your sake". She said

"We can't risk any bad mishaps happening again, this is the third time u went out of control and nearly killed someone".

She briefly turned to her daughter who had her white headphone on her ears looking outside the car window

"How about we move back when you can control yourself, hmm?"

"And how am I sure we will?". Elena responded still looking outside the window

"If you get to control yourself, I promise to fulfil anything you want". She assured

"Promise, promise?". She asked turning to her mother

"Promise promise". She said raising her right pinky finger

"Do you think I can ever control myself?" She said looking down

"Oh my, you should have seen your dad during his turning, everyone gave up hope".

She said with a chuckle trying to elevate her daughter's mood but seeing it wasn't helping

"One thing is for sure honey, what makes an early bloomer and a late bloomer different is their time, everyone has his or her right time, don't rush yours".

She tapped her daughter's thigh with her right hand, and the other on the wheels

"All you have to do is work hard and smart and enjoy the process".

She giggled and concentrated on the road

"Oh, and I had you registered in a school".

"School? what school? mom?!". She called been all suspicious

"It's a school for turning teens, especially the troubled ones".

"Your father attended there, and lucky for us, I was able to get you in quickly, cos he only accepts seven students once a year". She smiled proudly

"Mom?". Elena called sadly

"Yes my love". She answered looking into her rear mirror

"Do you guys hate me for what I've done?"

"Hate you?!". She turned to her daughter shocked and looked back at the road

"Honey don't ever say that again, your dad and I will never hate you, you are the best gift we have ever received, and I'm happy". She smiled

"You are our little world, we would gladly move to the end of the world to keep you safe".

She patted her daughter's head

"If I wasn't driving right now, I would have held you in my arms and kissed you a million times". She slides her hand to her daughter's chin

"Eww, that's gross". She removed her mom's hand from her chin and her mother laughed

After six hours of driving and stopping for snacks they passed a huge signboard with "WELCOME TO FOX TOWN" written on it

Mrs Bernard drove for an hour and then they finally arrived in front of a white and brown wooden large storey building in the middle of the woods

"You have got to be kidding me".

Elena came down from the car turning around and looking at the new environment in awe

"You can move the things inside". Mrs Bernard directed the removal men as she opened the door to the house

Walked to her daughter who stood by the car and let out a deep breath

"So? what do you think?"

"In the woods, forest, bushes!! I'm the middle of nowhere, we don't even have neighbours!". Elena let out and went to sit in the car, with her arms folded

"Oh child, I think it's nice here, it's quiet and peaceful, and I don't have to bake a cake for any neighbours".

She smiled and walked into the house

"Feel free to join me later!". The young woman shouted from the house.

"Dad what did you do?". She said nearly sobbing

"Mom?". Elena called coming down the staircase of the new house

"When am I getting my car back?". She asked her mother who was preparing dinner in the kitchen

"Oh no young miss, no car". She nodded at herself as she continued cooking

"God!, this is frigging annoying!". She screamed

"I know right". Mrs Bernard said sarcastically

"I'm going out for a walk".

"Sure but don't be late for dinner". Mrs Bernard winked at her daughter and Elena shakes her head in disgust

"Geez". Elena left the house and walked into the woods

Tall trees release little rays of the sun as the sunset

Elena walked for a while and stopped at a cliff, looking below, at rocks and weeds and trees as far as the eyes could see

"I don't think we have neighbours". She said with a sigh and turned to head back towards their new home

Then all of a sudden she heard the roars of motorbikes and shouts

Elena suddenly picked up the pace, walking faster as the sounds came nearer and nearer

"Oooh, look what I found". A blonde, blue eyes masculine figure riding a quad bike with some company stopped in front of Elena as she paused

Licking his lips, he stared at Elena from head to toe

"You seem new in town". He resumed

"What's your name?". He asked

Elena ignored him and walked past him, heading towards her direction and then another quad bike stopped

Three quad bikers, two having a female sitting behind them circled Elena

"What do you want?!". Elena asked coldly looking at the blonde in the midst

Presuming that that's the leader because the other bikers were quick to follow his lead

"She talks". He laughed

"And she's cold, exciting".

"Emlyn? we have to head back". A biker with red dyed hair said

He opened the pathway allowing Elena out and rode off as the other biker joined

"Guess you live around, will see you again!". Emlyn said and rode off with the rest

"Asshole". Elena said to herself and walked home

"Elena hun, you back?". Mrs Bernard called from the kitchen as she heard the door closing

"Yes, mom". She answered and walked into the kitchen.

"I just got off the phone with Mr Fergus, he said u should come in tomorrow". She announced with a soft giggle

"Somehow, you seem to be enjoying this". Elena said

"Oh come on, don't start now, I'm just glad you got to join, you know your father grew up here, and Mr Fergus was his mentor..."

She paused and turned to her daughter

"You will love it here, honestly. I did". She smiled at her daughter and took plates to the dinner table

Elena's eyes followed her mother

"You both loved it here! don't decide for me what I would like or not!" she yelled and ran up the stairs into her room, shutting the door loudly.

"And back to phase one". She said to herself as she let out a deep sigh

"Will you be coming down for dinner?!" she shouted

"Eat by yourself, I'm sure you would love that too". Elena yelled from her room

"Okie". Mrs Bernard said in a low tone

The next morning by seven o'clock, Mrs Bernard hurried to her daughter's room

"For someone who hates here, you seem to be sleeping comfortably". She said to her daughter who was sound asleep with her feet out of the bed and her mattress covering her face

Shaking her head Mrs Bernard shook her daughter up vigorously

"Wake up Elena!" she said and when ahead to open the curtains

She dragged the mattress off Elena's face

"I'm up!" Elena quickly sat up on her bed, still half asleep

"I'm up" she repeated with half-closed eyes

"Oh God".

Mrs Bernard helped her daughter take up her clothes and forced her into the bathroom

"Wash up, and do that quickly," she said pointing at Elena

"We leave by eight, eight-thirty". She said and hurried down to the kitchen to prepare breakfast and her daughter's lunch

Now fully awake and singing, after taking her shower she prepped herself

Wearing long black baggy trousers with big pockets which hung on her waist exposing her abs, and then a white long-sleeve lube top, with her white turned-brown high sneakers, Elena marched down the stair and sat on the dinner table

Already dressed in a Black two piece office suit, Mrs Bernard served breakfast

"So? why don't you try putting on makeup hun, mmm"

"No thank you".

"Ok"

"So what's gonna happen to the make-up kit I recently bought you?"

"I would have used it if we were in our house". Elena answered packing her gadgets into her backpack

"This is our home now honey". Mrs Bernard said

"What...ever".

"You packed your headphones too? seriously"

"Will you just socialize baby, you know talk to people"?

"Are we gonna go to not?!" Elena said dropping her dishes in the sink of the kitchen

"You are impossible". Mrs Bernard grunted, she grabbed her keys and went outside with Elena following

Entering the car they drove off

After 10 minutes of driving they arrived at a small old cabin with wired gates which surrounded the area

"Looks creepy here". Elena said to her mother as they came down the car

"But is the best". She smiled at her daughter

An old man almost at he's 60s looking steady like with an eye patch on his left eye, with brown hair mixed with grey hair came out of the house

"I could smell you from the backyard, Vivenna". He said with a smile as he sniffed the air

"Thank you for having us, Mr Fergus".

"Ooh ooh looks like we have a rare breed here". He said looking at Elena

Elena quickly hid behind her mother, quite scared of the sturdy man

"Bernard sure has done it again, like father like daughter". He said and let out a loud laugh

"You read the papers?". Mrs Bernard asked

"Oh I did, I trained Bernard, I knew he was gonna bring something rare to this world, that multi-haired little rascal". He said then looked at Elena

"Come here child, there's nothing to be scared of, don't mind my eye patch, the wolf play ain't for kids but I loved the game and so it took my left eye". He said and laughed aloud

Just then quad bikes roared in the environment

"Oh just in time, hey rascals!!" He called and the kids stopped

"Come here!". He commanded and they all alighted from their bikes and walked to him

"Good morning ma'am". They all greeted Mrs Bernard

"Hi". Emlyn gestured to Elena, but she hide her face behind her mother

"Sorry, she can be shy sometimes, especially in a new environment". Mrs Bernard said

"Well ain't nothing to be shy about young wolf, come, let's get you settled and meet with the others"

He said and Elena walked to him and watched her mom drive off the yard

"Come on now young wolf, he said as he walked into the old cabin while the rest left for their quad bike

Entering the house filled with old furniture and stuffed animals hanging on the walls

He walked to the back door and Elena followed

Elena opened her mouth in surprise when she saw the big backyard

Looking like a training camp, with a garage at the end, and trees innovated to suit a training camp

"Welcome to my camp, don't worry you might not leave with bruises". He said with a loud chuckle

"Gather around you wimpy rascals!". He called and everyone walked toward him

"This is lil Ms Elena Bernard, she will be joining your pack, and get to know each other, training starts in 30". He said

"I need to go sleep".

"Sleep?!". They all chorused and watched the old man go into the house

"Hi Elena, remember me?". Emlyn said as he walked towards her.