Shifter (RE-WRITING)

1. Introducing my pack and me!

Uploaded 08/06/16.  Rewritten 24/09/2022

The sun came rushing through the window, a big reminder that I had once again forgotten to close the blinds to my window. Seeing as I had woken up earlier than planned, let me introduce myself. My name is Victoria Ash, but I go by Tori these days. I like to see myself as a fun sized 5'5 energetic madwomen. I have long wavy hair, that I maintain a bright purple colour, my eyes are a baby blue unless you piss me off then they become a dark iced blue, which at first glance was quite scary. At this point there isn't much more to tell about me. 

My history isn't the most pleasant, I had a major life change when I was 9 years old. My parents died, in a car crash I was told but as I grew older and certain events happened I am starting to disbelieve that story. I had 3 orders brothers who were separated from me for reasons unknown and as far as I am aware they have never tried contacting me or finding me, so now I have no blood family alive as far as I am concerned. Aside from all the doom and gloom I have lived a good life since the loss of my family, I have been bounced around a few home all over the UK but have always been returned to Moonshine home for young minds for apparent disruptive and unsocial behaviour, who knew families didn't like you sneaking out for late night runs. 

I found out a few weeks ago that a family had applied to adopt me, sounds great and all as I have a few years left until I can leave care but the family is in America. I have lived my whole life in England and never really wanted to change the fact. I wonder how long it will be until they get fed up of my ways, attitude and certain needs until they ship me back home to Moonshine. I move at the end of this week, so need to get my affairs in order before I make the trip on Saturday or Sunday. Today is Thursday and it will be my last day enrolled at Moonpark High, so I think it's only fair I give them something to remember me by. 

So now you know the basics about me, my appearance and beginnings I best get ready for school. As in most if not all British schools there is a uniform, thankfully the one for Moonpark High is one of the more comfortable uniforms I've had to wear in my time. The uniform consists of a plain black or navy knee length skirts and a white polo shirt with the schools logo on. We used to have blazers to wear over the polo shirts, but as everyone refused to wear them and opted for a hoodie or cardigan if they were cold, the school eventually stopped selling them as it was a massive waste of time and money. I decided to keep it classy with my hair and makeup today, simple curls for my hair topped off with a cute little bow headband. For my makeup I applied a light covering of concealer under my eyes and a little clear lipgloss on my lips, I filled in my eyebrows a little and as always I did a nice bright colourful eyeshadow, today opting for a pink and orange ombre sunset look. With all the extra time I had this morning, I made myself a little breakfast of peanut butter and banana on toast, yummy af before setting off for school. 

On Thursdays I have Spanish class 1 with two of my mates Adam and his girlfriend Tilly, I always wait for them outside the class before we all head in together. None of us can speak Spanish and to be honest we have never tried to learn in all the years we have been taking this class. The teacher isn't a big fan of us, and in truth has just given up with us completely. The first hour went super quick, which I think all three of us were super grateful for. Leaving the classroom I walked the guys to their next class which was with the rest of our mates, I had a free period for class 2 after I was thrown out of French for throwing paintballs at the teacher Miss Harper when she was marking tests. Normally Kallum skips the lesson to hang out with me as he is fluent in French so doesn't really need the lessons. We decided to head over to Maccys for some breakfast whilst everyone else was in class. 

On the walk over to McDonald's Kallum was asking me how I'm feeling about the big change that's coming.

 "To be honest with you it's going to be so strange not seeing you guys everyday. I know its for the best I get adopted to help me out in later life but I'm gonna miss my pack, you guys are my family" I said whilst pulling him into a hug, he returned the hug squeezing me tightly.