Glancing down at the soft earth between her paws, the flame coated tiger growled lowly as a bird flew over head. Hearing an earthquake that shook the pits of her stomach,the tigress licked her slips hungrily and scented the air. Fox. Young fox. Yum she thought. Young juicy little fox. You're mine! Crouching low to the ground, the tiger crept along the woodland floor until she caught sight of her prey. Pressing her belly flat against the ground, she stalked closer and closer until finally...ROAR! She shrieked loudly as she pounced onto the red creature. Digging her long claws deep into the animals body, she relished the feeling of fresh meat beneath her paws. All of a sudden, the shape of her prey changed and no sooner had it that she realised she was about to snap the neck of a 19 year old boy. Leaping of the dying person, the tiger transformed into a young girl looking similar to the boy she had almost killed. Fear crept along her spine making her heart leap into her mouth. "Dax?" She asked in terror. As soon as the small nod she was dreading came, the young women was replaced by a beautiful tiger who grasped the lads t shirt and began dragging him along the fox tracks that she hoped would lead to COLA club. A man in his middle forties came running out with a large knife in his hands trying to chase her away. They thought she had killed him or was going to. They were sort of right but not completely. As the man reached her and pressed the knife against her throat, she transformed into a 19 year old girl. "God alive" said the man "another shapeshifter!" Five hours later dax had been completely stitched and was now laying in the sick bay questioning the girl who now claimed to be his cousin. "...and then I ended up in the forest finding you." She finished . "So let me get this straight, you're my cousin?" The girl nodded. "And you almost ate me for breakfast?!" "It was actually lunch and I'm really sorry about that..." She trailed off looking rather sheepish. Dax looked at her with a lopsided grin and said "No worries, I'm a COLA, it's normal." Suddenly the door burst open causing the girl to shift into her tiger form. Staring at the cause of the noise, Dax made out the outline of Lisa. "Oh, hey Lees," Dax said cooly. Not getting a response, Dax turned to see her with a broom raised above his cousin. " Lisa no!" Dax shouted only to be ignored as Lisa brought the brush down and raised it up above a 19 year old girl. "A shapeshifter?!" Lisa screeched clearly fuming at this latest news. "Hey-" BANG! "I'm-" SMASH! "Dax's-" CRASH! "OH YOU'RE DAX'S GIRLFRIEND ARE YOU?! WELL YOU MIGHT BE A SHAPESHIFTER BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN JUST STEAL DAX FROM ME!" By now a large crowd consisting of most of COLA club and a couple of teachers. "Steal Dax from you?" asked Gideon barely managing to hide his laughter. Many of the young adults behind him held similar expressions of amusement. "YES!SHE IS STEALING DAXESH ROBERT JONES FROM ME!" Now even the teachers were close to laughing. "So why is he yours might I ask?" Gideon asked hardly suppressing the urge to laugh. "BECAUSE I LOVE HIM IDIOT!" Lisa screamed at him before realising that she had just yelled that she loved Dax I front of basically the whole school. "I mean ummm...he's one of my friends and she won't let us be friends anymore so um..." Lisa trailed off looking very embarrassed as everyone roared with laughter. "Oh by the way Lisa, I'm Emily, Dax's cousin." Now everyone was in hysterics and Lisa wished that the floor would open up and swallow her whole. "And you," she turned looking straight at Gideon. "Can shut up about your dead wife who was swept over board in a bit of rain!" Gideon let out a sigh of relief, it was one of those random spirit dead people that she was talking to, not him. Continuing to look at Gideon she added "your great aunt says don't be so rude to beautiful and charming young ladies unless you want the water incident being publicised." This caused Gideon to go as white as a ghost. "h-how did you hear about that?" Stuttered Gideon. "Ohhhhhhh I have good connections," she grinned evilly. "Are your connections good enough to tell you that you have made a massive fool of yourself then?" Smirked Gideon knowing he had the upper hand. "Oh you little-" "now, now, that's enough from you two. Dax needs rest," interrupted Owen. "Yes, I suggest you all leave Dax alone now," came the calm voice of Mrs Satre. As everyone left, Dax kept his eyes on the girl he loved. One day, he thought, one day.

Three years later.

Dax lobbed the pillow that had recently landed on his face at Gideon. "Ouch!" Yelled Gideon surprised that his blow had been returned. At 22 years of age, neither of them had matured much at all and they still acted like kids. "Cmon Gid, you were asking for it," Dax said. "Yeah but..." Gideon sighed, what could he use to get back? "We have to be outside by the tree house in fifteen minutes!" He screeched. "Yeah right, the meeting is at half nine and it's...its...OMG IT IS QUARTER PAST NINE!" Dax screamed.