Soccorah walked up to the Gymnasium after school where she met up
with Luna and a few other girls for a meeting scheduled by coach
Lucian to participate in a meet against Athena's Community college.
They were supposed to practice track. He led them to the field and had
them begin running laps. Coach was rough on the girls and had them
pushing hard. He really wanted to win this meet.
They practiced javelin, shotput, long jump, high jumps and relays. Luna
and Soccorah dominated everything. They only had an hour to practice
so after finishing all their challenges they sat on the bench to cheer on
the rest of the team. âHey Luna, what do you think about coming over
tonight for a sleep over. No family thing happening this weekendâ she
smiled.
A week ago when Luna had offered to go over to Soccorah house she
had shot her down to practice some long anticipated magic so she
didnât want her friend to be too disappointed or to think her weird and
not help her as she really needed help with Anatomy and Chemistry.
Soccorah had a natural aversion to those subjects and needed to grasp
them in order to succeed.
Luna agreed to spend the night but she just had to inform her parents.
This shouldn't be a problem. She now knew what had been causing her
so called somnambulism. It was her wolf wanting to come out and her
body fighting it. Now that she had shifted, she knew what to expect
and she could just run away if she felt a shift coming anyway.
It had been a long time since she had a friend let alone a sleepover.
Haily had always invited her but she later found out what a bitch she
was. Hailey had been using her to gain points with her rich friends as
she desperately wanted to remain in their company. She'd made fun of
Luna. But life has a way of biting you in the back. Right now, Luna was
living her best life and she really didnât care what Hailey was up too.
âCoach might as well relax. He knows that we could take home the
trophy just us two. It's the boys he has to worry about.â Soccorah said
to Luna. The two of them laughed at the reality of it.
Luna zoned out and drifted to the dream that she had of the beautiful
black wolf with the full moon tattoo on his chest. She was taken aback
by what went on in her dreams. She could literally feel the wolf's fur
brush against her skin. âWhat is happening to meâ she thought to
herself. âLuna! Luna! Hey are you ok?" Soccorah called out to her. When
Luna came back to reality, she noticed that everyone was gone and
Lucian was standing above her asking whether she was ok.
âOh, my goodness did I just doze off? In the middle of practice? I am so
sorry Coach. I honestly don't know what came over me.â Luna
apologized. Coach Lucian smiled and simply said âJust don't fall asleep
during the competition and we'll be fine. Now go on and try to get
some rest.â âThanks coachâ they both muttered and walked toward the
campus. âLet's hit the showersâ
Soccorah was still baffled at how it was possible for Luna to be so good
at everything. She even seemed to be faster than Luca. But that could
not be determined as she was still not sure whether Luna was keeping
something from her or maybe she was just that good. But no human
could outrun Soccorah in track and yet still Luna did. No one could be
stronger than her but apparently Luna seemed to be. She secretly
decided to test her with some herbs when she got to their house for
the sleepover later. âLuna! Are we still on for the sleepover later?â
Soccorah asked. âOf course,â Luna replied. âJust have to let my parents
know and grab a change of clothes.â She smiled. Luna was very excited
as this meant a lot to her that someone actually wanted to spend time
with her. She was not used to this type of treatment but she somehow
managed to secure a friendship without any effort in spite of her
peculiarities. She collected her stuff and headed home to get ready.