- Xena

When I finally land in White Peak after four hours of the stinking bus, I’m dropped off at a gas station. A Stop-N-Go, on the outskirts of the pack.

White Peak is way to close to our rival pack territories, then I would like, so I plan to keep my head down. It’s also why I assuming my mom wants me to change my name for my duration here. All information I gathered in my handy purple folder, since my mother couldn’t bother informing me.

Apparently, my name here will be, Grace. I keep saying it over and over again, trying to burn into my mind, so I don’t mess up.

I put my head down and walk into the gas station. Grabbing a bottle of water I head to the cashier, with the small amount of money my mom left with me.

I hear the door to the gas station open with a loud chiming sound and look over. A tall boy at least six two, bright blue hair and a piercing on his nose, walks in with a huge smile on his face. Honestly, if I wasn’t so all over the place his smile would be infectious.

I put my head down and walk up to the cashier. After paying, I realize I still need to ask for directions, I turn back around. “Excuse me. Do you know where Turning Point summer camp is?” The cashier smiles, “Yeah! It’s about forty miles north. That way.” He points the direction, while I gasp. Forty miles! My mom made it sound like it would be right around the corner once I landed here.

“Thank you.” I all but whisper and head out of the door.

I start walking really not having any other options right now. The buses are done for the day, so I guess the best option is walking. I only make it about twenty feet, when a bright blue sports car comes to a stop next to me.

My instincts instantly on high alert, I slowly look over to the car. Once the window rolls all the way down, I see the blue haired boy looking at me, with his same infectious smile. A smile, that if he was a murderer would definitely help him out. “Hey! I heard you said you were heading to turning point! Hop in! That’s where I’m headed too, and it’ll take you forever to get there on foot!” He practically yells everything. Everything coming out of his mouth with such enthusiasm, I can’t help the small smile that plays on my lips.

What’s the worst that can happen? He kills me, taking me away from all the daily beatings and starvation. It’s not that I don’t want to live, I just see no use dwelling on the possibility of dying when there’s not much to live for.

So, I hop in, forever grateful that I don’t have to walk forty miles, when I don’t know exactly where I’m going. He smiles at me and takes off once I close my door.

“So… Never seen you at turning point before! Are you new?” He asks, side-eyeing me, still having that smile plastered on his face. “Um. Yeah, I haven’t been before.” His smile changes as he puckers his lips in consideration, “What pack are you from? Not that I’m not excited to have some new blood, we just don’t get a lot of it around here.”

My body goes slightly rigid at the question, as I try and think of a pack that close to here. “Oh, I’m from Forest Pines, names Grace.” He smiles and I internally pat myself on the back for thinking on my feet. “Well, I’m glad you could join us, Grace. My names Jordan.” I smile at him and then watch out the window, as we pass an insane number of wide-open fields. Jordan goes on talking about everyone that goes to this camp, but I find myself spacing off as I consider the turn of events my life has gone through in one day.

Jordan finally makes a left turn onto a gravel road, with a sign arching over it, reading Turning Point Summer Camp. We’re finally here, and just in time for the sky to start turning darker, the sun setting along the tree line up in front of us.

“We’re here!” Jordan exclaims, after about a five-minute drive down the gravel road. All I can see right now is what looks like the main office in front of us, where he parks. The building looks to be sparkling, like they just built it. There’s a white sign over the door saying it’s the main office; I laugh internally because I didn’t see that before. Other then the sign, it just looks like a large log cabin, with a few people mulling around the front, outside.

Jumping out of the car and stretching wide, before he dunks down into his back seat and grabs both our suitcases. Jordan comes over to stand next to my door.

I don’t even realize I haven’t moved a muscle, until I hear my door open up. “You nervous?” Jordan asks, smiling at me. I swear he never stops smiling. I wish I knew what it felt like to always be that happy.

I look over at him and give him a slight smile, slowly making my way out of the car.

He hands me my suitcase and starts heading for the main office, I follow, not wanting to be out here in this new place alone right now.

Once inside, there’s a receptionist right in front, with a big smile on her face. Courtesy of her looking at Jordan. “Last year, Jordan!” Jordan smiles leaning onto the desk, “You’re crazy if you think this is the last year you’ll be seeing me! I love it here! Maybe I’ll apply to be a camp counselor after this!” The receptionist’s eyes go wide as she laughs, “Just stop while you’re ahead, honey. You’ll have responsibilities after this summer.” She smiles kindly at him, and he gives her a rare frown.

“Yeah, yeah. Anyway! This is a new girl! Grace!” He says, both their heads swinging to me.

- Grace

I give the receptionist a small smile and wave, when her smile lands on me. “Ah, Grace! It’s good to meet you!” She smiles and put her hand out for me to take. I do and give hers a gentle shake before letting it go. “Well Jordan, you know where to go. Grace why don’t you follow me, I’ll take you to your cabin, and here’s your schedule.” I nod.

Jordan starts walking out of the room, “See you around, Grace!” He salutes me as he turns and closes the door. I silently beg him to not leave me. He’s been so friendly and helpful, things I’m just not used to at all.

My unknowingly pleading face lands on the receptionist and she gives me a knowing smile. “It’ll be bad for a day or two, being the new girl. Then, you’ll just be apart of all of it. Everybody here is friendly, I just know you’ll fit right in. By the way my names Jessica. Any questions you can come ask me, I’m always available to help!” She smiles kindly, then throws her head in the direction of the door, signaling me to follow her.

As we make our way on the path through the trees, I can’t see anything. I’m still seventeen so I haven’t gotten my wolf yet, so night vision is not a thing for me yet.

We make our way to a row of cabins that are lit up by fairy lights all around them. I stare in awe at how beautiful it all looks, not to mention how new the cabins look. “Jessica. How long has this place been running?” I whisper to her, not wanting to wake anyone if they’re already asleep in the cabins. She smiles, “We’ve been open for over a hundred years. If you’re referring to the newness of everything, everything in the camp is strictly kept up to code. We strive to give you kids the best experience, which includes keeping everything up to code and looking as good as new, even in the woods.”

I smile, nodding at her, letting her know I heard her, but I’m not sure how to respond. My eyes looking around in wonder.

Maybe being here will be good for me. I’m nervous being this close to our rivals, but being away from Heath and being in the woods sounds like a dream come true, especially with such nice amenities.

We round the corner and start heading to the cabin at the end of the row. It’s lit up, which is good, hopefully that means my roommate is awake.

She stops at the door, handing me a key. “Okay, I’ll leave you here. I’m almost always at the front office if you need me!” She says with a wave and then takes off the way she came.

I take a deep breath and turn back towards the door, placing the key in the knob and walking inside. This is my life now.

I am Grace and I’m going to enjoy my time here, for as long as I can.

I highly doubt Heath will let me stay the whole summer, he’s not willing to leave his punching bag for that long. Granted my mom did say she didn’t tell him where she was taking me, but I don’t think it will take much for him to get it out of her.

When I walk all the way in, I continue to be amazed by this place. The living room is minimal but perfect and completely set up with a couch, two recliners and a flat screen tv mounted on the wall. There’s a nice chandelier, but not over the top, a small kitchen to the side with a full-sized fridge in it. I had expected a small room with two beds.

I hear a door creak open, and I turn in that direction. I’m meant with kind green eyes, long strawberry blonde hair with bangs almost covering her eyes. She’s shorter than me, and wearing a night gown, clearly trying to get ready for bed.

When her eyes spot me, they widen, and a giant smile plays on her face. “Oh my Goddess! You must be Grace! I’m so excited to meet you! Let me show you which room is yours.” She comes over to me grabbing my wrist before I can say anything. She drags me to the room on to the left side of the little living room.

“Sorry, I couldn’t take this room. It’s the closet to the door and I’m paranoid someone will come in and kill me.” She grimaces, because she just informed me, she’d rather me die first. I give her a small laugh, liking her already. “That’s okay. If that happens, I’ll try and scream extra loud, so you have time to escape.” I smile at her. She seems to think about it and gives me a nod, liking my plan very much.

“I saw two more doors. Do we have more roommates?” I ask curious. “Oh, we have one other roommate, Olivia, but she’s probably already sleeping. The other door is the bathroom. I’m Gia by the way!” She rushes, and I still just can’t get enough of her.

Gia shows me which door is the bathroom and then leaves me to unpack my suitcase. I sit down on the twin size bed, with a rose-colored comforter, and look around the room. It’s nothing special, but other then the bed, there’s a small closet, dresser and full-length mirror. I look down and see a fuzzy red rug on the floor, slightly hiding the wood floors.

I’m really starting to get excited I wonder what they do here. Most of the summer camps occupants probably don’t have their wolves yet. So, I doubt it will be anything too crazy, but I’m still excited to find out! For the first time in my life, I feel like I might actually have the potential to be happy.

- Dean

I look up at the door of our oversized cabin when I hear it swing open. Our cabin is a bigger than the other cabins, because my dad wanted all of us to be able to be together when we started coming here years ago. So, there’s room for my two brothers and I, our Beta and our Gamma. Then there’s an extra room just because.

The living room is bigger than the other cabins too, it’s great for the parties we like to throw here. “Alright, I’m here! The party can begin!” Our Gamma, Jordan exclaims. I roll my eyes, looking back down at my schedule for this year. There’s no party tonight and he knows it, he’s just being Jordan.

My brother Issac walks over to him punching him in the shoulder. “Where have you been? You were supposed to be here a while ago.” Issac laughs as he walks over to me, taking the recliner to my left.

Jordan jumps over the back of the couch, making himself at home. “You’ll never believe me if I told you!” He says smiling wide, I swear this kid always has a smile on his face. “Try us.” My other brother, Gunner walks into the room, out of nowhere grabbing the other recliner.

Jordan’s smile widens, seemingly hoping for someone to ask. “Well, I was at the gas station and overheard this girl asking for directions to this place.” We all eye him wearily, wondering where this is going.

“Once I left, I saw her on the street, she was planning on walking here. Forty miles! So, I offered her a ride.” He shrugs, “Anyways, she’s a new girl! Our age! Names Grace, and I’m calling dibs.” He finishes and we all just stare at him.

New people here are not common, you pretty much start coming when you’re a kid from the surrounding packs and don’t stop until the summer before you graduate.

This will be the last year we all come here, and it’s bittersweet. I like coming here, we always have a good time, but I also like the idea of growing up and being able to take over the pack soon.

“Shut up, Jordan! We all know you’re not calling dibs.” Gunner says sternly. Jordan has been gay as long as we can remember, couldn’t even tell you if I’ve ever seen him with a girl. He smirks, placing his hand over his heart. “I don’t know boys. This one was quite beautiful, too skinny, but she just may turn me.” He closes his eyes and throws his body into mine dramatically. “Come tomorrow, I may be straight!” He exclaims, and I laugh throwing him off me.

“So, Jordan’s turning aside. Where’s this girl from?” I ask, curious about a new girl, that’s so beautiful she’s having this weird effect on my Gamma. I’ve never heard him even joke about being straight. “She was quiet, didn’t get much out of her. But I may have followed her and Jessica to see which cabin she was in.” He grimaces guiltily.

“So, we can add stalker to your resume of future Gamma?” Issac asks dryly. Jordan smiles, “I don’t need a resume. You guys love me.” Issac rolls his eyes at Jordan completely overlooking the point. “Anyway, she’s staying with Gia and Olivia!” I chuckle; we’ll probably be meeting this girl sooner rather than later then. Our Beta has it bad for Gia, always trying to get us to hang around her. She’s a nice girl, so I’m sure she’ll befriend this Grace girl quickly.

We all turn when we hear the door open again and Justin our future Beta walks in with three bags of supplies that has all of us grinning. He looks at all of us with a wide smile, “Who’s ready to welcome the girls to camp?” Justin says, throwing a bag at Gunner and a bag on top of Jordan, who grunts at the weight.

It’s already gotten very dark outside, but thanks to my brothers and I getting our wolves a month ago, it’s an easy feat. We had accumulated a few more of the boys, who wanted to join in the debauchery. “Alright, everyone knows what they need to do?” I ask and get nods of affirmation from everyone.

Jordan’s on lookout, because he gets too excited during this type of stuff and would alert the girls. I look at him, “Remember the signal?” He nods and takes off jumping to the woods, more bunny rabbit then wolf. I shake my head, “Alright, let’s go.”

We’re putting the finishing touches on the rows of toilet paper and silly string. The last of the pranks of water above doors and maple syrup on the handles and I hear a door shut behind me. I look back at the girl's showers and see a girl walking out. I can barely make out the dampness of her hair with the distance, can only tell from the shine the moon gives off of it. Though the weird thing is the fact she’s in a hoodie, it’s like ninety degrees outside. Why would she be wearing a hoodie?

She turns her head and now she’s facing me, there’s a shadow casting over her face so I can’t make out who she is. The distance is just enough to be too much for my extra senses, but I swear I hear her chuckle.

Then she turns around and takes off to her cabin. The last cabin of the row. Gia and Olivia’s cabin. I think I just saw the new girl.