Name: Noah Petterson
Age: 18
Race: was human now were-bear
Bio: life was normal for him. He was the brainy kid at school, got all the good grades, has a childhood friend that he had a crush on. You know the normal kid of stuff. He loved his childhood friend but knew she would probably never wanted to be more so he left it as that. Just being her friend was good enough. That was until his family decoded to go on a camping trip. Everything went down hill from there. Now people think he is missing or dead from a bear attack. If only they knew the real reason.

Name: Mimi Bicard
Age:18
Bio: Mimi is the typical school girl you'd expect. Pretty, funny, and well liked by most of her peers, Mimi is the type of girl you'd want sitting next to you, whether it be in detention or at lunch. She was just one of those people whose happy nature grabbed a hold of you and wrapped you up in the warmth of her smile. That is, until she lost her best friend. Since Noah's accident, a chilly gloom has settled over the school with the absence of Mimi's laughter. She's hardly seen anymore, but her sobs for Noah can be heard if you pass by the girl's bathroom in the East wing.

Eyes watched a house that was close to the forest. They held longing in them and the want to go towards it yet something held him back. It had taken Noah two weeks to find his way back to his home town. It would of been shorter if the changes hadn't occured. The changes that over took him when his body was forced into being a bear. It always felt painfull, like someone was ripping his skin off slowly just so that they could hear him cry out. After the first few times he thought he was getting use to it but he was wrong, it was still as painfull as always. Hopefully when he got control over this he wouldn't have to change like taht all the time. Noah was just glad that his change for the day was already over with, he didn't have to worry about that till tomorrow.

A wind blew slightly and brought the sent of home and friends. He could smell Mimi and her parents. Maybe that ment that they were home. He didn't dare go back to his house, he wasn't to sure how they would react to this. But Mimi was different. He had to see her and show her he saw okay, show her that he wasn't dead. Yet he doubted that she would even recognize him. He had lost his shirt and shoes over the two weeks. His pants looked like they had went threw a paper shreader and his glasses were gone. Leaves were stuck in his hair and his hands and feet were covered in dirt along with the rest of his body. This is what the transformations did to him, hopefully she could see past all of this to see him.

Slowly he made his way towards Mimi's house and as the wind blew again he only smelled Mimi. Her parents might be out or at work, hopefully they were since he didn't want to scare them. As he got closer he pressed himself against the wall and slowly made his way towards a window and looked inside.

Mimi sighed for the millionth time and finally shoved her notebook aside. She had tried writing her assignment over and over, but words just wouldn't come to her pencil. Resting an arm over her eyes and leaning back in her chair, Mimi relaxed, letting exhaustion creep into her bones. There were so many nights like this where she had stayed awake long into the dwindling hours. Sleep just never came when her mind wandered back to Noah's disappearance. She remembered that weekend so clearly, perhaps too clearly actually.
"No Noah, I'm sorry," Mimi laughed and tussled his hair, "as fun as camping with your crazy family sounds, I'm just too busy this weekend; I'll go next time." Noah's look of disappointment always saddened her, but she had already made up her mind. There was no way she was putting off her English project any longer. Mr. Patolli would surely have her head if she didn't turn it in first thing Monday morning. She had been grinding away at her homework Sunday evening when the call about Noah came.
A familiar jolt of pain streaked through Mimi's heart at the memory. She sighed yet again and picked up a silver picture frame from the desk, its glass face glinting from the yellow glow of the desk light. Although it was simple, this frame was Mimi's favorite. It held a picture of the friends from a birthday party when they were kids. Noah's face was covered in loads of cake and Mimi stood behind him with handfuls of colorful frosting with a gigantic smile on her face. Mimi let a small smile slip at Noah's perplexed expression. She had leaned back in her chair, still studying the picture when a reflection on the glass frame startled her. With a crash, she and the chair landed on the floor.

Noah smiled when he saw Mimi working at her desk. He had see her like this so many times but this time something was different. She seemed sad and he knew that he was the cause for it. If only things were different would he probably be here now and not sneaking around. If he hadn't been attacked he probably would be laying on her bed doing his own homework or at home talking to her on the phone. But now he was here, just watching her threw a window like some kind fo stalker.

He smiled when he saw her pick up the picture and moved closer to the window. He couldn't see the picture clearly but knew it was the birthday one. That day was always carved into his mind. They were laughing and she had shoved cake into his face. It was one of the best days of his life. THe spell that the memory had on him broke when he saw Mimi fall and instantly wanted to head inside. Yet when he touched the window he knew it was locked and quickly ducked into the shadows again. He didn't want to scare her to much, it would probably be like him coming back from the dead. SO he gently reached out and knocked on the window a few times. He didn't have to look inside to know she was looking at hte window. So he pointed towards where the back door was. HOpefully she would understand to come to the back since he had to see her. He then walked over to the back door and waited for her in the shadows.

Hopefully she wouldn't freak out and call him a ghost or something. But he knew that was a possiblity when it came to seeing her like this. He probably looked like some homeless guy and he doubted that she would recognize him. Even if she did she would probably ask for a explanation and he wasn't sure what to say about that yet. He was attack by a were bear and now is one himself. He doubted that she would believe that but as long as he got to see her he would be happy.

Mimi's heart felt as though it would explode the moment she saw a hand through the window. She jumped up and raced to the window, barely catching the glimpse of a figure rounding the corner. Grabbing Noah's old baseball bat from the closet, she quietly opened her door and tiptoed down the hallway. It was silly to think that whoever was outside could hear her, but Mimi wasn't taking any chances. She peered out one of the hall windows, seeing nothing but dark shadows cast by the trees in her backyard. She bit her lip in worry, unsure of what to do next. Glimpsing at the backdoor, she felt a chill crawl down her back as though she knew someone was out there waiting. Suddenly an idea crept into her mind.
Mimi walked quickly to the front of her house and exited the front door as quietly as possible. She chose the left side of the house and silently crept around the house, her hands strained in a hard grip on the bat. At the end of the wall, she peeked around the corner as discretely as possible. The backyard lay eerily silent while not even a leaf stirred. The shadows of trees and the tool shed dominated most of the backyard while some light from the moon gave the rest of the lawn a silvery-green glow. It was impossible to make out anything hidden in the shadow of the house. Cautiously Mimi took a step around the corner, inching closely to the house until she came only a couple of yards from the backdoor. She paused for a couple of minutes, allowing her eyes to warily scan the bushes across the yard. Suddenly the hair on the back of her neck prickled. The sound of someone else's breathing caught her own breath in her chest. "Run," her voice screamed in her head.

Noah sighed as he waited for her and wanted the back door to just open and everything would be fine. But with each second that he looked at he door he felt as if everything would be anything but fine. He just wished that she would come out, he missed her more then anything else. When eh was sure that she wasn't coming out he slowly headed to the door and just looked inside. He smiled as he saw everything and remembered how he use to play with her inside. They use to chase each other around hte living room and the kitchen. He could picture them now. He had his big glasses and laughing his head off. Then she was running around, trying to capture him. Chuckling he remembered tripping and her pinning him to the ground. He also remembered when he had let her try his glasses and she ended up running into things.

Sighing again he wished that everything could just og back to those days. He missed them. He then heard something, someones breathing. Quickly he looked aorund and wondered exactly who was there but then smelled something. A smile came to his lips and he looked exactly where she was. It was dark out but he could make out her outline. Slowly he took a spet forward and he smiled, "what, I dont get a hug?" he found himself saying. He knew that would get her attention and he just wanted, forcing himself not to run over and hug her. It had been forever isnce he had seen her.

Mimi knew that if a mirror was in front of her face, she would have appeared brain dead. Her mouth hung open in shock and her chest refused to draw in a breath. "This can't be real," she whispered to herself. Surely the darkness was playing tricks with her eyes! Or maybe she had finally gone crazy! "Yeah," she muttered partly to herself, "that's it! I've gone crazy. I'm freakin' kookoo now!" Realizing that the bat was still in her hand, she raised it and poked the "ghost" with the fat end. Feeling an actual hardness at the end of the bat, the reality of a person in front of her smacked Mimi full on. She screamed at the top of her lungs and spun around to run, dropping the bat at Noah's feet. "Oh God, oh God, oh God!" Running to the end of the house, she tried to catch the corner but lost her balance, sliding to her butt onto the lightly dampened grass. A single glance back at the "ghost" caused another scream to bubble up from her throat. She clawed at the grass trying to get back on her feet but the night's dew kept her feet slipping. She landed right back on her backside at her last attempt to stand before she decided it'd be smarter to crawl away. "Ghosts couldn't get on the ground, right?" she tried reasoning to herself despite her frenzied state. Suddenly she stopped crawling when she noticed she had crawled right back to the spot that Noah stood. She stared at the pair of bare feet anchored in the grass before her.

Noah thought that she was going to run over to him and hug him. Instead she screamed to the point where he had ti cover his ears. She probabky had thoight he was dead just like anyone else would. But he was here and he didnt feel very wanted now. When she started to crawl around he frowned and just watched her. When she got to his feet he slowly kneeled down infront of her and looked at her. "mimi.. It is me.. No ghoast." he said as he gentky reached out and took her hand. Slowly he placed it under his heart and looked at her, "see i am alive and i need you now." he said as he looked into her eyes and hoped that she believed him. His heart pounded steadily under there hands and he hoped thst was enough to get het to believe him. He needed her now, he needed help and she was the only one he trusted now. "please dont scream, therr is no need to." he said softly since he didnt want the police to come to her home.

It seemed as though a flood of emotions crashed into Mimi all at once. With a sob she pulled him into a hug, burying her face into his chest. "Noah," she cried, clutching onto him tightly. "I can't believe it... They... They said you were dead." She didn't care that her nose was running a river down his shirt or that the tears stung her cheeks. She could hardly believe that Noah stood before her, much less in her embrace. After a moment she pulled away and fully took in the sight of him. "Your clothes.." she said softly, examining the many rips and dirt stains. "Come on."
Sitting crosslegged on the floor in Mimi's room felt like every other time they'd hung out. She'd dug up one of Noah's old shirts and a pair of sweatpants a little too big for herself to give to Noah. While she watched him sitting in front of her, she couldn't help but to notice that he seemed different. Perhaps it was her own stress, but it seemed as though Noah had grown older in a sense. He still had his boyish charm, but his manner was calm yet serious. "Do your parents know," Mimi asked softly, still studying his face.

Noah smiled when he fekt her hug him and he quickly wrapped his arms around her. Holding her close as she cried and was just glad to be here with her. He felt like he was home now and everything was a bad dream. "well I'm not, still alive and kicking." he said to her softly and kept her close. When she finally pulled away he smirked andnthen looked down, "yeah, I have bee threw a lot." he said softly and smiled as he followed her to her room. It felt like every other time he had been here. Yet everythig had changed. He was considered to be dead but he was alive. Yet if anyone knew the real truth they would probably either want to kill him nit chose not to believe him.
Once he was in her room he looked around and smiled. Closing his eyes he took in a deep breath and committed the sent to memory. This was where he always wanted to be now, no where else. Home wasn't even safe. He thrn took thr clothing and quickly changed into it. It felt nice to have clean clothing yet he found that they were itchy and irratating. It was probabky a side effect from being a werebear, they didn't need clothing. He then sat down with her and watched her carefully. She looked like a angel to him now and he found he just wanted to hug her again. Yet the question he heard shattered that slightly and he looked down at the ground. "no, they don't know. Your the first I came to after this. It took longer since I had problems but I finally got here." he said and then looked at her in the eyes. "don't tell my parents, I need time to figure a few things out before I get close to anyone else." he said as he looked at her and hoped that she understood.

She'd glimpsed a moment of pain in Noah's eyes when she'd mentioned his parents. "Problems?" she asked, a cloud of worry beginning to settle over her head. "Noah, what are you going to do? The school thinks you're dead, your parents haven't stopped mourning for you every time I see them, and its not like you can walk around town without being noticed. Someone, sooner or later, is going to recognize you from the newscasts. You can stay here but I doubt you'd want to remain hidden from my parents and the town for the rest of your life. We have to figure out something... At night you can sleep here with me, but what will you do in the daytime? What about your education, or college, or.... or your life in general.." Mimi's voice trailed off.

Noah frowned when he heard her and looked at he ground. "I know my parents are mourning, I know I can't hide forever but that is the thing. I have to." he said as he looked at her. His eyes met hers and you could tell he had changed since he had Met her last. Shaking his head he got up, "Mimi, you have to understand. My old life is ruined, everythig about me is different. If I head back to my parents i risk hurting them. Even now I have to stay alaert just incase I hurt you." he said softly as he headed over to her window and looked outside. "I have to hide from now on or at least till I have control. If I don't have control over myself I am not sure if I can stay in town or anywhere." he said softly as henlooked down at his hands. A long scar line ran around his hand. It was where he had first been bitten. The bear had grabbed him by the hand and pulled him tothe ground. Turning around he looked at mimi, "i will stay here when I can. But I will probabky be in the forst most of thr time, safer for everyone." he said simply. He didn't want tochance hurting anyone while he was in his bear mode.

"I..I don't understand," Mimi said defiantly. "Keep us safe from what? Noah, you've been missing for how long now? Your parents need to know that you're alive! You need to go to a doctor! Who knows what could have happened to you!" Mimi's voice rose slowly from confusion and frustration. "I dont understand why you need to hide Noah. What are you not telling me? What, where you kidnapped? Did you kill someone? Noah, answer me damn it!" Mimi pulled his arm and twirled him to face her. Her hand remained on his arm while she searched his face for any answer.

Noah frowned when he heard her and had hopped that he could of left her clueless. He should of just come said hi and left. He wasntgoing to say anything he felt her grab him and turn him. When be looked into her eyes he said, "I need to protect you and everyone from myself. I am not safe." he said and pulled away frommher easily. "I haven't killed someone, I haven't been kidnapped or anything. Out of allhe reasons I wish it was that but no I-" he stopped in mid sentence as pain shot threw him. He had hopped that no change would happen but he guessed he was wrong. Pushing Mimi away from him he walked to the farthest corner of the room. Soon he colapsed tothe floor and screamed as he fekt his body changing. He felt his muscles movin under his skin, fur wanti to burst out of his skin and his bones crushing. But half way threw it stopped for a second before everything started to change ack. Soon he was plan Noah but he felt like he had been run over twenty times. panting softly he looked up and over at Alice and frowned weakly, "I'm not human." was all he said before he relaxed on the ground and felt his body throbbing. It had only been a mid change nit a full one. That was good for the both of them.

Upon Noah's sudden change, Mimi had begun to back away before tripping and falling on her butt. She scooted away from him and suddenly understood. From the furtherest corner of the room she watched him in horror while he resumed his normal form. "Noah," she whispered with tears clouding her eyes. "Oh Noah," she buried her fear and ran to him, pulling him into a tight embrace. "My Noah," she said softly, kissing the top of his head. "I'm so sorry. I don't understand it, but I'm sorry.." She held him close while they remained on her floor. Never had she imagined that something such as this could happen. Not in any way did she think that a human could be robbed of their life in exchange for the life of a beast. Especially not someone like Noah, who was so kind and deserving of only good things. She felt him relaxe in her embrace and softly began to run her fingertips over his back. Whenever she had been upset, he had always done it for her, often allowing her to drift to sleep in her arms.
After her legs had long fallen asleep, she gently rose to stretch, feeling the uncomfortable tingling of the blood flowing back into her feet. "Come on," she said sleepily, guiding him gently to the bed. She tucked him in and changed into pajamas in her personal bathroom. She'd heard the garage door open and close but thankfully neither of her parents came to check on her. It was rare that they did anymore. She'd guessed that they knew she was a teenager that loved her privacy, and she was glad that they'd respected it. Besides, when they weren't at work, they were usually catching up on the much missed out sleep. With the house blanketed in silence once more and her teeth minty fresh, Mimi returned to her bed to curl up next to Noah. She wasn't sure if he was asleep since his eyes were closed, but she ventured to guess so. "Good night," she whispered, pulling the blanket in around them. Outside even the crickets seemed to quiet themselves in respect for the resting friends.

Noah relaxed on the floor and was either waiting for her to scream or something. But he only heard his name. The name that woukd always be his even though his old life was gone. When he felt her arms sround him he took comfort in them and stayed close. A tear streamed diwn his face for everythingthat had happrned to him. He wisbed this was just a night mare and that eveyhing wouod be better when he woke up. Slowly he relaxed i to her whennshe stroked his back and he just wished he could stay there in her arms. Whennshe pulled away he nodded and wih her held managed to get into bed. After sleeping on the forest floor for thr past few weeks jt was nice fir a bes and instantly sleep over took him. He onky woke up once and that was when mimi came inti the room and iti bed. Gentky he wrapped his armz around her and snuggled close to her as sleep took him again. Never once threw thr night did he let go of her. She was the only person who understood him now and he needed her more then anythign else.