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Emerwyn felt even better the next day than she had the previous evening. She woke to find herself extremely hungry. She had skipped dinner the night before. Her walk in the woods took up most of the evening.

She went into the cafeteria, once again taking only a salad. Now she began to wonder. Being aware of her transformation, she thought perhaps she was becoming a vegetarian. No problem with that Emerwyn thought, smiling. Jerrick had wanted to do that for a long time. We just couldn't stop eating Noah's steak!

She saw two familiar faces sitting together at a table. It was Greer and Amaya. As she got closer, however, she discovered one was not so familiar. Amaya's face had scales on it. Emerwyn swallowed hard. She wasn't as taken aback as she had been when she'd seen Greer for the first time. She steeled herself and sat down by them. "Hello, there!" She smiled broadly. Then looked to Amaya. "I see it's your turn." It must have happened over night.

Greer looked up, catching her change and reaction to company in the same five seconds. The poor dear! Putting down her fork, she put a feathered hand across the table.

"Oh Amaya, it's okay! You look fine."

Amaya shivered a little bit, though not from how cold she was. Green eyes remained on her lap as tears started to well up in her eyes.

Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry.

Even though she told herself this her head sank even further, tears falling out of the corner of her eyes and landing on the hoodie that covered her face. Why was she crying when they were being so nice to her? A few choked sobs came from behind her hoodie as she slumped. She was scared, that was why.

Emerwyn smiled. Greer did not try to make the truth any smaller than it was. That's what she liked about her.
"Just know that you have friends here." she didn't know what else to say, but she knew that this much was true. She leaned in closer to them, her chocolate eyes trying to tell her, and Greer too, the same thing.

Timothy was up early, feeling a bit energized today. He walked to the cafeteria for food when he heard voices. Being his normal shy self he stopped for a second. Listening to the voices. He heard Amaya and Greer attempting to cheer her up.

He smiled for a second, they were really nice here. So she had scales, big deal, he was turning into a skunk. But Timothy decided not to worry about himself, he had spent too many years doing just that. He smiled after thinking for a moment.

He strummed his guitar and started singing right outside the door.

"Sing softely a sweet sweet song,
To a girl who is so pretty.

Beautiful glistening scales,
Reflecting the sun.

Green eyes,
like the green of the leaves.

Sing softely a sweet sweet song,
To a girl who is so pretty.

Beautiful emerald eyes,
Reflecting the moon.

Green scales,
Green eyes like windows to the soul.

Sing softely a sweet sweet song,
To a girl who is so pretty."

Timothy sang as he walked into the cafeteria and smiled at Amaya. He hoped he could make her feel better.

Emerwyn looked up when she heard a beautiful voice singing. The song was obviously directed at Amaya. Did he make those up himself?
She hadn't seen him before. He had already begun transforming, as well. He hade black and white fur... A badger... or a skunk?

When he finished, Emerwyn simply stared at first, not for his looks, but for his music. "That was lovely..."

She was sucked out of her trance when Greer asked her for napkins. "Oh! Sorry," She went and grabbed a few, handing them directly to Amaya. She was beginning to feel useless.

"No problem Amaya." he grinned and thinking about Moulin Rouge which he had loved. "I only sing the truth."

Timothy went and got food and then came back and sat down.

"So how old are you Amaya?" he smiled charismatically, he wasn't really interested in anyone else besides Vasile. But he had the charm that if he wanted to, he could find someone to be interested back.

"Yes. We all know whose fault this is..." Emerwyn returned to her salad as well, her expression growing dark.