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It didn't take ten minutes for me to get home. When i got home,James and Will were the only ones there. James was playing on the Xbox and Will was watching the Discovery Channel,it was Shark Week and something about a 100 foot long shark was playing. "Where's Mom and Dad?" I asked throwing my pack into the closest. "There at some play at Taylor's school",James replied,"where you been?" "A friends house",I replied. I opened the refrigerator,grabbed some leftover chicken and threw it into my mouth without bothering to reheat it. I quickly went up stairs and threw off my school clothes,showered and then changed into a black and white sleeveless shirt and blue shorts. Like all my other clothes,they holes in them for my wings and tail. I then grabbed my other backpack from beside my bed and walked to the shop. When I got there,the others were waiting for me. "So they let you out of prison?" Tristan asked sarcastically. I smiled,"They didn't even make me finish my term." We walked into the shop,much to my surprise,the GTO was still there. "They haven't come by for there car yet?" "No",Jack replied,"I got a call a few minutes ago and they said they'll be a few days still." I shifted my attention from the GTO to the Camaro,"So what do we need to do to this?" I asked. "Install restrictor plates",DJ said. "Let's get to work then"I said. We set to work on the Camaro. Josh cracked the hood and I began to tear down the engine. Restrictor plates fit between the intake manifold and the engine block as well the throttle body. Once they were installed,they would cut air flow by about twenty percent,which translates to about a ten percent decrease in horsepower. To get around such a major performance drop,DJ enlarged the restrctiors by about sixty percent. We also re-tuned the ignition and turbo chargers for more precise timing. Once this was done,I closed the hood with a loud thud. "Well that's done,let's fire this bad boy up and see how it runs." Tristan took the keys from the office and started the Camaro,revving it a few times. It sounded like it had the day we'd first run it. "Sounds good,Tristan said getting out,"but how does it handle?" "My thoughts exactly",I replied,"I say we take it to the track and see how it does." The track was really an old industrial park about an hour from the shop. They had made glue and other stuff there for about twenty years and now it was a little more than a haven for graffiti artists. The thing that drew us to it was the 20 miles of paved road that had allowed us to replicate Road America. We went there once or twice a week to test our cars and work on a prototype we had stored in another shop. Jack rubbed his hands together,"Objections?" No one answered. "Notion carried." Jack said,"let's get going." "I'm driving the Camaro",Tristan said getting into the driver's side. "I'm riding with him," Jack said entering the passenger's side." I got into Dj's truck along with Josh and we backed out as Tristan drove the Camaro out of the shop and followed behind us to the track. When we arrived,it was nearly six o'clock and it was starting to get dark. As i stepped out of the truck,I was met with a blast of cool,moist wind. The large industrial towers all around us cast dark shadows in the moon and star lit night. The smell of gasoline and asphalt carried on the wind. "It smells like stuck up asphalt",I said smirking. "We'll have to fix that won't we?" DJ asked walking up to my side as Tristan pulled up with the Camaro. Jack and Tristan climbed out of the Camaro. "Why is it so dark?" Josh asked. "It's nighttime fool",Tristan replied,"or didn't you notice?" Josh shoved Tristan away from him,"Your a jerk,you know that right?" Tristan laughed. I pulled a small remote from DJ's glove box,"Let there be light",I said hitting a button. The flood lights came on,lighting up the the track,pits and the loft. I threw the remote back into DJ's truck. "Get that monster up to the starting line",I said smiling,"see if you can beat Jack's lap time with the Falcon." Tristan smirked,but didn't say anything. He drove the Camaro to the starting line. The first light went red,Tristan revved the engine. The second light went yellow,Tristan revved the engine again. The light went green. The sound of screeching tries and smell of burning rubber filled the night air as Tristan took off. I leaned over the side railing,my tail beginning to sway back and fourth as he gunned the car down the street towards the first turn. The brake lights came on and the car disappeared around the first corner. Our radios chirped. DJ took her's from her belt. "Brakes are good",Tristan called. "We saw",DJ called back,"how was it in the corner?" "Handles like a dream",he called in reply. Music came on behind us,I recognized the song as Rio Grand,one of my personal favorites. I turned around to see Josh leaning on the wall like he was some 80's punk. "You try to hard bro",DJ said smiling. Josh smiled and turned the music up,making a motion with his fingers,like what Tristan does. "Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand,just like that river twisting through the dusty lane,and when she shines she really shows you all she can!" The song blared,DJ and I began to sing along as the chours played again,"Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand,just like that river twisting through the dusty lane,and when she shines she really shows you all she can!" "I love this song",Dj said swaying to the music,"this is the song Dad said he and Mom danced to at their wedding." "You must miss them",I said. "Yeah",DJ said leaning her head on my shoulder,"I miss them allot." I put my arm around her. Both of DJ's parents were killed by a drunk driver on her fifteenth birthday,she found out hours later and we'd all raced to the hospital,but it was too late,they'd both passed. DJ had been an emotional wreck for months afterwords. She still isn't over it,maybe she never will be. "Hey",Josh called over the song,"here come Tristan and Jack!" DJ and I turned our heads to see the Camaro's bright blue headlights come around the corner,the sounds of it's Vedeon V-12 Charger Stock Car engine now clearly audible in the distance. "What's his lap time?" I asked turning to Josh. "A minute twenty." "God,DJ said,he might break the Falcon's minute fifty record." "There's still thirty seconds to go",I replied and he still has a good sized chunk of track to cover." Tristan came around the last turn and gunned it,the sound of the engine gaining RPM became more and more audible as he closed in on the finish line. The second's ticked away as Tristan screamed towards the finish line,passing it. The Camaro screeched to the stop and the rear white lights came on as Tristan backed the car into the pits. He climbed out of the car and pulled off his helmet,running his fingers through his hair. 'What was my lap time?" He asked anxiously. "One minute",Josh began,"thirty nine seconds,you beat the Falcon by about eleven seconds." A wide smile crossed Tirstan's face,"You owe me twenty bucks bro",Tristan said turning to Jack,who smiled as he pulled a twenty from his wallet. "Oh",Tristan said stretching out the bill,"it says,Hello Jack,Tristan is now twenty bucks richer than you." Jack shoved Tristan away from him. "So how did it handle?" Dj asked. "Like a dream,"Tristan replied,"it handles just as well as the Falcon,if not better." "It's definitely race ready." I rubbed my paws together,"That's what I wanted to hear,now,we must celebrate!" "Where should we go?" "We can go to the Burger King that just opened",Jack said. "Screw that noise",Josh said,"Pizza Hut." "We eat too much pizza Josh,Tristan said,"let's go to that Italian place about an hour from here." As the others argued about where to go for food,I turned to DJ,"Can I have your keys? I left my fire starter in the truck." DJ reached into her pocket and pulled out her keys,"Make sure you lock the doors." She said dropping the keys into my paw and I began to walk towards the truck. As I did,I began to get a creepy feeling,like I was being watched. At one point,I thought I'd heard something behind me and had turned with claws and fangs bared to face it. Of course there was nothing there,so I continued walking to Dj's truck. Once I reached the truck,the feeling that I was being watched had increased by quite a bit. I unlocked the truck and found my fire starter siting in the center console. I grabbed it,popped off the cap and drank down the last bit in the bottle. My fire lit so high it burned my throat a little and I puffed a bit of flame. I screwed the cap back on the bottle and tossed it into my bag. As I closed the door,I heard what I thought were foot steps. I turned and stared into the darkness. I could make out two,small,orange objects that looked like they were floating in midair. I began to approach them,but quickly stopped myself and backed off,coming to a stop right in the beam of a floodlight when I realized what they were. They were eyes. A voice rolled from the dark,"I'd never thought I'd meet another." The figure's voice told me it was a female. I wasn't sure if I should answer or not. The figure stepped into the light,what I saw stunned me. She was an Anthro,like Shelby and I. She was sliver,with orange eyes and wing membranes the color of fire. A large scar traced down the side of her neck. She had three,backwards pointing spines coming out of the side of her muzzle. Her two horns were about a foot long and came to a forked end,one of which was warped in what looked like 3M electrical tape. She stood a good half foot taller than me and looked like she'd been on the street a long time. Her old desert camo army pants were covered in stitches and patches and her shirt was torn in a few places. The coat that hung over her shoulders looked like a military field jacket. She had a small backpack over her shoulders and looked like she hadn't eaten in a while. Not only this,but she looked to be a few years older than me. "Who...are you?" I asked stunned. "Tess",the Anthro replied,"and you are?" "Seth",I replied after a minute. Tess and I then just stood there,staring at each other like statues. "You need to put a muffler on that car",Tess said,"you woke me up with it." "You were sleeping out here?" I asked a bit surprised. "Yeah",Tess replied,"for reasons I'd rather not discuss." Quiet once again filled the area. "I never thought I'd meet another",Tess said walking towards me,"for five years I've hopped there were others,but at the same time,I never expected to meet one." I shrugged,"Me either." Tess opened her mouth to speak again,but was cut off when Tristan and the other's came around the corner,talking and laughing. "Seth",Tristan said casually,"whose the Anthro chick?" "Who are you?" Tess asked. "Tristan,"He replied putting out his hand,"nice to meet you..?" "Tess",she replied shaking his hand. "I have to say",Tess said stepping back a bit and looking us over,"humans hanging around with an Anthro is a first." "Yeah",Jack said smiling,"were pretty weird." "Seth",DJ said turning to me,"my keys?" I pulled the keys from my pocket and dropped them into her hand. "We settled on that Italian place." "Cool",I said. I turned to Tess,"Wanna come? You look like your starving." Tess put her paw over her stomach,"Yeah",she replied,"yeah I'll come." DJ climbed into the driver seat while Josh sat shotgun and Tristan and Jack climbed into the bed. Tess and I got into the backseat as DJ started the truck and began to drive out of the park. "Is this your truck?",Tess asked,"'cause it's sweet" "Yeah",DJ replied,"the guys got it for my sixteenth birthday." The cab fell silent expect for some soft music as DJ drove along the highway to a town that was about an hour from the park. I had rolled down the window and was letting my arm hang out. The only lights were the ones from the dash and the occasional car that would pass us. A few minutes in,Tess had fallen asleep,resting her head on my shoulder. I didn't mind it,but I wondered what Shelby might think. After what seemed like only ten minutes,DJ turned into town. The street lights and the lights from yards and other buildings poured into the trucks cabin along with the cool night air and the the sounds of the city. After a few more minutes of driving,DJ pulled into the parking lot of an Olive Garden restaurant and killed the truck. I nudged Tess awake,"We there?",She asked sleepily. "Yeah",DJ said undoing her seat belt,"where here." 'What did you want Tess?" DJ asked turning in her seat to face Tess. "Just get me anything",Tess said,"I don't really care." "Okay then",DJ said,"I'll be back in a few minutes." DJ got out of the truck and walked across the parking lot and into the restaurant. Not three minutes later,she walked out with two large take out bags. Jack and Tristan went to help as Tess and I got out of the truck. Josh dropped the tail gate and DJ placed the bags on them. "Tristan",DJ said pulling out a styrofoam box,"your Bistecca Fiorentina." "Awesome",Tristan said taking the box. "Jack,your Pansotti alla genovese." "Josh,Agghiotta di pesce spada." "Otherwise known as fancy fish." Josh said taking the box. "Seth",DJ said handing me one of the boxes,"your Fettucine Alfredo." "My favorite",I said taking it from her. "Tess"Dj said,"I got you some Fettucine as well." DJ handed her the box. "Thanks",Tess said. We sat in the bed of the truck as we ate. "So Tess",I said after a bit,"if you don't mind me asking,what were doing sleeping at that place?" Tess looked up at me,and then set down her food. "You could say",Tess began,"that I've been on my own for a while." "What you mean",Tristan asked,"on your own?" "I'm just not on the best of terms with my Mom and Dad right now",Tess replied,"I figured it'd be better if I left,so I did." Quiet came over us. "How long you been on your own?" I asked. Tess huffed,"five years." Jack whistled,"That's a long time,sure your parents haven't cooled off by now?" Tess let out a long sigh,"Yes,she said,I'm sure." "Forgive my asking",DJ said,"but what happened?" "I turned",Tess said. "The night before my fourteenth birthday,I went to bed just fine,the next day,I wake up and guess what?" "I find I've turned into a dragon." Tess continued by saying that her parents had freaked out,and that she had moved out a few weeks later. It was a depressing story,and it made me realize that I was lucky. When I'd turned,the only one that had been freaking out was me. Tess continued,"So for the next five years,I dodged any red and blue flashing lights I saw,looking for a place that might harbor more like me." "I take it you didn't find it?" Jack asked. "What was your first clue?" Tess asked sarcastically. As they talked,I turned to DJ,"What time is it?" DJ turned and glanced into the trucks cab,"quarter till nine." She said. "Mom is going to tear my claws out",I said burring my snout in my paws. 'Why?" Tess asked. "She gets worried when I stay out past curfew",I said,"I mean real worried." DJ closed her box,"Well then lets get going,I need to get home too." "Yeah",Tristan said,"me too." "Same here"Jack said. DJ climbed into the driver's seat while Jack sat shotgun. Tess and I sat in the backseat and Josh and Tristan rode in the bed. As DJ turned on to the highway,I glanced over at Tess. "Tess",I said,"you can come stay with me tonight if you want,anywhere has got to be better than the factory." "You sure your parents would be okay with that?" "Yeah"I replied,"I doubt they'll care." 'Thanks",Tess replied. I smiled my answer looked out the window. A few minutes later,Tess fell asleep against me,resting her head on my shoulder,snoring lightly. It didn't take another five minutes for me to follow. I was stirred a few hours later by DJ's truck coming to a stop. "Seth",DJ said shaking me lightly,"wake up,your home." I lifted my head and rubbed my eyes with the back of my paw before waking Tess. "We there?" She asked groggily. 'Yeah",I said grabbing my bag,"were here." Tess undid her seat belt as I opened my door,causing the cabin to light up. I stepped out of the the truck,closely followed by Tess. "Thanks for the ride DJ." I said. "No problem,see you tomorrow." "Yeah,I replied,"see you." DJ put her truck into gear and drove off,disappearing around the corner. Tess and I walked up to my door and went inside. Dad was standing there,waiting for me. "Why were out out past curfew?" "We went over to the track to test drive the Camaro and then out to eat,it took a while to drive back." "I'll buy that",He said,"but whose this?" "Her name's Tess",I answered,"she needs a place to spend the night,is it okay if she stays here?" Dad looked Tess over,"Sure",he finally said. Mom came down stairs,"Seth,she said,"whose this?" "Her name's Tess",I answered,"is it okay if she spends the night here?" "Dad already said she could,but.." "It's fine with me",Mom said,"but she needs something good to wear." Tess looked down at her torn clothes. "I guess I could use a change of clothes and a shower couldn't I?" She said sounding a little bit embarrassed. "Come with me",Mom said,"I think I might have a few things that may fit you." As Mom took Tess and disappeared upstairs,Dad punched my shoulder. "You should hang onto that one",he said smiling. The scales on my cheeks turned red,"Dad",I whined. Dad laughed and I escaped to my room before he could make any more jokes. I threw my backpack beside my bed and pulled a a sleeveless blue shirt and white night pants from my dresser before getting into the shower and scrubbing off all the sweat and grease from the car. After brushing my teeth and dressing,I entered my room and fell into bed. A few minutes later,Tess came in with a sleeping bag. She was wearing a white T-Shirt and blue night pants. She dropped the sleeping bag in the corner and crashed on top of it with a loud huff. "I can't remember the last time someone was as nice to me as your parents are." "Yeah",I said looking at the dog tags that were resting in the palm of my bandaged paw,"i've got it good." "Yeah",Tess said,"you do." I turned out my lamp and the darkness enshrouded the room. "Night Tess,I said stretching out. "Night Seth",Tess replied. I was almost asleep when I felt a press on my bed. I cracked my green eye open to see Tess looking at me through her fiery orange eyes. "I can't stand that sleeping bag",She said in a whisper,"room for one more?" I moved over a bit to give Tess a bit of room. She rolled into bed,coming within inches of my side,but I didn't mind. I actually kinda liked it. Tess was out of it almost instantly,and it wasn't two minutes before I gave in.