One class is all I need {Ari training}

[Matsi]

Toboe had FINALLY made up his mind. He had talked to his teachers of a few of his Magic classes, and they kept telling him the same thing. Since he was going into the area of Animal Shifting, he should take more animal classes. He was in a few mythical creature study classes, but none of them really taught him about the creature that he practically was. It was frustrating. It was like, he didn't know himself at all! This bothered the small boy, and was the reasoning behind him heading up to the Earth Science Counsler's office. He hoped he? She? They could help him out and would let him take maybe just the zoology class. He had already looked at the schedule of the class, and it didn't interfear with any of his current classes. Sure, it would mean less time to spend with Yuffie and Alicia, or his grandmother back in town, but he knew, he just KNEW that it would be worth it. If he learned more about the wolf that he shifted into, then maybe he could understand why he did certain things in that form that he normally wouldn't do.

Finally at the top of the stairs, Toboe wandered to a door with the number that he remembered his teachers telling him. He inhaled deeply, an excited smile on his face as he lightly knocked on the wooden door.

[arianna4guidance]

A small voice was heard from inside of the room. "Just one moment please!!" It was a woman's voice. After a few moments, the door finally opens, revealing a young woman. She smiles sweetly. She steps back a bit from the door. "Come on in, young man. You need help, correct? Would you like some nice, herbal tea to help you relax?" By her voice, he could tell she was a kind lady. As she watches him, she winces ever so slightly, and rubs her extended baby bumb. Although her outfit was tight fitting, it didn't sufficate her.

She then turns, looking around at her new office and what still needed adjusted.

[Matsi]

Toboe was looking at the ceiling when the voice echoed from inside, which made his red-brown eyes look at the door, and raise one eyebrow for a moment before he started to mess with the silver bracelets on his arm. The bracelets jingled slightly, leting out a soft, yet sharp sound that was like a relaxing music to Toboe's ears.

He had slightly faded into his own world when the door opened. He jolted, ever so slightly, and looked at the woman with kind, but slightly shy eyes. He only nodded to her as she asked about him needing help, but then blinked at the tea question. Was she related to Dean Iroh?
"N-no thank you. I don't really like tea any more, but thank you for the offer," He said in a small voice as he offered her a large smile. His brown-red eyes were bright.

"I'm Toboe Rane, and, I just had a question about a class, if it's alright," He stated as he stood there, his hand behind his back. He rolled back and forth on the balls of his feet as his eyes scanned the room for a moment. It was still a bit... unorganized?.... but it was still nice and had a comforting vibe in it. He carefully took a mental note to NOT let Alicia and Yuffie into this office. Not that that would be a problem. Those two had more fun tormenting eachother and the General.

Finally, Toboe brought his attention back to the woman.
"I am currently a Magic student, but I am going into Animal Shifting specifically, since I have an animal form, and I was wondering if I could take a Zoology class to help...learn more...about the animals...that people can shift into?" His voice kind of trailed off as he looked out the window for a moment. It was a bit snowy outside, but it was still a nice day and he wanted to go out there and play in the snow. He silently wondered if Alicia and Yuffie would go out there with him. Yuffie probably would, right? He hoped so. Unless they were both too busy with tricking the new transfer students that had arrived the day before. He let out a soft sigh then looked back at Arianna.

[arianna4guidance]

Arianna looks at him, then smiles. She examines him, then pulls him into the room and shuts the door. She grins. "Let me guess, a wolf shape shifter, eh?" She then grins more. "Well well well, we have another wolf here. That's excelent. Of course you can join my class. But here is the thing. I am suppossed to teach about ALL animals. Not just one in particular. So" She crosses her arms, still smiling. "Why dont I offer this" Her eyes then change, not in color, but in the way it shown. Like a certain creature after a galliant and vicotrious hunt under the full moon. "Would you like us to teach you personally about your shifting?"

[Matsi]

Toboe entered the room slowly, his red-brown eyes looking at everything still. The window still pulled at his attention. He wanted to go play! Alright, so that sounded very childish, but it was the truth. He silently wondered if Yuffie and Alicia were already playing in it, which would be so unfortunate. He wanted to there with them! He didn't care if they sometimes snapped at him, he still wanted to be with them! Oh well. He wasn doing something just as amusing right? Well, maybe not, but at least HE wasn't getting into trouble. Not that he often got into trouble. He had only been taken to the HeadMaster's office once, and that was because Yuffie and Alicia had made a teacher's retirement cake explode. He had to go to be a witness. He felt bad about admitting it all to the headmaster, especially as Alicia and Yuffie glared at him, but he wouldn't lie!

Wait...How did his thoughts get to exploding cakes? Toboe shook his head a bit just as the woman started to talk again. He nodded simply.
"Yes, Ma'am. My grandmother taught me when I was younger, so I am a bit ahead of my class," He said in a soft voice that expressed that he was not in fact gloating.
"I want to learn about all, Ma'am. So I can understand why people that shift into birds, do thing differently than people that shift into something like myself. I want to understand the breeds of animals to better understand the abilities," He said, his voice still soft as he looked at his feet in his old, black and white shoes. Well, black and cream shoes.

Yet, when she said something about an offer, he looked up again, his shaggy red-brown hair hung in his face, only adding to his confused look. Then when she spoke of her offer he frowned.
"I don't believe I am following, Ma'am. But, I do not need any one on one, Miss. I just wish to learn about the different..." He thought for a moment, trying to find the word.
"Possibillities... for shifters." He messed with the back of his shirt as he kept his hands behind his back. He felt awkward.

[arianna4guidance]

She only grins. At his cute expressions, his calling her ma'am, everything. She then shuts the curtains, and looks at him. "Well you see, my boy... Wolves are very, very different when shape-shifting into them. Now, for what you are about to see, you must promise to never tell. Not even the headmaster. My race is too strict on the rules, but you are of the same species, so I am allowed to show you..." She closes her eyes, and in a white flash, the human woman was gone, and a pure white wolf with hazel eyes was in her place. The wolf looks at him, tilts her head, and opens her mouth.

"You see. I am only slightly different from you. I am a werewolf. The purest of the kind, to be exact. This is only one of my forms. Which is why I asked if you wanted me personally to teach you." She looks at him, ears pricked forward, and it almost looks like she was smiling.

[Matsi]

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Toboe raised an eyebrow, slightly nervous now. Not that it was hard to make the shifter nervous. Every little thing that was just out of the ordinary made Toboe mess with something in a nervous manner. He tried to be brave, he really did. It was just harder to be brave when you didn't have people that you really knew or trusted to back you up. Like now. Toboe was so used to entering nerve racking situations with Yuffie and Alicia behind him. Well, more like infront of him, but still with him. With them around, it was easier to be brave, because they were always so brave. Yet, this time, he didn't have them, and he found himself taking a few steps backwards, nervous and ready to bolt. (He was a lover, not a fighter after all.)

The moment the light came, Toboe was out of his human skin, and was in his lupine. His frame was small and delicate, barely bigger than a german shepherd dog, with long legs, and a thin body. His head was narrow and feminine in shape, yet his eyes were wide and strong with his instincts and emotion. His hackles were raised as he jumped back a few feet, making his silver bracelets jingle softly, and glared at spot where the Guidance Counsler was once standing. With his instincts flowing freely, due to his surprise and slight fear, a soft growl escaped his chest. Though this growl was far from anything that could be considered intemidating or scary. It was mixed with a whining sound that showed the young shifters nervousness and uncertainty. His long tail, which was typically slick and smooth, was bushed out and slightly tucked under his thin frame.

Toboe had been in the Magic area of life for some time, but he had never met anyone, besides his grandmother, that shifted in any other shape or form. His grandmother could shift into a feline, but that was the only thing he had ever seen. Yet, this one was different. The scent, which he had taken note of earlier but just ignored otherwise, the sight, just everything. It was overwhelming to him, and he had his rump pushed up against the door, glaring at the other shifter with intense eyes. His jaws were clenched tight, yet the growl was still not a threatening growl.

"N-no. I-I don't need shifting lessons," He sqeaked through his lupine maw. His eyes were still wide as he stayed as close to the door as he could.

[arianna4guidance]

The pure white female wolf chuckled, or rather what sounded like a chuckle, and backed up, head low and ears back slightly, but with the same kind eyes.

"I am sorry, young one, but I did not mean to scare you..." She looks up at him, her head still low. As she backed up, she stepped into the light, and he could see all of her features.

Her fur was the purest of white, like freshly fallen snow. Like her human form, she had a bit of accented curves along her back, rump, shoulders and legs. She was the size of a larger wolf, like an alpha male or a mix between a wolf and husky. Her legs were skinny but strong. Her tail flopped up and curled slightly at the tip, showing that she was simply happy, not showing any other emotion. Her eyes shown in the light, making them more captivating. She suddenly, and slowly, smiled.

"I believe that, if I showed you my other form, that you will faint or pass out, or yelp and run... And get hurt... Even though my bloodline and heart is not the scariest of the animal that I am... I am just afraid to show you" She was sincere in her words, and it was true, for he could see it in her eyes, that she didn't wanna scare him any more than she did. She then turns and goes to her couch and jumps on it, then stretches and lays down, and something comes from her chest. A small, slight wimper. Maybe from being excited, then it turning into something to scare the poor child, or maybe because she layed wrong on her stomach. She shifts, so that she doesn't hurt her growing infant.

"So, young one, the only way that I can help now, since you do not wish for my help to embrace your wolf side and have the transforming part easier, quicker, and knowable, instead of the sudden change, is to simply take my zoology class....." She then lays her head down, and her ears floop, for having the thought of teaching one person what she knew, like her teacher did for her new forms, dissapearing.

[Matsi]

Toboe was less than thrilled. Oh so less than thrilled. It wasn't so much of being afraid of her, no, for he KNEW who it was, and he knew Mr. Shinra wouldn't hire someone dangerous. It was just... He didn't know how to explain it to himself to make himself calm down.
It was like being the only human on earth, besides your caretaker, and surrounded by masses of talking monkeys that were just a bit different than you. Then one day, one of those monkeys took its skin off to show that it was a human too.

It was pure shock and surprise. Yet, when you had the instincts of the beasts of the wild, Toboe knew from his lessons, that your emotions can be controlled a bit by those instincts. The instinct to fight or flight when scared or surprised. For the most part, Toboe had done a good job on controlling those emotions, those instincts. This was just a bit too much of a shock for him, and left him trying to flee, up against the door.

Now that he was able to find the thoughts to describe what this fear was in his mind, he started to calm down, well, in the fear area. Now he was just angry and frustrated. He kept his fuzzy butt up against the door and finally let out an genuine growl that came with his frustration.
"Y-you could have....I dunno'...W-warned me!" He stuttered out through his lupine maw. His eyes were slightly narrow, but he still didn't move forward.

[arianna4guidance]

She sighs heavily. "I thought I had.... And I know what you're thinking, my boy. I'm evil. Well..." Her ears pin back and she looks at him with strict eyes. "If YOU are going to be in MY class, take those thoughts and throw them away! I am pure, I am the type that will only hunt if I am starving. My kind DOES NOT kill for pleasure, like the ones that tainted my name as well as the other ones. The black hearts are the ones that you need to stay away from. I am a white heart. If I was a black heart, I would be dead by now, for I would be a murderer and then tried to kill myself. I will never, never, EVER hurt anyone...." She then looks away. "This is why I wanted to help you. I knew you heard the rumors about the black hearts. I could see it in your eyes... And since you were a wolf too, I wanted to share my experiences with you. Like my teacher... My changer... Did to me. She helped me with my shapeshifting and my phases... Whatever you do... DO NOT be afraid of White Hearts like me, alright?"

She then lays her head down on the couch and sighs. She knew... He was a typical kid. The ones that were told the stories that if they were out at night alone, a Black Hearted Werewolf will come and eat them. But she was a White Hearted Werewolf, the exact opposite. They dont kill for pleasure. Only for if they absolutely need to hunt for food. They will never hurt a human. Then there are the Gray Hearted Werewolves, where they will hunt without a problem and will sometimes kill when angry and sometimes attack a human. Then there are the pure Black Hearted Werewolves, where they are purest of evil. They kill anything and everything, without warning, for pure pleasure.

As Arianna thinks of these differences, a small tear unexpectidly escapes and stains her furry cheek.

[Matsi]

Toboe rarely had felt the need to protect himself. Now, was oddly enough one of those times. Though he was small, he snapped his jaws a few times, his instincts taking a hold of his frightened mind. Where was Alicia and Yuffie when he needed them? Oh right. OUT GETTING INTO TROUBLE WHEN HE ACTUALLY NEEDED THEIR ASSES!

When Ari finally placed her head back on the couch, Toboe snarled, his instinct still burning through his viens with fear.
"I am NOT like you. I have heard NOTHING about werewolves. The only changer I have EVER met has been my grandmother. I am from MIDDLE OF NOWHERE MONTANA where every creature is a bear, Moose, elk or dog. From a place that stories are old, but nothing but stories, and are also tainted by the old drunken dreams of the old folk. I am a wolf, But I am NOT a were. I am a shifter. Merely one that knows how to show the true form of my spirit," He snapped his thin jaws a few times, his red-brown eyes still wide with fear as his backend was even more pressed against the door than before.

Before he could do much else, though, his rump flopped on the ground and he was back in his human form, curled up in a ball, his back against the door. His face was burried into his knees, and then covered by his arms. There he sat as he softly cried in his fear. His instincts could only do so much for the timid and sweet boy. Now, he was not only scared, but ashamed of what he had said.



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[arianna4guidance]

She looks at him, then sighs and returns to normal. She gets up, and grabs a cup of tea. She gulps it down quickly, then sets the tea cup down gently. She goes over to him, pats his head, then, supprisingly, leans down and pecks the top of his head. "Go... You need to leave. Go to your friends. Wipe those tears away. And only come to me when you need guidance and help... With basic issues... I will do what I can... I apologize for my mood changes... I am due in only three months, you know... But still... If it's something you need with the changing abilities, that is something that now, I cannot help you with..." She then goes to her desk, where a laptop is closed. She opens it, turns the computer on, and sits down, then swirls the chair to where her back is to him. She sighs silently.

She never intended this. She never wanted to scare the boy to the verge of tears. She never wanted to snap or raise her voice. The chair becomes deathly still, then she lowers her head, letting her hair cover her face as silent tears fall, rolling down her cheeks and falling to the desk.

[Matsi]

((Time warp WOOOSSSHHHHH post will be moved to Earth Science building))

Toboe sighed as he entered the building and looked one last time at his phone. On the screen was the room number of the place he needed to be for this class. He still felt miserable, more because of his own actions, which led to him second guessing on his decision to take this class. Yet, he decided that he would attend the class for atleast two weeks. Then, and only then, would he decide if he wanted to leave it. Maybe it would turn out to be nothing like he imagined and he could hate it, or he could love it. There was no telling of what could happen.

Finally, Toboe found the class room and wandered it silently. He was early, he knew that. He was just afraid that he would get lost, which actually didn't happen this time. So, without looking to see if Mrs. Arianna was there, he wandered to the back of the class (where he normally sat in other classes) and sat down. He looked at his bag that carried all of his gear and just sat there, thinking to himself, quietly.

[arianna4guidance]

Suddenly a flash of pink makes him snap out of it, and soon a bubbly, pink haired girl stands infront of his desk. Her hair was almost in perfect curls, and her bright blue eyes shone with happiness. She smiles big.

"Yay! A new student! Hiya, I'm Melissa Sweets!" Her eyes shone more. Melissa loved meeting new people, especially those in her class. She smiles even more. She almost bounced up and down, giggling. "What's your name?"

[Matsi]

Toboe was in a daze, thinking to himself. His thoughts were muddy, yet, he jolted quickly, almost falling backwards, when the girl approched him. He caught his chair just before it spilled him backwards, and he smiled nicely to her.

"Nice to meet you," He said warmly as he smiled more. Finally, someone that wasn't trying to scare him out of his paints, though she almost got him out of his chair.
"I'm Toboe. Toboe Rane," He moved his bag so that he would stop stepping on it, and so that it was out of the excited girl's way. He then looked back up and took in the girl's appearances. Well, it wasn't like she was going to he hard to remember. Bright hair made sure of that. Not to mention that she held a sweeter scent to her. Not really one like of perfume, but just... yeah. He didn't want to make himself sound like a creeper in his own thoughts, and he was on that track. He really didn't want to be a creeper.
"I....take it you are a Earth Sciences student?" He asked softly with a kind smile up to the girl. His eyes were bright as he looked at her, and held a friendliness that he had worked at to get there.