Called by the Goddess

Kates POV Oh Goddess… not now… Kate grumbled to herself. She was already later than she wanted for school. What was worse, she did not have breakfast yet because the morning shift had been so busy. But there they were. Bully alpha and beta… thinking they owned the place, because their daddies were the leaders of the pack. She sighed, bracing herself for what was to come. “Hey you, omega girl!” shouted Brian, the alpha’s youngest son, “go get me some more bacon, for the both of us, quickly, I don’t want to be late!”. “Euh, yeah stupid, me neither”, I thought to myself, while forcing an apologetic looking smile, grabbing his plate and running off to the kitchen with it. “Mum, quick, I am already late and that alpha brat Brian wants me to get him some more bacon for him and his sidekick!” I yelled to my mother Diana, who basically ran the kitchen. “Language, Hekate Diana Tudor!”, mum said as she frowned at me, while simultaneously piling an enormous amount of bacon on two plates. I hated it when she used my full name with that look of disappointment on her face. I knew my mum wanted me to start behaving more like the omega that I am by birth. She wanted me to lay low and stay out of trouble. And the Goddess knows, I have been in a lot of trouble because of my lack of omega subservience. So I get why she wants to protect me from the wrath of the higher ranking people in the pack, but for Goddess’s sake, those two goons get under my skin! Grabbing the plates, now full up with bacon, I see mum stuffing a plastic bag with some extra bacon for me in my backpack. I give my mum a thank you and an air kiss goodbye and fly back into the breakfast area. I slow down and make myself small, while handing over the plates to Brian and his best friend David Vaughan (the beta brat). “Here you go, alpha Brian, beta David”, I say in my meekest of voices, “I hope you enjoy!”. There was nothing else for me to do than wait until they finished. It would, of course, be highly inappropriate for them to have to clean up after themselves and the rest of the breakfast crew had moved on to other tasks already, since, technically, breakfast had been over half an hour ago. And of course, I couldn’t eat something myself, since that would be a sign of disrespect. So I waited, as polite as I could, my stomach rumbling.. “Some coffee to go, David?” Brian asked his beta croney, while grinning evilly at me. He knew that I would have to go get that for them, which would definitely make me late for school. “Oh shoot, no Brian, we should really go, mr. Winger will eat our livers if we are late again”. At these words Brian flushed. He obviously forgot today’s lessons started with Biology, my favorite subject and taught by my favorite, although very strict, teacher, mr. Winger. The thing I love about him most is that he is not only strict to omegas, but even more so on the alpha and beta brats. You see, mr. Winger was a really old-school wolf, who believed that our leaders should lead by example. I grinned as those two goons rushed out of the breakfast hall, idiots! Then I realized I was running out of time as well. I quickly stuffed their last pieces of bacon in my mouth, while carrying their dishes to the kitchen. Mum, bless her, met me halfway to the kitchen. She handed me my backpack and told me she’d take care of cleaning up, so I could hurry to school. I started running as fast as I could, which, luckily, is very fast. Just as I entered school, I caught up with David and Brian, and stupid enough, I tried to run passed them, doing everything I could to still make it in time, not really thinking about what I was doing. So just as I passed Brian, he stuck out his foot, so I tripped and I fell down. Hard. Ouch! I checked my body for serious injuries, which luckily weren’t there. I looked up, and everything seemed to happen at once. I saw them grinning at me, heard the bell ringing and saw the door to our classroom close. I started to tremble with anger. “Keep it together, Kate”, closing my eyes, I was forcing myself to remain calm and take a breath, hoping they would think I was trembling in fear. “Ugh” I let out a moan, when I felt the boot of David hit me in my side hard. “Really? That i***t kicked me while I was down?” I thought incredulously to myself. I broke out in sweat. Not because of the pain, but of pure, undiluted anger. I started shaking again and looked up to not only see mr. Winger, but also the principal, mrs. Charleston, looking sternly at us. Mr. Winger went on to close his classroom door. Shoot! We did not make it to class on time. “This is totally your fault, you stupid omega!!”, David yelled at me, kicking me once more in the stomach. I couldn’t help myself and let out a growl. “Hecate Tudor”, mrs. Charleston snapped, “into my office, NOW!”. “Oh dear, now I have done it” I thought. “Brian and David, off you go, to study hall with you two, I’ll explain later to mr. Winger what happened”, mrs Charleston continued in a milder tone of voice. My head snapped up “what?, you are going to let them off the hook completely?” I asked incredulously. “Yes ms. Tudor, of course, do you forget your place? Yet again? You are an omega and therefore to blame, it is as simple as that. And judging by the way you speak to me, and the unleashing of your wolf just now, I’d say somebody needs to be put in her place!”, she said sternly to me.  “You know what, I don’t even want the smell of you in my office, I’ll be done with it here and now. You have caused enough trouble for this school. You are expelled and I will write a report for alpha Kendrick, so he can give you further appropriate punishment for disrespecting his son!” I just stood there for some seconds, not realizing that the trembling had gotten worse. “Well, what are you still doing here, omega brat? Shoo! Get out of my school and don’t ever come back! It is not that you need an education to work in that kitchen anyway!” The trembling became worse, out of control almost and yet, somehow, I managed to turn around and run away. Once I started running, I couldn’t stop. I ran and ran and ran, until I needed to stop to take a breather. I put down my backpack and started thinking about what just happened. Those goons got me expelled. I started trembling with anger again and felt something snap. What was happening to me? It hurt, but also felt good. Bones were cracking, I felt my teeth get sharper, my senses heightened and my legs and arms turn into paws. I started running again, this time on four paws and with an ease and pace I couldn’t believe. I smelled everything ten times stronger, heard every little sound. This was amazing!! I could keep running for hours. I felt like I died and went to heaven!” But then, suddenly, I felt a pang of worry entering my heart area. Not my worry, I was to caught up in the freedom of finally being one with my wolf to be worried about anything. “Katie, dear, are you ok, where are you, what is happening?” I suddenly heard the worried voice of my mum in my head. “What the… oh, hey mum...” and I stumbled down and felt myself shift back into my human form again.