Diamond was fast asleep on her stomach in her bed and as she woke up she slowly opened her eyes. For a second her sight was blurry and dark before becoming sharp and clear in the dark room and she shifted her head to look at the clock on her end table. It was six in morning and Diamond let out a sigh as she moved.

  She found her morning bone cracking sound louder than normal and it felt like her skin felt tighter on her body as she moved. Diamond got to the edge of her bed to sit on and looked down to see the bandage around her body. “Right…that happened…” Diamond muttered to herself.

  After remembering yesterday Diamond got up to a switch beside the light switch and turned off the isotion spell slowly. Diamond closed her eyes as the sounds of the early morning city sounds started slowly entering her ears. Diamond opened her eyes back on after adjusting to the sound returning to her and she opened her bedroom door.

  Diamond was quiet as she heard and saw Aziza fast asleep in her bed and Diamond smirked to see Aziza had shifted into her semi-form. It was common for very young werebeast would shift into their semi-forms, simir to a toddler peeing the bed, and Diamond quietly walked towards the bathroom.

  Once the door was locked Diamond slowly and carefully removed the wrapping around her body. The scars that had reopened were now closed up on their own and looked to be fully healed from the stress from yesterday. Diamond let out a sigh before going to the shower to turn it on and jumped into the stream of water once it was warm enough.

  Diamond just let the hot water pour over her sore and tattered body and the warmth of the water made her muscle and skin rex. She slicked back her hair, only pausing in feeling the hidden small scars under her hair, and after lightly tracing those scars with her fingertips she returned to washing up.

  Diamond finished up her shower and stepped out of the bathroom drying her hair. “Morning, sleepy head.” A familiar voice said and Diamond could smell it was Belle.

  “Hmmm…” Diamond let out her throat before starting to walk towards her bedroom. Diamond knew Belle was there to keep her away from the police station after what happened yesterday. Diamond went to her clothing drawers to pick out a dark red tube top and pair of baggy jeans.

  Once dressed Diamond walked out of her room to smell coffee and she walked towards the dining room to see Belle putting a mug down for Diamond. “I come in peace,” Belle said and Diamond just sat down as she noted Belle was wearing a blue off the shoulder sweater instead of her dress shirt and tie.

  “I smell coffee.” Aziza's groggy voice said from her bed and Diamond leaned back to her chair to see Aziza sitting up. Diamond and Belle watched Aziza get out of bed and walk towards the dining room. “Coffee…” Aziza reaches out for the coffee pot but Belle outstretch her arm to stop Aziza.

  “First transform back to human form and shower.” Belle said, making Aziza groan in her semi awake state before walking towards the bathroom. As she walked she would shift back to her human form and was fully human when she closed the door. “How long do you think she will realize she has transformed?”

  “After her shower.” Diamond said before sipping the coffee but stopped and put down the mug with a bigger scowl than normal. “This is not coffee.” Belle looked offended by Diamond’s words but Diamond just dumped the coffee in her mug down the drain before going to the coffee machine.

  “I even used the coffee beans in your cabinet.” Belle said as Diamond opened the top of the coffee machine. “How can this not be cof-”

  “You didn’t use enough coffee grounds,” Diamond said as she pulled out a coffee filter to throw it away. “It smells like coffee but tastes just like heated water with weak ass coffee fvor.” Belle sighed as she watched Diamond make coffee her way.

  “That is way too much coffee p-” Belle was cut off with Diamond looking over her shoulder with eyes narrowed. “Fine, I don’t even understand why you drink this stuff…” Belle muttered as she poured the pot of coffee she made into the sink while Diamond put a new pot from the cabinet in the machine.

  “It tastes good, when made right.” Diamond said as she watched the coffee slowly fill the pot. Belle sat down at the dining table, “We’ll head to Nightshade Inc. once Aziza is ready.”

  “I know, I know.” Belle replied and started to py with her bangs a bit as she started to daydream. Diamond pulled out camping thermos for coffee and got it ready to pour in the coffee she made in it.

  After twenty minutes Aziza came out of the bathroom with fresh clothing on and wet hair. “Can someone expin why I’m so sore from sleeping?” Aziza asked as Diamond finished putting fresh coffee in her thermos.

  Belle turned in her seat and said something, “You sleep transform, it’s simir to a toddler peeing their bed.” Diamond said bluntly as screwed close her thermos. Belle looked at Diamond with a look of disbelief. “What?”

  “So the dream that I woke up with furry hands was real?” Aziza asked and Diamond nodded. “Alright, will this happen every night now?”

  “No, and a very natural thing to happen.” Belle said to comfort Aziza and got up to gently pat the top of Aziza’s head. “We’ll stop for coffee on our way to Nightshade Inc., my treat.” Aziza had a slightly confused look on her face from Belle’s final words.

  “Belle's job for next week is to keep me away from the police station for case and my ‘health’.” Diamond said with air quotes around health. “Nightshade Inc. is the best pce to keep me away from the police station and you can try out working at the shop too.”

  “Oh right, Miss. Ashwood offered me a job as cashier.” Aziza said and Diamond nodded as she put her thermos on the dining table. “So go get your ptop bag then we'll head out.”

  Belle walked into Nightshade Inc. front door with Diamond and Aziza behind her and Ophelia looked up from her newspaper to see the three come in. Her eyes locked onto Belle, “Miss. Hiver.” Ophelia said with a stern tone and got up from the seat behind the counter.

  “Miss. Ashwood.” Belle replied back to her and Ophelia walked straight to Belle. Aziza noticed Ophelia wasn’t wearing her suit jacket, her skirt look shorter, and dress shirt with some of the buttons undone. The two pressed their chests together and looked like they were sizing each other up.

  Aziza leaned towards Diamond while keeping her eyes at the two, “Shou-” Diamond walked past Aziza while finishing off her coffee in the thermos.

  “No, they’re flirting,” Diamond said and walked past the two. Aziza followed Diamond through a door close to the back and the next room had a spiral staircase that went upwards. There were a bunch of closed boxes and Diamond opened one of them to pull out a waist apron. “Here you go.”

  Aziza opened up the folded up bck apron and saw it had the ‘Nightshade Inc.’ on it. “So are any of these things real magical items?” Aziza asked as she put on the apron.

  “Nope, all of it is normal stuff and real stuff is locked in the basement.” Diamond pointed to a locked celr door hidden in the corner. “You’ll only worry about normal customers, Ophelia and I will deal with the magical customers…Well I’ll be dealing with them today.”

  Aziza tilted her head before Ophelia and Belle walked into the storage room. “Miss. Hiver and I need to have a private conversation in my office.” Ophelia said and headed towards the staircase. “You’re in charge until I return, Diamond.” Belle followed Ophelia up the staircase and Aziza thought she heard one of them giggle when they were out of sight.

  Aziza looked at Diamond, “There is no office upstairs, is there?” Aziza asked and Diamond just looked at Aziza and told Aziza she was right.

  “Those two have an on and off thing,” Diamond sighed as she led Aziza back to the front, “Just sit behind the counter and you can plug in your ptop right there.” Diamond pointed to the power bar that was plugged into the wall. “Mornings are slow and normal customers normally come in around evening.”

  “So perfect time to work on school work.” Aziza said and Diamond patted Aziza’s back. “Alright, anything else I need to know.”

  “N-Wait, right, if a man named ‘Carlos Dale’ asks for Ophelia, just yell my name,” Diamond said as hanged up her coat and Aziza nodded as Diamond expined. “Now I’m going to be on that couch, asleep, and you can put on some records if you wish from Ophelia’s collection.”

  Aziza looked to the couch Diamond pointed out than to the vinyl pyer behind the counter. “Alright, have a good nap.” Aziza said as Diamond nodded before face pnting into the couch. Aziza walked behind the counter to set up her ptop and as it booted up Aziza checked out the vinyl collection. “Ophelia loves her jazz.”

  Aziza stretched out to make her back pop and made her let out a sigh. She was able to finish up the paper she had to write and barely got interrupted by customers that came in. Once she stretched she heard her stomach growl and heard movement from the couch.

  “What time is it?” Diamond called out and Aziza leaned back to see Diamond had moved to be seated up.

  “Five o’clock.” Aziza called out as Diamond rubbed her eyes. “Ophelia and Belle are still upstairs, how are they still going? Though I haven’t heard anything from upstairs either.”

  “Ophelia has a spell that is simir to one in my room but reversed.” Diamond said as she walked to the front counter and Aziza’s ears twitched hearing a lot of bone popping coming off of Diamond. “You will understand once you get yourself a lover. Supper?” Diamond opened a drawer behind the counter and it had a bunch of menus in it.

  “Sounds like a good idea,” Aziza said as she took out a few of the menus to look at time. “Not Chinese, Belle got that st night for us…Also should I be worried that I’m not wanting to eat as much as before?”

  “No, it means your body is finally restored to peak performance.” Diamond said as she pulled out the rest of the menus, though putting back the Chinese menus in the drawer. “With you being a small breed you don’t burn as much energy, even with your accidental transformation.”

  “Oh, that’s good,” Aziza said and stopped when she was on a pizza menu, “Pizza? What do you think?” Diamond looked at the menu before pulling out her phone and Aziza handed over the menu to Diamond, and putting the rest away.

  Diamond put her phone to her ear and started to walk away to make an order. Aziza spinned around in her seat to take the needle off the vinyl record she had been pying and when the shopkeeper's bell rang she spinned around in her chair. “Welcome to Nightshade Inc.” Aziza greeted.

  The white man that walked into the store looked like a scarecrow with how thin he looked and he looked like a college professor from the seventies with his suit jacket having patches on the elbows. His brown hair was slicked to the side and behind big rim square gsses were a pair of brown eyes. “Yes, hello there,” He said in a very polite tone and Aziza noticed his ears were pointed. “I’m looking for Miss. Ashwood, I’m Carlos Dale.”

  Aziza paused with a smile before leaning back and took in deep breath, “DIAMOND, CAR-” Aziza yell was cut off when Carlos covered her mouth with one hand and the other gripped Aziza’s forearm.

  “You really should haven’t grabbed her like that.” Diamond said and gring at Carlos. “Let go or you’re going regret it.”

  “Diamond, I just want to talk to Miss. Ashwood.” Carlos said and low growling started to fill the room. “You don’t have to growl like that.”

  “I’m not the one growling,” Diamond said as she gnced towards Aziza and Carlos looked at her. His face turned paler than before as he saw Aziza's glowing orange eyes and she had shifted into her semi-form. “Uhhh…no need t-”

  Carlos was cut off when Aziza went over the counter and pounced onto Carlos with ease even with Carlos being taller than Aziza. Aziza was over top of Carlos and started to ssh at him like a wild animal and Carlos screamed to cover his face from being sshed. Aziza had gone feral on Carlos and Aziza went to bite down but was lifted up.

  “Think he’s had enough, Az.” Diamond said jokingly as she had shifted in her semi-form. Her jeans were now tight on her legs and her tube top had easily stretched out on a new huge frame. Diamond threw Aziza over her shoulder and Aziza snarl and snap a bit before starting to pant.

  “WHAT THE HELL GOING ON DOWN HERE!” Ophelia’s voice rang out as she came out from the backroom with only a blue bathrobe loosely tied up. “Oh…I see…Mr. Dale,” Ophelia gred at Carlos, who was curled up in a ball and shaking in fear. “I told you never to step in my shop ever again.”

  Diamond moved Aziza back to her seat and Aziza was very flush in face and panting harder. “This is why stretchy clothing is a good thing.” Diamond said as stretch out Aziza’s sweater colr and moved it to be off the shoulders sweater. Aziza let out a small sigh as more bare skin was exposed.

  Ophelia walked over to curl up Carlos and kicked him in the side, “GET YOUR ASS OUT OF HERE BEFORE I GET DIAMOND TO THROW YOU OFF THE ROOF, AGAIN!” She yelled and Carlos stumbled to get up before rushing out of the shop. Ophelia snorted before turning to Diamond, who was shifted back to her human form and adjusted her clothes.

  “Upstairs clear to take her up there?” Diamond asked and Ophelia nodded. “Alright come on Az, one foot at a time.” Diamond helped Aziza to her feet and led her upstairs, while Ophelia closed up shop early.

  The stairs led to a cozy loft and Diamond sat Aziza onto the couch up there. “Remove that sweater completely.” Diamond said and waited to see if she needed help but Aziza removed it with ease.

  “Here, this will help.” Belle said as handed Aziza a rge gss of cold water and Aziza started to drink it. Belle was in white bathrobe and Diamond sat down beside Aziza with a big sigh. “After you cool down you should shift back.”

  Aziza was about to say something but turned brighter red and looked away from Belle. “Belle, go have a shower, and breathe through your mouth, Aziza.” Diamond said as she rubbed the bridge of her nose.

  “We were about to have a shower when we heard screaming.” Belle said as Ophelia came up to the loft. “But it sounds like everything was taken care of.” Belle walked to Ophelia to give her a small peck on the lips before taking her hand and heading up a different door.

  “Do I want to know why Carlos was like that, and why he was banned from the shop?” Aziza asked as she fan herself bit before drinking the st of water in the cup she was given. “Also when will the pizza show up?”

  Diamond paused before saying, “Fuck.” She pulled out her phone and started to punch in a number while muttering. “Dumb motherfucking shithead small peaker money grubbing treasure hunting asshole covenless.”

  After forty minutes of waiting the coffee table had five rge pizzas and most of them heavy on the meat toppings. Diamond had moved to a lounge chair with her legs over one arm and head resting on the other arm and one pizza box on her stomach. Aziza was sitting on the rge couch and had shifted back to her human form, which allowed her to put her sweater back on. “So does anyone want to expin to me about Carlos?” Aziza asked as she took a piece of meat lovers pizza.

  “I will since my mouth won’t be busy.” Ophelia sighed as lifted her head from Belle’s shoulder. Belle and Ophelia were cuddling up on the loveseat that was across from the couch. Ophelia was wearing workout shorts and a baggy crop top that was off one shoulder.

  “Are you sure you don't want any?” Belle asked as filled up a pte with pieces of pizza and once she leaned back on the couch Ophelia returned her head on Belle’s shoulder.

  “I had my fill almost an hour ago.” Ophelia said as adjusted herself a bit more on the couch to still cuddle up with Belle but not in the way of Belle. “Anyways Carlos Dale is a covenless vampire that is looking for quick money by finding buried treasure that isn’t there.”

  “Covenless vampire?” Aziza asked and made Ophelia gnce over to Diamond, who looked like she wasn’t paying too much attention to conversation. “Diamond said there was a lot of vampire drama and I should focus on learning about being a werebeast.”

  “Fair point but maybe telling her some basics about vampires would be a good idea.” Ophelia sighed as eyes returned to Aziza. “Covenless, in simple terms means a vampire doesn’t have backing and protection from other beings if they get in trouble. While we are at it there are four types and they are sorted based on what they feed on.”

  “Essence, Flesh, Bone, and Psychic, those are four types of vampires,” Diamond said as pulled another slice from her pizza. “All four have special features that allow you figure which one you’re dealing with.”

  “Essence have pointed ears and their eyes will shift into red when feeding, normally. Flesh’s teeth are bck and all sharp canines. Bone have pitch bck eyes and are sensitive to light.” Ophelia expined and Aziza nodded.

  “And what about Psychic type vampires?” Aziza asked as grabbed another pizza, this time pizza with chicken pieces on it. Belle gnced at Ophelia when Ophelia sat up and pointed to her eye.

  “It's a detail that can be missed very easily, unless you know what you’re looking for.” Ophelia said and Aziza looked into Ophelia's eye. She noticed Ophelia’s pupil was slitted and there was white with bck outlining. “That is how to tell what kind of vampire you’re dealing with, at least in the base human form.”

  “And if you find you have to kill a vampire, just destroy with brain and heart or burn them to ashes.” Diamond chimed in and everyone looked at her. “They were built to hunt humans, not werebeast.”

  “That is very true and feeding on a werebeast is the worst thing for almost all vampires.” Opelia said and kissed Belle’s shoulder gently. “Sure the vampire will get a short power boost but the crash could kill a vampire.”

  “And if the crash doesn’t kill them, the werebeast's family and friends will be coming for that vampire.” Belle said and nuzzled the top of Ophelia’s head. “So vampires avoid feeding on werebeast if they wish to live and werebeast are top predators in the world.”

  “That’s how you were able to take on a vampire in a trauma induced transformation feral state.” Diamond said as she tossed an empty pizza box on the coffee table. “Then again, a kitten could take down Carlos.” Aziza, Ophelia and Belle let out a small chuckle from the comment.

  “Wait, you mentioned buried treasure before,” Aziza said before grabbing a slice of pizza. “What treasure were you talking about and what does it have to do with you?”

  “Oh right, the treasure he is looking for is from my brother’s pirate ship that sank.” Ophelia sighed in frustration. “Before you ask, there was no treasure on that ship, there was only a bunch of rum and a foolish vampire that blew up his own ship. Anyways, any booty my brother got from being a pirate is already in my bank account.”

  “Carlos thinks there seems like there is more to the story though.” Aziza said and gnced at Diamond grabbing another pizza box. “How can you be hundred percent there was no treasure?”

  “Simple, I was on the ship and helped load it up since all the crew were hanged.” Ophelia said as Belle put an empty pte on the coffee table. “I luckily escaped with my life while my brother burned on his ship.”

  “Enough speaking about the past and of that nutcase,” Belle said as she moved to cuddle position with Ophelia and Ophelia happily adjusted her position to match Belle. “Movie night starts now!” Belle chimed as pulled up a tv remote and turned on the tv to start up a movie.

  Diamond and Aziza walked into Diamond’s apartment close to midnight and Aziza yawned while rubbing her eyes. “It’s not going to be as chaotic as today, tomorrow.” Diamond said as she hung up her coat.

  “Actually I was hoping to go into college tomorrow,” Aziza yawned and walked to her bed to put down her ptop bag. “Hand in some work and sit in on some csses.”

  Diamond paused then shrugged, “Sure, why not.” Diamond said as she walked to her room after locking the front door. “No one would pitch a fit, as long as it's not the police station.”

  “Alright,” Aziza said as started to look through her new clothes to find some sleepwear. Diamond came out of her room and made a quiet whistle to Aziza.

  Aziza looked up and Diamond tossed an old book into her hands. “I figure you are interested in Ophelia’s brother, that’s one of the more interesting diaries.” Diamond said before returning to her bedroom.

  Aziza looked at the book for a second before putting it to bed, “Too te to start reading this.” Aziza muttered as returned to get some sleepwear and to get needed sleep.