1 hour later.

The Beta turned around to see a black wolf with three golden stripes on his back.

He immediately went on his knees.

"May I know the future Alpha's wolf." he asked.

"Call me, Ivan." was the wolf's reply in mind link.

"Can we see the pack now?" the Beta asked again.

"Yup!"

Getting this permission, the Beta led the way to the party.

The pack members cheered and danced in seeing the large, fearsome wolf. This was their future Alpha.

"Ah, he's so robust!"

"Look at that shiny black fur!"

"It's the stripes for me. His legs are sturdy too."

the girls said excitedly.

Some hadn't shifted. The ones who had shifted didn't hear their wolf cry "MATE!" so they knew he wasn't theirs. But maybe someone else was, but who was the person?

Alpha Blake walked to his son's wolf and patted him on the head.

"Good job!" he said with red eyes.

"Alpha, his name is Ivan." the Beta said.

"Woah... such a manly name!"

"Ah, Cupid's arrow!"

Some girls said dramatically.

Others shook their head at the love-struck ladies.

"Shift!" Alpha Blake commanded and the black wolf transformed back to Chase in three minutes.

He stood without clothes and faced the pack. His eyes changed from red to green.

The pack could see a blur in his private places. They couldn't see his nipples, navel and abdomen down to his thighs clearly.

"This is your future Alpha." the Alpha raised his son's left hand up, and the audience cheered.

His mom, Luna Anita, went to hug him.

"My dear son." she whispered.

"Have you found your mate?" she asked.

"My mate isn't here, mum. She must be from another pack." Chase said to the hearing of all.

"Maybe she is among these unshifted hotties." the Luna said and Chase nodded.

"Mum, I'm a bit embarrassed." he mind linked his mom.

"But no one can see you bare darling. There's a blur." she replied back in mind link.

"That doesn't apply to parents and doctors." he mumbled.

"Hahaha. So, my son is this shy?"

"I'm not. Only my mate should see my body without the blur."

"Okay, my boy! Let's get you clothed. " she broke the hug and suddenly carried him on her shoulder.

"Hey mum. Put me down. This is embarrassing!" he complained.

"Son, it's tradition." she said with a smile.

"What nonsense tradition? You just want to treat me like a child."

"But you are a child. You'll be a man only when you are Alpha and get your mate."

Chase felt defeated. This mum of his...

"Alright, let's have a blast people!" the Beta yelled after the Alpha had returned to his designated seat.

************

3 years later.

Lavana chewed the special herbs to heal faster. She had just been beaten by two 15-year-old unshifted girls.

"I'm already 19 and still haven't shifted. What the hell is going on?" she thought in worry.

Since last year, the voice in her head did not talk to her at all. Now it's already 5 months into this year and she still didn't shift.

"Sorry, dear! We might have overslept, but we are ready now. Get into position. We are coming." said the familiar gentle voice.

Lavana's eyes lit up.

"So I'm ready to shift? I can't wait to find our mate." she said with excitement.

Soon, she'll be out of this shit hole of a pack for good.

But then, a question came to her mind.

"Hey, why do you always say 'we' instead of 'I' or do are you referring to us both?" Lavana asked.

"Find a secluded place within ten minutes. You will get the answer you seek, hun."

"Alright." Lavana rose. She arranged her clothes and hair before taking one last look at the bag at the extreme. She smiled and then ran out of her room.

Those who saw her hissed. They assumed she must be looking for a place to pee or poop.

>>>>>>>

She ran to the woodshed and stopped to catch her breath.

Well, she normally has to split wood for the pack for years. No one bothers to come here unless it's almost winter.

She quickly locked the door of the woodshed and hid behind the pile of firewood.

"Alright, can I get the answer now?" Lavana asked.

"Yes, dear!" replied the voice.

"Crawl position." the voice ordered, and she obeyed.

"Remember this; You must never scream throughout the transformations." the voice warned.

"Transformations? I don't get you." she frowned.

"Speak no more. Save your strength instead for what is ahead." the voice said and suddenly, she felt her backbone crack. That really hurt. She'd prefer to be beaten rather.

This damn wolf of hers told her not to scream. But how would she be able to do that? The pain is indescribable. She felt like she was thrown into a furnace to die.

"Can't you just seal my voice?" she asked.

"As you wish!"

More of her bones snapped, cracked and lengthened. Her teeth all fell out as her ears lengthened.

Bloody tears flowed from her eyes as she tried to scream, but no sounds came out. Her wolf had sealed her voice; just as she had ordered.

"Don't resist the pain. Let it crush you, allow it to swallow you whole, hun. Save your strength for the other two transformations."

"Eh? 2 more? Into what she asked in her head.

"Shush! You will know soon."

Lavana felt defeated.

So she'll transform three times. Into what? Three different wolves or something else? What was she even changing to now?

She felt terrified already.

"Calm your thoughts or the pain of the other two transformations will be tripled." the voice cautioned.

"But..."

"This is your last warning, Lavana." the voice sounded harsh this time and she stopped asking. Better focus on getting through the two transformations.

Her clothes ripped and fell to the ground. She grabbed the sand along with the few grass growing on it.

Her mouth kept opening and closing.

This is just the first transformation and she felt like dying already and there's are still two moe waiting for her? How would she survive it?

"Don't think too much. Just focus, hun. Once you're done, you'll be dancing." said the voice soothingly.

>>>>>>>

30 minutes later, she stood on all fours. Instead of her usual skinny hands, what she saw were large paws.

She looked at her paws. They were white. She must have transformed into an Omega.

"All that pain for an Omega wolf. Others transformation isn't even up to this." she complained.

"Lavana, now you've transformed into me. You and I are one now. Call me, Pamela." said the voice.

"Well, Pamela. I need answers. Stop evading my questions, alright!"

"Well, you'll get it after you go through the third transformation, Lavana." another voice spoke, startling her.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm Oceana. Right now, I'll need you to go to the stream in the pack. Don't worry, no one will see you. You are currently invisible until the third changing."

"Fine!" she transformed back to human in 5 minutes and opened the door of the woodshed.

"Shift!" Pamela ordered.

"Again?" Lavana raised an eyebrow.

"Stop being annoying, kiddo." said Oceana unhappily.

"Kiddo? How old are you guys?" she asked.

"Pamela is the youngest. She is two centuries old." replied Oceana. "I'm 4 centuries old. The third sister is a thousand year old."

"Eh?" Lavana was rendered speechless and defeated. So they were old monsters? Sigh!

She immediately transformed and headed towards the stream speedily.

On reaching there, she returned to human on Pamela's order.

"Get in the water. You must reach the streambed." ordered Oceana.

"But I can't swim!" she complained.

"Chap, don't test my patience."

"Okay, Okay. Calm down, Oceana. Anger is bad for your health." she said as she stepped into the water.

"Those words are for weaklings. Anger brings out the fighter in you, chap." Oceana said unhappily.

"Don't call me chap."

"Fine, I'll call you toddler then."

"Just call me chap instead." Lavana said in defeat. This second voice was eccentric. How would the last one be like? She didn't wanna know!

She entered the water and began to swim to the stream bed. She could surprisingly see well underneath water. When she finally reached the stream bed, Oceana told her to sit beside a large rock and hug it.

When she obeyed, Oceana told her to repeat the words she would say next after her.

"But I can't speak under water." Lavana said in her head.

"Say hello with your mouth."

Lavana skeptically agreed and said a "Hello!" water entered her mouth and she tried to close it.

"Keep it open, silly girl." Pamela ordered.

She couldn't resist and opened her mouth. She swallowed water and started to cough and struggle.

"Are you guys trying to kill me?" she asked in her head.

"No, you just need to embrace your next self. Now call my name wth your mouth." Oceana said.

Lavana did as was told and to her surprise, the water entering her mouth didn't hurt her anymore. It's like she's on land talking. She wasn;t choking anymore.

"Wow!" she said and it produced bubbles.

Her eyes lit.

"Am I... Is my second transformation gonna be a mermaid?" she asked excitedly.

"No, it will be a blue wolf." Pamela replied sarcastically. "Of course, you're gonna be a mermaid."

"Are you ready?" asked Oceana.

"More than ever!" Lavana replied.

She was so special. She's going to be a mermaid soon. How cool was that?

"Now I need you to repeat after me."

"Alright!"

"The stars smile, the clouds dance. The waters are peaceful, my folk are hopeful, the life force of my home is ever vibrant. My body is waiting. Oh sea goddess, where is my long awaited gift? Where is the beauty that make pearls dance around me you promised? Where is the sensational feeling?" Oceana said and Lavana repeated after her.

"Are my hopes gonna be dashed at the last minute? I wanna be the carp that leapt through the dragon gate!" Oceana said and Lavana repeated in a higher tone.

Immediately, she felt pain in her legs.

She felt her leg's bones break and her reform. Her legs became longer and fused together then continued to lengthen.

Scales started to appear starting from her waist . A large pink tail fin appeared along with fins on her thighs.

She felt like a thousand ants were eating her skin.

"This freaking hurts!" she cried.

"Save your strength. You will be developing gills soon." said Oceana.

"Will it affect my heart?" she asked in her head.

"Yup. It will." Pamela replied.

Lavana nearly fainted.

"Can I push the full transformation date?" she asked.

"Yup, but you can't push the third transformation. Might as well just do everything today." Oceana said heartlessly.

"Ah, I'm toast!"

"No, you can't be toasted. We're underwater. You can't be frozen either. It's not yet winter." said Pamela.

"You two are ganging up on me." she complained.

"Chap, you haven't met the third sis. It's better you reserve all your complaints for her." said Oceana. "Focus!" she added.

Lavana looked at her tail that was done transforming. It was purple with silver spiral designs and pink fins.

There were a few scales scattered on her belly and arms. Her ears were pointed like an elf.

Her eyes had become orange and her lips were pale blue. Her hair had reached her waist and was moving about in the water.

A pink sapphire gemstone was in the middle of her forehead.

She looked entirely different from the skinny Lavana everyone knew. Then the dreaded chest pain came.

"Don't remove your hands, chap. Keep hugging the rock." Oceana warned.

"This... is.. un... bearable!" she struggled to speak.

"Save your strength, chap. This is your last warning!" Oceana was pissed.

She felt something forming on the right side of her chest. Her chest heaved up and down as fast as her breath had become. But she dared not stop hugging the rock. Her survival depends on it.

30 minutes later.

She lay exhausted on the stream bed, exhaling slowly with her hand on her stomach. There was a blue tattoo of a scallop shell on her right shoulder.

"Congrats, hun. You and Oceana are one." said Pamela whose true form appeared in Lavana's head.

"Sigh! Should I be happy or anxious. My third shifting could be minutes away." she mumbled.

"Chap, you have to brace yourself. I won't be able to help you. Third sis has woken up." said Oceana.

"Eh? What is third sis?"

"Hun, you'll know when you're done with the last transformation. Goodluck!" Pamela said and vanished with Oceana, whose true form was identical to Lavana's current look except for the brown eyes and tanned skin in her merform.

"So after all I've gone through, you'd just ditch me at the last minute?" she thought.

"Girl, I'm awake. I need you to prepare. I don't have much time to waste with you."

Lavana heard a babyish voice.

The third spirit she'll join with is a baby? So this is the thousand-year-old sis the other two were talking about?

The owner of the babyish voice came out, and she wasn't surprised to see that the spirit was short but was awed by the fact that it was a black dragon with a long purple horn.

"What are you looking at? Hurry up, girl." the dragon spoke in annoyance.

"Err... okay." she transformed back to human with a little difficulty and went into crawl position.

"There's nothing for you to recite like Oceana. I'll need you to dance."

"Eh? Dance?" she asked in disbelief. She never thought this was the requirement.

"You can't dance, plus your body is stiff, which is terrible to begin with. This dance is pretty hard but I have to teach you within an hour coz that's when the shifting starts." said the dragon. "By the way, call me Thora."

"Okay. So, how do I start the dance?" Lavana asked. She wanted to get it done quickly.

"I'm gonna teach you three dances. You must commit them to memory." Thora changed to her human form, which was a little girl wearing a purple lace gown. She looked really pretty and Lavana wondered how she would look after transforming. Would she look like Thora?

"Girl, I'll advise you to ditch those useless thoughts of yours. No time to waste. Get into horse stance position."

She quickly rose and obeyed Thora's order.

"You aren't doing it right. It would have been better if you were a gymnast." Thora complained nonstop and Lavana wondered if she was trying to teach or berate her.

"Look at your back and your lower legs. That's not the right way. Bend lower. Sigh, this is terrible. A little lower... see how your legs are shaking. When will I even have time to teach you the dance when you literally are stiff everywhere? Look at your boobs. After all the transformations, they remained the same. Flat like a board! How pitiful you are. You know, I can't have your boobs looking that tiny when I come out of you. Stop the stance and go over to that corner... yeah.. pick that plant... no.. not that one.. yeah, yeah, that black one. Don't care about the looks and the taste. Eat it up, girl. We have only 40 minutes left and haven't even started." Thora spoke authoritatively with her right hand on her waist.

Lavana rolled her eyes when she stared at the little girl's melons.

"What are you looking at? Harassment!" Thora cried with her hands covering her chest, causing Lavana to sigh.

"Now I see why those two escaped. Disloyal scums." she thought.

"Is the plant weighing 800kg. What's holding you back? Come on, eat it up! I don't have all day. We have 35 minutes left. Gosh!" Thora started pacing up and down.

Lavana felt drained.

This dragon was very annoying!

She ate the plant quickly, not even sparing the stems.

Once she was done, she saw Thora seated on the floor cross-legged.

"Hey Thora, I'm done. What's next?" she asked with impatience.

"Don't disturb me, girl. I'm thinking." replied Thora, in an annoyed tone.

Lavana widened her eyes in bewilderment.

"Seriously. You know we have less than 25 minutes and you wanna just waste it on thinking? Thinking about what?" she complained.

"Shush, I need a plant that could help make your butt look nicer after changing to a dragon. Don't disturb me." Thora warned.

Lavana felt defeated. This annoying Thora... Can she have more awareness of time? She's really gonna waste it on meaningless things like improving her butt size?

5 minutes later.

**********

"Perfect!" Thora suddenly opened her eyes and exclaimed in delight.

Lavana frowned.

"What now?" she asked in annoyance. Can they just get this done with?

"I found the perfect fruit for you. I can't believe it. It's been with us all along." Thora said happily and rose.

"So what damn fruit is it and how far is it from here?" Lavana asked without a care. She just accepted the fact that this little dragon was just here to waste time and watch her suffer.

"It's the one you just ate. I never knew it worked on butts too. Now our boobs and butt prob has been solved. Let's now progress to your face and your body skin. You are like some starved ghost's incarnation. I'll need you to eat plenty of..."

"Hey!" Lavana had to interrupt her.

"Enough of your suggestions. Teach me the damned dances and let's get on with the shifting. I'm exhausted already."

Thora gave her a menacing look, but Lavana refused to back down. She gave her a baleful look in return.

"Little dragon, I don't have time to waste with you. Hurry up!" she fired.

"Are you repeating my words? And how dare you call me little? I'm way older than your ugly ancestors." Thora spat.

"So what? It just means you are a monster then. Or should I say, old hag wearing baby skin?" Lavana taunted.

"Oh girl, I am gonna make you regret ever insulting me." Thora started performing a dance.

The movements seemed so easy and fluid, but to Lavana, it was like asking a pig to fly.

Thora suddenly stopped dancing. "There are 5 minutes left. No time to coach you. I already showed you the first dance. Here's the second one, Lavana."

"You finally call me by my name."

"You are stupid." Thora cussed and started performing another set of dance moves. These were harder and Lavana already had a headache.

"2 minutes left, but it's more than enough to show you the last dance. Watch intently, dummy."

Thora said and performed a dance that was fast, mesmerizing, and seductive. Lavana could swear her heart fluttered. This little dragon was born to dance. But then, the main issue had finally reared its head.

How was she even gonna perform the first dance?

Thora finished the dance doing obeisance, her hair covering a part of her face, the visible part was showing a sly smirk.

Lavana weakly applauded with many thoughts racing through her mind.

"Alright, I'm done. Hope you got the hang of it. I don't teach things twice. Now, pat your tummy."

"Eh?"

"Are you dumb? Pat your tummy!"

"You repeated your instruction just now."

"You..." Thora was left speechless.

Lavana patted her tummy." What's next?"

"You are about to transform. Pat your hips and thighs."

Lavana sighed and obeyed.

"What's with that attitude? You think I'm having fun here? Hug yourself!" Thora thundered.

"Good, now blink your eyes thrice... no... seven times."

"Why do I feel all these aren't even related to the transformation?" Lavana asked unhappily.

"Do as I tell you; I hate being questioned by weaklings."

"If you are so great, then why are you bound to me with the other two sisters?"

"Shut up, girl. Shake your butt. This is terrible. I knew your butt was lacking flesh, but I didn't know it was this shocking. Even a chalkboard has more meat. What kind of human are you?"

"Point of correction. I'm not a human." Lavana corrected as she tried to shake her hips.

Thora facepalmed. "I'm so unlucky!" she muttered. "Are you having fun. Shake those hips, dummy." she barked.

"Can't you see my effort?" Lavana fired back.

"Oh, effort! Where is it? Why don't I see it? Is it invisible? Look at me; I may be small but my hips don't lie." Thora started twerking and then stopped. "See that? You can't even shake your hips and make men drool. You are worse than pitiful."

"I quit. I don't want to be a dragon anymore. The other two are already a handful." Lavana stopped listening to Thora and instead sat cross-legged.

"You..." Thora pointed at Lavana, unable to say anything.

"I'll leave you to your fate then." she sat cross-legged and closed her eyes. She'd started meditating for real.

At that moment, Lavana's spine shot out. The backbone could be seen as the skin on her back was ripped open. Blood flowed out and mixed with the water.

She wanted to scream out her pain but couldn't as she felt her chest tightening along with her throat. Her teeth all fell out and her face started changing shape as her facial bones cracked and re-arranged themselves. She clutched her neck that had begun to elongate.

Her whole body felt like she was being electrocuted. Her legs' bones snapped, cracked and started forming a bent backward C shape. Her feet then enlarged with long, sharp, silver toe nails. The same happened to her hands, only they were a little smaller.

She managed to crouch, and the transformation sped up. Sharp canine teeth grew out of her gums and her eyes reformed; causing bloody tears to escape and mix with the water.

Her rib cage broke as spikes came out of her hands and backbone. She felt something growing out of her butt crack along with spikes. It must be her tail!

"Damn you, Thora!" she cussed when she could finally talk. Scales started appearing on her feet, progressing fast to her face. She felt like 1000 ants were tickling and biting her at the same time.

Her eyes lit up as they had changed to gold.

Blood tickled down her nose and mixed with the water. She felt the pain subside and crashed to the streambed, causing some sand to move about before settling again.

Above her was her floating skin and blood.

They started gathering and soon formed a purple crystal, which forced its way into her mouth. She weakly swallowed it, but shockingly, it didn't go past her throat- it seemed stuck.

She had a bad feeling about this.

She was proved right when the bones on her shoulder broke together with her legs.

"What is happening?" she thought in fear. Why were her bones reforming again?

The spikes on her body broke and fell off her body, including the scales. Her body grew bigger, along with her draconic tail.

Her face began to extend and her ears became pointed like an elf but it got covered with black scales.Her hair fell off and several rows of scale appeared on her scalp.

"ARGHH!" she hit the sand with her hands as her back bone elongated again.

"Thora, are you gonna watch me like this?" she asked in her heart as she rib cage started re-arranging. Her teeth fell out and new ones grew out, sharp and pointy.

Scales started forming over her body in three rows. Two huge wings with spikes at the edges grew from her back.

The purple crystal that was stuck in her throat broke and she swallowed it.

Her eyes changed to purple and two horns came out of her head. She roared in anger and frustration and lightning came out of her mouth. Her horns lit up with a purple light and she increased in size again. New scales that were larger and sturdier than the earlier ones covered her from heck to tail. Her underpart was golden with red horizontal lines.

She stamped her leg on the stream bed causing a great amount of dust to scatter. They took a long time to settle.

At this moment, Thora opened her eyes and rose.

"Congratulations on shifting into a first phase dragon."

"First phase?" Lavana asked weakly.

"Well, we dragons must go through 3 phases. This is the first phase. Still, you made it. So congrats, girl."

"I don't wanna listen to you anymore. Go meditate." Lavana spoke with grievance.

"Whatever!" Thora vanished.

It was then that Pamela and Oceana returned with big smiles plastered on their faces.

"Congrats, chap!"

"Felicitations, kiddo!"

They said in unison.

"Hmph. I don't wanna talk to disloyal spirits." Lavana said unhappily.

"Oh, come on. You saw for yourself how she is. We can't handle her. Do you know how much we admire you for being able to stand against her?" asked Pamela.

"Resist my foot! I was literally beaten up emotionally and mentally. How was she even bound to me? Why are there even three of you? What is the mystery?" she bombarded them with questions.

Both looked at each other and laughed nervously.

"Eh, we'll answer that when we wake up again. We are very tired, so..." the pissed lady interrupted Oceana.

"So you wanna go sleep again? All three of you love to sleep so much!" Lavana stated.

"Yup. Especially since you haven't found your mate. We don't have enough energy to keep awake. Plus you will experience the final merging of all three form soon. We need to conserve energy for that. So we really need to rest. Don't worry, you are still invisible for 30 minutes. After that, the spell will fade." explained Pamela, with Oceana nodding.

"So when will I experience the second phase of dragon shifting?" Lavana asked.

"Eh... after you find your mate."

"So I must find this mate of mine first/ Okay, you guys can go enjoy your beauty sleep." Lavana blocked them from being able to communicate with her.

She looked towards the surface and immediately her wings flapped fast, enabling her to get out of the stream in a second.

Landing on the shore, she looked at her reflection on the water.

Her current dragon form was quite majestic and she could spit out lightning, but she still had 2 more phases to go through.

"My beloved mate, wherever you are, please come find me soonest and take me out of this damn pack." she suddenly remembered the last time she danced- the day her entire pack was destroyed.

  Her eyes shone bright, and she transformed back to human form in pain, but it wasn't that severe. She was in crawling position; completely bare.

"All of you in this pack, keep smiling. Keep smiling as much as you can coz I will take my revenge on all of you. Not even a newborn will be spared. All the humiliation and depression that you made me go through for over a decade, I will pay you back a thousand times. Mum, Dad, Austin and the rest of you beloved pack members, I will pay what I owe you. I will make them bleed willingly until they drop dead on our ancestral land. I will reclaim it and rebuild the pack. This I promise you all." she said in tears, bowing seven times.

Then she got up and turned around. She is returning, not as some eternal punching bag.