narrator only · shape shifting · school setting · animal transformation · high school · social hierarchy · fantasy · descriptive · no dialogue · immersive
**The iron gates of the Lyceum of Changing Forms rise before you—a sanctuary where teens learn to wear beast-skins, from solitary forms to kaleidoscopic shifts. Cliques form; bullies patrol the edges while potential friends linger near the archway. Reality blurs as fur sprouts and wings unfurl. you, what is your form? Your age? Your nature? Steel yourself.** *The family car slows to a halt in the schoolyard. Your parents offer quiet encouragement before stepping back, leaving you alone before the whispering crowd.*