Veronica clutched her wrist where Emily had scratched her during the unceremonious yank inside. The room was dark, which wasn't a good sign, as her eyes slowly adjusted. There were three others in the room, and she had a guess as to who, but she couldn't quite make them out in the low light.
"...Emily? Cara?" She asked, suddenly apprehensive.
"We're... we're here," came a husky voice from nearby, the one who had grabbed her.
"All of us," came another oddly familiar voice from elsewhere in the room.
Veronica peered through the dark at the second voice. The scratches at her wrist stung and burned, but that was quickly passing, resolving itself into a faint tingling beneath where her hand clutched.
"L-Leigh?" She asked uncertainly.
"Got it in one, babe." The husky but familiar voice answered from the shadows.
"What's... what's going on? Why aren't the lights on?"
"Well, this... this is going to take some explaining," Leigh answered.
"Believe me," Veronica said, "anything would be better than how freaky this is right now..."
"Don't say that just yet, babe. You don't know what I'm about to tell you."
Veronica blinked. Her wrist continued to tingle, the sensation intensifying into an itch. She drew in a breath, finding the room suddenly a bit warm as sweat started to bead on her brow.
"It's... it's got to be sort of like a band-aid, huh? It hurts if you pull it off fast, but not as much as if you hesitate?"
"You know," Leigh said wistfully, "that's a really good point."
Veronica heard something clicking against the floor, as Leigh took a step forward. Another click sounded as a second step drew a large form into silhouette in front of the window. The purple-haired girl's eyes widened as they traced the shape she was confronted with. Undeniably feminine, with a wild mane streaming down its back, jutting breasts beneath a lush ruff, the outlines of nipples poking forth. Curving hips and rump, a wolfish tail extending out behind. Woman, but also... wolf. Her friend? She wasn't sure she could believe what she was seeing.
And, as she scratched at her wrist, she started to realize that something was not quite right there as well...