There's a beauty in everything, I think as I see a bird fly in the air outside my window. Sometimes beauty is harder to make out, it hides behind imperfections.
But the bird you can instantly tell is beautiful, like it was born for that purpose. The bird is made up of many colours and its wings spread out to show them off as it flies up higher and higher until it is swallowed up by the grey clouds and disappears.
That's the thing about beauty, it fades in the end. 

I was never beautiful, not in the conventional sense at least. My family and I are a family who were cursed to be werewolves - which sounds awesome in books but in reality it means I have fanged teeth and too much hair on my body. My eyes are electric yellow, I have ears protruding from the top of my head rather than the side and my nose is constantly wet, it's disgusting really. I don't even get a say in when I turn from human or wolf, I'm just continuously stuck as something in between the two. 
That's why we hide out in the middle of the woods. Held up in our little shack that is constantly leaking and never warm but still somehow cozy enough to call home. 

Day after day all I can do is watch the trees go from green to amber and wait for them to fall off. As I stare out the window, I can sense Autumn is coming. My body tingles with excitement as my tail wags just like a dogs would since I am essentially just a glorified human dog if you think about it.
I stare out and think about what could happen when October arrives, how amazing it will be to smell the fresh air it brings. I love Autumn, I thrive for October, it's what I live for. With Autumn means Halloween. Halloween means I can go out into the real world for one whole day, maybe even the weekend, and not have to worry because it's normal to look like a monster when everyone else does. They dress up as people like me for fun, because it's cool and you can have parties and no one will care if you put on red lipstick two shades too much because it's Halloween and everyone is accepted. 
No one will even know I'm a monster.
No one will ever find out. 

AN:
I had this idea whilst I was in ASDA when I saw a bunch of workers dressed up in costume 2 days before Halloween and no one batted an eyelid so I thought I could make a phic out of it. 
Let's see how it goes!
The chapters will be shorter than in my other stories but I hope you like the idea so far.

Happy Halloween!
- Rach x