In the lunch hall

There was a mad dash and scramble as classes emptied and everyone tried to make it into the lunch cue. You managed to get to your locker and into the cue without hassle. Your mid-ranking on the dominance scale helped. Those Carnivores who prefered live prey and those herbivores who were unlucky enough to fill that slot never made it to the que and either went straight to a table or stayed where they were one side of a belly or the other. Most omnivores ended up queuing with the lucky herbivores and **** carnivores.

You collected your meal, cooked beef and boiled vegetables. If you were in the livestock rank of herbivores (those who's meat tasted the best or provided other natural products to the world) were offered good payment and special reformation enhancing **** to offer their bodies as meat to be cooked or eaten raw. The **** increased the chances of reformation offsetting the effects of butchering and being consumed by multiple people. It was not 100% safe but school dinners and other large establishments were considered the safest as it guaranteed the consumers would have reformers close by and likely all stay within the same are while digesting.

Now you had your food you came to the hardest decision at a new school: Where to sit/with whom?

First, you spotted Julie and the other dog girls sitting with similar meals to you. The was probably the safe option but you would be seeing them later in class and for the sleepover tonight.

Abby and the spider-girl sat with a bunch of other carnivores, mostly apex or secondary preditors (those who ate other carnivores or omnivores.) They all had wiggling bellies. Bringing your tray of processed meat over there would likely see you joining one of the bellies occupants. You could pluck a small herbivore out of the que to fit in with predator crowd.

There was a group of cats with a free space. Their carnivore status helped mitigate their small size. One had a wiggling belly but the others had trays of food. They seemed to all be cheerleaders; their flexible athletic bodies well suited for the sport. Being a nerd and an omnivore would make an odd match. People already looked at you funny for being a Human. Trying to be friends with the cats may lead to trouble. However, like Tilly, your apex stature put you above them so perhaps you could add the cheer squad to the list of girls in your sleepover.

An odd bunch of Omnivores were sat near to Julie. They seemed more your peers. There was a large brown bear girl with glasses and wearing a white shirt and plaid skirt despite being the biggest of the group and looking dangerous she was acting timid and nervously picking at her food with a fork. Next to her was a badger-boy wearing a nerdy shirt depicting Dragons and dice. He was a bit overweight and you guessed it was probably not from eating to many prey. Opposite them was a skinny looking rat-girl standing on the table's bench to be able to reach her tray. She wore a shirt with a superhero logo and dungarees. This would be a chance to make new like-minded friends.

You could sit with a group of nervous-looking herbivores each with a tray of vegetables and other plant matter. Doing so would lose what little respect you had gained with the predator crowd but may win over the herbivores and lower-ranked omnivores. High school was all about popularity. Julie and the bitches were the so-called "popular girls" and having them under your thumb was great for your first day. On top of that, you had befriended Abby one of the top carnivores. However, prey outnumbered preds 10-1. Would you trade your reputation for the love of the masses?

Finally, you saw Mrs Hedley looking at you. If she asked you to sit with her you could not refuse. But would she risk being seen with a human in public? Could she resist, you knew how she felt about you, her little human pet.