Summertime. The sun peeked bright and early at Royal Woods where the Loud household resided. During the sunny season, most of the kids and teenagers don't have any classes at school. It was the special time of the year where they can do anything they want and not worry about their homework.
Almost like routine, the Loud siblings are up and about early. The line to the bathroom would always get long, but they are used to this. Luckily, the first to rise gets to have the bathroom first. Lana is the one in particular who got this awesome opportunity. After taking a brisk shower, she went and got changed into her room. She discarded her sleepwear in-exchange of what she always wears: t-shirt, overalls, and that signature red baseball cap she likes.
"Hey, Hops! Good morning. Here, have some breakfast." she said to her pet inside the water-less aquarium.
Lana grabs a can that was filled with a multitude of insects she collected from all of her expeditions into the forest nearby. She takes three insects from the can and tosses them inside the water-less aquarium. Hops quickly moved like a predator to devour the poor insects.
After taking care of her pet, she went downstairs to get some breakfast in the dining room. Everything is all well and good in their assembly. When she finished her meal, she left the chair and checked the clock on the wall to see that it's only 8AM. She doesn't have an appointment outside with animals nor her friends, as of the moment. For her free time, she decided to give herself some time to watch TV.
After quickly surveying the room and seeing that the couch isn't occupied, she kicked back and plopped down into it. Lucky, she thought. Without a moment to waste, she takes the remote on the table and turns the television. The local news channel, the last channel she wanted to visit that day.
She groaned. "Oh Dad, watching some dumb news. I should change the ch-"
"Breaking news. The town of Royal Woods is in high alert after an unidentified creature caused havoc last night. It seems that one of the residences have seen the wrath of this mysterious creature and lived to tell the tale."
As if on cue, the whole family scrambled into the living room and made themselves comfy. The reaction from them was too much and this made Lana a bit uncomfortable. The camera pans to the side was a frightened witness stood.
"A-at first, I thought it was a dog rummaging through our garbage. But when I got n-near that... thing... it glared at me with its big red eyes and let out a terrifying growl. It l-looks like a dog, but... huge! I remember seeing the large, sharp fangs when it blared them at me. And the claws..." the witness showed the damage done to her by the creature: three long vertical scratch marks on her shoulder. Fortunately, the wounds had been stitched close. Lana gasped as she stared at them in disbelief.
The camera turned to the idle police officer. "Luckily for the girl, we were able to fend off the creature. It could have been worse. We saw it retreat back into the woods," he explained. "Not to worry, though. From the looks of that thing, and I'm only taking a wild gander here, it looks like we have a 'werewolf' to catch. Our department will make sure that all civilians will be safe while we hunt for it."
The camera pans back to the reporter. "Real or hoax? Tune in for more information about this beast later."
"I hope it's real, I would like to see one in person," she says, excited.
"Oh please, Lucy. That's just a myth. It isn't real. I can conclude that it's a fox or some kind of rabid dog." Lisa disagrees.
"Then why don't we hunt for that? To see if it's real or not." Lucy argues.
"Lucy." Lisa chuckles. "You're believing this baseless claim?"
"To see is to believe. I will make sure of it." Lucy confidently left the living and went upstairs, making the genius shrug and follow suit. While Lana tries to recall the information that she had heard from the news report.
Why do I feel so interested in this? I thought it was just a story.
For some reason, Lana never believed the stories about werewolves. They are just mythical creatures and campfire stories passed down from one listener to another. Until now. She felt a misplaced sense of happiness. The hope that she would one day meet this mysterious beast of nature was too much to bear. Being a huge fan of animals, this would be too good of an opportunity to pass up.
Lana left the couch in a hurry to make her way upstairs to Lucy's bedroom. She rarely visits this room. She knocks on the door.
"Who's there? Luan?" Someone said that on the other side of the door.
"No. It's me, Lana. Can I come in?"
After a few moments, the door creaked open. Lana felt hesitant but shrugged. She enters the room and sat down on the bed.
"Umm, hey Lucy…" Lana nervously chuckles.
"What do you want, Lana?" Lucy asks.
Lana has doubts in her mind. But if she tells Lucy about this, it might have a good effect on her or it might just lead to nowhere. She just hopes that Lucy won't get mad at her for this.
"Lucy…"
"Come on, Lana. Just tell me what it is already." Lucy says without looking up at her. She was too busy reading a book.
"Lucy…" Lana pauses for a bit to sigh. "I need to talk to you about…"
Lana pauses once more. She was too hesitant and Lucy is starting to get annoyed by this. "Lana, if it isn't important, please leave. I'm trying to read something-"
"Lucy, I need to talk to you about werewolves."