CHAPTER 2

In Mount Justice...

"Hmmm... Huh?" questioned Wolf Rider, as she awakened.

She was in a empty room, with wallpaper, a bed, and a dresser with a closet. She was curled up on the bed like a puppy dog.

I hate them. she thought to herself.

She got up, walked to the door and tried opening it, then with magic... No luck.

She groaned in frustration, and kicked the door. Then suddenly it opened. She stepped out and looked around, no one was there.

Yes! Free to go home. she thought to herself.

"Φτερά ενός αγγέλου, η ταχύτητα ενός λύκου, με κάνει να πετάξει!" she chanted, then suddenly she popped out white feathery angel wings.

She darted up and flew to where she lived.

Behind a counter stepped out the Team and Zatara.

"What did she say?" asked Aqualad.

"Φτερά ενός αγγέλου, η ταχύτητα ενός λύκου, με κάνει να πετάξει! 'Wings of an angel, speed of a wolf, make me fly!'... It's a very common spell between Greeks, and people who studied Greek spells." answered Zatara.

"Can you track her?"

"Yes... If she didn't put another spell to repel tracker spells, than yes."

Aqualad nodded, then put up the map of the world.

"Urmări ei, cel cu aripi de înger. Dacă nu găsiți o atunci dă-mi-o." chanted Zatara.

Then a silver swirl circled the globe then disappeared all but one speck, it moved towards Gotham City, then dissolved.

"That is where you need to go." said Zatara.

"Gotham City?... I think that ,Robin, Kid Flash, and Artemis, can handle this one." said Aqualad to the 3.

"We'll go tonight and scan the city." replied Robin.

"Yeah, I'll scan the city, and you guys can check out the donut shop." commented Kid Flash, getting smacked again by Artemis.

"We'll do what we can. And if we can find anything out of the ordinary than we'll call you." said Artemis.

"Good. Then go. The rest of you get some sleep." said Aqualad to the group.

As soon as they all went their separate ways, on the other side of Gotham, Ciara was partying with her friends.

"This is a great party, Melissa!" exclaimed Ciara.

"Thanks! So... What did you tell your brother?" asked Melissa.

"Uh... That we were working out in your gym."

"Nice... Wanna go check out some boys?"

"Hmmm. Who?"

"The ones over there look interesting."

Melissa, was talking about two guys in the corner, they wore casual stuff for the look of a bad boy. Jeans, leather jacket and tennis shoes. Messed up hair, and eyes like some wolf spotting their prey.

"Hmm. They look cute."

"Agreed, we do look cute." said the boy they were looking at.

"The name's ,Dustin. And this is my brother Damian. What's your's?" asked Dustin.

"Take us out, and buy us a drink, then maybe we'll tell you." said Melissa.

"Hmm. Mysterious..." commented Damian.

"Where do you want to go?" asked Dustin.

"The Aqua Night Club: for Teens. It's my favorite place." answered Melissa.

Ciara nodded, it was her's to. (Because she's only been to one)

"Then it shall become ours." said Dustin.

As soon as they stepped into the Aqua Night Club, Ciara felt a sense of danger.

"Uh, I'm gonna go to the Ladies Room for a second." said Ciara.

"What? Ciara..." complained Melissa.

"I'll be right back! I promise!"

"Uuuuh! Fine. But you better hurry!"

As soon as she got to the bathroom, she splashed water on her face, then touched up her makeup. Silvery eyeshadow, and black lipstick; it matched her mini jean skirt, and her of the shoulder rhinestone black shirt.

"Ok. Ciara, nothing is going to happen. Nothing! Absolutely, nothing... Just walk out of here and act... Normal." she told herself.

As soon as she finished touching up her makeup, she walked out of the bathroom with a smile on her face.

"There you are." she told her friend.

"You're back! Finally. Hey, when you were gone I took ,Dustin. Sorry. But ,Damian, is still here." replied Melissa.

"Thanks, Melissa. You're a true friend."

"Hey girls! Come outside and meet our friends." yelled Damian from the other side of the club.

Melissa nodded, yes.

"Melissa, I don't think that's a good idea." said Ciara.

"Oh, come on! You'll be fine. It's just some of his friends!"

Ciara sighed. She didn't know how she got herself into these messes.

As they went outside her sense of danger grew stronger.

"Melissa..." she started.

"Don't say it! You always jinx everything when you say there's danger! So, no." exclaimed Melissa.

As soon as they met up with their "boyfriends", they saw another guy and girl.

"Who's your friends?" asked Ciara, trying to get that nagging feeling out of her.

"This is Nyx, and her sister ,Dawn." replied Damian.

"Yeah, and now you're gonna become our friends, and family, to." added Dustin.

Ciara laughed sheepishly, while Melissa cracked up laughing.

"The moon will be clear after these clouds depart, we better get them to our place. And see what our pack has gotten as well." said Dustin, as he nodded towards them.

Nyx, and Dawn, punched them, and knocked them out.

"Uuuuh." groaned Ciara.

"Hmm. Ooow." groaned Melissa.

"Where are we?"

"I dunno... Man, we should've stayed at my house."

"Yeah... Probably."

Then suddenly the door unlocked.

"Ready?" asked Dustin.

"I don't know what you're talking about but... I guess we have no choice." replied Ciara.

"First, me and my brother(who stepped in) must know your names."

"Not a chance."

"Oh! Just shut up, Ciara! We're being held captive, and are in a cell! Ok. Fine. My name is ,Melissa, and this is my friend ,Ciara." said Melissa.

"Good... Now, walk this way." replied Dustin, showing them the way.

It was sandstone walls, with torches lighting the way. There was windows but they were completely shut off.

As soon as they entered a room, with more people, circled by a group. As soon as they were tossed in the middle, Dustin spoke:

"My family, we have been celebrating this day for years! In honor of our, Mother. Hekate! (people start cheering) One day if the month before the lunar eclipse we gather mortals to make them us. Now, they will create their own pack as soon as they are bitten... Raise the curtains!" ordered Dustin

One person opened the covered windows, and the full moon shone through, and the people who circled them turned furry, and had claws and sharp teeth... Werewolves.

Ciara didn't know what to do... She covered herself from the full moon, and stood away from the "attackers". While everyone else was getting bit.

Suddenly a wolf jumped in front of her, she knew who is was... Damian. She got into the shadows and transformed back to human.

"You've already been bitten, haven't you? Why else would you shield yourself from the full moon.. You despise who you are, and who we are." said Damian.

"I don't despise you 'cause I thought I was the only one, and I hate myself... Every morning when I wake up from changing... I find blood on me... It's terrifying... And I wasn't bitten... I was born like this. When I turned 10 I noticed changes... That's when I started changing." replied Ciara.

"You know what your name means?"

"No."

"Ciara- black and mysterious."

"Huh. Who knew.."

"If you try to control the gift inside you, it will turn on you. If you give into it, it will let you control it."

"I wouldn't call it a gift."

"Let me teach you... You have other gifts. Senses, of danger, smell, hearing, and seeing. Incredible strength, and flight and speed."

"Damian! Why haven't you bitten her?" exclaimed Dustin.

"Has he betrayed us?" asked Nyx.

"He must have." answered Dawn.

"No! I haven't. Ciara, is one of us. She hasn't been properly trained, so she hides it." corrected Damian.

"Well, then. Let her lead this pack." replied Dustin.

"Ciara. Why didn't you tell me? This is amazing." said Melissa.

"Because I thought you wouldn't be my friend." replied Ciara.

"Nonsense... Now... We're a pack... Family."

Ciara managed to smile.

"Damian, you will take full responsibility for ,Ciara, and her pack till she is ready?" asked Dustin.

"Yes." answered Damian.

"Good. Tomorrow, is Saturday, you- the "newbies" will start training her in the woods at 10 AM-6 PM."

The "newbies" nodded, then were handed a cloak(which Dustin explained will stop them from changing, until they learn to "control" their gift. They just have to where during the full moon, new moon, and the lunar eclipse), each blank until the actual person touched it, it changed to a certain pattern(for some, which Dustin explained that powerful wolves would have patterns or symbols), and color.

One had midnight blue with, yellow stars. Another was blood red, another was black.

But when Ciara touched hers it turned midnight blue, and where the clasp was was a partial lunar eclipse.

"You are a true ,Child, of Hekate." said Dustin.

Ciara smiled for real this time... She had found her "pack of friends"... And family, her real ones.