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Chapter 4
Journey.

I walked back to the camp my body still damp from the morning swim it made me shiver a little as the cold wind brushed against my clothes, I saw my parents sitting down on the logs near were we eat after a long hunt they were talking in whispers so I decided i would quietly walk over to them. My feet made quite sounds as they hit the forest floor for some reason this sound was heard my my mothers in tensed sense of smell she turned around and my dad followed. My mum gestated to a open seat were I slowly walked over to and sat down on.

My mam was the first to speak "Do you miss home Mads" She said in a motherly tone.
"Yes" I replied she seemed to be relived at this a smile creped onto her face and she spoke again.
"Me and your dad both think its safe enough for us to return" the constant burning feeling that I had ever since I left Rhydian alone as a lone wolf was lifted I could finally see him again its been over a year and I haven't had a single message from him except that dream I had, I tried using Eolas a couple of time but it din't work properly cause he was so far away or that I couldn't bring my self to see his face after abandoning him.

"Maddy are you ok?" Daniel said, interrupting my train of thought.
"Yeh, when do we leave?" i said I'm eager to get back but nervous about what will happen when I get there.
"Right now back your bag, we need to get there as soon as possible" my mam said as she was walking away to were my parents usually slept. I nodded and walked over to the tree I normally slept under, there was a small hollowed out bit at the back of the tree, this is were I kept all my possessions which was not a lot, I reached in and grabbed my bag it was light it only had a spare set of clothes my parents got when we went to Devon and a picture of me and Rhydian I took when we went on that camping trip with the school, I took it out the front pocket of my bag and looked at it, his beaming smile and green eyes looked right back at me and I felt like he was actually here looking at me I sighed and placed it back in my bag and walked back over to my parents who were at the over side of the camp talking to Jana.

"I'll miss you" Said the red haired girl as I walked closer to them.
"I'll miss you too" i said hugging her feeling a my eyes starting to water I pulled away.
"Come and visit some time yeh" I said trying to reassure her that this was not the end.
"I'll try" she replied a small smile on her face, while a tear rolled down her cheek.

We walked away from the camp, "Say hi to the others" Jana shouted back at us.
"I will" I replied and with that we started to run.

We ran all that day taking little stops, dad managed to bring some food for the journey and we ate that while we ran, that's all we did for a solid week run, eat, sleep the only thing keeping us going was the thought of are former life the life I wanted so badly the normal life. As the seventh day came we were tired and exhausted that's when we entered the familiar forest I looked at my parents they looked terrible there faces coved in mud there eyes looked tired and they looked like they gave up on every hope of survival until they recognised the forest we were in, there faces lit up and they started to pick up the pace we were soon running full speed though the forest dodging trees and jumping over fallen branches this was the finish line the end of our horrible journey that's when we saw it.

Over a small hill was the village I grew up in the same village were I first meet him all those years ago my heart started thumping in my chest and I began getting nervous but the same time exited. Its dark and my best guess is its around 2am not the best time to arrive but we carried on running, the town getting ever closer, my parents changed direction to the left and I now knew where we are going after a while we reached it, a small cottage in the secluded part of the town this is the house I grew up in the same house I left for the wild. We slowed down as we got to the edge of the forest and walked onto the same road I used to walk on to get to school we got to the driveway of our house and I panic started to take over me I don't know why this is like a dream I thought we would never leave the wild. The door opened and I walked into the house I haven't been in for over a year, all the furniture had sheets over to stop them getting covered in dust it was clean however... strange?

"Dan would you look at this!" my mam said in a appreciative voice.
"what is it?" I said confused.

"Its a note from Shannon, saying that she came into our house to clean and make sure everything was ok" My mam said astonished. I can't believe Shannon was so kind this was why she was my best-friend she was loyal and always thinking of how she can help.

"We need to remember to thank her somehow" my mam said as I climbed the familiar set of stairs into my old bedroom, I haven't opened this door for over a year, my hand shacked as I pulled the door open, I looked around nothing had changed since I left, however my bed was made and the rubbish was cleaned up, ill have to say remember to thank Shannon even more for this, I sat on my bed thinking of all the times I had with them, I laid back onto my bed and something jabbed into my back I turned around to see what it was. I looked astonished a single tear left my eyes it was a painting of me and Rhydian in wolf form the same sentence repeated in my head was written in delicate handwriting that was printed at the bottom of the framed picture "I love you"-R. My parents voice came from down stairs "Get some sleep your not missing school tomorrow". I shut my eyes and thought what I was going to do when I saw him after all the painting said he still loved me, with those words still in my head I drifted into a deep sleep.