Hiya there! this is El. This was a very hard chapter to write and to read, and that is my opinion. honest. Just don't say it, okay? I already did.

Okay. This chapter was very hard to make believable. So, if you find yourself thinking 'how convenient' sarcastically, just don't say it! BLAME THE EDITOR!

Also, i like pie. just wanted that out there. :)

Friday

Jonathan

A vision.

Link was 14. He was being dragged to the lab, but the new person had taken him the wrong way. For the first time in years, Link saw the sky out a window. If only it was open… he reached for it.

"Oh, no you don't." The man grabbed Link around the waist and pulled him away from the window.

"No! I…"

He was watching the window slip away.

He turned around to the man. "Why not?"

"No." The man dragged Link away from the window.

"But I want it! I need it!"

Link felt tears welling up. "Please!"

That was the only sunlight he had seen in years. He wanted to be surrounded by it.

The man shook his head. "I'm real sorry kid, but this is my job."

"I… Please!"

Link struggled. The window-and the light- was gone. He was going back to the lab.

Link awoke at a lunch table, Zelda and Siera sitting on either side of him. He felt sick and lost.

"…one of the most powerful chemicals I've ever seen the teacher let us use. And Josh just stuck it into himself!"

"I know."

"Zelda… last night…"

"What? I'm guessing you had another crazy dream again."

"Only this one was different! There was a wolf boy!"

"Last time there was a vampire who resembled Harry Potter and a snitch that talked. You claimed that I was Hermione in disguise."

"Hmm…. Good point. I'll just have to forget about it."

Zelda silently thanked Siera's ability to have strange dreams.

Link lifted his head. The lunch room was going in and out of focus.

"Are you OK?" Zelda asked. Link seemed lost.

"I'm fine." He said. His retinas were still lavender.

"Are you sure? You nearly passed out! You could walk and all, but you seemed lost. Good thing nobody noticed when we brought you in here… teachers would freak! That's why we didn't want to bring you to the nurse until you woke up."

"I'm OK. Hm…."

He put his head back on the table and stared at the fresh cut in his hand.

"Man, I've wanted to be mean to that teacher since I ever came here! I mean, you really showed her who is boss. She's out cold."

She stared, her head sideways, at him for a moment.

"By the way, Josh, why don't you go to the nurse?" Siera asked, smiling a t him.

"Oh, uh... no, that won't be necessary." Link shook his head.

"Josh, it's for the best! You could get seriously hurt from putting that into you."

"Tell me about it." Link mumbled.

"You hungry?" Zelda asked, forking her salad.

"A bit, I guess. Not really."

"Have some food anyway!" Siera shoved some soup under Link's nose. Link's heart nearly stopped. It was THE BEST thing he had smelled in eight years.

Trying to remain calm, he picked up the bowl of soup and a spoon and quickly began to eat.

"Good, isn't it? You'd think he hasn't had a good meal in a million years!" Siera exclaimed. "I love the food here."

"Yeah, that's it." Link said, smiling and eating more soup. Siera giggled and then flipped out of her seat. She began to show off for the cafeteria, starting with juggling a dozen tomatoes while doing the splits. Then she stood on her hands and juggled them with her feet. Zelda knew that Siera had been in acrobatics once, but this was a lot better than she had done before.

She figured that Siera was giving a special performance to Link to invite him to the school, but he didn't seem to notice. Link was too busy with his soup to care.

"Hey." A boy nudged Link's arm. "She's giving a great performance. Why don't you look at her?"

He appeared to be Jonathan, the boy that Siera had a crush on. Siera blushed, but continued to juggle the tomatoes. She now did it one-handed.

"I'm sorry." Link set down the bowl of soup. "But I think that since I've been tes-"

Zelda made vigorous movements with her hands. Link swallowed.

"Er, isolated for a long period of time, meaning that most good necessities have been cut off, and I think that I have more important things to do than watch a girl show off."

Link didn't mean to snap, but he didn't care at all about what was going on right now. He was hungry, and you don't bother a wolf when it eats.

Siera looked flustered and confused.

"Yeah. You're too busy with that girl!"

Jonathan pointed Zelda, anger rushing through him. Zelda narrowed her eyes, but that did not hide her light blush. "He is not."

"I'm sure."

It was like a little spark had struck Link, Making his hair stand on end.

"Like you wouldn't leap the chance!" Link retorted, whirling around. "And she's just a friend, for your information!"

"I've got better things to do that to fall for somebody like her! Only idiots like you would!"

Jonathan bit his tongue. What was he saying?

Link stood up. Zelda grabbed his arm, restraining his body, but not his viscous glare. "If you're suggesting I'm an idiot, then go look in a mirror! She's not my girlfriend!"

Jonathan glared back. "Then what I she, your owner? You're such a dog!"

Take just a moment here to imagine how much that would tick somebody off.

"SHUT UP!" Link screamed, breaking free and using a large amount of force to strike Jonathan across the face.

Jonathan was taken aback. What was going on? The last few seconds were fuzzy to him.

He tried not to, but a something made him approach Link.

Jonathan grabbed Link's shirt collar.

Link's pupils deflated. He thought sickeningly of how this was the technique that was used on him to drag him to the lab.

"NO!" Link screamed subconsciously, closing his eyes tightly and using both hands to shove Jonathan away. He staggered back.

Link opened his eyes when Jonathan released him. He fell onto his knees and began to shake.

Jonathan, right here and now, wanted to back away. He was new at the school. He didn't want to draw attention to himself. And the boy in front of him looked so scared. He was uncomfortable here.

A sudden emotion was cut into his head, making him feel as if somebody was hacking his brain.

"Fight!" Somebody yelled. "Fight! Fight!"

Other people joined in.

The lady that worked in the cafeteria was eating a sandwich for a few minutes in another room. Quite ironically, she was having lunch break, and the kids were supposed to be responsible enough to be left alone for a few minutes.

Jonathan approached Link again. He hated him. He hated him!

But why? He didn't even know him!

"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

"Get up!" He demanded. Link stared up at Jonathan.

"You like her, don't you?" Link asked, smiling slyly, nodding at Siera. Jonathan turned red.

"Link…" Zelda hissed warningly. Siera gasped in pleasure.

Jonathan grabbed Link's collar again. His fingers curled together into a fist, which he raised.

"Fight! Fight!"

Link shielded his eyes. He was reminded of the lab again. "STOP! I don't…"

Jonathan lowered his fist, trying to control himself. He didn't hate him. Why were there thoughts in his head… when they weren't his?

"I don't want to go back!"

Link shook Jonathan off. Jonathan frowned and raised his fist again. He was trying not to, when something was making him. He hated this emotion. It confused him and made his head hurt.

"Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!"

Jonathan lost control of his own movements for a moment.

Jonathan's punch soared through the air and hit Link squarely in the face, knocking the breath out of him.

This scenario… Link was back in the lab, dozens of scientists watching him. He was twelve.

"Idiots!" Link was yelling. "How do you think I feel about this?"

After two years, this was still amusing?

Somebody jabbed the shadow crystal in his back. The crowd yelled in shock and surprise, followed by a serious of gasps and 'oohs'.

Then Link back into the present.

Link was on the ground, and he had a black eye.

"Stop!" Zelda screamed. Jonathan was near him. The world was fuzzy.

Zelda grabbed Jonathan's arm. "What are you doing?"

"Oooooo…." The people who were watching cooed.

"I don't KNOW!"

Dear me, there's something important that you must know. Jonathan's been studying really hard in all classes, but is now focusing on chemistry. It's a way of focusing on one thing until you've mastered it, and then moving on.

He had just finished mechanics, and had mastered it. People had told him chemistry was a challenge and he took it on.

At the moment, he was studying a certain chemical, and was currently carrying it in his lunch in a needle, which was wrapped in a special cloth to keep it from poking his food. It was edible, but dangerous. It wouldn't poison him or kill him, but it could have other bad effects.

It was used for studying during free period, (he wasn't allowed to go back to his dorm, so he brought it along) so he could ask the chemist teacher to let him use the lab rat. He had forgotten about the needle... But... Something made him remember. Something that was not himself.

That something forced his limbs to shake Zelda off and quickly turn around.

He opened his lunch box to get it out. He succeeded, and read the label; Conumpion. (On earth this is gibberish, but here it is not) Weakens muscles.

Jonathan would just drop a bit onto 'Josh's' skin. That would numb him for long enough for him to stop the fight and get things strait.

Another emotion slashed through his head.

Link didn't see the needle. He struggled onto his feet and whirled around. Years of training in the lab and trying to escape had made him strong. If he had to fight, he would. Maybe if he knocked Jonathan to the ground, he could stop this long enough to get things strait.

Amongst the people screaming "Fight! Fight!"

Saria screamed and pointed to the needle Jonathan was carrying.

"NEEDLE!" She screamed. The sound echoed around the cafeteria.

"No!"

It was Zelda who had yelled this time.

Zelda ran forward and pulled Link out of the way, knocking the needle out of Jonathan's hand by accident.

Everybody was silent. The needle turned twice in midair, and then fell, aiming straight down… and falling through Jonathan's shoe and pricking the foot inside it. The liquid poured out.

It seemed that nobody drew breath. Jonathan was standing, frozen.

Zelda sat up.

"L-er, Josh! What chemical is that?" She asked, hoping he knew the answer.

"What does it do?"

"Er, um, it's, a, conumpion, and if it's orange, He can't walk for a certain number of hours, depending on his muscle build. If it's, uh, purple…" Link racked his brains. "He won't hear out of his left ear for two months. It's a weird one; it doesn't just go for all of your body. It specifies."

Siera walked toward Jonathan and crouched down. She gently pulled out the needle.

A drop of orange liquid hung off the end of it. Link grimaced.

The chemicals must have kicked in around then, because suddenly, Jonathan groaned and his legs went limp. Siera gasped and bent over him. Everybody was silent.

Saria rushed out of the crowd. "Get him to the nurse! Josh, you too! That black eye…"

"I've had worse." Link mumbled quietly.

A few students ran forward.

Link sat on a bed in the nurse's office, and across the room was Jonathan, being hoisted into a wheelchair. Link had made up the excuse they had just been wrestling in the gym and things got out of hand. Nobody wanted to get in trouble for saying 'fight' or actually fighting, so they went along with it.

As the teacher put some healing substance called Chu jelly on Link's black eye, she had to lift up his bangs to get all of it on.

"Ah!" Link snapped back from her hand and covered up his forehead. The nurse looked bewildered.

"It's only Chu Jelly." She huffed, placing the jar on the counter.

"It's only a scar that would give away my entire existence." Link mumbled.

Jonathan was wheeling around a little bit, Siera helping him along. Zelda couldn't skip her next class; otherwise she'd be with Link.

Link caught Jonathan's eye. They glared at each other.

"Unforgivable." Link whispered. He stared at the floor. "Needles. I swear."

Jonathan looked mildly confused. He scoffed, as if what Link had said was stupid, and then turned so that he didn't have to face him.

"Should you, uh, be getting to your class now?" The nurse asked. Link shook his head.

"Nope." He stared at his shoes. The nurse walked away, looking immensely annoyed.

"So you like chemicals, huh." Jonathan said. "Knowing that much about he colors and effects."

He was trying to be friendly, at the least.

Link looked afraid and sick. "No. I hate chemicals."

Link slid out of bed and walked out of the room, not knowing that he had to be given permission first. He hurried down the halls.

Jonathan and Siera watched him.

"He didn't even get permission!" Siera said. Jonathan squinted.

"Something's wrong with him. He's not acting normal." He gripped the wheels of his wheelchair. "He's not even…"

"Acting human." Siera finished. They looked at each other and smiled.

"We should look him up on the library computers." Siera suggested. "Josh… what an odd name. They must have something in the student directory."

"It almost sounds made up. C'mon, let's follow him." Jonathan wheeled out of the room, Siera behind him. He wanted to know what was wrong. He was a kind person, and he thought he could, maybe, fix it.

Something told him there was another reason.

They stepped out and glanced around the hall. He wasn't anywhere. Jonathan sighed.

"Ah, well. Forget him for now. Let's go to the library."

Siera and Jonathan took the computers. They loaded up dictionaries.

No matter who or what they searched, their 'Josh' didn't fit any description. But Siera found something on an ad that popped up on the side. Bored, she clicked on it. An old newspaper article.

Wolf boy discovered in lab

"I did not expect him to be anything more than a lab rat." Says scientist Zant. "He seemed like a normal, unwanted boy for testing on. I guess I was wrong. If you have enough money, you can pay to see him change into a wolf and back. Although, those with a weak stomach should probably stay away. "

A rare chemical has been found to do this to the child, but only him. This odd transformation does not work on anybody but the child.

Below was a detailed picture of a boy writhing in pain and rapidly turning from a boy to a wolf. Intrigued, and knowing that Jonathan was studying chemicals, Siera pointed it out.

"Come see this." She said. Jonathan leaned over and read aloud,

"The link between man and wolf. Hurm… that guy sort of looks like Josh. Scroll down."

Jonathan's brain clicked. He recognized the picture.

Siera scrolled down.

"This odd youth has lightning blue eyes and matted blond-brown hair. See page twenty-eight. – does it have a page twenty eight?" Jonathan asked.

"No." Siera said glumly. "Foo."

She scrolled down.

"Ooh, but look! He escaped recently. There was a big deal about it, too! Wanted posters and everything. Chemists tracked him to… this… school."

They gawked at each other.

"What else? What else?" Jonathan asked. Siera read.

"He escaped! Again! And here's a wanted picture!"

She pulled the picture to its full size and nearly screamed.

"That's JOSH…!" She whispered it instead.

Jonathan actually yelped and put a hand over his mouth to stop him from yelling. He recognized the boy, but not from school. Jonathan closed his eyes and took several deep breaths.

A detailed picture of a younger 'Josh' was on the computer screen. He looked hurt and afraid. Cuts lined every part of his skin that was showing and his eyes were distant, full of hatred and a frightening ghostly blue. His left hand was chained to a wall and a small symbol was burned into it. It had been burned on by force.

The picture was labeled, 'test subject 13443. Wanted.'

At the bottom of the wanted poster was a small and odd looking jagged crystal that was labeled Shodowfillius crystillian. Jonathan and Siera stared at each other in blunt shock. Jonathan was reminded of something he had tried to forget about a long time ago.

He felt like a hand was gripping him, and something was controlling him again.

Jonathan's face broke into a grin. "We could use this."

"No!" Siera squeaked. "This is awful! This is horrid! We should pretend we never saw this and move on!"

"You can do that. He could be dangerous." Jonathan got up. "I'm going to turn him in."

His mind was aching. What was going on?

OH NOES! WHAT IS HAPPENING TO JONATHAN? the poor sap.

Don't hate Jonathan. please. i hate him, and that is enough. He is a bad character. i wish i made him something more creative, like Malo but older.

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