Lies

A/N: Tuesday: I'm so jittery. What I had to do today was not an easy thing to do. It's all officially over on Thursday and I doubt I'll be going to school until it's over. =/ I don't sleep well at night thinking about it. Anyway, my dad just had a severe panic/stress attack. So I'm in a better mood. ^-^ Oh and a special thank you to bookworm600 for the compliment that made me smile. X3

Wednesday: Still jittery. Couldn't focus on much of anything yesterday. XD

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Ulrich's vision was swimming in and out of focus. He could hear, but it sounded as if he were underwater. He blinked his eyes a couple more times and shook his head to clear it, hopefully so he could hear.

"Glad to see you up and about, Ulrich," Yolanda turned around and smiled. "How are you feeling?"

"My head hurts really bad…. What happened last night? The last thing I can recall is standing on the school's roof telling Jeremie what was going on…," he told her, shifting his position so he could see better.

"I'll be right back," she told him, heading out the door.

Ulrich looked up at the ceiling. He knew she was avoiding the question, but he wasn't sure exactly as to why. He sat up and looked in the mirror that sat in the room. Everything about him was normal. His eye color was normal, his face looked normal…. There wasn't anything that had changed.

Just then the door burst open and Aelita ran in and hugged him. "I'm so happy you're alright!"

"What happened last night?" he asked, giving her a quick hug.

"Yumi, you tell him," Odd stated from the end of the bed.

"Well, last night you started acting strangely. Jeremie kept trying to get you to respond, but you didn't and when you finally did you weren't acting like yourself. You ended up jumping off the school's roof and made it down without getting hurt and then fought William and won without a scratch on you. You fainted sometime after that, but your eyes were golden so I called your parents," Yumi told him, a worried expression crossing her face.

"What did they say?" he asked, nearly catapulting himself toward Odd as he shot up into a sitting position.

"Your dad didn't know, but apparently your mom asked this friend of hers and it's apparently a big deal. According to her friend, whose name was Rosella or something like that, you were born an elf. You were half, though, since your dad is a werewolf. When your dad made you a werewolf you basically became someone else. Basically you have a split personality and when your eyes are golden that means that the other personality is more dominant or is trying to come out," Yumi explained quickly. "Your mom said that it's an internal struggle that could kill you if we're not careful from here on out."

"That's ridiculous. Don't you think I'd know if there was another part of me?" Ulrich asked, swinging his legs off the edge of the bed and standing up. "Now if you'll excuse me I need to talk to Leona."

"Ulrich, you killed William last night. You would have cut him into pieces had Yumi not stopped you," Odd stated as he stood in front of the door.

"Quit messing with me, Odd," Ulrich snapped, attempting to shove Odd out of the way.

"Ulrich, Delmas has ordered that you remain in the infirmary until Jim can come here and then you'll be taken to your room. From last night when you passed out after killing William until your parents get here you're on dorm arrest. Yumi's parents have been asked to stand guard at your door and outside your window so that you can't get out," Jeremie told him with a glare. It was easy to tell that Jeremie wasn't happy with Ulrich at all.

"Please Ulrich, just cooperate…. We're all worried about you…." Aelita whispered. Seeing everything from the night before and watching Ulrich murder William had taken its toll on her.

They had to be lying…. He would never kill someone, not even William. All he wanted was for William to be brought to Delmas and receive punishment from him and his parents. He didn't want him to die….

=Flashback=

"In times of great emotional stress or a great need to get away or fight you'll be able to transform on command. It all depends on the situation, but your mind may go into an instinctual mode or you'll be able to control your actions. You'll never know which, so be careful when you know you'll be able to do it," Ulrich's dad explained to an eleven year old Ulrich.

"How will I know when I can?" he asked begrudgingly. He needed to know this stuff, but he didn't want to.

"You'll be able to feel a sort of strength well up inside you, your teeth will become more wolf-like, and your finger nails will become claws. You'll still be able to do some damage this way, but it's easier if you turn into a wolf. You'll be able to turn back whenever you want to," his dad explained, looking down at Ulrich with a smile.

Ulrich nodded, but still wore a frown. He didn't want to know this stuff….

=End Flashback=

Ulrich knew that his friends were lying…. He wasn't sure why, but they were…. They had some ulterior motive to this, but he didn't know what it was….

"Ulrich, please just do as we ask and wait for Jim…. None of us want you to end up in trouble…." Odd told him, placing a hand on his shoulder.

Ulrich knew he had to move quickly. He used all the muscle he could to smack Odd as hard as he could, sending Odd to the ground. Quickly spinning around to face the window on the other side of the room he assessed his chances. Aelita was a nervous wreck, Jeremie wasn't that strong, and Yumi was standing there stunned. Ulrich ran forward, jumping onto the bed and then going from bed to bed until he made it to the last bed to the window. He willed himself to change into a wolf and then jumped out the window, taking off into the woods.

Odd picked himself off the floor and wiped under his nose with his sleeve. The slap had caused his nose to bleed and his cheek to sting. "Clearly Yolanda should have told him."

"Do you think that would have helped this any? He's probably shocked at the fact that he killed William," Yumi told him, hands on her hips.

"Why didn't you try to stop him?" Odd asked, clenching his fists at his sides. He was mad.

"Do you feel how hard he hit you? Dragons, no matter what form they're in, are hard to injure and he's caused your nose to bleed. I really don't feel like getting any broken bones today, Odd."

"If you had held him up for two more seconds I could have gotten over there."

"It happened too fast for anyone to react," Jeremie stated. "He was moving pretty quickly and by the time we all looked to see where Ulrich was he was over here and ready to jump out the window."

"Now how do we explain that to Yolanda, Delmas, and Jim? They'll be here any minute," Aelita said, looking out the shattered window to see if she could catch sight of Ulrich.

"The truth. We need to get everyone back to safety inside the school building. We won't be able to guess Ulrich's next move due to the fact that he's not acting like himself. He could come back and hurt someone," Odd stated, crossing the room to be closer to the others.

"I wish we could get to the Factory, but there are those specter wolves there…." Aelita stated, looking toward Jeremie. "Maybe if we could get him back here with a return trip he'd listen."

"Or maim us," Odd added, looking at the wall.

"The point is, we can't get Ulrich back here and we don't know anyone's next move. We need to prepare for Xana to attack, because I doubt he's going to let this opportunity go. Ulrich's parents and some reinforcements should be here soon and we need to be ready to explain the situation and make a plan," Jeremie said in a disgruntled tone.

"Someone's grumpy after not sleeping all night," Odd muttered as he left the room.

Yumi sighed. "What're we going to do now?"

A/N: Alright, I still count this as Wednesday. xD My dad's okay. He just had a panic/stress attack. I'll hopefully be updating tomorrow. =3

The next one will definitely be in more of Ulrich's POV as the others are just going to prepare for another round of fighting that night. Also, the "hundreds" of specters will be explained. =3

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~MoonlitxAngel