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Stuck

Chapter 24: Wulf

Previously

"Hold it!..."Sam shouted as she suddenly grabbed Star with her free arm, before she could land another hit.

"W-what?!..."Star questioned.

Star was confused by Sam getting in the way, but Sam then grabbed her cell phone, which while low on battery and signal, could still emit some light.

Sam got closer and the light finally revealed who their mysterious stalker really is.

"Wulf..."Sam said in a stunned, but ultimately relieved voice.

"Wulf?..."Star questioned, not understanding any of this.

Sam smiled.

"He's a friend..."Sam said as the ghostly werewolf got up and dusted himself up, before giving them a fanged, but non threatening smile.

After both girls had calmed down and Sam explained that Wulf is a friend, not a foe, they went back to where the campire still was.

Now the two handcuffed girls were sitting next to the ghostly werewolf and Star still looked surprised.

"So, this guy is a friend of Danny's and a harmless ghost..."Star said in surprise after Sam explained it.

"Yep, Wulf here is actually one of our first allies..."Sam said proudly and Wulf just smiled as he sat on the ground.

Star got a closer look at him.

"Wait...isn't here one of those ghosts from the attack at city hall?..."Star asked.

"The same attack that mistakenly had people think that Danny was public enemy #1 yeah...but trust me, he's cool..."Sam said.

Star realized her point and decided to just trust her.

I mean, if she trusts this ghost, then why shouldn't she?

"It's nice to meet you, Wulf...I'm Star Strong..."Star introduced herself, thinking she at least could do that much.

"Bone estas renkonti vin, Stelo..."Wulf said and Star looked confused.

"What is he saying?..."Star questioned, not understand a word he just said.

"He said and I quote "It is good to meet you, Star"..."Sam said and Star looked lost.

"Wulf speaks Esperanto..."Sam explained and Star looked even more confused.

"Esperanto?..."Star questioned..."I took Spanish, French, German and I even picked up Japanese one Summer..."Star said and Sam looked surprised.

"My dad said that it be good for me...anyway, I never heard that language before..."Star said.

"It's an artificial one from 1887. Tucker taught us a little in case something like this happens..."Sam explained.

"Foley speaks Esperanto?..."Star questioned.

"Not the point..."Sam said.

"Yeah, I guess not...but what I don't understand that if he is suppose to be a nice ghost, why was he stalking us all night? And why didn't he say anything earlier?..."Star asked and Sam also looked curious.

"Yeah Wulf...what up?..."Sam questioned, still a little peeved from all of the unnecessary drama she had to go through.

Wulf then began to explain what had happened in his native language of Esperanto

"Bone, estas tiel ... Mi estis elirinta kunvenante ion por manĝi kiam la ŝtormo trafis. Kiam tio okazis, mi iris al mia kaverno, kiam mi aŭdis iun sur tendaro kaj mi esploris ... kiam mi alvenis tien, mi reprenis la odoron de Sam kaj mi provis trakti vin, sed la ŝtormo malfaciligis ĝin ..Mi trovis mian vojon al via kabano kaj mi iris demandi, kio estis malbona, sed tiam mi trafis iun eksplodon kaj kiam mi leviĝis, vi ambaŭ foriris ...Mi provis serĉi vin ĉar vi ambaŭ ŝajnas esti en problemo, sed ĉiufoje kiam mi proksimiĝis, vi du panikiĝis kaj kuris antaŭ ol mi povis diri ion ajn ... "..."Wulf said in his own language.

Star was nodding along the entire time.

"Mm-hmm... mm-hmm... no idea what you're saying but I'm assuming it's important..."Star said as she turned to Sam.

"He's saying that he had been out gathering something to eat when the storm hit, he was on his way back to this cave, where he lives in but he then heard someone on camp grounds and he went to investigate it...he then picked up my scent and tried to track me down but the storm made it hard...anyway, he found his way to our cabin and he was going to talk to us but...we blasted him and then ran away..."Sam said, feeling embarrassed about being reminded about that part.

"He then said that he tried looking for us, since he thought we might be in trouble but every time he got close, we panicked and ran before he could say anything...like we did when we attacked him earlier...sorry again about that..."Sam said in an embarrassed way.

"Neniuj zorgoj..."Wulf said "No worries" in perfect Esperanto.

Star was surprised, but now that she was calm down, she realized now that Wulf really wasn't trying to hurt them, he was trying to help them but they panicked and imagined the worst of everything.

"And what about the growling sounds from earlier?..."Star asked and Sam also looked confused as she turned to Wulf.

Wulf showing the thorn in his right foot.

"Oh, you poor thing..." Star said. "I got it..."She said as she reached for it.

Wulf retreated back from the unfamiliar girl. Sam put a hand on his shoulder.

"It's okay... she's..." She didn't want to say it, but knew it would calm Wulf down. "Danny's girlfriend..."The gothic girl admitted.

Wulf looked to Sam incredulously, long enough for Star to pull the thorn out. Wulf winced, but found the pain was gone. He then turned to the blonde girl with a grateful look.

"Dankon..."Wulf said.

"Huh?..."Star questioned.

"He said thanks..." Sam translated.

"Oh... well. you're wel-"

Wulf liked Star's face, enough for her hair to stand up a bit and her entire right cheek to be covered in his drool.

"Eww... not again..." She shuddered as she wiped he drool off with her free hand.

"But...I still don't understand something..."Star said.

"What?..."Sam questioned.

"If Wulf was just trying to help us...who was making the scratching noises at the cabin?...'Star questioned and looked spooked.

Sam turned to Wulf, who sent them the "I don't know" shrug and both girls gulped, looking nervous.

10 minutes later

Outside

"Seriously?!..."Sam shouted in an incredulous tone of voice once she and Star finally saw what had been making that spooky scratching sounds when they had been in the cabin.

Since it was no longer raining and the terrain was okay, and with Wulf by their side, they went to investigate and saw what had been making those sounds.

A stupid, half-broken tree branch that every time the wind came, moved against the cabin and make those little scratching noises.

"This feels like something out of a lousy sitcom..."Star muttered, unable to believe she had let herself get spooked over this.

"I told you that it was nothing..."Sam couldn't help but remind her.

"Then why did you run as fast as I did..."Star couldn't help but remind, taking Sam off of her high horse for the time being.

"Kial vi du tiel?..."Wulf said as he pointed to their handcuffs.

"He's asking why we are handcuffed together..."Sam translated.

"It's a long, long story, Wulf...we had been in a fight with Ember and it ended horribly, got sent here and you know the rest..."Sam said in a tired voice.

Wulf looked at the two girls, before smiling, getting an idea.

"Mi pensas, ke mi povas helpi vin..." Wulf said and Sam looked surprised.

"You can help us? How?..."Sam asked in a surprised tone.

Star also looked hopeful.

"Bone, tenu viajn pojnojn kaj staru tiel malproksime kiom vi povas fizike...'Wulf said.

"What did he just say now?..."Star questioned.

"He said to hold out our wrists and stand as far as we both physically can..."Sam said.

Star was confused but did just as the big, ghostly werewolf ordered.

Once the girls were as far as their cuffs could allow, Wulf's glowing claws came out and Star yelped at the sight of them. Before either girl could blink, the ghostly werewolf had used them to slice through the handcuffs, right in the middle.

Then a spark emitted from both of the severed parts, which now fell off the girl's wrists.

Star was speechless. So was Sam.

After so long, they were finally free from those accursed handcuffs that Ember placed on them.

"We're free!..."Star said in excitement.

"We are! Finally!..."Sam said, happy to finally be free.

Both girls turned to Wulf and Star was so happy, she even went and hugged the large, ghostly werewolf, much to his surprise.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You have no idea how hard it was to have these on all night..."Star said after she hugged him.

"Yeah, thanks Wulf..."Sam said, but she didn't look too happy for some reason.

"Ne dankinde..." Wulf said, saying "You're welcome" in his native tongue.

Star then noticed the expression on Sam's face and she didn't look too happy.

"What's wrong, Manson? We're free and we're safe..."Star said.

"That's the point, I am just realizing that we never were actually in any real danger, but because we let our imagination run away we us, we spent the entire time running away from Wulf here...if we didn't...we could have gotten those stupid cuffs off hours ago and maybe even help getting home..."Sam pointed out.

Star blinked as she realized her point.

"I guess you got me there..."Star said.

"So, everything that went down last night was all for nothing?..."Sam questioned.

Star blinked as she thought about it...and then she remembered how she protected Sam from that black widow spider, how the girls opened up about their home lives and how Sam went out of her way to protect her from that snake.

When that happened, she smiled.

"I wouldn't say that..."Star said as she placed a hand on her shoulder.

Sam blinked at this gesture, unsure what to say.

However, before either girl or Wulf could say anything, they suddenly heard the sound of an engine.

"Do you hear something?..."Star asked and Sam smiled.

"I think I know this sound..."Sam said, feeling hopeful.

Just then, the Specter Speeder soon arrived, landing before them and both girls saw who was piloting it.

"Danny!..."Sam and Star both exclaimed happily.

They're saved!

-To be continued-

Next time on Stuck

Reunited

A/N(1): Special thanks to NeoMark for helping with this chapter.

A/N(2):

Bone, estas tiel ... Mi estis elirinta kunvenante ion por manĝi kiam la ŝtormo trafis. Kiam tio okazis, mi iris al mia kaverno, kiam mi aŭdis iun sur tendaro kaj mi esploris ... kiam mi alvenis tien, mi reprenis la odoron de Sam kaj mi provis trakti vin, sed la ŝtormo malfaciligis ĝin ..Mi trovis mian vojon al via kabano kaj mi iris demandi, kio estis malbona, sed tiam mi trafis iun eksplodon kaj kiam mi leviĝis, vi ambaŭ foriris .. Mi provis serĉi vin ĉar vi ambaŭ ŝajnas esti en problemo, sed ĉiufoje kiam mi proksimiĝis, vi du panikiĝis kaj kuris antaŭ ol mi povis diri ion ajn ... " means "Okay, it is like this...I had been out gathering something to eat when the storm hit. When that happened, I was on my way to my cave when I heard someone on camp grounds and I went to investigate...when I got there, I picked up Sam's scent and I tried to tract you down but the storm made it hard..I found my way to your cabin and I was going to ask what was wrong but then I got hit by some blast and when I got up, you both were gone...I tried looking for you two since you both seem to be in trouble but every time I got close, you two panicked and ran before I could say anything..." in Esperanto.

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