Chapter 14: Top Dog

Kai grunted in slight pain as he and the other sunk into their seats in their homeroom. He and Cole had finally returned to their school and were told they would have to work extremely hard to catch up and not repeat the grade. That basically meant no free time, just school work. Even though they wouldn't say it, Ray and Maya were very grateful for that. It meant that their son and Cole wouldn't have the opportunity to get up to anything.

If they were so busy catching up with their school work, not that they could anyway.

With Kai's injured leg he couldn't take part in any school sports until it healed or do any serious exercise. Kai hated this but he had to endure. The only good thing that came out of this whole mess was that Kai was allowed to leave class early to avoid getting trampled in the halls. He and Cole did get teased for their relationship but thankfully the fear of the wrath of Nya kept the teasing to a bare minimum. As everyone got settled in their seats, Miss. Koko entered the classroom.

"Morning students!" She said with a cheery smile. "I'm sure I'm wasting my time here, but the office has asked me to read a very important notice; pupils are invited to put themselves forward as the year group representative on the school council." She explained. "This is the most important leadership position in the year and names to the office by Friday." She added, catching Skylor's attention.

"Miss, I'd like to be the leader of the school council." The red-haired girl suddenly said, shocking everyone.

"Really?" Koko frowned.

"Actually, miss, I'd like to be the year's representative on the council," Nya said, casting a hint of glare at Skylor.

"Oh, well, that's very-"

"Well we think it should be someone with their finger on the pulse, miss," Harumi smirked. "Someone like me."

"Too much girl power." Chad scoffed. "I'd better go for it, too, miss." He added with a confident grin. Koko looked at all four volunteers and smiled.

"Well, looks like we've got a fight on our hands, hm?" She smiled before starting the register. As soon as she finished checking the register, the students were dismissed and headed for their next lessons. While they were walking down the halls, Morro and Lloyd were desperately trying to convince Skylor to pull out of the student elections.

"The thing is, we have an expression here," Morro said as he walked with Lloyd and Skylor. "Don't run before you can walk."

"What?" She frowned in confusion.

"It basically means you're trying to do something requiring a high level of knowledge before you've learned the basics." Replied Lloyd.

"I was born to lead, like all my family." She stated with a sad glint in her eyes at the mention of her family.

"You're supposed to be fitting in, not sticking out," Morro growled.

"Now that I'm going to stay here, I need to take my place."

"I just don't think you realize what you're actually getting yourself into." Lloyd sighed as they continued walking. Further down the hallway, Nya had a happy smile on her face as she walked to her next lesson. That is until Pixel suddenly sped up so she was next to her.

"I have had some ideas for your campaign." She smiled at the female werewolf.

"You want to do something for us?" She glared. "You can delete those videos, all of them."

"I would if I thought it would make any difference." She sighed. "Please let me I can make it up to you, I can help you win."

"I don't need your kind of help!" She snapped and stormed away, leaving a disheartened Pixel alone in the crowded hallway...

"I've got a really bad feeling about this election," Kai said to the others as they sat at their usual table in the cafeteria. The cafeteria seemed to be split into four parts as the four election challengers discussed their campaigns for the school.

"As my campaign manager, I think you should show a little bit more enthusiasm." She smiled at her brother.

"Manager? Me?" He paled. "No, no, no."

"If you're not with me, you're against me." She frowned.

"I'm not picking sides."

"I said the same thing to Skylor." Morro quickly said when Nya looked at him and the others, who agreed with him.

"Why're you doing this anyway?" Cole asked. "You only volunteered because Skylor did."

"Let's just get one thing straight, Skylor's in our pack, we're not in hers." She glared. "She wants to be a top dog and I'm not letting that happen." She added and her glare hardened when she saw Pixel approaching with a tray of food. Instead of sitting at their table, however, the others watched his shock as their human friend walked past them and sat across from Skylor, who was sat alone. Nya quickly tucked some of her hair behind her ear and started using her advanced hearing to listen to their conversation.

The others saw this but said nothing, knowing it was hopeless.

"Skylor, I know we have not always seen eye to eye, but I can win this election for you." Pixel smiled.

"Why are you helping me?" Skylor frowned. "Why not Nya?"

"I am on your side now!" She reassured. "I believe in your message."

"I don't have a message."

"Of course, you do! You just do not know what it is yet, but that is where I can help." She smiled. "No-one knows politics as I do." She added and Skylor nodded in agreement. As they discussed their strategy, Skylor glanced over to the others' table and glared when she saw Nya was trying to listen to her and Pixel's conversation with her powers.

"Very subtle." She hissed. "Think I wouldn't notice?" She snapped and Nya growled as she untucked her hair and silently glared at her food. The boys shared nervous looks, knowing this could only go from bad to worse before it had any hope of getting better...

As soon as lunch was over Zane rushed off to try and locate his girlfriend. With tensions running so high between the pack and Pixel he didn't think it was very wise for the human to be helping Skylor, especially with the elections, where the redhead werewolf was competing against Nya, who seemed to be the angriest at Pixel at the moment. It didn't take him long to find her at her locker.

"So, what is going on with you and Skylor?" He asked directly.

"I am helping her win the election." She casually shrugged.

"Would it not just be easier to make up with Nya?"

"I have tried but she will not listen."

"The point is, Pixel, your research-"

"I saved your lives!" She snapped, getting sick of the constant verbal abuse she got from the pack over what they learned she had been doing.

"What if your research fell into the wrong hands?" He asked, also getting annoyed by the situation.

"That data could save all of you if it came to it if you were found out some other way." She explained. "I am protecting you."

"Well, Nya and the other do not see it like that, and just imagine how Skylor would react if she found out you'd been spying on werewolves."

"No one has told her yet?"

"Course not!" He exclaimed. "Skylor would probably eat you!"

"It is not spying, it's simply observing." She defended herself. "Maybe Skylor would understand that."

"Well, I do not recommend testing that theory." He warned before walking away. Pixel paused for a moment, but shook her fears off and went to meet the principal with the other volunteers...

Skylor sighed as she walked down the hallway, looking for one of her friends. She knew she shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, but Pixel suddenly wanting to help her with her campaign instead of helping Nya didn't sit right with her. She had just left the human in the closet where the school paper does all their editing and the closet was full of photocopiers, laminators, and binders. This was perfect for all of them during their campaign.

While in there the principal had given them all some advice.

When campaigning, the rule of thumb is people have to hear your message three times. Face to face, word of mouth, written down. This is why the editor's room was being made available to them. Before she left the principal said he was trusting all of them and made it clear they must not abuse it. As she continued walking her eyes narrowed as she finally found one of her friends. Jay was standing alone by his locker, gathering somethings for his next few lessons.

As soon as he saw the wild girl, his eyes widened and he froze as she walked up to him.

"What's going on, Jay?" She glared.

"What?" He whimpered. "I'm just getting my books for Spanish."

"Not that." She snapped. "Has Nya sent Pixel to spy on me?"

"No, they've just...fallen out."

"About what?"

"G-Girls' stuff, it's beyond m-me." He gulped before closing his locker and speed walking away. Skylor just glared at her retreating form...

Harumi growled as she sat in the editor's closet with Chad while they both planned their campaigns. Nya and Skylor were nowhere to be seen and were too busy fighting over Pixel which only helped the lead cheerleader's chances more, but that still wasn't enough. She needed the students' votes to win this election, not less competition, even though it helped. She needed to do something the students would appreciate so they would be more inclined to vote for her.

She considered getting designer school uniforms, but there was no way the school was ever going to happen.

She might have more money than all the school combined, but that didn't mean she could change the rules whenever she wanted. She thought about simply using her power over the students to get them to vote for her or else. Unfortunately, she wanted to win this on merit, not on threats. She wanted to show everyone in this pathetic school there was more to Harumi Jade than just eyeliner, money, and lip gloss. There was nothing wrong with eyeliner, money, and lip gloss, but it won't win a high school election.

The lead cheerleader was suddenly dragged out of her campaign thoughts when Chad suddenly burped loudly.

She made a disgusted face while he laughed. Unknowingly, Harumi had just given him the best plan to win this election. When someone burps, boys laugh but girls don't, but he did not have to worry about the girls, because their votes would be split three ways between Harumi, Nya, and Skylor. As long as he got every boy voting for him he'd win this by a landslide...

"I have analyzed voters by age, social network sites, and make of mobile." Pixel explained as she and Skylor went over Skylor's campaign at her caravan home in the middle of the forest.

"What's that got to do with anything?" Skylor asked in confusion. In the wild, to become a leader, she would have to challenge the current alpha and win in combat, but she had a feeling that wouldn't work here.

"Know the facts, know the voter."

"Graphs won't make me a leader."

"This one might." She smiled and handed the wild girl a piece of paper.

"Floating voters?" She read out loud.

"No-one ever targets these guys, because they do not fit into cliques or categories." Pixel explained. "You need to find out what they care about and make that your policy; it will help you win the election."

"What do they care about?" Skylor asked, but the human smirked.

"What do you care about?"...

Miss. Koko smiled happily when she arrived at school the next day and was surprised to see all four candidates standing in front of the high school as they campaigned over megaphones to the large group of students before them. These four were usually so apathetic about this sort of thing. They all had smart, insightful ideas. Koko was just thrilled she persuaded them to embrace that. She decided to see how the campaigns were going.

"Makeup shouldn't be banned in school!" Harumi called out to her supporters, that were all girls. "Looking your best is a fundamental human right, just because you're at school doesn't mean you can't look gorgeous and smell gorgeous! Which is why we're installing grooming stations in every restroom!" She exclaimed and Kiki flinched as the lead cheerleader's supporters cheered loudly.

"Every week we go out and represent the school! Isn't it time the school invested in us?!" Chad shouted to his all-boys supporters.

"Yeah!" The crowd cheered.

"New kits, new goal nets, and new training gear!" He chanted and Koko rolled her eyes as she went to check on Nya and Skylor.

"Food! At the end of the day, what's more important?" Skylor asked but no one answered her. "Nothing! And what say do we get in it? No! Something that important can't be picked and chosen at random, which is why I propose you should set the menu in the school canteen!" The red-haired girl exclaimed and her supporters all mumbled and cheered in agreement. Koko chuckled and went to check on Nya. She frowned, however, when she found only a dozen students crowding around her, whereas the others had nearly three times that number.

Cole and Kai were sat beside the raven-haired girl and it was clear to the teacher they were her only supporters, even though it looked like neither of them wanted to be there.

"Every pupil here has a right to privacy on school property," Nya said to the few students listening to her. "No more taking pictures on mobiles! No more social networking! Let's get a grip on this privacy problem!" She cried but the students looked at her like she had just grown two heads and went to check out the other campaigns.

"Very admirable, Nya, but maybe a bit too cerebral." Koko pointed out.

"It's a matter of principle, miss." She glared.

"And what are you proposing? Do we ban all mobiles and computers in schools?" She asked and Nya paused at least.

"That's not going to get you many votes," Kai added, getting a glare from his boyfriend and sister.

"Take a leaf out of their book," Koko suggested and gestured to the other candidates before walking away, missing the glare Nya was sending to Skylor and Pixel, who were gathering more and more supporters...

Chad smirked as he and his team stood in the men's restroom with a line of students standing in front of him as he handed them money. As soon as he saw that the girls, minus Nya of course, were gathering more supporters he knew he was in trouble. That is until he came up with a brilliant plan. Money made the world go round and if he could pay people for their votes then he'd win by a landslide.

"You take the money, you vote for me, I'll know if you haven't." He threatened another floating voter who nodded fearfully and scurried out the restroom.

"Isn't this a bit... dirty?" A member of Chad's gang asked.

"I'm just helping those less fortunate than myself, isn't that why we're in politics?" He smirked as he continued giving out money. As the voters walked out of the restroom, no one noticed Skylor and Pixel standing by their lockers which were almost next to these restrooms. Thanks to Skylor's advanced hearing, they had learned that Chad was trading cash for votes.

"We're finished." The wild girl sighed in defeat.

"Only if we let him get away with it." Pixel had and opened her locker. Skylor watched as her human friend pulled out one of the owls she had taken from one of the dens and breaking it open to remove the hidden camera.

"What's that?" She asked when she saw the device.

"A camera."

"Inside an owl?" She asked and Pixel paled when she remembered what Zane had said Skylor would do to her if she found out about the reason for the camera.

"Oh, it... was just some e-experiment, but now it's a trap."...

Chad growled in frustration as he watched the soccer team around the pitch. Ever since Kai's leg had ended up in a cast, he had been unable to play any sports and their school was suffering as a result. Whether he hated the fact Kai was gay or not, Chad couldn't deny that the spiky-haired teen was one of the best athletes they had at Ninjago High. Even if his ankle wasn't broken, due to him and Cole running away, he didn't have time to play sports.

They were both too busy catching up with their schoolwork that they'd missed.

"Are you Chad?" A timid voice suddenly said from behind. The jock turned around and saw a young girl he recognized from the chest club standing alone, wrapped up in a thick winter coat. Her eyes were darting around in panic as she clutched her clothes tightly.

"Who's asking?"

"I-I'm a floating voter." She muttered and he smirked, instantly knowing what she wanted. Quickly looking around to make sure no one was looking, he pulled out some cash and handed it to the frightened girl.

"For your vote."...

"And that is called bribery and corruption!" Koko shouted in anger as she made the four candidates and their teams watched the footage of Chad bribing a voter with money. The girls all smirked while Chad and his team were scarlet with rage and embarrassment. He was so close to winning this election then Skylor and Pixel blew the whistle on him. The only one who wasn't happy about Chad's exposure was Nya. As soon as she had heard how Skylor and Pixel had gotten that evidence she had seen red and wanted to scream and shout to anyone who'd listen.

Unfortunately, the fear of Pixel saying what exactly she was using those hidden cameras for stopped her from saying anything to Skylor.

The others may trust their human friend, but she didn't. She had promised to protect Cole and Kai's secret, but the second she was pushed she told the entire school about their relationship. Cole and Kai could only share worried looks, hoping she wouldn't start a fight in the middle of the classroom.

"It's entrapment!" Chad tried to defend himself.

"It's vote-rigging! Pure and simple! You are eliminated from the election!" Koko exclaimed and turned to Skylor and Pixel with a grateful smile. "Well done, Skylor, and you too, Pixel, very upstanding; let their integrity be an example to you all." She said as Nya tried to contain her enraged growls. "I hope you remember that when you cast your votes." She warned before dismissing them all. As soon as they all left the classroom, Nya charged after the wild girl and the human.

Kai tried to stop her but being confined to crunches slowed him down, so Cole went ahead.

"Integrity?! You?!" Nya screeched when she finally caught up to them and got up in Pixel's face.

"You got a problem, you talk to me." Skylor hissed as she pushed the angry werewolf away from her human teammate.

"Chad was bribing voters!" Pixel cried.

"Two wrongs don't make a right!" Nya snarled.

"What did I do wrong?"

"Spying on people with hidden cameras again!" She shouted and everyone froze.

"Again?" Skylor asked in confusion.

"Nya's just feeling the pressure guys." Cole quickly said. "Don't take it personally." He added and Pixel gave Nya a nervous look before quickly walking away to her next lesson. As soon as she was out of sight, Skylor turned to her fellow werewolves.

"Again what?"

"Nothing," Cole replied.

"Skylor needs to hear this." Nya snapped.

"Maybe she doesn't."

"Yeah, she does." Skylor glared and motioned for the raven-haired girl to continue.

"Pixel's putting us all in danger, including you!"...

Pixel grumbled in frustration as she was alone in the small editor's closet, trying to get the photocopier to work. The halls were mostly empty because everyone was gathered in the gymnasium to hear who won the elections. The pale girl planned to leave soon, but she wanted to get this sorted first. She couldn't remember what she needed it for, she was just wanted something to take her mind off everything that was happening between her and the others, specifically Nya.

Pixel had hoped that when Cole and Kai returned she and his sister could finally make peace, but that wasn't the case.

In fact, things between the girls were worse than before. Pixel didn't blame Nya however. If she hadn't told everyone at school Cole and Kai were a couple, they wouldn't have run away and Kai wouldn't have gotten hurt. It was her fault and she didn't deny that, but that still didn't excuse the horrible way Nya had been treating her. If Cole and Kai could forgive their human friend for outing them, why couldn't Nya? Just as she got the photocopier working again when the door suddenly slammed shut behind her.

She whipped around to see Skylor standing there with a stoic look on her face.

But an evident fire burning in her still human-looking eyes. Something about the way the red-haired girl was looking at her made Pixel very uneasy.

"Tell me something." The wild girl asked calmly as she slowly walked towards her teammate. "Are you nice Pixel? Clever Pixel? I know, let's try LIAR PIXEL!?" She roared as she suddenly grabbed Pixel by the shirt.

"What are you talking about?!" Pixel cried as Skylor threw her into some shelves.

"I know everything! The laptop, the camera! Everything!" She screamed and Pixel paled in realization. "You only befriend werewolves to spy on us!"

"Skylor, I'd never do anything to hurt you!"

"You're a liar and a traitor!"

"Skylor-"

"Stay away from me! I don't want your help! I was stupid to ever trust a human like you!" She snarled and made to leave, only her eyes to widen in horror when the door wouldn't open. She had slammed the so hard that the handle had busted and now Pixel was trapped in a small room with an emotional wild werewolf and no one knew where they were.

"I can't be locked in!" Skylor shrieked as her eyes turned yellow and her veins started darkening.

"It is all right." Pixel tried to calm her friend down. "Take it easy."

"I NEED TO GET OUT!" She screamed as she started to hyperventilate.

"All right, I'm calling for help." She reassured and quickly sent a text to her friends, praying they got here in time...

Inside the gymnasium, it was a little underwhelming, to say the least. Almost no students had shown up to see who had won the elections, with the expectation of Lloyd and the others. They didn't approve of all the fighting between the girls but they came as a backup in case a physical fight broke out. They had heard that Nya had told Skylor what Pixel had done and made it clear how disappointed in Nya they were. Zane wanted to go and make sure his girlfriend was alright, but Jay managed to convince him against it.

There was no way Skylor would dare do anything while they were still in school.

The three remaining election candidates had to give one last speech before the voting closed and the principal would announce who had won the election. Chad and his gang were also forced to attend, even though he wouldn't be speaking. Skylor and Pixel had yet to arrive, but Koko just thought they were going over Skylor's speech one last time before she had to go on stage. So the teacher motioned for the principal to begin without them.

He stepped up to the podium and cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.

"Before I hand the floor to Nya Smith, I'd like to thank you all for turning up, but, quite frankly, I am very disappointed in the low turnout." He sighed before stepping down and Nya took his place.

"I'm sorry if my campaign offended anyone, but some candidates claim that they're doing things for you but are they really just in it for themselves? Others can't even be bothered to show up." She glared, noticing Skylor and Pixel hadn't bothered to show up yet. "But I'm just trying to open your eyes to what is really going on here." She added just as all her friends' phones chimed; she watched as they all ready the massage and they all but Kai ran out of the room. "So...er...vote for who you trust." She rushed through her speech and ran off the stage.

While Harumi stood up and started her speech, Nya ran over to her brother, who simply handed her his phone so she could read the message.

As soon as she did, she paled in horror and ran in the same direction as the others. Koko noticed this and charged after her before Kai could do anything to stop the teacher...

"Let me out!" Skylor bellowed as she banged and clawed desperately at the jammed door. By now her veins were completely black, his claws had appeared and Pixel could swear she could see the wild girl's teeth sharpening. If the others didn't get here soon Skylor was going to transform and do who knows what it Pixel. She remembered seeing the damage Morro had done to a classroom on his first day when he unexpectedly transformed.

This room was much smaller than a classroom, however.

The last thing Pixel wanted to be was trapped in here with an out of control werewolf, friend or not. Just then her phone buzzed and she almost jumped for joy when she saw it was a text from Zane, saying he and the others were on their way.

"All right, help is coming." She said, but this did little to ease Skylor's anxiety.

"The walls are closing in!" She screamed as she sank into a corner.

"The walls are not moving." She reassured, only for them both to jump when there was a sudden banging on the door, sending Skylor into even more of a panic.

"Pixel! Are you in there?" Cole's voice called through the door and Pixel breathe a sigh of relief.

"Get the door open! She's wolfing out!" She replied and almost immediately both Cole and Morro tried kicking the door down but it refused the budge. As they continued kicking the door, Nya came running up to them, panic clear on her face.

"What's going on?!"

"They've been locked in!" Jay whimpered.

"Skylor's wolfing out!" Lloyd added and Nya paled. Inside the room, things weren't looking good for Pixel. From her spot in the corner, Skylor felt her fear slowly turn to rage as she looked up at Pixel with wild yellow eyes.

"This was your plan all along." She snarled at her friend with razor-sharp teeth.

"No! I wasn't planning anything!"

"To see me turn!" She wailed, not registering what the human had said as she shot up and started throwing things off the shelves in a blind panic. "Where have you hidden the camera?!"

"I haven't! I swear I haven't!" Pixel cried and outside the room, the others were growing more and more worried. Cole and Morro tried to increase their efforts when they all heard someone approaching them. They turned and nearly cursed when they saw an irritated Miss. Koko approaching them fast.

"What is going on?" She demanded.

"Skylor and Pixel are locked in!" Morro exclaimed.

"Skylor's panicking," Nya added

Yes, she is... claustrophobic." Zane lied.

"OK, OK, calm down." Koko sighed as she gently motioned for Cole and Morro to move away from the door. "I'll get the janitor." She said and walked away. As soon as they were sure she was out of earshot, Cole and Morro started trying to break the door down again.

"We can't let him get here! He'll see Skylor!" Cole grunted as he kicked the door.

"What can we do?" Jay asked fearfully.

"If we leave her in there, she'll kill Pixel!" Lloyd growled in frustration

"Please listen, I wouldn't betray my friends! Never!" Pixel cried desperately. Instead of calming down, however, Skylor whipped around to face her and Pixel watched in horror as the wild girl began to transform in front of her. "Help! She's changing!" She cried out for her friends as she slowly began to back away from a red wolf in front of her.

"Pixel, you have to get away from her! Hide behind something!" Morro exclaimed and Pixel dashed into a corner and knocked down a shelf above her for cover from the enraged wolf. Before the others could do anything, however, Koko suddenly returned with the janitor. The teens had no choice but to back away and let the man try and open the door. They all shared a concerned look, dreading when he opened the door and saw Skylor in wolf form.

"Girls, it's all right, just sit tight," Koko reassured the trapped girls before leaving to inform the principal of the situation. As the janitor tried to pry the door open, he thought he could hear growling, but shrugged it off as he got back to his feet.

"I need my bolt cutters." He sighed before walking away. Unfortunately, the teens didn't know what to do. The door wasn't budging no matter how many times they banged against it but if they didn't get them out of there Pixel could get hurt, or worse. Swallowing the lump in her throat, Nya suddenly stepped forward and knelt down by the door. She didn't want Pixel to get hurt, she just thought Skylor would scare her a little. This was all the raven-haired girl's fault and she was determined to make it right.

"Skylor? I know you can hear me; I shouldn't have said anything." She said calmly, but inside she was trembling. "I know you're scared but, please, please don't hurt her."

"Do you think this will work?" Zane whispered to the others but they could only shrug.

"She didn't put you in danger, she'd never put you in danger! She's loyal and she's my friend, and she's in my pack, just like you are, and nobody hurts my pack." Nya promised and the growling seemed to stop. "So, I'm begging you, just get control of it, like I know you can, and come back to us." She pleaded and for a very brief moment, they all thought it had worked and Skylor had managed to regain control of her wolf and changed back.

That is until the howling started.

"No!" Cole cried in horror as Skylor's loud howls echoed throughout the entire school and they were sure almost everyone had heard it and they were no doubt heading this way right now. Knowing they were out of time, Cole and Morro moved back and got a running start as the charge at the door. Nya dove out of the way just in time as both boys right into the door. This time the door splintered into pieces and they were all shocked at the state of the room.

It looked like a bomb had gone off. Shelves and boxed were knocked over and papers and supplies were scattered around the room.

They found a now human Skylor cowering, naked, in the far corner of the room. While Morro and Lloyd helped the red-haired girl, Jay pulled a terrified Pixel out from under a shelf. He led the trembling girl out into the hallway while Morro and Lloyd helped Skylor find her clothes. As soon as he saw her, Zane rushed over and instantly started checking his girlfriend over for injuries. When he saw she was alright, he stepped away and she and Nya stared at each other.

"Are you OK?" Nya asked after a moment.

"I'm alive." Pixel said with a shaky sigh of relief.

"If anything had happened to you..." Nya trailed off, unable to finish that thought. Almost immediately, the two girls wrapped each other in a tight, reassuring embraced just as Koko, the principal, and the janitor returned. No one paid them any mind, however, as the boys simply smiled at Nya and Pixel, relieved that this feud was finally over...

By now the elections had ended and with all that had gone on it was a good job none of them were running the country. Skylor had withdrawn her candidacy and so did Nya. With Chad's early fall from grace, that left one candidate standing. The pack was silently dreading whatever Harumi was going to do now, but hoped the school board would finally knock her down a peg, or two. School had just ended and most of the students were heading home.

All except Skylor, Morro, Nya, Zane, and Pixel.

Skylor and Morro were sat waiting outside for the others while they were talking to the principal and Pixel got checked over by the nurse. Morro didn't really need to stay but he wanted to walk Skylor home to make sure she was alright. By some miracle, they had managed to convince the school that the howl they had heard was just a video on Jay's phone. He claimed that he was trying to find relaxing nature sounds to help Skylor calm down but accidentally pressed the wrong one.

Zane had offered to pay to repair the broken down and any damaged equipment from the editor's closet.

As soon as Pixel was given the all-clear from the nurse she, Nya, and Zane were allowed to leave. They walked over to the school and as soon as Skylor saw them she rushed over to speak to Pixel. When Zane saw the wild girl approaching, he stepped up to protect his girlfriend, but the human stepped away and allowed Skylor to come closer.

"I'm sorry I freaked out." The red-haired girl blurted out. "When the wolf starts in your veins, nothing controls it."

"Well... no harm done, I suppose." She smiled shakily before Zane lead her away, leaving Nya, Morro, and Skylor alone in front of the school.

"Thank you, Nya," Skylor said to the other female werewolf.

"You don't have to." She replied.

"I do, you saved me and Pixel." She beamed. "So maybe I'm not meant to lead our class, but as long as I'm in your pack, what more do I need?"

"That's right." Nodded Morro and Skylor's eyes narrowed in concern.

"But what are we going to do about Pixel's laptop?" She asked.

"Nothing." Nya shrugged, much to Skylor's shock.

"So you're just going to leave it?"

"Pixel's part of our pack too." Morro reminded her.

"I was wrong not to trust her the last time, I'll not be making the same mistake twice," Nya said before walking away to get her bike. Skylor sighed, hoping this never backfired on them...