The next of course was a school day and I was more than happy to go. I walked to school and when I got there I noticed it was empty. That was strange. I waked around the school and saw Cai. He was wearing the same thing as the night before.
"Hello Mezocatra," He said in an oily voice, "Nice morning isn't it?" I look at him with as much hatred in my eyes as I could muster.
"Where are they?" I ask staring him down from ten yards away. His eyes sparkle mischievously in the early morning sun. It was disturbing, but I stand my ground.
"The students you mean? Yes, do not worry about them or yourself, worry about the world as you know." He sounded serious, but that sparkle stayed in his eye. I was confused and angry, and a lot of other things. Being trapped in this teenage body has made me that way.
"Who… what are you talking about?" He smiled. No, not smiled… smirked at me.
"You mean you don't know? The greatest of all werewolves doesn't know that there is a war! The war between good and evil, the one that has been going on for centuries!" Now there was a mad glint in his eyes. What war? What was Cai talking about?
I tried to figure out the mystery of the empty school. It turns out some accident happened in the band room and dangerous gases leaked into the school. Interesting, I thought as I listened to the news on the radio, why would there be a gas leak and Cai is at the spot and I wasn't warned of such a thing. I tried to think of when I could have been warned. If there weren't any school my friends would surely tell me. Maybe something stopped them… but what?
In the next hour I was at Molli's house sitting on the floor in her bedroom.
"I tried to call but I kept getting this strange static." She said while typing something on her computer, her hamster Bobo sitting on the keyboard. I nodded and sighed.
"But what could have happened. I was home all morning until six thirty." Molli looked at me.
"OK, that's just strange."
"I know."
"But, what was really strange was I called after that and a guy answered." I was silent. A guy?
Cai.
It had to be. Who else would be at my house? But how did he get to the school before me? Molli and me exchanged goodbyes and I left her. My next stop was of course Courtney. I reached her house and it was completely empty. That was only the beginning.
I went to Michelle's and Christa's next. Same as Courtney's. Not a single light was on and no one was there. Not a single soul. Not even the pets. Next was Alicia. The same. I got really worried. I went back to Molli's. I was only gone about an hour and her house was the same as the rest. What was going on here? My senses were screaming. This was the work of something truly evil. And I don't think Cai did it. I think he tried to warn me.
I was back at my little hut in the woods, close to hysteria. I tried to calm down, but the five people I trusted with my secret were gone. Just like that. Missing with no trace. I did not weep or sob, I was a way pass tears. I tried looking for Cai but there was no trace of him. Just in the time I needed him most. My hysteria moved toward anger. This never happened before he came; I thought, my fists clenched to stop the shaking; he must have done this to make me worried about that stupid war he talked about. But I wasn't worried about that I couldn't be. I had to look for my friends first.