Caryl backed up against the tree. "Are you going to try and eat me too,"
she asked in a small voice, trying to to wet her pants out of fear.
Telik stared at her for a minute, then slowly sat down. "I don't want to eat you, I just want to know what happened. The council.. the leaders of our pack, need to know exactly what happened so they know how to punish Dalric. I also apologize for my speech earlier, it gets garbled when I get emotional. Dalric is the primary concern though."
Caryl blinked. The name didn't sound familiar at all. She didn't even know how she'd know this Telik in front of her, and then she realized "Umm.. Dalric's the black ..one, isn't he?"
"Yes," said Telik, "and he's to be punished because he attacked a human, you. He broke one of our most sacred laws in doing that. We strive to never hurt or be noticed by humans. Which is why, when one of us is seen by or harms humans, the council of elders meets and punish.."
"Can I just go home?!" she whined, not caring that she interrupted him. Her mom was going to kill her, her dog was missing, she had been gone for far longer than she was supposed to, and her mom was probably going balistic wondering where she was.
"I.. I'm sorry, but you can't right now." Telik knelt down in fornt of her, trying to be as unmenacing as possible. "We need you to tell the council exactly what happened, and they never leave the hollow. Besides, we can help heal you of any scarpes, and create a cover story to explain where you were."
"You don't really have any choice in the matter." Caryl jumped, hearing a voice she thought belonged to Dalric coming from right beside her. She looked up to see a pair of shining yellow eyes, staring at her from a mass of shadow. She leaped up and ran in to opposite dirction, but tripped before she even got 5 steps. When she looked up from what felt like a very short and soft fall, she saw Telik was holding her up, protecting her from the hard rocks on the ground. She'd never even heard him move though!
"Nathan," reprimanded Telik, "you shouldn't scare her like that, she's had a bad enough day as it is, without you sneaking up on her too." She made a doubletake of the clearing, and noticed another werewolf a little distance off, holding Dalric down. She guessed they came in to take care of him while Telik was talking to her. She looked back at Nathan, and was puzzled to see a very surprised expression, she thought, on his.. face.
"What's wrong," she asked, getting unnerved at how closely he was staring at her. Telik seconded her question a moment later, after Nathan still hadn't answered.
Stuttering, Nathan knelt down on one knee, bowing his head before her. "Young lady, I'm so sorry. I'm sure you'll enjoy the hollow, and the punishment the council will surely inflict upon that beast over there. You're living quarters will be comfortable, no worries, and you will have many friends and.."
"What are you talking about?!" she nearly yelled. "What makes you think I'm going to be there for more than what's nessicary? I need to get back to my home and my family."
"I apologize, but your family is now us, and your home is now the hollow. You're a werewolf, like us."
Telik stared at her for a minute, then slowly sat down. "I don't want to eat you, I just want to know what happened. The council.. the leaders of our pack, need to know exactly what happened so they know how to punish Dalric. I also apologize for my speech earlier, it gets garbled when I get emotional. Dalric is the primary concern though."
Caryl blinked. The name didn't sound familiar at all. She didn't even know how she'd know this Telik in front of her, and then she realized "Umm.. Dalric's the black ..one, isn't he?"
"Yes," said Telik, "and he's to be punished because he attacked a human, you. He broke one of our most sacred laws in doing that. We strive to never hurt or be noticed by humans. Which is why, when one of us is seen by or harms humans, the council of elders meets and punish.."
"Can I just go home?!" she whined, not caring that she interrupted him. Her mom was going to kill her, her dog was missing, she had been gone for far longer than she was supposed to, and her mom was probably going balistic wondering where she was.
"I.. I'm sorry, but you can't right now." Telik knelt down in fornt of her, trying to be as unmenacing as possible. "We need you to tell the council exactly what happened, and they never leave the hollow. Besides, we can help heal you of any scarpes, and create a cover story to explain where you were."
"You don't really have any choice in the matter." Caryl jumped, hearing a voice she thought belonged to Dalric coming from right beside her. She looked up to see a pair of shining yellow eyes, staring at her from a mass of shadow. She leaped up and ran in to opposite dirction, but tripped before she even got 5 steps. When she looked up from what felt like a very short and soft fall, she saw Telik was holding her up, protecting her from the hard rocks on the ground. She'd never even heard him move though!
"Nathan," reprimanded Telik, "you shouldn't scare her like that, she's had a bad enough day as it is, without you sneaking up on her too." She made a doubletake of the clearing, and noticed another werewolf a little distance off, holding Dalric down. She guessed they came in to take care of him while Telik was talking to her. She looked back at Nathan, and was puzzled to see a very surprised expression, she thought, on his.. face.
"What's wrong," she asked, getting unnerved at how closely he was staring at her. Telik seconded her question a moment later, after Nathan still hadn't answered.
Stuttering, Nathan knelt down on one knee, bowing his head before her. "Young lady, I'm so sorry. I'm sure you'll enjoy the hollow, and the punishment the council will surely inflict upon that beast over there. You're living quarters will be comfortable, no worries, and you will have many friends and.."
"What are you talking about?!" she nearly yelled. "What makes you think I'm going to be there for more than what's nessicary? I need to get back to my home and my family."
"I apologize, but your family is now us, and your home is now the hollow. You're a werewolf, like us."