Chapter 5

"What have you got us into this time?" Courtney asked as she sat beside Mitch as he drove up towards the Judges House Inn. "I swear Norman! If we are fighting zombies and ghosts again I'll scream at the top of my lungs!" Courtney continued her rant as Mitch turned into the country road that led up to one of the oldest houses in Blithe Hallow.

"It's got nothing to do with zombies, Courtney!" Neil shouted as Norman remained silent beside him. Alvin was picking his nose, no doubt bored that once again Courtney was arguing with everyone in the car. "Its about a Werewolf and what that other thing, Norman?" Neil shouted as his brother pulled his blue van into a parking space next to the black Aston Martin that had driven into town yesterday.

"An Anubid!" was all Norman said before he and Alvin jumped out of the back of the van. Neil followed after them as Courtney and Mitch got out the front.

Neil looked up at tbe massive house turned Inn. The house that had once belonged to the Judge who accused Aggie of being a wicth and putting Blithe Hallow onto the map. It was a traditional house and looked more suitable for a house in the British countryside rather than in a large town in America. "Does anyone else get the creeps looking at this place?" he asked as Norman walked up to the door. The wolf head door knocker glared down at him and he was reminded of the Werewolf who could talk with a well educated British accent.

"Yeah!" Courtney droned as she followed her little brother who was already opening the door of the Inn. Mitch and Alvin took a minute to stare at the Aston Martin before following the others in.

"Hello?" Norman shouted. He hoped that Julian answered and not the owner of the Inn. Granted Hazel was a nice person, she always helped out with the school plays and shows but there was always this feeling that she thought herself better than everyone else in the town. That had always been the case since she moved to town ten years ago.

Hearing nothing Norman walked towards the staircase. The others followed close behind as he walked towards the room that the key belonged to. Putting the key into the lock Norman opened the door to find a room that looked like no one was staying in it. The bed had been made and two bags were neatly tucked away against the wall. One of them was slightly open to show a rifle along with other weapons that he had seen soliders from World War 1 use.

Looking around Norman heard the gasp from Courtney and turned around to face a young man who couldn't be late in his 20s. His snow white hair was still damp after coming out of a shower five minutes before their arrival. The strange scent of lavender and vanilla hung in the air and it only got stronger every time he ran a hand through his hair. He only wore jeans with black combat boots that were muddy after hiking in a countryside after it had been raining. His torso was yet to be covered by the t-shirt that was in his hands. His chest, shoulders and arms and probably his back were covered in many scars. Many of them where nothing more than white lines in his pale white skin. There were some that looked brand new and the more Norman looked at them the more Norman looked at them the more he realised that they were that the scars were claw marks others were the bite marks of bullets. On his right shoulder was a snarling wolf tattoo.

"Julian?" Norman asked.

"Hi!" Courtney giggled before looking away. Her eyes kept drifting over to Julian as he slipped on a t-shirt.

"The one and only!" he replied as he fixed his snow white hair. "Now I believe that you have a lot of questions! Questions that I can answer or it will have to be Nightshade when she returns!" Julian replied as he took a seat on the kingsized bed. Courtney dropped to sit beside him.

"Where did you get all those scars?" she asked leaning in closer to the Werewolf. She could smell the shampoo and body lotion that he had used and from the smell of it, it was a lot. "You must be a bad boy?" she asked leaning in closer much to the alarm of Julian.

Julian managed to get away from the blonde and was able to fix his self up. "A lot of those scars I got while defending my country and by fighting beside Nightshade! Many of them were from battles that I led while Nightshade was busy dealing with something bigger at the time. Others are new and are claws from the likes of that Anubid that I stopped tearing you two apart!" he said the last part while looking at Norman and Neil. He then looked back at Courtney to see that shebwas just staring at him. "Does that answer your question?" he asked her.

Courtney only nodded her head as she kept staring at him. Looking back at Norman and Neil, Julian studied the psychic boy for a few minutes before he spoke. "Norman Babcock I have been ordered to take you into protection by Nightshade!"

Everyone in the room froze at Julian's words. "Why does my brother need to go into protection?" Courtney asked as she once again leaned in close to Julian. Julian stood up so quickly that Courtney didn't even notice him standing up and moving towards her brother.

"Because of his abilities of seeing ghosts! He has been marked as a target by a mad man called Seth!" he explained as he grabbed his jacket. "I'm also investigating what had really happened in this mad town!" he finished explaining.

Julian looked back at Norman. "Nightshade has ordered that you are to be taken to our base in Stirling!" he finished explaining.

"Whoes Nightshade? Is he your bose?" Neil asked. He was jumping up and down with excitement at the thought of another adventure. "Is he a spy like you and are they a Werewolf too?" he asked. Mitch and Alvin both stepped away from Julian as Courtney leaned in closer to Julian.

Julian snorted back a laugh. "I better not tell Nightshade you called her a him! And no she is not a Werewolf like me! No she's the last of the Dragonoids and is my boss!" he explained to the fat chubby boy. He was sure that Neil's eyes had gotten bigger with excitement. "And plus she is an alien!" he finished. He was not expecting the loud squeal that came from Neil. His advanced hearing causing him to wince to the side.

Courtney had stepped closer to Julian and was close to leaning in close to him. "I bet you are a great spy! And are you looking for new spies?" she asked getting even closer to him.

"Eh! No! And only Kate deals with new recruits along with both Osgood and Bonnie!" Julian replied stepping away from Courtney. She looked defeated and stepped away from him. Glad to have space back to him, Julian looked back at Norman. "Your welcome to ask any questions!" he told the boy with the uncontrollable hair.

"Where do I start?" he asked more to hinself than to Julian. "I mean! Aliens and Werewolves! What next gods and demons?" he asked looking at Julian who only smiled. "They are real?" he asked to which Julian nodded his head in response.

"That is so cool!" Neil shouted as ge jumped into the air. "Can we meet Nightshade? Are there any other Werewolves out there and do you know them?" he asked. He was asking a lot of other questions that Julian could not pick up. All he was thinking of was how to get Norman out of Blithe Hallow and to resolve the issue that there was that Seth had set his eyes on the boy. He knew that if the Wereset got his hands on Norman it would mean they would lose the advantages that came with the Shadow Men. "Can we meet Nightshade?" Neil repeated his question that forced Julian to look back at the chubby boy.

"Unfortunately, Nightshade is not on Earth at the moment! She's off planet on some mad adventure with the Time Lord known as the Doctor to stop an invasion!" Julian replied. It was times like this that he wished Nightshade of even Edward were still with him, but those two had their own missions that needed to be dealt with before anything else can be done. Nightshade was better with people. She just needed to say the right set of words to get her point across, and Edward. Well Edward was to impatient for dealing with people that he used his strength and zombie like looks to get people to do what had been ordered by him. Julian was not a leader. He was a soldier who took orders not give them out. He did give orders but that was through pranks but for this he could not do it in this case. This time he needed to be firm and take lead of these wannabe heroes who had saved thr town from a soul badly treated.

"I am also here because this town is one of the weirdest towns in America including a town called Gravity Falls. I'm here not only to get you to safety is to find out what causes all this madness and why Blithe Hallow is the heart of supernatural things that keep Hunters away!" Julian explained.

Norman looked at Julian. He didn't know what to say but the ghosts who he had spoken to kept saying that there was something big coming and that he was going to have to safe the day again.

"Well help you investigate the town, Julian! And I don't need to go on some aliens protection programme!" he replied pointing a finger Julian's chest.

Julian nodded his head before turning on his heels and vanishing.

"He's a ghost!" Courtney squeaked before looking at her brother. "Did you know that?" she asked him.

Norman could only shake his head. He had thought that a Werewolf who could control the beast inside was a far fetch, but now there was aliens and gods. What was next?