Evan's POV

I was looking around the best that I could, but I was in danger of blacking out. Then, I recognized my house. "THERE IT IS!" I shouted, making Anubis jump.

"What?!" he griped, sounding kind of whiny. However, he skidded to a stop. I sucked in air greedily, gasping noisily as my lungs finally could move their own air. He seemed to notice, and gave me a look that could be called apologetic.

"Sorry," he said, looking away. "I'm used to speeds like that… I didn't think about how you might not do so well." I glared at the back of his head, covered with his ears. The only reason I hadn't complained was because I COULDN'T- I did mention before that I wasn't able to breathe, right? Then I heard Trigger. He was barking at Anubis! I HAD to calm him down before he got my parents out of the house. If they saw Anubis… I leapt out of his arms as best I could, staggering over to my dog. My legs gave out beneath me, but fortunately, I was right next to Trigger.

"Whoa, hey boy, this guy is ok." I said, trying to calm him down. What else could I say? It wasn't like the werewolf had hurt me, at least on purpose. I decided that I could at least tell Trigger what he understood.

"Yeah, you don't have to yell at me like that." I heard behind me. I was surprised.

Did he just call Trigger's barking and growling… yelling? I turned back, confused. He looked like he was glaring at Trigger, but it didn't seem like he was being mean about it. His tail and ears were all over the place, as if he was… communicating?

I looked back at Trigger, and while he was still growling and barking, he was doing the same thing with his own ears and tail. He WAS communicating! I looked back and forth at the almost silent conversation between them. Finally, I couldn't take it any more.

"WILL SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?" I shouted, then slapped my hand over my mouth. I was really going to get Mom and Dad if I kept doing that! However, it did get them silent. When my parents didn't appear, I wondered again how they never noticed this stuff.

Anubis stared at me, then barked out a laugh. When he did, it was surprisingly smooth, not gravelly, like the rest of his voice. He said, "I guess you wouldn't really understand him, would you?" He was wagging his tail and smiling at me, but unfortunately, it was really toothy. I flinched at the sight of so many sharp fangs.

He seemed to notice that, as he stopped grinning at me. "Geez, first you give me a non-answer, and then you give me a scary look… you said you weren't bad, but that doesn't seem as true as you told me." I spoke, glaring at him. Hey, what can I say? I still didn't trust him that much.

He stared at me for a moment more, then spoke. "Well, how do I explain this…?" he put his hand- paw- whatever to his chin, while looking up at the sky. I followed his gaze, noticing the full moon. I wondered if he was like the werewolves in the books I had read, the ones that changed with the full moon, or if he was different. I realized he was speaking again. Geez, I had been thinking WAY too much tonight! "I can… talk to other canines. It's not quite like talking, but you get my meaning, right?" I nodded slowly, knowing that he had been talking, but not with barks and growls… just with body language. Then I was suddenly curious, wondering something more.

"Um… if you can talk to canines… what was Trigger saying?" I asked tentatively, hoping I wasn't being rude.

He stared at me for a moment, before his tail started wagging again. Thankfully, he didn't smile this time. "He was yelling at me to get off his territory, and he was asking why he smelt two wolves." His tail started windmilling now, and he seemed to be suppressing laughter. "I spend way too much time with my dog, Wolf." Now it was a flat-out belly laugh, and I quickly shushed him.

"Hey, be quiet! I don't want my parents out here!" I hissed, causing him to go silent. I was surprised he had heard me over his own laughter.

"Oh, right... " he said quietly. I was glad for it, but he seemed sad.

"What's wrong?" I asked, standing up. He gave me a strange look, unreadable, but he seemed to be thinking. He turned away from me, falling onto his front paws- hands- whatevers. I realized he had been holding himself in a awkward position for a long time. I was startled as a thought raced through my head- that he was standing for my benefit. I shook the thought from my head as he began to speak.

"My parents- they don't know about me. We're visiting- on vacation. They're here for a convention. The only reason I haven't told them is because I'm afraid that they'd experiment on me, or something. Or else, lock me up, thinking I'm crazy." he whispered.

I gasped, realizing that he still had a life, outside of being a werewolf. I wondered how I couldn't have thought of that before. Then I gasped again as a light flicked on.

"Honey? Is that you? You're late!" my mother called from the porch.

"Evan, is there someone with you? And why was Trigger barking?" Dad called out as well.

I flicked my head towards Anubis. "GO!" I hissed, shooing him away. "They're going to find out otherwise!"

He stared at me for a moment longer, before he turned and ran. I sighed, and smiled at his retreating figure. If he doesn't want his parents to find out, I thought, about to turn back to the house, why should mine?

I was about to head back in when I saw a small slip of paper fluttering around my head. I snatched it up, and looked at it. My eyes widened when I saw what was on it.

It said, looniemoonie136 .

AN: Hi, sorry this is late. ':) I've been busy with holiday stuff. You know, presents, decorations, all that. Anyway, I can't tell if this is a cliffhanger or not. I mean, you don't know what's going to happen, what Evan is going to do with the email, but it also has a sort-of conclusion feeling. /-_-'\ Anyway, til next time, fluidity189.