School Life For A Teenage Werewolf

Chapter 2

A School With A Very Very Long Name

Our school is located on the Bodmin Moor outside of a town called Upton Wood. The villagers are more than happy to have a school here as our headteacher encourages us to be polite on our daily runs especially dog walkers (as in the past I have heard students bark at the dogs but I think its just a rumour) but all the villagers seem nice enough I suppose. The house is grey and sinister and looms over even the tallest of people, when I was younger I used to be terrified of it and would never go near it.

I get out of the car , followed by my sister and my father. There are people walking by us some young some old. My dad gets out our stuff from the boot and hands me my suitcase.

"Are you going to give your Alpha a kiss little cub?" jokingly my Dad says.

"I'm not your little cub anymore Father" I reply but I reluctanly kiss him anyway , as I do I am greeted by his usual spearmint smell.

"Right sweetheart I'm going to take your little sister over to the primary school section but you have fun and I hope you have fun" my Dad shouts as the sound of noisy kids drowns him out. He waves then drags my sister over to find the primary school section. I walk over and spot out of the crowd of heads, my primary school friend Alexis.

"Alexis!" I scream as I run over to her nearly tripping over on the gravel driveway.

"Ruby!" She turns around and I see her for the first time since the end of the summer term, her dark chocolate like skin and hair to match and her uniform already covered in mud probably from playing with her three younger brothers.

We both howl like wolves like we used to do in Primary as a sort of greeting and we can't help but giggle.

"How are you then, been a long time?" she asks.

"I'm good things have been quite different since my first transformation" I reply.

"Don't you know it!" she shouts " My parents now told me because I am a fully grown wolf that I have to do my bit around the house and that isn't fun"

The school bell interrupts our chatter and we all follow the green blazers into a line the red blazers of the vampires on the other side we don't dare to look at them. We look for the first years and join in their line , standing like soldiers as we were trained to in Primary are then marched into the assembly were the head Miss Crawford stands silently over us , she is an old lady with more wrinkles than I could count but she has the eyes of a hawk.

"Alexia Rufus, why are your clothes so muddy your a werewolf not a pig!" she bellows.

"Sorry Miss my brothers pushed me in a muddy puddle" she replies meekly (Alexis is quite a fiesty but even she is scared of Miss Crawford)

"Well see to it that you get cleaned up after the assembly and take some advice from your lovely friend next to you" she cries.

"Yes Miss" .

Alexis moves swiftly into her seat next to me and we wait for Miss Crawford to begin her welcoming speech. The band start playing a piece of Mozart and then at the end Miss Crawford stands up from her seat , thanks the band and begins:

"Hello Year 7 and welcome to Silver Nightshade Grammar School For Werewolves and Vampires, I welcome back to those who attended Primary Education and welcome to those who have just started. We will first like to go over dormitories, then we will go on to rules and then tutors." She picks up a big parchment of paper and unravels it and begins " Ladies First, Room 57 Lucy Granger and Amy Rose , Room 58 ... ... ... ... ... ... Room 67 Ruby Rawson and Alexis Rufus"

We smile at each other in glee that we will be in the same room together.

After she read out all the names for boys and girls and vampires and werewolves she places it down on a white marble table , and picks up another obviously the rules and unravels " Here are the rules , failure to comply by them could result in your permenant expulsion from the establishment.

1. Everyone gets along , so no attacks on different races

2. No Foul Language , no swearing and no words like mutt , mongrel etc.

3. Vampires will not be allowed outside on full moons.

4. Werewolves will perform a 5km run around the grounds and due to the vampires vulnerablilty to sunlight , vampires will run it at 10 pm.

5. Vampires are banned from drinking off humans.

6. Werewolves on the 5km run may encounter humans and must be polite with them and their animals.

7. Be well mannered to all teachers at all times.

8. No transforming into bats or wolves at any time.

9. No Technology is permitted anywhere and if could it will be smashed.

I hope all of you abide by these rules and that you respect them at all times. Now onto tutors , Werewolves you will have Mrs Lancy as your tutor and vampires..." Everyone looks over at the vampires and they look back at us with this cold harsh stare. "Also remember your house names and mottos , werewolves yours is Howling Wolf with the motto luncti inde lunam which means, United by the moon and the Vampire's house Blood Fang with the motto Et per eam in sanguine iunctu which means, United with blood and by it." Miss Crawford exclaims.

"Well everyone if you would like to make your way to your dormitories ... Single File..." Miss Crawford exclaims as we all rush out , vampires pushing werewolves and werewolves pushing vampires. Me and Alexia walk through what seems to be an endless maze of rooms until we find ours. The door is oak wood , I grab the doorknob and open it to find two beds, a telephone and a bathroom. The covers of our duvets are green and grey like our houses' coat of arms and it smells like lavender. The whole room smells like polish as I use my werewolf skill of smell. I look out the window and notice the light fading from the sky so me and Alexia take off our clothes, put on our green and grey night gowns , brush our teeth and jump into our beds. I let myself be taken into the Land of Dreams