The next day, Katie woke up, got dressed and left for school. Katie hated most of the subjects in school apart from art since she had a passion for drawing.
Katie walked through the school corridor, most of the students were looking at a printed out photograph. The photo didn't really concern Katie until she took a closer look at it. In the corner of the picture, there was a black shadow with yellow eyes, it was another Wolfblood.
Katie went to her locker and got her history book and the she made her way to the classroom. History was boring and Katie spent most of the lesson doodling in her notebook. The school bell rung and the students packed their books away. Katie walked over to her brother Rhydian.
"Have you seen the picture?" Katie asked.
"Yeah. Maddy's friend Shannon took it this morning." Rhydian said.
"What are we going to do about it? Have you spoken to Maddy?" Katie asked.
"Not yet," Rhydian said as the walked into the art classroom and took their seats. In this class, Katie and Rhydian sat on the same table, which was next to Maddy's table. During the lesson, Maddy came over and stood by their table.
"I know that one of you took Shannon's memory card," Maddy said.
"I wasn't me," Katie said. Rhydian reached into his pocket and gave Maddy the card.
"You can thank me later," Rhydian said.
"You made Shannon look like an idiot," Maddy said.
"Tough," Rhydian answered.
"If you two weren't wolfing out in the woods, then Shannon wouldn't have a picture" Maddy whispered.
"It wasn't us," Katie said.
"Our wolf pack hasn't been seen for over 30 years, then you two show up and Shannon's got a picture," Maddy said.
"Come one. We told you it wasn't us. It could have been your parents" Rhydian said.
"They don't wolf out in public. You took that memory card to protect yourself" Maddy said.
"I took it to protect all of us," Rhydian said. "But if you want to make your friend happy then go ahead."
"Shan's not an idiot," Maddy said and she walked back to her table.
Katie walked into the canteen. After she got her food, Katie found a table in the corner and sat down. A few minutes later a boy came over.
"Hi, are you Katie Morris," the boy asked.
"Yeah. That's me" Katie said.
"I'm Robbie. I was the one who left the note in your locker. Do you mind if I sit down?" Robbie asked Robbie was very handsome, he was shorter than Rhydian and he had brown hair.
"No, I don't mind. So what did you want to talk about?" Katie asked.
"I was wondering if you wanted to hang out. You seem like a nice girl and I would like to know more about you." Robbie said.
"It really nice of you but I have to find my brother. Maybe we can hang out another time" Katie said.
"Sure. Just text me" Robbie said. Katie left the table and went to find Rhydian.
Katie found Rhydian by the lockers.
"Hi," Katie said.
"Hey, Katie. Who was that boy?" Rhydian asked.
"Oh. He's name is Robbie. He asked me if I wanted to hang out" Katie said.
"What did you say?" Rhydian asked.
"Nothing. I said that I would call him and we could arrange a date to hang out" Katie said.
"Ok. By the way, the Smiths have invited us round for dinner tomorrow" Rhydian said.
"Really. Why?" Katie asked.
"They want to talk to us about wolfing out safely," Rhydian said.
"But I have to finish my art project," Katie said.
"Can't you do that another night, bedside Maddy said that it's hog roast night," Rhydian said.
Katie smiled. "Ok, I will go"
The next day after school, Katie and Rhydian were standing outside the Smiths house. The door opened.
"Hello, you must be Katie and Rhydian. I'm Daniel" Daniel invited them in. When Katie and Rhydian walked in, Maddy smiled at them and so did Maddy's mum.
They all sat down and started to eat. It was silent for the first couple of minutes until Rhydian started to ask questions.
"On a full moon, do you change in the house?" Rhydian asked.
"What in here? No, we have a safe room in the cellar" Daniel said. Katie and Rhydian looked at Maddy's parents with confusion.
"Come and we will show you," Emma said.
The soon found themselves in an average sized room. It didn't look like somewhere Katie would want to spend the full moon.
"We call it the den. It has everything a wolf desires" Emma said.
"Apart from freedom. I can't imagine what it is like being locked away every full moon." Katie said.
"Yeah, don't you ever just want to run free" Rhydian added.
"Well being a Wolfblood is not always about given in to our instincts. It's about being responsible. Most of us agree that it's better to tame our instincts. We are not forcing you to spend the full moon with us" Daniel said.
"What do you mean by most of us?" Katie asked.
"I meant... that..." Daniel started to say but Emma gave him a look.
"You should most us" Maddy added.
"There are some Wolfblood's that don't lock themselves way. They call themselves Wild Wolfblood's and they are dangerous" Daniel explained.
Katie remembered the picture from this morning. If that was a Wild Wolfblood then Maddy's friends were in danger.
"Do you remember that picture from this morning?" Katie asked.
"Yeah," Rhydian said. Maddy looked worried.
"Are you sure that wasn't one of you in that picture?" Maddy asked.
"We told you it wasn't us," Katie said.
"Then Shannon and Tom are out there in danger. We have to help them" Maddy said.
"What photo are you talking about," Emma asked.
"This one. I thought it was either Katie or Rhydian, but I didn't know about Wild Wolfblood then" Maddy said.
"Were did they go?"
"To the woods. I think it was near the moors" Maddy said.
"Ok, you three stay here," Emma told them.
"Were coming with you?" Maddy said.
"No, you are staying here, if there is a Wild Wolfblood out there then we will find it," Emma said and the two adult Wolfblood's left the house.
The three teenagers stood in silence for a minute.
"This is silly. I know where they are." Rhydian said.
"Come on then. If the Wolfblood is out there then it's using its senses and it could hurt Tom and Shannon" Maddy said.
They went into the woods and used their senses to track Tom and Shannon. We found Tom and Shannon with most of the form group.
"What are you guys doing here?" Shannon asked. "I thought you had dinner with your parents?"
"We did," Maddy said.
Katie could hear the sound of leaves rustling on the ground, the others heard it two and ran off, leaving only Shannon and Tom.
"It's the monster," Shannon said.
"No, that's the monster. It's behind us." Maddy said. The wolf growled
"RUN"Maddy shouted. They all started to run but Tom hurt his ankle.
"Tom," Maddy said.
Katie and Rhydian changed into their wolf form and tried to get the 'monster' to back away from them. Maddy then flashed Shannon's camera at the wolf and it disappeared. Rhydian and Katie changed back. Rhydian had a cut on his head.
"Rhydian. Your head" Katie said.
"I will be ok," Rhydian said as he hugged his sister.
"How's Tom?" Katie asked.
"He's sprained his ankle," Maddy said.
The group started to walk back to Maddy's house when her parent's car pulled up.
"Is everyone alright?" Emma asked.
"Tom hurt his ankle," Maddy said.
"Ok, let's take him back to our house," Emma said.
"What were you doing out here anyway?" Shannon asked.
"Oh. Emma likes watching the stars" Daniel said.
Katie helped Tom get in the car and then they went back to Maddy's house.
Emma cleaned Rhydian's cut and the two siblings went home.
Next time
Rhydian gets in trouble and it's up to Katie to prove that he is innocent.