Katie was sitting in the school playground, waiting for Rhydian to finish detention. It was the day before the dark moon and Katie was not looking forward to it. She would lose her Wolfblood powers and become completely human for the day.
Once Rhydian finished his detention, the siblings went home. Rhydian told Katie about what he did in detention with Maddy and Katie thought it was quite funny.
The next morning Katie woke up and she felt terrible. Katie lay on her bed for 15 minutes, she then heard Mrs. Vaughn moaning.
"Katie, Rhydian come on, you're going to be late for school" Mrs. Vaughn called.
Katie sighed and got up, she got dressed and made her way downstairs. Rhydian was waiting for her and the two of them made their way to the bus stop.
When they got to school Katie and Rhydian sat on the wall, waiting for Maddy to arrive. Katie couldn't keep her eyes open. Maddy came over to the siblings.
"I didn't think that you two would come in," Maddy said.
"We tried to get out of it, but the Vaughn's wouldn't let us," Rhydian said.
"Now I know why my parents hate non-moon days so much" Maddy complained
"I feel like death," Katie said.
"I know what you mean," Maddy said.
"Being human sucks" Rhydian agreed.
A crowd was gathering around the school sports hall where a crane was removing something from the roof. Katie looked up and saw that it was the same cup Rhydian and Maddy put there yesterday.
"How did that get up there?" Tom asked.
"Wolfblood's one, humans zero" Rhydian said. Katie and Maddy laughed.
In the form room, Kate sat down and put her head on the desk. She was half asleep until Mr. Jeffries started talking.
"Reckless! Stupid! One slip and the person who did this could have been killed. I'm probably wasting my breath here, but if anyone knows anything then now wold be a good time to speak up" Mr. Jeffries looked around the classroom as he said this.
"Sir," James said.
"Yes James" Mr. Jeffries answered James.
"Sir, I'm not a snitch or anything but didn't Rhydian have detention last night," James said. Most of the class turned around and looked over at Rhydian.
"Yes, I know. I took it and then we left a the same time. So I know that Rhydian didn't do it" Mr. Jeffries said.
The bell rang and Mr. Jeffries dismissed the class.
In the Science classroom, Katie was listening to the teacher talking about DNA. They were put into groups and Katie is working with Kay, Kara, and Katerina.
"In your groups, I would like you to list everything that we have in common with chimpanzees in one column, and our differences in the other" Mrs. Parrish said. Katie turned around and started to talk to her group, complete ignoring what was going on in Maddy and Rhydian's group.
It was Lunch time and Katie was trying to keep herself awake by drinking some Fizzy cherry pop. She still had another 2 lessons before the end of the day.
In Drama, the class was taking part in a mirror exercise. They had to copy what their partner was doing. Katie went with a girl called Amy.
"Do you have a dark side Rhydian? A side that no one sees? What about you Katerina"
"Like when you wear fake tan," Katerina said. Most of the class found this funny.
"Ok. One of you will be playing Jekyll and the other will be Hyde" The drama teacher finished talking.
Everybody was taking part in the task. Katie tried her best but stopped half way through.
"Are you ok?" Amy asked.
"Yeah. I just feel dizzy" Katie said.
"Do you want me to get the teacher?" Amy asked.
"No. It's fine" Katie said.
"Rhydian," Tom said. Katie looked around, completely forgetting her dizziness and saw her brother on the floor.
"What happened?" Katie asked.
"He fainted," Tom said. "The school have called an ambulance. I think they are going to take him to the hospital"
At the hospital Katie was standing with Maddy, waiting for Rhydian to wake up. Tom and Shannon are standing on the opposite side of the room. When Rhydian started to wake up the nurse came in.
"Rhydian. I've just finished talking the school secretary and they can't get hold of your foster parents" the nurse said.
"Well, I'm not going to be here very long am I?" Rhydian asked.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that," Tom said as he picked up the clipboard with Rhydian's details on it.
"What does it say?" Rhydian asked Tom. Before Tom could answer the door opened again and a doctor walked in.
"You shouldn't be looking at that," the doctor said as she took the clipboard and looked at it.
"Rhydian this is..." Tom started to say.
"Dr. Okanawe" the doctor introduced herself.
"Tom called me. He said that you fainted" Dr. Okanawe said.
"That's what the people in the ambulance told me," Rhydian said.
"You do look pale and your pulse is weak," Dr. Okanawe said before turning to the nurse.
"Whats happening. Is my brother going to be ok?" Katie asked.
"Your Rhydian's sister?" Dr. Okanawe asked.
"Yes," I answered.
"We are just going to run some tests on Rhydian's blood, but he will be ok," Dr. Okanawe said. "What were you doing when this happened?
"Drama," Katie said.
"Improv" Tom added.
"Rhydian got carried away. Is the blood test really necessary?" Maddy asked.
"Probably not, but we ought to make sure," Dr. Okanawe said.
Maddy fainted as well, so Katie was sitting in the hospital canteen with Tom and Shannon.
Shannon was obsessed with Maddy getting a blood test for some reason. Katie was a little bit worried they would find out about the Wolfblood secret. She wasn't sure about what the tests would reveal since it was a dark moon.
"Katie. Are you still with us?" Tom asked. Katie must of started day dreaming.
"Yeah... Sorry, I'm really tired today" Katie said.
"This is going to rock the world, Tom," Shannon said. Katie looked up from the table, interested in what Shannon was talking about.
"Who cares! Our best friend and Katie's brother are ill and it might be something serious" Tom said.
"Yeah, like the fact she's a werewolf. The test results will prove it" Shannon said.
"Why would you think that Maddy's a werewolf?" Katie asked. Shannon didn't answer.
"Shannon thinks that she saw Maddy turn in the science lab fire and now it's her new obsession" Tom answered.
"Oh. It's probably just her imagination" Katie said.
"See, Shannon. Even Katie agrees with me" Tom said. "If the blood test shows that Maddy is a werewolf, do you know what they will do to her? Maddy's supposed to be our best friend."
"I don't know" Shannon answered.
"I do. They will lock her up, run tests and we will never see her again. Is that what you want?" Tom said.
"Of course not," Shannon said.
"Exactly. So you better pray that you're wrong and stop acting like a kid on Christmas day" Tom said.
"I'm not the one hiding secrets from my friends," Shannon said.
"I bet you have secrets that you don't tell Maddy," Katie said.
"I know what I saw Katie. Maddy is hiding something from me" Shannon said.
"Can't you make up with Maddy?" Tom asked. Shannon sighed.
"I will try," Shannon said.
Dr. Okanawe came and sat down next to Tom. Tom was reading an extract from Jekyll and Hyde. When he is finished reading, Tom looks up from the book.
"Your reading is getting better Tom" Dr. Okanawe commented.
"It's a stupid story," Tom said.
"Tell me about it," Katie said.
"How can someone physically change and then change back.?" Tom wondered.
"Look moths and butterflies. The both start out as caterpillars but they end up as something completely different. If we didn't know they were the same, then we'd never tell" Shannon said.
"Isn't this story more about the character than the science?" Dr. Okanawe wondered as she flicked through some of the pages in the book.
"Yeah" Tom agreed
"Dr. Jekyll is terrified of the truth coming out and he will do anything to conceal the secret," Dr. Okanawe said.
"Anything? Anything" Shannon wondered. Before we knew it Shannon was on her feet and running out of the canteen. Dr. Okanawe looked at Katie and Tom for an explanation.
"Did I say something?" Dr. Okanawe asked.
"Don't worry, she's mad?" Tom said.
"I bet she's gone to look for Rhydian and Maddy," I said.
We arrived at Rhydian and Maddy's hospital room. They were nowhere to be found.
"I knew it," Shannon said. "They've gone"
"Who?" Dr. Okanawe asked.
"Rhydian and Maddy" Shannon answered.
"Gone where?" Dr. Okanawe asked.
"They've gone to get their blood tests back," Shannon said.
"What? Why?" Dr. Okanawe asked.
"You'll see when you get the results," Shannon said. "That's where they will be"
"What is going on with the five of you.?" Dr. Okanawe asked.
"Look. I will explain later" Tom said.
Katie, Tom, and Shannon followed Dr. Okanawe to the room were the carried out blood test results, they found Maddy and Rhydian talking to one of the men doing the blood testing.
"Told you," Shannon said.
"What are you two doing in here?" Dr. Okanawe asked.
"They said you gave them permission," the man said.
"I did no such thing," Dr. Okanawe said.
"Have their results come through yet?" Dr. Okanawe asked.
"Yes. Here they are" the man said as he gave Dr. Okanawe two sheets of paper. She looked at them and then turned back to us.
"This is most unusual," Dr. Okanawe said.
"Are you two related. I know that you have a sister but is there any other family connections" Dr. Okanawe asked.
"There cousins," Shannon said.
"Distant" Maddy added.
"Well, that explains the coincidence. Your both AB negative. It's extremely rare" Dr. Okanawe explained.
"Apart from the everything is normal. No virus or infection" Dr. Okanawe added.
"What do you mean by normal?" Shannon asked.
"There is nothing wrong with you friends" Dr. Okanawe answered.
"Are they real blood tests? Can you tell if they are human?" Shannon asked. Katie and Tom sighed.
"Of course, its human" Dr. Okanawe said as she walked to the door of the lab. The others followed.
"I think Dr. Jekyll's has gone to your head Shannon," Tom said.
Katie was glad the Maddy and Shannon had made up. Katie, Rhydian, and Maddy walked out of the hospital together. Maddy had called her parents to tell them what happened.
"Did you tell her they were wrong about our blood?" Rhydian asked.
"They weren't wrong. When there is no moon ,all traces of wolf disappear from our blood" Maddy said.
"So we did all that for no reason," Rhydian said.
"Yep," Maddy said.
"I think we were lucky," Rhydian said.
"And Shannon got unlucky. I feel bad for her" Maddy said.
"Why?" Katie asked. "Shannon will move on."
"I'm glad that I have my friends back now and I want it to stay that way," Maddy said.
"Meaning?" Rhydian asked, sounding confused.
"Meaning. I'm going to keep my wolf self-locked away for a while, and I would like it if you two could do the same" Maddy said.
"Sure," Katie said.
"Thank you, Katie," Maddy said.
After some talking, Rhydian agreed as well. Maddy and Rhydian shared a kiss. Katie watched as Maddy went to join her friends, leaving the two siblings alone.
"This has been a crazy day," Katie said. Rhydian laughed in agreement.
Next time: Shannon hosts a movie night for the group but after seeing notices for recent animal disappearances, she has other plans.