Episode 4,5,6 and 7 of series one are my favourite so...

Chapter 4 - Cry Wolf

"You know the bests way to his rid of pre-transformation blues? Move!" I turned and ran off, hoping that Maddy would follow me. I sprinted across the field, looking behind me to check that she was actually following. When I looked at her she was grinning and her hair was flying around her face. She looked beautiful but I wasn't going to say anything. I just put my head down and ran through the gap in the fence and on into the woods. I ran until Maddy called out to me, "Hey, Rhydian, if we run any further we won't make it back in time!"

I stopped suddenly and Maddy ran into me. She was going so fast that she knocked me over and we both fell to the ground. Laughing, I lay back with my head against a tree, looking at the sky and she mimicked me. We were both panting and I could hear her heart beating and could tell that she was much happier now.

"Better?" I asked

"Better" she continued, " I know I've got a Mam and Dad and stuff, which is more than what you've got, but..." I looked at her with incredulity, had she just said that? People don't usually say things like that around foster kids in case it upsets them.

"Sorry," she backtracked.

"It's fine."

"What I meant was, it's just really good having someone my age to share this stuff with."

"Yeah. That goes for me as well."

"Because I've always hated it, keeping it a secret from my friends."

"Everyone has secrets. I bet Tom and Shannon don't share everything with you."

"But they won't have secrets like mine," Maddy looked up at me," sometimes I wonder, is it possible to stay friends with them? I mean, how well do they really know us?"

We lay there for a few more minutes, each of us just contemplating what Maddy had just said. After a while I looked at her and smiled, she turned her head to look at me and when she saw I was watching her, she blushed, that made me grin and she bit her lip in embarrassment.

"What's the time?" She asked desperate to steer the conversation away.

"1:45," I answered, looking at my watch. She sat up.

"Oh, no... Tom!"

"What? No, you're supposed to calm down."

"No, I was supposed to revise with him! We've got a maths exam in ten minutes!"

She stood and started running whilst I just lay back down again.

"Oh, yeah... I'll catch you up."

I ran off shaking my head at Rhydian. We had run so far that it would take at least ten minutes to run back. What was expecting to do, Jeffries would kill him if he was late for the exam. I just put my head down and focused on running until I got to school.

When I got there I jumped through the broken fence and saw Tom immediately.

"Tom!" I shouted. He just shook his head and looked away.

"I'm really sorry, Tom, I only just remembered."

"Yeah, it doesn't matter."

"No, it does, it does. I'll come round your's tonight..."

"No, I don't want your help! It's fine, yeah?"

"Tom," I shouted at his retreating back. How dare he! I had offered to help him and he walked off! "Well fine!" If he didn't want my help, he certainly wasn't getting it, whether he needed it or not. I kicked to ground in frustration, my heart beat back up again. And where was Rhydian? That annoying little so and so was still out in the woods. What would he do? Delay our entire maths exam?

"Maddy, I do believe you have a maths exam." I heard a sarcastic voice from behind me. I turned and did what Mr Jeffries wanted.

When I arrived back at school Mr Jeffries just glared at me. I walked into the hall and spotted Maddy in the middle. She didn't look good. She was rocking backwards and forwards and fiddling with her pen. She looked towards me and I offered her a smile. She just glared at me. I sat down and looked at the paper. This was going to go miserably. When we could start I opened it and looked down but listened for what Maddy was doing. She was still tapping her pen. She was so distracted that she hadn't even realised that the exam had started yet. I could hear her deep breathing and her heartbeat - it was easily the fastest in the room. And it was increasing. I looked over just as she dropped her pen in shock and stared worriedly at the back of her hands. She ducked beneath the desk on her hands and knees and looked up at me with a scared, pleading expression of pain on her face. That was it. I had to do something. She was going the change. I looked around for inspiration and spotted the fire alarm on the ceiling. Then I jumped up and ran to the wall, smashing the alarm which the heel of my hand when I got there. When the alarm went off, there was screaming and shouting and everybody stood up and left as quickly as they could. I went over to Maddy and spoke to her,

"Maddy, it's over. Ok?" She nodded painfully and and the look she gave me made me feel as though I was falling apart, "keep calm. Deep breaths, yeah?" She panted and put her chin on her chest. I stood up as the teacher walked over to us.

"Rhydian Morris, you are in big trouble young man," she was right but the consequences if I hadn't done it were massive. I looked down and saw Maddy examining her hands and wrists for any trace of the black veins but thankfully there was none. As I walked out of the room with the teacher I heard Maddy talking to me quietly.

"Thank you, Rhydian,"

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