By next morning, Maddy had thought her plan over well. OK -extremely well. Jana had nearly healed -a few crushed ribs here and there, but nothing too bad. They were all going to school -including Maddy. It was going to arouse suspicion, it was going to be like strangling a fish in the fish tank. Bacon sizzled in the pan and the aroma of bacon made the wolfbloods taste buds tingle. No one had a god nights sleep -after everything that had just happened, it was impossible. Now they were all by Shannon's table, as the parents and rest of the kids are on a camping trip -an extra week for the little children leaving Bradlington High still open. Brilliant.
"Are you sure you want to go to school Maddy?" Emma questioned.
"Yeah, I need to do this." Maddy said, nodding her obstinate head. "Anyway who's going to look after Jana?"
"I'm fine Maddy, I can look after myself." Jana whined, making everyone smirk.
"Alright but I know what I'm doing -promise me you won't try to stop us." Maddy commanded to her pacl -except Rhydian who wasn't here. Everyone ayed in agreement and Maddy smiled. A knock on the door diverted Maddy's attention and she marched up to it and flung the rustic door open. Revealing Rhydian, ho was grinning manically, and clutching a bad of clothes.
"Alright Mads, I got your uniform." Rhydian said, as he walked in, Maddy pecked Rhydian on the lips and took the bag off of him.
"Thanks Rhydian, bacon's going to be ready soon." Maddy murmured, and Rhydian laughed as they walked into the kitchen where the bacon was being served.
"Maddy - are you ready to go into school?" Rhydian said,frankly, Maddy's head shot up and frowned.
"Yes! Why does everyone keep on saying that, the sooner I go to school the better, so all of you just. Back off." Maddy said, her tone slightly louder than usual. Maddy marched out, going up the steps to have a shower. The rest of the packed sighed, none was going to change a stubborn wolfbloods mind.
"That's what happens if you haven't been the leader for so long. You think you have the power when you are the leader again, but you never know how much power and leadership you actually have before it's too late." Emma evaluated heaving as the atmosphere went sombre.
Twenty minuets later, the stonybridge clan left Shannon's home, talking about anything normal and satisfying to their standards of talk. Rhydian explained to Maddy about Liams friendship with Jimi had gone completely, and now he hangs around with them. In a few minuets time they approached Bradlington high, it's dented cracks and decrepit features creeping out Maddy's derelict mind.
"Well Maddy, form tutor now." Rhydian whispered, and they strode in ,one by one into the history class, Maddy last.
As she ambled in the class fell silent. Mouths hung wide open, as Maddy just stood there, frozen to the core. Rhydian stood next to Maddy, anxious by his Alphas reaction. But what can you expect? No one can just adapt to a new house without unpacking the beds and items for it. Now one can come back to the tamed society when there are humans, when they have been living with wolfbloods -with wolfblood rules in a cave full of wolfbloods.
"Maddy Smith, your back!" Mr Jeffries exclaimed, dazed by the news. Maddy smiled weakly- just morose and taciturn for the moment.
"Yes Sir, she has had a busy night after well she was looking after her cousin in Leeds." Rhydian lied, gritting his teeth as he beamed, clenching Maddy's shoulders.
"Oh right, well the authorities haven't gone and taken you away just yet!" Mr Jeffries joked, Maddy and Rhydian feigned a laugh, if not; they would have cried.
"Well good to have you back, Maddy, Rhydian sit down." Mr Jeffries order and hastily they sat down at the front, Maddy looked behind her chair to glare at Liam, his face broken with shame and dubious . Liam smiled slightly at Maddy and looked away.
The bell jingled seconds later and they headed off to class, Liam chased after Maddy and Rhydian, anger flared in his empty stomach. The wolfblood spun around, bewildered to why Liam wants them -they are missing P.E -Liams favourite sport.
"Maddy, why have come back!" Liam yelled, the Ks walked past and laughed sneering at the human boy.
"I don't know, me cousin is fine so we had to come back."Maddy examined, acting all innocent.
"I'm not stupid, everyone else may be but you -you left just after Whitewood got the results. I was curious and hurt so I found her. I know, I know everything -she told me. You may have thrown the tablet away, but she had already printed the results off. All her colleagues know about you -your'e a monster in everyone's eyes." Liam hissed, Maddy stumble back and hit the dark room door in dismay. Giving Rhydian an idea.
"Mads, why don't you find Shannon and Tom -and we all go and find her -she thinks that I am human so that's good, then she will test Shannon -and she will be human, and then Tom -meaning that you and your family are the only species, already you will have protected the wolfblood secret." Rhydian whispered, only audible for a wolfblood to hear.
"Yeah, your'e right." Maddy concurred.
"OK Mads, and um I think they went in the darkroom."
"OK thanks Rhydian." Maddy replied positively, Rhydian squeezed Maddy's hand as she walked in. Rapidly he fished out the darkroom keys that he sorely kept for Maddys return and locked the door. Rhydian never gave Maddy back her key.
"I'm sorry Mads." Rhydian whispered, as the thumping grew louder.
"Rhydian OPEN THE DOOR."
"I'm so sorry, but I can't let you."
"Rhydian, did you just?" Liam stuttered, and the wolfblood nodded his head, marching off, Liam had to side step to catch up with him.
"Liam you are coming with me, I can't trust you anymore, we need to find Shan and Tom then Dr Whitewood." Rhydian planned.
"Well Shan and Tom will be wherever everyone else is and Whitewood will be in her labs- or at a meeting, teaching her students about the DNA struct ire of a werewolf." Liam spat, Rhydian growled and shoved the human into a wall just outside the school, black veins crawling up and down his body.
"Look here Liam. Maddy is not a werewolf, there are no such things, just wolfbloods -it's genetics, your'e born not bitten."
"Look here Rhydian. In werewolf folklore, you don't have to get bitten, by the age of 16 you can transform if the have parents who are werewolves, that's genetics too." Liam yelled, pushing Rhydian away.
"But you have to be 14 to change."
"Well you never know 'wolfbloods' may of changed the folklore or whatever -I don't know!"
Rhydian remained quiet, panting hard -they were changing the topic fast.
"Just come on -lets go."