With everything that was going on, the remaining six friends found it difficult to concentrate on school work. It was hard to act like everything was normal when Herry was slowly becoming more animal than human. The only good sign was that Herry had not lost his super human strength. Chiron said as long as he had his strength there was still hope of saving him.

Everyday after school, Jay, Archie, Atlanta, Theresa, Neil, Odie and Selene would meet up at the janitor's closet and head for the Secret Wing. There was a debate between Hephaestus and Hera about giving Selene her own pendant. However, Selene always turned down the offer. She said she had no part in the Oracle's prophecy and therefore shouldn't even have any knowledge of the gods existence at Olympus High.

Odie spent most of his time with Dionysus in his lab. He assured the team that they were extremely close to finding a cure. Meanwhile, it was apparent that Herry was struggling to keep his new animal instincts at bay. Odie had stopped feeding him completely due to the simple fact that he almost had his head taken off by a savage Herry during lunch time feeding.

Now, at the end of another school day, Archie and Atlanta were taking their turn at watching their wolf friend while trying to get through the pile of homework that had been neglected over the past week.

Archie looked up when he heard a pitiful whine. Herry was looking at him with big, innocent brown eyes.

"Don't look at me like that, Herry. It's your own fault we're not allowed to feed you," the Warrior explained.

Herry whined again.

Atlanta looked like she was about to snap. Everyone knew she was an environmentalist. And seeing a helpless animal (even if that animal was her best friend) suffer was taking its toll.

The pencil was pressed so hard into the paper that the page was beginning to tear.

"Atlanta?" Archie asked.

"This isn't fair!" Atlanta yelled.

Archie fell back and Herry's ears perked up.

"Odie has no right to refuse Herry a meal. Okay, sure, Herry attacked him, but he can't help it. I can't believe Chiron isn't doing anything about it," Atlanta snapped.

"Odie's shaken. He doesn't want to go anywhere near Herry right now. And, he won't let any of us open the cage," Archie explained.

"What about Selene? Herry won't attack her," Atlanta pointed out.

"Werewolf," was all Archie said. He went back to his homework.

Atlanta growled and went back to her own. Every now and then Archie could hear her mutter something about Odie being a jerk and things being unfair. He could only sigh and shake his head. There was nothing anyone could do to change Odie's mind. The Brain would always say he would feed Herry when the cure was ready. Problem was: no one (including Odie and Dionysus) knew when and if the cure would be ready in time to save Herry. His strength was fading, and he wasn't as muscular as he was when he first transformed. It was only a matter of time before Cronus found out that the prophecy was broken, if he hadn't done so already.

Jay walked into Dionysus' lab.

"Please tell me you have good news," he pleaded.

"Well, we've found a cure," Odie answered.

"But?" Jay asked.

"We're not sure if it'll work," Dionysus replied. "We may be too late."

"Spray him and found out," Jay said.

"The cure doesn't get sprayed, Jay. Herry has to ingest it," Odie explained.

"Even better," Jay commented. "We won't know what'll happen unless we give it a try."

"Okay. But, I'm not going anywhere near that cage," Odie said.

"No problem. We'll ask Selene to do it," Dionysus put in.

"Selene went out a few hours ago," Jay informed. "She said she wasn't feeling well and left. Neil went to see if she was okay. None of them have come back yet."

"We'll give Herry the cure then we'll go look for Neil and Selene," Odie suggested. "Hopefully we can help all three of them before something goes horribly wrong."

The woods had never seemed so menacing before. Neil crept along the trail. What game was Selene playing? She said she didn't feel well and took off. Only she had vanished into the woods.

"Selene has been acting funny lately," Neil thought. "Chiron said people who were werewolves would act strange before a full moon. But, last week was the full moon."

Neil stopped walking.

"What if Jay and the guys were right? What if I've been dating a werewolf all along? If that's true, Selene is the kindest werewolf I've met. And who says werewolves are savage? Okay, Lykon was savage, but he was something of a cannibal, wasn't he?"

Neil was so deep in thought that he didn't realize he had started walking again. He heard someone crying and ran to see who it was. He came to a clearing and stopped running.

"Selene?"

From where he stood, Neil could see a few changes had taken place. Selene's hair was matted and untidy. It also looked like she was growing fur.

Selene looked up. Her silver eyes shone with the light of the full moon in her eyes.

"Neil? What are you doing here?"

"I was looking for you."

"You shouldn't have."

Neil stepped further into the clearing. Selene's body shook violently. So, this was what it was like watching someone turn into a wolf.

Selene was now half-human half-wolf. She still had her human body, but she now had a tail and wolf ears.

"Selene, what's going on?" Neil asked desperately.

"You mean, she hasn't told you?"

Cronus walked out of the trees. Neil noticed that the immortal held a book similar to the silver journal.

"I told you to watch your girlfriend, Neil," Cronus said.

"What do you want, Cronus? Haven't you cause me enough grief already?" Selene asked, a growl escaping her throat.

"My dear, the only one giving you grief is you," Cronus answered.

"What is going on?" Neil demanded.

"Unlike traditional werewolves, Selene transforms when her eyes resemble a full moon. And that will continue to happen until she has completed her purpose," Cronus explained.

"And, that is?" Neil asked.

"You will soon see."

Selene transformed completely. Neil began to slowly back away. He now understood why Herry acted like a puppy when he saw Selene's silver charm. It was pure silver modified to control wild wolves. But, Selene didn't have her charm, Odie did.

The silver wolf growled and charged. Neil ran for his life.

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