Wake Up Howl

Crack* A blinding white light tore through the dark and gloomy sky outside my window, it was the biggest lightening storm i had ever seen. I had
just moved to San Francisco from Los Angelos a month ago and had made a few friends, my best friend being Ashton Grey. She was a year older than
me, smart, beautiful and talented. But me, i'm just a regular girl or at least i used to be... My name is Lissi McBrian and this is how my life turned
upside down.
I was texting Ashton about our English homework, my ginger hair falling infront of my eyes as i tried to type. My phone began ringing but
it was a random numberkon the screen, i picked up anyway and had pull the phone away from my ear as the person on the other end of the line
screamed "HELP ME HELP ME ITS GOING TO KILL ME! ARGENSAL DRIVE!" There was a deep frowl and a high pitched squeal. Call ended.
I began to worry about what might be wrong and recognised the voice, Cynthia. I called Ashton and told her to meet me there as soon as
possible. I ran to the street and saw a trail of blood into a circle of bushes, i followed the noise of faint whimpers and strangled breaths to find...
Cynthia lying on the grass covered in blood. I tried to slow my breathing before i had a panic attack and ripped off a bit of my sleeve and tied the
purple peice of fabric around what looked like a claw mark on her side. I began to lifet her to get help but immediatly stopped when...
Another white light revealed a pair of huge grey eyes glaring at me, a giant white wolf pounced at me, i just about dodged it, still upset and
wishing that Ashton was there. I tried to blink back the tears that threatened to pour down my face. The wolf growled showing its daggar-like
teeth. I recognised its eyes but i didnt know where from. It pouced again and bit into my shoulder, i let out a cry as the searing pain split through
my shoulder. The tears finally came rolling down my face and the edges of my vision became blurry. I heard faint shouting and saw lilac flashes,
it was probably just my imagination. I slowly began to relax as the world went black...
"Cynthia, no please" i whispered as i slept through a replay of the horrific scene, i suddenly woke up breathing hard and fast, pani threatening
to take over. I slowly opened my eyes adjusting to the unusually bright light above my head. "Good your awake." Miss Winston said, i covered my ears
to shut out the loud words. I tried to sit up nut stopped at the searing pain cutting through my shoulder. My hand shot straight to the sourceof pain.
I was so confused, What happened? How did i get here? shot into my head. I remembered a wolf and Cynthia "Cynthia" i tried to say but it came out as
more like a squek. At that moment Mr. Anderson and the headmaster walked into the room with a guy from my music class, i only then realised
that there was a blood splattered bandage around my shoulder. "Lissi we need to talk" he said gesturing towards my wound. "This may be hard to
believe but last night youwerent just bit by a wolf, you were bit by a werewolf..." I relaxed and began to congradulate him on the joke but he cut in
and said "All of the horrors that you always thought were jokes for halloween, all of the stories of monsters and demons are all real, for example.."
he sounded serious, he madealot of weird movements with his hands mid-air and a purple ball of light began to form from thin air as he
whispered something in what sounded like Latin. It reminded me of the ball of lilac light from the night before.
I only realised that i could hear everyones heartbeats when i heard my own quicken, i tried to listen for a jump in Mr. Andersons heartbeat to tell
he was lying but it was steady. Is this true? How? replaced my last questions. I understood why the nurse, Mr. Anderson and the headmaster were here
but why was the other boy here? "This is Matthew he is also a werewolf" Mr. Anderson said as if he could read my mind. I relaxed once again knowing
that i wasnt the only one. Was he the one attacked me? but that thought disappeared when i saw his deep blue eyes, almost the opposite as the wolf.
"You need your rest so we will be on our way but if you have any questions feel free to ask Matthew" the headmaster all but whispered. As they left i
lay back but winced as my shoulder was put in a sore position, as the pain subsided i quickly fell asleep.
The next morning i woke up looking over at my shoulder hoping it was a dream, no such luck. It was quite warm and sunny outside and i wanted
to go for a walk, i probably wouldnt be aloud. Miss Winston walkedin with a sympathetic look on her face. "Am i aloud outside today?" i asked " Yes but
dont overdo yourself, you should go down to lunch after i change your bandages."she replied as she walked over to me. I was quite nervous to see the
bite because when i didnt know what it looked like i could pretend it wasnt there but seeing it made it real.
She gently pulled off the bandage, i looked over to find that there was nothing there at all. "Well this is unusaual, it seems to have healed" a
curious yet shocked expression on her pointed face. "Well go down to lunch and i will have to check up on you later." she said still shocked, a wave of
relief washed over me, thank god i didnt have to see the gruesome bite. I walked into the dinner hall only to be stopped by Rose "Whats wrong, lose
your beloved friend?" she asked coldly, i walked by ignoring her completely, i had too much on my mind to deal with her. Wait. Something about her
Blond/White hair and grey eyes reminded me of.. No she couldnt be. I pushed that thought away as i saw Ashton sitting at our normal spot, i began
walking towards her and her twin Jenny but was pulled over to another table by Matthew to sit with him and his friends. I began to get annoyed that i
couldnt sit with my friends but went anyway giving Ashton an apologetic look, i hadnt talked to her since the accidentbut i needed to sort my
thoughts out first.
I sat down to see that Liam had got me food, i sat down, picked up the salt and put it over the juicy steak on my plate, my hunger coming up now
Matthew was talking to one of his friends when it happened. I dropped the salt and began to clear it up but as soon as my hand touched it i felt a
burning spread across the palm of my hand and pulled my hand away, i was confused why it did that and there was a burn mark ehere the salt had
touched. Matthew turned around and took hold of my wrist twisting my hand to get a better look at the burn "I forgot to tell you, you cant touch salt
it burns werewolves" he whispered. He pulled me out of the hall and into the kitchen to rinse my hand under unnessesarily cold water, i shivered as
the ice cold water glided over my skin, he laughed at my reaction. "How long have you been a....." i hesitated afraid to say the word "werewolf?" he
smiled "Iturned when i was 11 on Argensal Drive"he smiled again Argensal Drive thats where i was turned "Thats where i got at-" her cut me off "I know
im sorry about your friend." He wrapped an arm loosly around my shoulder.
Meanwhile Rose went and sat with her friends, those green eyes, she'd seen them somewhere. No it coulnt have been, could it have been Lissi?
Rose attacked somone on the full moon...
'Body found with hideous wounds found on Argensal Drive' was written in bold letters across the front page of Cisco Times, it was Monday
morningand the sun was out. I picked up the newspaper like it was a peice of fragile glass about to shatter if i wasnt careful. I felt a surge of sadness in
my heart but it was replaced with anxiety as i worried about the new development in the situation. Who bit me? I couldnt shake the feeling that it was
Rose. Who had turned my life upside down? I looked over at the other tables trying to find the orbs of silver i remembered all to well. I only saw one
pair. Rose. As soon as my eyes locked with hers it happened. I was back on Argensal Drive, the beast was snarling, a pendant around its neck glistened
in the golden sunlight. It pounced. I suddenly snapped back to reality, she looked.. scared? I broke eye contant and looked to my left, to my 'mentor'.
I smiled at him then blushed as he looked confused yet amused, was there something i didnt know?
Suddenly he grabs my arm and trails me out into the corridor. "From the look on your face i can tell you havent heard,have you?" I try to
remember if i had been told anything, He realises my confusion and carries on "We found a cure, but theres one problem.." My smile disappears, what
could the problem be? "Its not easy to get." That gets me wondering. "Multiple people are after it." Why cant things just be simple for a change? Why
cant o be a normal 13 year old? "Who's after it?" i ask wearily "Lots of people for example Banshees and Laestrygonians they are tribes of giant
cannibals." How can he be so calm?