The sound of the door opening made my heart beat faster but I pretended to sleep and evened out my breath. The sound of two sets of footsteps let me know that the man and woman had entered the room. While one of the footsteps stopped after a while, the other one kept going. I felt someone touch my forehead as if to get my temperature. It took everything in me not to flinch.
"Her fever has completely gone down," the woman said outlook.
"And she`s stopped crying and talking in her sleep?"
"This morning, she stopped."
"What about her bite mark?"
"Well - "That`s when I felt someone touch my neck. My hand shot up and grabbed the hand. Sitting up, I pushed the woman away and jumped from my bed.
"Rachel!" the man shouted.
Not stopping to see if she was hurt, I ran for the door, threw it open and ran out. The halls were made of rock. Lights hung on the ceiling but no maps to show me where I needed to go so I just ran. I remember reading that logic says to always take a left. When I cut around the next left, I ran into a huge living room. There were boys on the sofa and two girls by the window.
One of the boys stood up and his eyes widened as he took in my appearance, "What -"
Without stopping, I ran past them and down another corridor.
"Thank the goddess," I whispered in excitement when I saw a door. I tried muttering a spell to open the door but nothing happened. I slowed down to open the door and it opened without a problem. Running out, I jumped down from a wide stone porch onto gravel.
Hissing slightly, I muttered," Ow, ow. Ow."
In front of me were a few parked cars and motorcycles. Vehicles that I was sure were expansive but I didn't have the time to admire them.
"That`s not happening," I said with a frown.
A few feet away, I saw three guys running towards me yelling. Behind me, I turned and saw some teenagers from earlier running out from the door.
"No way," I muttered and ran to the left. A long wide lawn was in my sights and beyond that a forest. 'I could lose them in there,' I mentally proclaimed and ran.
I ran. And ran as fast as I could. Seeing a hedge, I jumped over it as awkwardly as I could and ran over a smooth lawn. I could hear shouts from behind me and people yelling for someone to stop me.
From the corner of my eye, I caught a flash of brown before something knocked me down. Landing on my back, I screamed as a huge copper brown wolf sat on my chest.
"No!" I screamed and punched as hard as I could. I heard another howl before the wolf jumped off me and I turned to run only to stop when I saw three wolves were now in front of me. They were blocking my only way to freedom. The other two moved to either sides of me while a tan wolf simply sat in front of me on its rump panting.
I wasn`t going to get past it.
"You`ve got to be kidding me!" I shouted and stomped my left foot down.
"Thalia!"
I turned and saw a man with dark hair in a black shirt running towards me. Behind him was a woman with brown hair and a lab coat. What was odd was that she was running on the lawn in heels. And doing it without a problem.
"Thalia, listen me, "The man said when he finally stopped in front of me beside the brown wolf," Calm down, we`re trying to help you."
"Help me?!" I questioned them.
The man put his hands up, "You were out of control, we needed to make sure you were alright before-"
I snorted, "Right, because that would explain why I had to be taken here and striped off my clothes by strangers."
"Please-"
"And where am I?" I asked as I spun around, scanning my environment. I wasn`t sure if I was anywhere near the house we were staying at. Finally, I faced the man again," Where are my parents?"
The woman in the lab coat answered, "They aren`t here. They will be brought to you as soon as you are okay. Thalia, my name is Rachel, I`m sorry if I scared you inside the house, I was just trying to check your bite marks," The woman, Rachel explained with both her hands up, exactly like the man," The sooner you`re checked, the sooner you can see your parents."
"My parents?" I licked my dry lips," You`ll let me go to them?"
Rachel sighed, "You`ll see them."
I hesitated. I didn`t know these guys just that they said I could go to my parents after I was checked. My wound was healed. What else did they needed to check? I tried reaching out to Oracle for help.
'Oracle?'
No response.
'Oracle?! I need you!'
Frowning, I pressed both my hands to forehead and tried to concentrate on her pretty feline face. It wasn`t working. Maybe I needed a boost from nature?
"Thalia?" Rachel called out to me.
Ignoring her, I then crotched down and tried to draw magic from the grass beneath me and that`s when I felt it. Emptiness. Silence. Not one single drop of magic.
"I can`t feel anything," I whispered in horror.
Rachel took a step closer to me, "What? No dirt, no grass, no- "
Shaking my head vehemently, I looked up at her, "No, it`s not that, it`s," My breath caught and I struggled not to cry or panic, "I…I can`t feel my magic."
"Okay, I`m sure…" Rachel exchanged a glance with the man," We can find an explanation to that. I can find it but I need to check you first. Alright, sweetheart?"
I nodded and sniffed. Standing up, Rachel slowly moved to stand beside me and lead me away.
"Your wolves won`t attack me?"
"No. They won`t," The man assured me when we walked past him. I was led back into the house and straight back to the room that I woke up in. I didn`t see any of the teenagers from earlier. Maybe they didn`t want to be around the girl who ran out like a lunatic?
Sitting down on what I think is my bed, I let Rachel do her thing doctor thing. She took my temperature. Checked my pulse and did that thing where she hit my knee with a mini hammer. She even took my blood pressure and listened to my heart. I felt like I was six again and at the doctors again.
Once she was done, she reached up to check my wound. I shuffled uneasily.
"It`s okay, I won`t hurt you, I just need to see it," Rachel assured me.
Nodding, I titled my head to the side," Just don`t grab me. I`m not feeling too good about people going near that area."
Someone appeared in the door way as Rachel looked over my shoulder. Seeing a familiar face, I scrambled to remember her name," Olive? What are you doing here?"
"Hey you," Olive greeted me with a smile as she jerked her chin at Rachel as she looked over her shoulder to see her," Sorry to barge in but I heard she that she was awake and I wanted to see if you needed help."
Rachel grinned and turned back to my wound, "Help with what?"
"Having someone talk to her while you work on her check-up," Olive answered. She moved to sit at the foot of my bed as Rachel leaned away with a satisfied nod, "You`re a bit late then Olive, we`re done."
"How do you feel?" Olive asked me as Rachel pulled out her phone and began tapping away on it. Arching a brow at her, I looked to Olive, "Different. Physically, I feel good. Spiritually, I feel empty but no quiet empty. Does that make sense?"
"I guess?" Olive a said with a shrug. Though it sounded more like a question.
"Never mind," Shaking my head, I then asked," What are you doing here in the first place?"
"I live here," Olive answered.
"This is your house?" I asked.
Olive tilted her head and gave a small smile," Not exactly."
Before I could ask her to elaborate, Rachel then announced that I was healthy," All good to go. Though we might need to take you outside to test your other abilities."
"Other abilities? But my magic isn`t working. I told you that. I don`t feel anything," I reminded her," What 'other abilities' are you talking about? Tell me why I can`t feel my magic."
"She doesn`t know?" Olive asked. I glanced at her saw that she was staring hard at Rachel.
"No, Rex told me that for her entire life, she`s been told that only creatures on the planet are witches and their familiars," Rachel told Olive.
My head then swung to Olive, who winced," This is going to be problem."
"What are you two talking about?" I asked out loud and they both turned to me.
Rachel reached out to hold my hands before looking me in the eye," Werewolves Thalia. We`re talking about werewolves."
"You`re a werewolf now," Olive announced.