I gasped as I opened my eyes quickly. I was in a room. I sat up and looked around. The room was so big with a lot of stuff. I looked at right and saw a hole--- a big one with long clothes on it. What is that? I was lying on something soft and comfy and it had woods around it--- a green wood. I stood up. The walls were in white. What am I doing here? The last thing I remember was when a man kept shooting at me and I ran into the human world. I gasped...Milly. Milly's dead. Tears rolled down to my cheeks. Oh no...she's dead. I looked down with my hands covering my face.
"I see you're awake", a masculine voice said to me which made my heart to jump. I turned to him. It was a handsome guy and a woman beside him.
"Oh...Lex...don't say that", the woman said and she looked at me. "Hey, you...I'm Michelle. What about you?"
"T-T-Ta-Talia", I stuttered. "How did I get here?"
"We found you naked at the front of our house this morning". This morning? Oh...because I have already turned into human. I nodded.
"What is this place?" I looked round.
"Oh...will you stop being weird?" The boy snapped.
"Lex!" Michelle yelled and beckoned at him with her eyes. She looked at me. "Don't mind my son. He is so cold".
"He's cold? Oh...you humans don't have fur to keep your body warm". I nodded and licked my lips.
"Uhn?" Michelle looked so confused.
"Mom, she's a weirdo. Didn't I tell you not to take her in?" He said.
"Lex, don't be like that and introduce yourself or else I will smack your head".
"Fine..." he rolled his eyes and came closer to me. He then cleared his throat. "I'm Lex", he stretched his hand forward.
"Uhn?" I stared at it and sniffed it. "Hmmm..." I smiled and looked up at him. He glared at me and put his hand into a hole in his pants. "Why is there a hole in your pants?" I questioned.
"Oh...God", he closed his eyes and inhaled. He opened it back. "It's called 'pocket'. You get me. Pocket". Wow...so many things to learn in this human world.
"What about that?" I pointed at the hole in the wall with long green clothes.
"It's a window, dear", Michelle said and smiled. "I'm sure you're hungry".
"Oh yes, I am", I walked to her and she grabbed my wrist.
"Let's go downstairs and eat". She opened a wood on the wall. Oh... there was another hole on the wall. Astonishing. I could see another dimension. A brown place.
"Uhmm..." I looked at Michelle. "Is this a magic portal or something?"
"Oh God", Lex said. "Mom, I'm leaving, okay?"
"Where are you going to?" I questioned.
"To school?"
"What's a school?" I raised one eyebrow.
"Oh God", he rolled his eyes and walked through the hole.
"Oh my God", I yelled. "He just walked through the magic portal".
"It's called a door". Michelle said.
"A door?" I said and she pulled me out. "Whoa..." we walked into the next room and I looked the floor. My eyes widened. "The floor has broken. Is that possible?" I looked at her.
"Why are you being so weird? Where do you live?"
"In the woods", we walked down and walked into another room which was so big.
"The woods? Are you joking?"
"Nope".
"Oh..." she laughed. "Let's go to the kitchen."
"
What's a kitchen?"
"It's where we cook food".
"Cook?" I looked at her. "You cook food?"
"Uh-huh", she nodded. We walked into a room with a lot of stuffs I don't know. "So this is the kitchen". She said as she raised both her hands up.
"Oh..." I nodded.
"So what do you wanna eat?"
"Rabbit". I licked my lips and smiled.
"Rabbit?" She look so confused. "Uh...we don't have any rabbit".
"Then what do you have?"
"You can eat spaghetti, toast, waffles, pancakes, pizza..." I don't still understand what she is saying. I squinted. "So what do you want?"
"Uhn...the first one?"
"Oh good...spaghetti. You will love it", she smiled and I smiled a faint one back.
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"So..." she walked to me holding a flat white glass. "Here you go". She dropped it on the table.
"Thanks", I smiled. I looked at the food and looked back at her. I grimaced.
"Go on..." she sat beside me. "Eat it".
"You served me worms and..." I took a metal with four fingers on the head "...stones".
"No...It's spaghetti and meatballs".
"Spaghetti and meatballs", I mumbled.
"Eat it...you will love it".
"Okay...if you say so", I took the spaghetti with the metal. "What is this metal?"
"It's a fork. You can use it to eat pastas ".
"But I'm eating spaghetti".
"Same thing dear".
"Okay", I ate it and looked at her.
"How is it? Bad? Good? Salty? "
"It's..." I smiled. "Delicious. Oh my God...It's better than a deer".
"Uhn? Okay", she stood up. "I wish I had a daughter. It's only boys I have. Lex and his younger brother, Michael".
"I could be your daughter but I have a mom".
"Where is she now?"
"In the woods with the pack". I said as I put a meatball in my mouth.
"What?" She began to laugh. "Did you hit your head on something? Why were you even naked this morning?"
"Uhmm... 'cause I turned human".
"I think I need to do what is meant to be done", she slipped her hand into her pocket and brought something out.
"And what is that?" I questioned. It was a glass like... a black glass with pink wood at the back. I didn't even know there are different colors of wood. I thought it was normally brown wood.
"What? This? It's called a phone".
"A phone". I smiled.
"Are you even an illiterate?" She shook her head and pressed a button on the phone which brought light out.
"Oh..." I stood up from the long wood I was sitting on and came closer to her. "The phone glass is white now. That's astonishing". I grinned. "You need to teach me more about this human world.
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"And that is a bed", she pointed and clapped once. "This is your room".
"Thanks, Michelle", I smiled and sat on the bed. Hmm... so comfy. I looked at her.
"What's wrong?"
"When is the sky going to be dark?"
"Uhmm... I think 6:00 pm".
"6:00pm?" I looked at my feet. "Then what's the time?"
"It's just..." she brought her phone out from her pocket and looked at the screen. "2:45pm. Lex would be home soon".
"What about your other son, Micheal?"
"Oh...in his friend's house. He is having a sleepover tonight".
"Woo... a sleepover. I bet it would be so good. What kind of food is a sleepover? Turkey? Chicken? Deer?" I smiled.
"Uhn?" She laughed. "No silly. It's no food".
"Okay... when can I go to...you know...school?"
"You wanna go to school?" She sat down beside me.
"Yeah", I nodded and smiled.
"Okay...tomorrow".
"Oh..." I smiled. "Can't wait". I stood up and walked to the door. "I'm going to the living room. I wanna watch a movie".
"Okay".
"Thanks", and I left the room. I walked down the stairs and walked into the living room. I sat on the couch and relaxed. "What a day...even though it's not night yet". I said to myself. "But this human world is so...Michelle taught me about humans. And she kept asking the same question. 'Are you an illiterate?' What the hell is an illiterate?" I closed my eyes and inhaled.
"First, you were naked at the front of my house, then you were in my room asking stupid questions and now you're sitting on my couch". A masculine voice said. He sounded pretty angry. I opened my eyes only to find out a handsome guy at the front of me--- Lex. He has pert nose, dirty blonde hair just like his mother which was swept to the side, emerald-green eyes, long eyelashes, pink lips. I was so lost and I smiled. And he has this spicy scent that can make female wolves go crazy. "Hello...is anyone there?" He asked as he snapped his fingers which brought me back to reality.
"Uhn?"
"Oh..." he rolled his eyes. "For the love of God, would you get your filthy butt off my couch?"
"But it's so comfy. And I also wanna watch something called a movie".
"You're weird, you know that?"
"Yes...eventhough I don't know what 'weird' means but I think it's something good".
"Oh..." he placed his palm on his forehead. "I don't even know why I'm wasting my time talking to you". And he left and walked up the stairs.
"Hey, wait up". I stood up and ran after him. We stopped at the front of a room--- his room.
"What now?" He turned to me.
"How does a school look like?" I questioned.
"Why are you asking me that? Don't you know how a school looks like?" He paused. "Ha!" He said as he opened his mouth widely and looked up at the ceiling. "You're an illiterate". He looked at me.
"What's an illiterate?"
"Someone that doesn't know anything".
"I know something", I frowned. "You must have heard of the Red Crescent pack", I whispered.
"Uhn?" He raised one eyebrow. "What the hell are you saying?"
"The Pale moon pack, the werewolves---"
"Are you talking about a movie?" He cut me off and I squinted.
"What movie?"
"You know what?" He exhaled. "Leave me alone". He opened the door and walked in.
"There's no way I'm leaving you..." I walked in and shut the door. "Until you take me to the woods".
"The woods?" He sat on this bed. "Why?"
"Cause that is where I come from".
"So what you're trying to say is that..." he stood up and wandered around the room. "...you are from the woods and..." he stopped and turned to me. "...you're a werewolf?"
"Night wolf actually". I smiled. Finally, someone gets it. Then he burst into laughter. I looked down and looked at him. "Wh-what's so funny?" And he stopped.
"Do you want me to take you to the woods?"
"Yes", I nodded.
"Okay, I will drive".
"What's a drive?"
"Leave my room!" He yelled--- frustrated.
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I walked down the stairs and to the living room. Lex was on a sofa, with his phone. I walked to his back with a smile on my face. I tapped his shoulder gently and he turned to me.
"I'm ready", I smiled.
"Okay", he stood up and slipped his phone into his pocket. "Let's go".
"Wait", I said with a stop gesture.
"What now?" He folded his arms.
"Before we leave... one more thing", I said as I raised my index finger. I ran into the kitchen and to the fridge. I opened it. There it was... in the fridge. The sweet cold strawberry icecream. I licked my lips as I took it. I shut the fridge and walked out of the kitchen. I walked to Lex. "Let's go", I smiled and we left the house.
"Uhmm...what's your name again?"
"Talia but some wolves call me li---"
"Okay, Talia", he cut me off. "Wait here, I'll go get the car", and he walked away.
"What's a car?!" I yelled. I looked down at my feet. I'm sure mom would be so worried. And Milly? May her soul rest in peace. Ugh! That human... once I find him...I'm going to rip him apart. He is ever going to regret killing my best friend. Then I heard a sound. I turned to that direction. My mouth dropped. "Wow.." It's like a small black house with four wheels. It stopped at my front and the front door opened. I looked inside. It was Lex. Whoa...
"Get in".
'Me?" I pointed at my chest. "Okay", I walked there and got in. I smiled and shut the door. "Whoa..." I looked round. "It's like a moving house". I smiled and looked at Lex. "Does it talk?"
"Fasten your seat belt. I don't want to jump out through the window". He adjusted the glass on another glass. I looked at him and gave him a questioning look. He glanced at me. "What? Or you don't know what a seat belt is?" And I nodded. He sighed. "That's the seat belt", he pointed at something beside me and I looked at it.
"Oh..." I pulled it and tried to put it at the other end. "How does this thing work?" I asked as I tried to fasten it.
"Oh Lord", he took it from my hand and fastened it.
"Thanks", I smiled and he drove off.
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"Now, get off my car", he said, rudely.
"Okay", I unfastened the seat belt and opened the door. I looked at Lex who was already outside. I got out from the car and looked up in the sky. Oh boy! it's almost night. That means I would soon transform. I looked at Lex. "I think this is goodbye".
"Yeah, and never come back".
"I even wanna go to school", I mumbled.
"Will you be safe?" He asked--- worried.
"Are you worried about me?" I folded my arms.
"No, but my mom will".
"Tell her 'thank you', okay?" I smiled and turned around. I walked into the woods. My heart started to pound 'cause if the Pale moon pack finds me...I would be dead just like Milly. Suddenly, someone grabbed my wrist and my heart jumped. I turned to the person and a sigh of relief escaped my lips. It was Lex. Lex? "What do you want?" I questioned.
"I can't let you stay in the woods all by yourself", he pulled me and we began to walk.
"No, stop", I released my wrist from his grip. "Just go. It's too dangerous here. I'm too dangerous ". I looked down at my feet.
"And it's also dangerous to leave you here".
"I'm not meant to be in the human world ", I snapped. "You can't be here 'cause if you know what I am, you won't be able to look me in the eyes.
"Okay", he folded his arms. "Try me".
"I'm serious, Lex. You said I should leave you alone, now it's time to leave me alone", I inhaled.
"Talia, no!" He yelled. "I'm doing this because of my mom".
"I need to go meet my family. I need to leave before the sky gets dark". I looked up at the sky.
"Why? Are you running away from something?"
"No, just let me go now".
"No".
"Lex, please". I said, moving backwards and looking at the sky.
"Careful, you would trip".
"Just leave now... please, I---" immediately, the sky became dark. Oh no... Hair began to grow on my body, ears became longer. Nails became longer...my clothes began to tear as my body became bigger...my tail grew at my butt and... I became a white wolf. I howled. Lex gasped and moved backward. He just moved backward--- appalled and he hit his back in a tree which made him fall on the ground. I ran to him and he gave me a stop gesture.
"Stop!" He yelled. "I can't believe this". His voice began to break. "This isn't true, right?" He said to himself. "I'm dreaming. I'm dreaming. This is crazy. I'm crazy, right? I didn't just see a girl turn into a wolf. Wake up, Lex". He said as he hit head with his palm. "You must be dreaming".
"This isn't a dream", I said but he only heard howls and he looked at me.
"Talia?...this is you?" He pointed at me and stood up. "Oh yeah...so she wasn't joking. I thought you were insane, not knowing I'm insane. I'm heading home". He began to walk away but I blocked his path. He flinched a little to show how scared he was. "What do you want from me?" If I say something now... he wouldn't understand me. Okay, activate puppy eyes. I stared at him. "What do you want from me? You want me to take you home?" And I nodded. He sighed and looked at the sky. "Fine...get in the car ". He walked to the car and I followed him. He opened the door and I got it. He sighed, shut the door and got into the car. I twirled on the seat and sat down.
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"Okay, be careful", Lex said as we walked into the house. "My mom mustn't see you like this...you know as wolf". And I nodded. We began to climb the stairs. As I stepped on the second stair, it creaked. Oh no...
"Who's there?" A sweet voice said and I turned to the person. It was a little boy. The moment the boy saw me, he began to shout. Lex ran to him and covered his mouth with his hands.
"Keep it down, Micheal", Lex said. Micheal? Oh...it's his younger brother. "Promise you won't shout". And Micheal nodded. "Okay", he slowly removed his hand and Micheal looked up at him.
"There is a wolf in the house", his voice began to break as he glanced at me.
"She's my pet". Lex folded his arms. Pet? What's a pet?
"But isn't she dangerous? She could eat you in your sleep".
"No, she would not".
"But she's so big".
"You know what?" He sighed. "Just go to your room, okay...I will be fine".
"Are you sure?" Micheal glanced at me. Lex nodded and smiled. "Oh...okay". He left. Lex turned to me.
"Okay, climb the stairs and be careful". He said and I nodded.
We climbed the stairs and walked into his room. He got into his closet. I just looked round and sat down. That was so close. What if Michelle came? She would freak out. Lex came out in his pyjamas and walked into the bathroom. I climbed on the bed and lied on it. Lex came out of the bathroom and walked to me with his arms folded.
"Would you leave my bed and stay on the floor?" He pointed at the floor and I got down from the bed and laid on the floor. "Good...and be a good doghy". He smiled and lied on the bed. Doggy? Do I look like a dog? I'm a wolf. Immediately, Lex began to snore. I stood up and walked to the bed. He was fast asleep. I climbed the bed and stayed under the duvet. I closed my eyes to sleep.