The Darkness In The Moon

Chapter 5: Pranks & Realities

Ryan POV

It could've been a normal night. It could've been a real normal night. But alas, here we are staring into the eyes of a cold-blooded monster...

1 hour earlier...

"Ryan, I'm bout to slap you!" Alex yelled. "Why? I didn't do anything. Not my fault you suck at this." We were currently playing Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare. You would think a 112-year-old vampire would have great reflexes, but evidently, that wasn't the case. "You know damn well what you did. You totally abandoned me back there!" Someones angry... "Alright, so maybe I like to survive sometimes, sue me." I huffed, rolling my eyes. "Bet, for how much?" he dared. "What, you should've asked first, was how much do I have?" I won't go as far to say that my family was rich, but we certainly weren't poor either. We were right in-between middle class, and upper class. "You gotta point, I feel you." He agreed, putting the controller down. "So now that you beat me in video games enough, what do you wanna do now? I heard Bianca is throwing a party tonight and-" "Dude, are you crazy? It's midnight! No way her party is still going on." After saying this, I thought for a moment, Bianca was known for her late night parties. Plus, I wouldn't mind partying, as it was a Friday night anyways. But, I did promise my parents I'd stay home and watch my little sister. Who is like 17. Same age as me! I'm only older by like 2 months, which isn't really anything, but I guess my parents still wanted me to watch over her. Plus, we're only 17  in human years anyway.

Either way, she doesn't need to be watched. I should probably be a good brother and ask if she wanted me to order her a pizza or something. I went to check her room, and guess what I found? SHE WASN'T EVEN THERE! That meant that I was staying home for absolutely no reason at all. it also meant that I could go to Bianca's party with Alex. I walked back to my room to find Alex on his phone. "I think we can go to that party now." I was all types of ready to get down at this party, I mean like I really wanted to just let loose after the hectic week. "Yeah, just found out, cops came and busted some kids for drugs and underage drinking/substance use. Crazy part is, it all started as a noise complaint until the cops smelt weed from the doorway. It's on Bianca's best friend Heather's Instagram live if you wanna see it-" "I'm good." Kinda sucks, I really wanted to party tonight. But, on the bright side, in a couple of weeks when this all blows over, I'll just go to the next party. "So, that idea's out, what next?" he asked, ready to have some fun. "Well, we could always go find my sister." He stared at me blankly for a second, an unrecognizable look in his eyes. "Sure, why not?"

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Ryan POV

Alpha Shane. It had been a while since my sister and I had seen him. Well, it's been a while since anyone has seem him to be honest. He and my dad used to be best friends, until about 17 years ago, a betrayal tore them apart. Now, it seems Shane will stop at nothing to harm our father, AND his family. I had overheard my parents talking about how they could smell him, and that he wasn't far from us. That was another reason they had wanted me and my sister to stay in the house. I'm guessing that they are out looking for him, or trying to catch his scent. But, they don't need to look anymore, I'm looking right at him. Or at least I think I am.... I've had this eerie feeling all night, but Alex pointed behind me, and I am starting to see things. I told Leah and Kara to get behind me, but they just looked at me like I was crazy or something. "What is wrong with you two?! Are you trying to get killed?" My sister and her friend yet again, looked at me like I was crazy. "Ryan, there is literally nothing there." Kara whispered. I turned to look at her, "What do you mean-" Alex laughed, "I was just messing with you dude! You should've seen the look on your face, all the color drained from your skin, you looked as pale as, well me!" I just glared at him, as he howled with laughter. "What the hell is wrong with you Alex?! You know Alpha Shane is hunting us right now, and you think it's time to make jokes?!" I was very heated, and I could tell that my wolf, Shadow, was ready to come out and give Lex a piece of his mind. ~Let me out! I'll rip him to shreds!~ -Remember that he's your best friend Shadow.- ~Whatever.~  "You are very lucky my friend." I was fully calm now, I just needed to project that calmness onto Shadow. "Love you too bro."

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Kara POV

This was all still so confusing. I know I told Leah, that I believed her, and I mean at first, I did. But after that prank Alex pulled, I'm not so sure. I mean, think about it, Alex, Leah, and Ryan could've planned this whole thing as a prank. Werewolves don't exist. Do they? It's just not possible. I'm finding it a little hard to believe them. Leah's eyes did glow earlier, and what was that in the bushes? What were we running from? It was questions like these that needed an answer, or I wasn't going to believe a single thing. I guess I could find out when the moon reaches its peak.

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Alex POV

Was the prank a little too much? Probably, But I'm bored. I'm starting to get an eerie feeling about all this. Shane is a ruthless monster who will stop at nothing to hurt anything, and anyone.I know this better than anyone. about 50 years ago, I was about 61, Shane murdered my family. It was gruesome, blood stained walls, body parts all over, it was traumatic. But I'm over it a little now. I'm just trying to move forward. Part of me still wants to kill Shane. But I know better than that. I can refrain myself. But ever since Ryan told me about what he heard from his parents about how Shane might be hunting them, part of me wants to kill him. I can't let him hurt my best friend. Plus, this would be the greatest revenge ever. I could tell that I was a little zoned out because the group was looking at me weird. "Alex this better not be another joke, because if so,  not funny!" What? I'm not even doing anything. "Leah, what are you talking about?" But she didn't even get to answer before I heard a loud growl coming from behind me. "Do I even want to turn around?" I wasn't going to obviously. Anytime the killer was behind someone, and they turned around, they always ended up getting killed. But I could tell, that if I was right, and Shane was behind me, I was going to be screwed either way. "Screw everything and run!" That was the last thing I heard Leah say before everything went black.

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(A/N: Don't know if I said it already or not but, I know the moon doesn't reach its peak later than 1 am, it's a fictional story so bear with me pls! :))

A/N: I know that it's a slow build-up so far, but I'm trying to keep it close to the description. Just give it time, you'll see. Please VOTE & FOLLOW for an uno reverse! Thx! ~means the wolf is talking, -means their human counterpart is talking. Just wanted to clear that up in case anyone didn't understand.