Loving A Wolf

Failed To Ask

Winona looked at herself in the mirror. She had decided to have her hair half-up-half-down, and made two frech braids on top of her head, which ended in two ponytails on top of her hair.

She sighed, before leaving her bedroom and walking down the stairs, to find her mother in the kitchen.

"Where's dad?" The brunette asked. "He's at work." Her mother smiled. "On a sunday?" Winona asked confused. "He got called in last minute." Julie smiled at her daughter.

"Alright. Well, I'm going to meet Zed. I'm supposed to help him with his Prawnposal for Addison." She smiled before leaving her house and making her way towards Zombietown.

The citizens of Seabrook had finally decided to accept the Zombies as a part of the community, after many ears of discrimination. And three of her closest friends were Zombies. One of them, was her best friend's boyfriend.

"Good morning, Winnie." Zed smiled as the brunette approached him, before putting the spoon of Vanilla froyo in his mouth.

"Morning Zed, Zoey." Winona smiled, looking down at the young Zombie. "Are you ready for your Prawnposal?" She asked her friend.
"Yes, I am. Let's go!" He smiled, before the three made their way towards the road.

"Zed, Are you sure this is a good idea?" Winona asked her Zombie friend as he stood on top of a ladder to fix a sign.

"Relax, Winona. I know what I'm doing." He assured her confidently. "No, I don't think you really do." The brunette told her friend.

"When do I throw the confetti?" Zoey asked, her hand full with Confetti. "You'll know." Zed answered. "Uhm...Zed..?" Winona said, looking at the bus from the Cheer Camp, which was quickky approaching them.

"Uh, oh." Zed said before he started to scream. Winona jumped out of the way just as the bus hit the Zombie's ladder and made him fall on top.

"Ooookayyy..that's not good." She said to the young zombie next to her, before she started running after the bus, the younger Zombie following after her.

She stopped to catch her breath as her friend fell off the bus and watched as the vehicle drove into the forest.

"Yeah, you definitely know what you're doing." Winona said before Zoey threw the confetti at her brother.

Zed started running into the forest after the bus. "Oh, Damn it." Winona groaned before following after him.

"Here they are!" The rest of the cheer team said as they appeared by the happy couple at the same time as Zoey and Winona.

"Yeez, Zed. Are we done running now?" She said between breathes, before goving her best friend a hug. "Zoey, Winnie. We're not alone." Addison said.

"We're surrounded by... werewolves." Addison said, whispering the last part. "Well, this is the forbidden forest." Winona said, not surprised.

"What?"
"Wolves?"
"What wolves?"
"Here wolves?"
"Werewolves?" The Aceys all said in unison before taking up their phones.

"Nobody's going to believe this." Zed laughed. "Says the non-dead dead guy." Winona added as she crossed her arms over her chest.

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"Werewolves are real! I always, always said the stories of monsters in the forest were real." Bucky said angrily as he pased back and fourth. "And no one believe me." he whined sitting down.

The whole town had gathered in Town hall after the news of the sighting of werewolves had spread around to everyone.

"I thought werewolves were just myths." Stacy said. "Yeah, like cavities." JC chimed in. The three cheerleaders, along with Winona, stared at him. "Those are real too?" he panicked. "Werewolves, ew. I really hope my allergies don't act up." Lacy whined. Winona rolled her eyes before she made her way towards her Zombie friend and his family.

"Please can I have one? I'm the only zombie in my class and a werewolf friend would be great. I'll feed him and walk him." Zoey begged her father.

"Yeah, werewolves ain't class pets, Zoey. And they certainly ain't friendly." Zevon sighed. "That's what humans used to say about you." Winona chimed in. Zevon looked at her, before sighing and looking down.

The harsh sound of Addison's mother, the Mayor of Seabrook, slamming the gravel to open the meeting, took Winona's attention. She sat down next to Zoey, before listening in on what the mayor had to say.

"By order of city council, effective immediately, all an anti-monster laws are reinstated." The mayor said before slamming the gravel to end the court. Every human, except Addison and Winona, cheered and applauded at the words of the mayor.

"Mom, that is unfair!" Addison yelled at her mom, but was told to shut up. "What does this mean?" Zoey asked, looking up at her father. "It means that zombies aren't allowed anymore. Every store that is not driven by a zombie, will lock you out, Zombietown will be locked out for everyone who isn't a zombie." Winona explained. "And that zombies can't attend prawn." she mumbled, looking at her best friend and her boyfriend.

The brunette saddened at the thought of Addison and Zed not allowed to be together anymore. She loved the pair and everything that hurt her best friend, hurt her too.

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"Bite me!" The brunette snapped at a cop as he tried to stop her from entering Zombietown.

"Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We're closed. For good." The coach said to a worker as he slammed the top of his Fro-yo cart shut.

"Come on, coach! Your fro-yo is the best!" Winona whined. "Sorry, Winona." He said.

"Dreams of Fro-Yo success melted away. With monsters everywhere. Look, I like zombies. They like Fro-Yo. But werewolves like human flesh. Maybe with sprinkles. Everybody likes sprinkles." He cried.

"You seriously believe that? I mean, they haven't attacked us before." Winona asked pointed out.

"Just run!" The coach said before taking his cart and running away. "You don't fear werewolves?" The construction worker asked the brunette next to him.

"No, not really. The cheer team trespassed on their territory which is why they were seen. Why should they bother us now when they have never before?" She asked.

He smiled at her. "You look awfully young to be a construction worker." She commented.

"Winona!" Zevon yelled from behind her. She scanned his features closely one last time before walking away to talk to the adult.

"What are you doing here? It's not safe. Go home." He told his friend. "Oh, please, Mr. Necrodopolis. We were on their territory! I think everyone's overreacting about this whole Werewolf-thing." Winona said, annoyed that no one would listen to her.

"Go home, Winona." The zombie said. "Fine. I'll see you tomorrow." She said before she bid goodbye. Winona decided to obey her friend't father, and started walking home. She could hear the Zombie call out for his daughter, and Winona looked in that direction.

That was when she noticed the construction worker she had spoken to earlier. He was walking away, looking around him as if he'd done something illegal and didn't want anyone to find out.

But what Winona focused on the most, was the fact that he was walking into the forbidden forest.