Chapter 12: Wolves in a cage

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Narrator's POV

Ted, with his mom, grandma and his friend Audrey were in the park where everyone was waiting for the mayor's announcement. Ted noticed she was also sad about Lily, but also anxious.

"Audrey? What's wrong?" Ted asked her.

"Nothing... it's just that....my big brother is here" she said.

"Wait, you have a brother?" Ted asked in shock.

"Yes, his name is Mike. He is part of animal control....but we are not that close like we used to." Audrey said and Ted was concerned. Suddenly they heard a familiar grunt near, it was Lily running to the cage but Ted and Audrey stopped her.

"Lily! No, please!" Audrey said tearing up.

"My mommy and daddy are here! Get off me!" Lily said angry and trying to run.

Ted didn't want her to cause trouble or come near the cage because he was following Lily's parents' orders. Then, he saw a spot were it was a playpen and was a little cube that looked like a cage. He grabbed her and run to the playpen and tried to put the cage on her.

"What are you doing?! Let me go Ted!!" Lily said trying to pull the little cube away.

"Lily, please, your mom and dad told us to keep you safe" Ted said now tearing up.

"You lied!! You knew" Lily said tearing up too by the betrayal of her only friends

"....I'm sorry Lily 😖" Ted said and run back to the crowd.

Minutes later, the mayor O'Hare came with his bodyguards and also with Mike, who was a tall man and was a male version of Audrey.

"People of Thneedville!! Today, you are probably asking yourselves why you are here? Well, as you know, we have been attacked by wolves these days. Wild and dirty creatures coming here and attack innocent people, and probably if you knew, those creatures killed the creator of Thneedville a long time ago. But don't worry, it won't happen again, now....behold!!" O'Hare said.

The bodyguards removed the curtains of the caged and when they did, the crowd gasped in shock. There were Rosemary and Onceler, with chains and a metal muzzle cage, still, grunting upset.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Lily said shocked looking at them still in the little cube.

"Kill the wolves! Kill the wolves!" some people shouted and everyone followed. Ted and Audrey didn't want that but couldn't do anything.

"Calm down! There's nothing to fear about these wolves. Now! Open the cage" O'Hare said and Mike walked to the cage.

The two wolves looked at him groaning a little while he was still a little scared. He opened the cage and grabbed the chains and give it to one of the bodyguards. The bodyguard pulled the chains, making the wolves get out of the cage. Everyone was shocked and scared when they saw the big wolves, grunting as they were pulled like slaves.

"You see, these once wild creatures are now tamed, obedient, mere faithful servants" O'Hare said as the wolves kept grunting.

" You two think you will destroy this village again, but not this time" O'Hare said looking at the wolves that were more angry by the comment.

Meanwhile, Lily was shocked by how the town people caged her parents and had them with chains, that made her upset, that she started to rip the cube.

"Mommy, Daddy, Mommy and Daddy!! 😡" Lily shouted and ripped the cube, getting free. She started to run and jumped on Ted, making him fall.

"Lily no!" Ted said getting up and run with Audrey.

Lily ran and climbed to the stage, everyone was surprised when they saw her. Suddenly, the two wolves saw her and stopped grunting. Lily got there and kneel down to get in front of her mother.

"Mommy, Daddy, it's me, I'm here" Lily said tearing up and the two wolves made crying dog sounds.

"What is this?!" O'Hare said confused.

"Let them go! That's my mommy and daddy!!" Lily said angry at him and everyone started laughing, of course, how could wolves be her parents?

" Mr. Millere, take charge of this....wild girl." O'Hare said. Lily was training to take the muzzle cage off of Rosemary but then saw Mike about to trap her and she started running.

Mike tried catching her but Lily was fast, while the two wolves were grunting at him. Lily climbed on him and jumped back to the floor catching her breath.

"Mr. Millere! Can't you catch anything?!" O' Hare said upset and saw how everyone was laughing. Then he saw Lily now trying to take the muzzle cage from Onceler.

"Catch that girl! And take her away from here!" O'Hare said.

Audrey and Ted run to the stage's front and saw Mike trying to catch Lily.

"Mike! No!" Audrey said but he didn't listen.

Mike again tried to catch her, Lily ran again but the bodyguards pointed at her with their guns, scaring Lily. The two wolves got close to her, grunting at them and protecting their child. Suddenly, Mike from behind catch Lily and she tried to scratch him. The wolves started grunting very upset that Mike was hurting her.

"Mike! Stop! Don't!" Audrey said.

"Audrey, stay away!!" Mike said and the wolves kept grunting. Audrey and Ted got on stage to try to stop him.

"Mike! Let her go! This is wrong!!" Audrey said.

The two wolves were getting more and more angrier, but the one that was most angry was Onceler. Suddenly, he broke the muzzle cage and got to attack Mike and bit his arm. Mike grunt in pain and Lily escaped.

"Mike!" Audrey said and everyone was shocked. The bodyguards started pulling the chains, Onceler was separated from Mike but he tried to still attack him.

"Pull them back!" O'Hare said while the wolves were grunting upset, trying their best to escape but they got inside the cage locked.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Lily said with tears in her eyes and run to the cage. She tried to reach her hand inside the cage and Rosemary let her touch her forehead.

"Mommy, daddy, what have they done to you?" Lily said very sad but tried to get out of the stage.

Lily ran through the crowd and bodyguards tried to stop her, but she jumped on them and climbed on the metal wall. When she got in the "Thneedville" label, she faced the crowd.

"I am a Wolfwalker!!" Lily shouted and grunt to scare them.

"I'm getting my wolves and coming back for my mommy and daddy!! And then, we will eat you all!!" she shouted and then she started to howl before the other wolves from a far howled too.

Everyone was scared from that message, after that, Lily roared at them and jumped out of the village

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Everyone was scared from that message, after that, Lily roared at them and jumped out of the village. Ted and Audrey were worried that she was going to do that, and they made a huge mistake. They needed to find a solution now.

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