Wolfblood

Chapter Nine

Rhydian breathes deeply in human form as he and Maddy sit against a tree. Maddy flicks through the pictures she had taken of the fight - deleting ones that are too clear. "I'm sorry I didn't believe you..." She tells Rhydian, still flicking through the pictures.

"I don't blame you," Rhydian sighs as a drop of sweat rolls down his forehead, "We didn't even know about wild wolfbloods..."

Rhydian squints at the pain of the wound above his eye, "What's that?" He asks Maddy.

"It's something..." Maddy sighs, looking down at the image on the camera.

"You can't tell its a wolf." Rhydian points out.

Maddy looks at Rhydian, "I've gotta leave something for Shannon..."

"Yeah... Anyway, that's my best side." Rhydian chuckles as he looks at the photo. Maddy grins at him, as she carries on flicking through the images.

"Where are the others?" Rhydian asks her.

"Tom hurt his ankle - he's with Shannon." Maddy sighs, "You know Jimi; every man for himself."

"He's such a wuss!" Rhydian groans.

Maddy smirks as she comes across an image and an idea pops into her mind, "Yeah. Yeah, he is!" She laughs as she runs off with the camera in her hand.

"So I'll find Tom and Shannon by myself then, shall I?" Rhydian says to himself aloud.

Jimi, Liam and Sam stop for a moment as they hear a noise come from behind them as they run through the woods. They breathe in silence for a while before turning around to carry on running, but screaming in terror as Maddy jumps out at them - frightening them.

She quickly snaps a quick photo of them looking terrified and scared, before hastily rushing off into the dark mist.

"So what do you think it was?" Shannon asks as Rhydian helps support Tom, "It had to be the beast, right?"

"Probably foxes... Have you ever seen foxes fight, they really go for it - those foxes!" Rhydian lies as he stumbles with Tom down a leafy pathway in the woods.

"Hi guys." Maddy whispers as she springs out at them.

"Where have you been?!" Rhydian questions as they all stop walking.

Maddy takes a deep breathe, "Urmm... Looking for you guys..." She replies as she stands by Shannon and they all carry on walking down the pathway.

"Whats that?!" Tom calls out as a bright light ahead of them blinds them.

The sound of an engine as the lights dull down and they notice it's Maddy's parents in their jeep. "Is everyone alright?" Emma calls as she jumps out of the jeep.

"What are you doing here?!" Daniel scolds as he notices Rhydian and Maddy.

"What are you doing here...?" Shannon responds.

"Oh... Er, we were just going for a drive..." He replies.

Maddy looks over at her parents, "Tom's hurt his ankle!"

"Right - lets get him back to the house." Emma instructs as they help Tom into the car, "Was this you? Did you bring my daughter out here?!" Emma whispers to Rhydian before he hops into the car.

"Come on you two, in ya get!" Daniel calls and Rhydian quietly gets in, Emma soon hoping in too.

Maddy takes a sip of hot chocolate as Rhydian cleans his wound. "No... No... No..." Shannon sighs as she clicks through the photos, looking for an image of the yellow eyes - or an image of the full creature.

"Whats that?!" Tom exclaims as he moves over Shannon. Everyone looks over to him as he sighs, "...It's just a badger."

Maddy and Rhydian both walk over to join Tom and Shannon, "What about that one Shan?" Maddy asks as she looks at the next image.

"It's not very clear..." She replies.

"Yeah but you can still see something though!" Maddy says, looking closer at the photo.

"You could even use it on a poster, Shan." Rhydian smiles.

Shannon sighs, "No, I'm done with posters..."

"Are you sure you're done with posters...?!" Maddy bites her lip as she flicks over the next few images, stopping when she reaches a specific photo.

They all burst out laughing at the photo as Shannons face brightens up.