Into The Woods

Hunt For Truth

Blade asked, "Who are you taking to?"

  Amelia looked back, but Lacey was gone. Amelia gritted her teeth, "Lacey was here. She was talking about my family lying to me."

  Blade shrugged, and didn't think anything else was a lie.

  He motioned for her to follow, "We should get home."

  Amelia followed him.

   ~•~

  Amelia looked up from her fish tank as someone knocked on the door.

  Amelia questioned, "Hello?"

  Blade asked, "Can I come in?"

  Amelia stood up, "Sure."

  Blade walked in, "Don't let what Lacey said get to you."

   Amelia frowned, "How can I not? Are my parents lying?"

   Blade smiled, "Only one way to find out. Come on."

  They found Garth and Trudy with blood red eyes.

  Amelia shuddered. Trudy greeted, "What's wrong?"

  Amelia ignored the odd feeling of seeing her parents with red eyes, and replied, "You're still lying to me. What was I when I was a baby?"

  Trudy looked to Garth, and they looked to Amelia. Trudy smiled, "I have no idea what you're talking about."
 
   Amelia gasped, "You do! What was wrong with me?"

    Trudy shrugged, "I don't know what you mean."

   Amelia screamed, "You're liars! Lacey was right!"

  Amelia bursted out the door. She ran into the dense woods, and after awhile of running, she skid to a stop.

   She sat down with her back leaned against a tree trunk.

  She thought about what secret they were hiding, "Am I different, am I human? What's wrong with me...!" she silently exclaimed.

  She heard some walking nearby and hushed herself. She watched as shadows passed through the bushes in front of her.

  Blade came out, "We can scent you out, you know. You're parents will be here soon."

   Amelia frowned, "Leave me alone. I'm different."

  Blade sat down beside her, "So? I was... I didn't care about anyone. I cared about getting my job done, and that's it. You changed me. You can change, too."
  
   Amelia shouted, "What if I can't! What if I'm stuck being this way!"
 
  Blade scanned her, "I think you're amazing like this."

  Amelia sighed, "But I'm different. I'm not normal, and not special. I'm a freak to werewolves, and freak to humans."

   Blade wrapped his hand around her's, "You're special to me."

  Amelia smiled faintly, "But I heard your voice, how can I be human?"

  Blade looked at the sky, "Maybe you aren't. Go talk to your parents, ask them about what you are."

  Amelia stood up, and hugged Blade after he stood.

   Amelia set off to find her parents. After finding them searching in the yard, she frowned, "Tell me the truth."

  Trudy nodded, "Okay. Just know, it doesn't change anything."

  Amelia grew impatient and tapped her foot. Trudy continued, "Werewolf babies are like normal humans. They don't have heightened senses. But you... You were like... A wolf."
 
   Amelia frowned, "What?"

   Trudy began to explain, "When you transform, you grow fangs. You can't transform until you're five years old. You had fangs when you were born. You had red eyes, which you weren't supposed to. At five we couldn't get you to turn back into a human. After we did... You never changed back into a wolf."

  Amelia's eyes were widened, "What am I?"

  Trudy let a tear roll down her cheek, "I, I don't know."