A Wolf's Soul

Chapter 8

The next morning, Luna woke up as the sun was just rising. She shook the others awake. As the others were yawning and rubbing sleep out of their eyes, Luna noticed they weren't moving. "They must have stopped for the night."

"Good.", yawned Timothy, who was looking rather green, "I need some fresh air."

The four stumbled out of the van. There was a forest nearby, almost glowing green.
"Who's up for an adventure?", shouted Jasper.

"We shouldn't", replied Luna, although she would of like to have explored, "the van might leave."

"But..."

A few minutes arguing later, it was agreed to just quickly take a peek inside the forest, since they didn't get to see much forest near St. Lupa's.

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Soon, they had completely forgotten their deal, and the children were cheerfully running around the forest laughing.
"Oh gosh", said Luna, suddenly alarmed, "the van."

Everyone looked up, clearly as alarmed as Luna. They began to run.
Dodging through the trees, making sure they sticked together. They took turns in guessing the turnings, since they didn't know them.
Finally, Alice whispered: "We've been here before. I recognise the willow with the stones around it."
Slowly, it began to dawn in everyone's heads. They were lost. Lost.

"What now?"

"Maybe it's that way"

"Or that way?"

Arguing, they chose a path that turned out to lead further into the forest. Suddenly, a growl made them spin around. Behind them stood a bear, balanced on his hind paws. He growled, showing the children his teeth.
Now Luna had never understood why people thought bears were as cute and cuddly as teddybears. They clearly weren't. Bears were fierce and savage, and if you were in their way they would attack you.

"Run!", she squealed.

And how they ran. They ran and ran, and finally, they spotted a light.

"The entrance of the forest!"

Relieved, the four stumbled out of the forest. Luna wiped mud off her face with the back of her hand.
Jasper grinned, more despicable than normal.
Alice brushed off her jeans, biting her lip and turning away as Timothy caught her eye, who was the only one who was still looking panicked.

"Look at the road."

Luna threw a glance at the road. Her heart missed a beat. The van wasn't there.

A/N: Just want to say sorry that the chapters are getting shorter and shorter. I promise they are going to get longer.
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