Chapter 2

When Ellen and I looked at the door quickly, the class followed and looked in the same direction. All curious who would come in. There we were all waiting and then Marnik Clash came in. He looked at all of us and then looked quickly at Mrs. Dom and he knew his chance at escaping his detention was gone.

I saw Ellen her lips moving. She was trying to tell Marnik something. It seemed she was saying, "good luck." She directly turned around because she also already had detention. Before she could get more. I felt a bit like I had to do that. Because before me and Marnik were best friends, but that changed in high school. I was kind of the outcast and that already for years. I don't remember the last time he smiled at me, and now he gave me an angry glare to make it worse. I felt sadness hitting me, but I stayed strong. All the memories from middle school came running back to me. I just went to middle school for two years. The rest of my life I still don't remember.

Mrs. Dom called Marnik, Ellen and me together to give us our tasks for detention. Still, we had more school today and we know Mrs. Dom wanted to go home on time. She always had to pick her two children up from middle school. I knew because I saw her a few times go to pick them up when class was done earlier.

The bell signal went for the lunch break. I was already hungry because I had just eaten a cookie during the short break, but nothing else. I laterly almost ran to the refectory. Normally I always sat outside, but when I looked outside through the window in the refectory I saw it was still raining. Not that hard like before, but still hard enough to get wet. I think there will be no sun any more today.

Marnik and Ellen also came inside and there was someone new with them. I didn't know him, but when I looked closer and recognized him. It was the guy who hit me with the bike. They were coming to my table. That meant nothing good.

Ellen put a hand on my table and started talking.

'Why did you hit my boyfriend with the bike? He is the only one that could hurt you.' She said.

I knew she was always mean, but this time it was over my head. I couldn't say a word anymore.

When I tried to run from the table, the guy who I didn't know the name of set his food and tackled me. I fell on my knees again on the floor. This time it felt like something in my knees got thorn.

'Ouch.' I yelled. The pain screamed through my right knee. It was so awful that I couldn't stand it. This would be a call home, and maybe I didn't have detention, but I had to do the task probably at home then.

I felt an arm trying to pull me up. The person had strong arms. It was like I was a feather how he got me from the floor.

Before I could look, a teacher took it over.

It was Mr. Janssens. I wanted to ask him who the person was to say thank you, but he silenced me by holding a finger to his mouth and softly said, "sst, I will take you to first aid. Don't worry. Everything will be fine.'

It was like he had read my thoughts. I feel kind of scared now, but I just let him take me. He was the teacher I trusted more than any other one around the school. He was like a second dad, not only to me, but also to other kids who were bullied.

Still thinking about who could be the mysterious guy, I just walked with Mr. Janssens through the hallway to first aid.

While I was going up the stairs with Mr. Janssens I felt my knee breaking for real. It hurt in a way that I couldn't discribe. It was no normal pain. I also felt kind of angry at Ellen and the new guy.

When we arrived at first aid it seemed there was no one. Only me and Mr. Janssens. It didn't happen much that I was the only one at first aid. The doctor wasn't even there. This couldn't have been a coincidence. There was something more to it. Then Mr. Janssens said, "Sit down, I will take care of it. Don't worry. You will feel a lot of pain, but it will soon be over."

He just turned my knee around, and I screamed loudly, "What are you doing?!"

All of a sudden, every bone in my body broke and started to hurt.

I wanted to scream again, but this time it sounded like a howl.

What was happening to me?

After what I think was ten minutes, I felt the pain go away, but there was something different to my body. When I looked down, the ground seemed to be closer.

What! I don't have legs anymore, but paws.

'What happened to me?' I wanted to yell at Mr. Janssens who was just looking at me. Instead, there came a loud howl out of my mouth. This was not normal. I never knew this could happen. I must be in some sort of chock.

I wanted to jump through the window since there was no other escape. When I tried to run to the window, I thought about my knee. It seemed it was almost healed, but not fully yet, so I fell down on the ground howling from pain.

Just in a few minutes, I stopped because the pain was gone. What had just happened? When I looked down, I remembered again that I didn't have legs.

Mr. Janssens tried to calm me down, but it didn't really help. I just panicked more and more, and I couldn't think clearly. It was like something wanted me to get freedom and I couldn't get out.

Then out of nowhere I heard a voice saying, "Hi, I am Ava. Nice to meet you. I have been waiting so long for this moment."

Her voice sort of calmed me down, but still I didn't know where it came from. I started looking around, but didn't see anybody.

Only Mr. Janssens, but he was a man, so it couldn't have been him and I swore she called herself Ava. I have never heard that name in my life.

Still, I got calmer by the sound of her voice and that made it easier to think. I tried to think of what happened.

'Don't worry, I will explain everything on time.' Ava said.

'What are you and what am I?' I asked.

'You are human, but I made you become a werewolf. I reincarnated in you, and I am now your wolf. I know it is a lot to get in your head, but I will explain more and more to you when you are ready.'

I got silent and didn't say anything to her anymore, and it felt like she went back into the back of my head. Now all I wanted was to be human again. That was all I wanted for now.

Then I tried to think of how I looked like a human and my bones started to break again. It was not less painful than before, but the pain was still there.

A while later, I woke up in first aid and everything came back to me. From me changing into a wolf and the voice in my head called Ava. Luckily, Mr. Janssens was there to see if I took it well.

I also still knew what happened before I changed into a wolf. Who could the mysterious guy be?

I wanted to know. He must be new to our school.

Then I saw something outside. It looked like....