Chapter 7: Joe

I had almost forgot...what he was..

The thought of what could have happened already made me nauseous. How many people had he killed?

Then another person come stumbling out of the woods. He fell on his hands and knees, before he managed to push himself back up. I got goosebumps.

"Hey Dan!" He yelled excitedly.

Me and Dan both stopped in our tracks. Then I realised it. The person that came out of the woods had ears and a tail that was wagging.

"Aiden." Dan nodded.

"Hey! You're that werewolf!" I said enthusiastically.

"That's me!" Aiden said smiling, " Er one of me.. There's 9 wolves in my pack, including me!".

"9 more little Aidens?!" I thought.

"You were going to school weren't you?" Aiden asked "I'm going too!".

"Oh, I heard what you guys were talking about! You can just howl too if you need me...or one of us anyways... We'll always hear ya! We have excellent hearing and-" He continued, being interrupted by Dan.

"Okay. We got it. Let's go Aiden. Come on Daisy. We'll be there shortly." Dan started back walking again.

Aiden perked his ears back and I watched as they dissapeared. He did this to conceal his identity. His tail did as well.

I ran to catch up with them, petting Aiden.

Aidens tail returned as I continued to pet him, with him slowly wagging his brown, fluffy tail once more.

"Daisy" Dan said eagerly "Come here"

Aidens tail dissapeared once more and I went to walk beside Dan in the front of the line. I blushed as he locked my left hand with his in a death grip.

"Are you trying to drown me again?" I asked.

"No. Aiden may be all fluffy and 'cute' but he's still a werewolf. Dont let his sheepish disguise fool you." Dan whispered into my ear.

Aiden continued walking behind us, both hands around his back pack straps, smiling at the ground as he walked.

It felt like we had walked for hours, and I was out of breath.

"Here it is" Dan said, presenting the school with the wave of his hand.

It was a beat-up old brick building that looked like it had been there for centuries. I stared at it in awe before Dan lightly nudged me with his elbow, signaling for me to go into the school.

He ran to get in front of me, and held the door open for me and Aiden. I slowly walked into the building, blinded by the fluorescent lights beaming from the inside.

To my surprise, it looked nothing like the outside. It looked way modern, complete with pale blue lockers and metal classroom doors.

Dan walked in after Aiden had entered to catch up with me once again.

"Come on I'll show you to the princiPOOH-" Dan was interrupted by Aiden kneeing his side, making Dan fall to the floor.

"I know my way. Its like....location stuff" Aiden winked.

I stared at him confused and raised an eyebrow.

"You mean echolocation? The thing you DO NOT HAVE, because BATS HAVE IT" Dan sneered, angrily.

"Yeah. That. I do totally have it. Watch this" Aiden sniffed the air, slowly closing his eyes. "This way!"

He grabbed my hand, and ran for it, but fell forward after Dan, who was still on the ground, put out his leg to trip him.

I started stumbling forward at lightning speed along with Aiden, before I found myself in someone's arms.

I found black sleeves wrapped around my arms, keeping me upright. I looked up to the face of the hero who saved me, and fell backwards in horror.

It was the dragon. Liam. He gave me a smirk and reached out his hand to me. I refused to take it, though, and Dan helped me up instead.

Liam started to walk in my direction but Dan pulled me aside. Liam walked past me as he whispered something in my ear.

"You could be my queen one day. All you got to do is join us. Join the people who rule half this nation, and will soon rule the world"

I cringed at what I had just heard. Queen? What does he mean half the nation?

I've already made up my decision. I'm on team good until the day I die. For my parents. For mom. Dad. Everyone.

I started to think about it as we continued to walk to the principal's office. Liam didn't try to kill me that one time... He just injured me badly. It could've been worse. Why didnt he want to kill me if I'm his worst enemy? Why is he keeping me alive?

Aiden looked over at me and tapped my shoulder. I jumped a bit and looked back over at him.

"Something on your mind?" He asked.

"Oh..oh..yeah...no..nothing" I stuttered.

He sighed and we finally reached the principal's office.

Dan walked up to the door and knocked in a certain, strange, rhythm that I can't seem to forget.

"Bum. Bum. Bum bum bum."

He dropped his hands back down to his side and waited for the principal, as Aiden stood there, playing on his phone.

Aiden jerked his head up as the door slowly creaked open to a dimly lit room where a tall, slim man in dark attire sat at a desk.

"What is it?" He asked in a melancholic tone.

"Ms. Daisy's schedule, sir" Dan replied, pointing to me.

I felt awkward, so I tried to make a smile and slightly waved. He smiled too.

"Been a long time since there's been one like that here" The principal said.

He pulled open one of his desk drawers and pulled out a folder. He opened the folder and skimmed through a bunch of papers before he finally picked one up. He then tried to reach it over to me, and I grabbed it.

"Think she'll straighten em' up boys?" The principal chuckled in a creepy tone.

Dan and Aiden both laughed awkwardly at the principal's remark, nodding their heads.

"Hope so" He continued.

"My name is Joe, but most call me principal Joe. There's a lot of bad people in this school and maybe in your free time you can straighten them out? I sure can't" He chuckled through his eyes bags.

I nodded and waved goodbye as we walked back out into the hallway. Spooky.