FULL MOON NIGHT!

Under the soft glow of moon light , the roses shined brighter. When the lights fade and the sun sets, its more beautiful than the daylight. The darkness brings out the deepest emotions in everyone. You love the most, cry the most and think the most under the moonlight. Sometimes its better not to see the ugly world out there. Sometimes its better to be dark. The clouds painted the sky blue as the diamonds shined. Every good thing has a bad side, every person has a dark side. Along with the glorious full moon nights come out the fearful animals. Men bring out the wolf inside them. Werewolves take their wolf form under the full moon . They will be high in emotions like anger and love. "Rithika , today you should never let Rian come into your room." spoke Max while Max and Rithu were standing by a tree in the town. "Oh, I know. Its full moon night isn't it?" asked Rithu. "Ya it is, werewolves are dangerous during the full moon nights. We'll feel like to destroy everything and to kill everyone. So you better stay away from me and Rian." said Max as he cared about Rithu. Rithu nodded her head in agreement. "So, will you lock yourself ?" she asked. "No , I'll go to the hill top and let the moon injure me. There will be no humans near so its safe." he continued with his advices " You should keep on acting like you are still in love with Rian, if he comes to know that you are aware of his plans then he will kill you and I don't want my best friend to die." he said. Rithu faked a cough as a joke and asked " So now I am your best friend?" . "Yes you are, it seems like you don't want to be my best friend" said Max in the sense of joke. "Of course I want you as my best friend , everyone is not blessed with a werewolf bestie after all" Rithika replied.

Then both of them took their path. Rithika went to her house and Max took his way to the hill top as it was getting darker. She reached her home and locked all the doors and windows tightly as she didn't want Rian to break in. She took her phone and texted Rian 'Where are you? Its full moon today. I hope you are taking safety measures to not murder anyone :) ' . She took a nice, relaxing and long bath . Then she made her dinner and went to bed. She kept on turning around on bed cause she was not sleepy at all. She got up from her bed and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. She opened the fridge and took the freezing bottle. "No sleep?" she heard a voice from behind. The bottle of water fell out from her hands. She turned back to see Rian standing behind her. "What the **** Rian , you scared the shit out of me man" she said with her fingers slightly trembling. " How in the world did you get in my house? I am sure I locked the windows and doors." she asked. "I never left to get in" he replied. Rithu's eyes opened widely and her jaw dropped. "You were in my house the whole time? You got inside my house before me?" she asked in shock. "Yes love, I just wanted to surprise you." Rian replied. "Have you lost your senses , it's full moon night and the werewolf inside you might hurt me." said Rithu who was so scared of Rian and she wanted him to leave her house.

"I would never hurt you and you know that. I couldn't help myself from seeing you." he replied with his hands holding her chin. " I kept a secret from you and there must not be any secrets between us ." he continued. "What is that secret" she asked. "It was Max who killed Esther. He was jealous of me and Esther sharing a happy relationship. One day I went to her house which is the same house I am standing now." He pointed towards the painting and said. "Max was standing right there looking into Esther's room as she was lying on the bed. He walked in and gave her a juice and it was drugged. I watched them with a smile on my face from the window. It seemed like he was a good friend serving juice to his bestfriend . I left from there and gave them both a friendship time. He didn't know that I was there. After an hour I came back again to meet Esther. But I could only witness her dead body hanging from the ceiling fan and it broke my heart. I understood that it was Max who killed her and hung her to make it look like a suicide. Why do you think he is back in the town after 148 years? No doubt, he is here to kill the second triple walker ."

Rithu was stunned. She had nothing to say. Both Max's and Rian's theory made sense and she was confused about whom she should believe. "If I stand here any longer it will be dangerous so I am going now. See you tomorrow love." said Rian and left the house. She went to the bedroom and sat on the bed thinking about whom she should believe. She could sense that a really bad head ache was arriving. She heard a knock from the door. "Now who is this in the middle of the night?" thought Rithika. She looked through the window to see a beautiful woman standing outside. She seemed so familiar "Who is it ?" she asked from the door. The girl replied from outside "Oh is this Rithika's house?"

She could here the girl panting while she talked.

"Yes Rithika here" she replied from inside. "I am Rose. A wolf chased me from the hills. I went there for camping. That creature is still looking for me . Please, I beg you , please let me in. I don't want to die today." Rose cried as she talked. "Oh it's Max. He is out of control." Rithika thought. "I'll let you in don't worry." she said and opened the door. "Come in " she said. Rose got inside the house and Rithu locked the door.

"Thanks a lot Rithika." Rose thanked Rithika. "How do you know my name?" she asked. "We have met before, remember when the old lady in the neighborhood died and you came and asked me 'if anyone died'. At that time you told your name. " replied Rose. "Oh right right. Now I remember you. " Rithu now remembered the face. She asked her if she want anything and all that Rose asked was a place for her to sleep peacefully from the wolf. Rithika showed her the bedroom and was kind enough to let the girl stay for the night. The next day when she woke up the girl was already gone. "She must have got something urgent to do." Rithika thought and went to the university. There she met Max. She was not scared of him at the moment because she was surrounded with people and she was sure that Max would never hurt her in public. "Hey Max, how was yesterday night?" asked Rithu. "It was easy. I controlled the pain and everything went smooth." he replied. "Don't you ever lie to Rithika Ramakrishnan , I know that you chased a girl down the hill. " Rithika said with confidence in her eyes. "What? girl? Which girl? " Max asked in surprise. "No need of anymore lying . That girl came to my house last night. She was so scared and I let her stay in my house for the night. " said Rithika . "Rithu, I swear I don't know what you are talking about. I don't remember chasing a girl down the hill." said Max who was visibly confused. " Maybe you forgot about it, anyways leave it. I have students to teach. See you later 'best friend'. Rithika laughed and went back to the class. Max was still confused about what Rithu told. "Hey Hey " shouted Rithika from the stairs. "What is it" asked Max from the ground. "Look right there, that girl standing behind the bench , she was the one who you chased yesterday. She is still alive because of me ." Rithika said with a small giggle and rushed to her class as she was already late.

"Katherina Aldrich? You? You were the only person missing in this town" Max murmured to himslef.