The Law of The Jungle

I was frozen in place. Luckily, I didn't have to stand In terror long because it stopped in its tracks. It's ears perked up eagerly and it looked over its shoulder. The wolf gave one more look to me before turning and romping off into the woods. I breathed a sigh if relief and immediately headed home. I didn't want to run into another one of those things.

I got home safely and went up to my room. That was definitely weird. The first thing that caught my eye was the novel on my desk. I stepped closer to it and stared at it for a moment.

"No, they aren't real," I muttered to myself.

Nonetheless I decided to pick it up. I might as well start reading. I settled myself on my bed, turning the reading light on and cuddling into my pillow. It was not a story as I previously thought. It was more of an informational book about werewolves. Of course it was all made up.

I looked over the table of contents, deciding to start at the history of the werewolf.

Chapter 1: the origin of the werewolf

My eyes scanned the page uninterestedly until I finally got to the actual story of the origin.

"It is believed that the first werewolf came about when Darius Luther, a peasant man, made a deal with Lucifer, cursing he and his descendants as werewolves in exchange for wealth and power. From there, they originated in Europe- Ireland, England, The early Germanic tribes and western Russia. Nothing else has been recorded of their earlier history. It is not until after the Renaissance that we hear of actual accounts.

Henry II of Ireland, and many of the men who lived around him were the first to be persecuted for being a werewolf. As the story goes, some clergy members caught him and his accomplices in the act of changing from wolves to a human form while patrolling the church graveyard. On further inspection of Henry's house, many human remains were also discovered.

He, his family, and the other men who were also accused were found guilty of being werewolves and were exiled from their homes in Ireland. English guards sent them on a ship to Australia, along with all other criminals at the time. The werewolf population also exists in Australia now as a result."


My reading was interrupted by a knock at the door. I looked up and saw my dad.

"Hi kiddo, how was your birthday?" He asked
"Good," I smiled.
"What's that?" He quizzed coming closer.
I held it up, "it's a book for school. It's called the law of the jungle,"
"Is that the werewolf one?" He tilted his head.
I nodded, "yeah you heard of it?"
"I've read some parts," he shrugged, "anyway, you should come have dinner,"
"Okay,"

~*~

*The next day*

"I'm so happy that it's finally Friday," I grinned, walking down the hallway with Ryleigh.
"I know, me too," she grinned.
We both noticed that there were murmurs going through the hallway. We looked at eachother quizically.
"What's going on?" Ry asked
"I dunno, I'll ask Tessa," I shrugged, spotting one of my other friends.

She always knew what was up in the school. Who was dating who, who got in fights and what not. She always kept me informed since I didn't really get into that.
Nothing happened in my honors classes. All the drama was between the college prep kids.

"Hey Tess," I greeted, "do you know what's up?"
She eyed me like I was stupid, "yeah. How do you not?"
I shrugged, "why would I?"
"Because you're part of it," she said, "Liam and Ashton and all the guys are outside and I'm pretty sure they're pissed at eachother."
"Shit," I cursed, "thanks Tess,"
"You're welcome," she waved.

I started rushing down the hallway. Ryleigh was trying to keep up and asking me why I was running.
"Just follow me," I told her, hopping down the steps of the school and going around the back, near the school yard.

Sure enough, I spotted the boys. All 9 were there, seeming to be in some tense conversation.
"Liam?" I called

Ryleigh groaned when she saw that Luke was part of it all. She jogged over to him while I went over to Liam. He smirked as he looked down at me.

"Hi babe," he greeted, wrapping his arm around my waist.
I squirmed uncomfortably and blushed. Why did he have to be like this infront of my friends? It was hella awkward hella quick.

My eyes met the four pairs across from me. None looked happy to see me standing on Liam's side and not theirs. Well what was I supposed to do? Liam was my boyfriend, and after all, they were ignoring me.
I looked up at Ashton. I hadn't seen him in a whole week. His eyes were burning with a deadly fire that honestly scared me. However, it wasn't directed towards me.

"Come here Elle," Ashton gestured.
"She doesn't have to do anything you say," Liam shot back.

I looked between both. Ashton was one of my best friends since I was born. I'd only known Liam since the beginning of the school year, so like 4 months. But he was my boyfriend. So I should listen to him right? But in that moment I felt a nagging feeling in both my mind and heart. For some reason, Ashton seemed like the more logical choice.

"Elle," he coaxed softly.
My heart lurched at the sound of my name and my mind was screaming for me to go to him.

"Come here," I heard in my head.

My face screwed up into a look of complete confusion. That wasn't my voice. It wasn't me, it was Ashton's voice.

What?

Nonetheless, I shrugged out of Liam's grip. He seemed shocked at my reaction. Wordlessly, I stepped over to Ashton.

Notes

Hellloooo, so were winning and I'm happy! Also, my volleyball team is 9th in the state, which is great because there are a lot of good teams where I live.

anyway, does this kinda clear things up a bit? It'll all make sense, I promise!!

ill update again later if there's some feedback on this stuff:)

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