Chapter 5. Monster
Lucy arrived into the kitchen and her Dad was cooking the meat. There was a whole turkey, ham, and chicken. "I thought it was only turkey..." Lucy raised her eyebrows.
"Well, you said that Natsu's parents were vegetarian so he must be craving meat. So..." Jude showed the meat.
"Well, that's good. He won't starve!" Lucy laughed. Layla ruffled her hair and the door bell rang.
"That must be him, I'll get it," Layla said.
o.O.o
Levy had been setting up the tripod and the night vision camera. Gray had been late. Levy looked through the camera to check if it was okay. "Aahh!" Levy screamed. Gray had been in shot with a funny expression. It was a scare since she hadn't seen him arrive.
"You should have seen your face!" Gray laughed.
"Shut up. The monster might be near!" Levy shoved him. The forest was dark and you could hear the leaves move as Gray walked beside her.
"So," Gray said, "Why didn't you ask Natsu to come?". Levy had asked her oldest best friend but not her newest.
"I didn't want to bug him... he is new!" Levy explained. Natsu had helped her and she didn't want to bother him with a wild goose chase.
"You make it sound as if he is a toy," Gray laughed.
o.O.o
Natsu had grabbed a turkey leg in his hand and was biting off of it. The others were staring at him with amazement. "Have as much as you like, man!" Jude laughed. He threw another chicken leg at Natsu and he caught it. Natsu hesitated but asked, "On full moons, how don't you get caught?".
"We have a den in the cellars. Come on, we'll show ya'!" Layla said. They all stood up from the table and followed Layla down the stairs. She opened the first and second door to the den.
"Here it is! The den! It has everything we need on a full moon and we are safe!" Jude announced. The den had wooden beams with straw on the ground. The walls were made of stone and you can see the overuse of cement. There was a small gap in the wall where the trap door was. There were six dog food bowls for eating and drinking from. There were some pieces of torn shoe on the floor from a few nights ago.
"You lock yourselves up? Don't you want to run free or something?" Natsu asked as he looked at the dimly lit room.
"Yeah but we're going to be safe here, some werewolves are rogue!" Jude laughed.
"Rogue?" Lucy asked. She had never heard of this. She had thought that werewolves aren't what they seem. Not dangerous and don't harm people.
"Oops?" Jude said.
"What do you mean?" Lucy demanded.
"That some werewolves don't lock themselves up!" Natsu caught up with what's going on.
"We thought we would tell you on your first transformation!" Layla tried to explain.
"So, that 'monster' Levy took a picture of is a rogue werewolf?" Natsu asked.
"Oh my God!" Lucy's eyes widened as she remembered the image in her head. A wolf hiding behind a tree, glaring at Levy. It was close to the village!
"If there's a rogue werewolf, we should take care of it!" Layla said.
"Levy and Gray are out there!" Lucy remembered and groaned.
"Another complication! Where are they?" Jude asked.
"I know where they are but I can't explain it!" Natsu said. He had searched for the place before he came to dinner. He had seen it and the scent had disappeared.
"We'll just have to sniff them out!" Layla gave out a solution.
o.O.o
Levy and Gray had been waiting for quite some time for the monster to appear. But nothing had crept up on them yet, it had become tiring. There was a rustle near the bushes. The two teenagers hadn't heard the noise but the rustles didn't stop. "Boo!".
"Aahh!" Levy and Gray scream. The turned around after screaming and saw Laxus and his friends rocking with laughter.
o.O.o
"Lucy, they're our friends! We have to go save them!" Natsu pressed.
"My parents can do it better than us!" Lucy protested.
"But, we can run faster than their van can drive! We can save them faster!" Natsu said.
"Whatever, come on!" Lucy said. They both ran out of the house with their coats and ran into the forest.
o.O.o
"What are you doing here?" Levy demanded. Laxus and his friends had finished laughing and mimicking their screams. They were sighing at the memory of their faces.
"We overheard that you were coming here! Wanted to scare ya', worked!" Bickslow snickered. Levy rolled her eyes at him. Bickslow was always the odd one at the group. Having 'crushes' on the wrong girls at the wrong time. He would never date but had taken girls out on one but never asked to have a relationship. The next day, the girl would be heart broken but still in love with him. He would be moody at school and only ever smiling with his friends. Luckily, your form class is in all of your classes! So you have the same people in every class. There was a new rustle in the opposite side. The leaves crumbled and moved with every step of the 'thing'.
"Aahh!" They all screamed. It was Natsu and Lucy.
"What are you doing here?" Lucy demanded, looking at Laxus and his friends.
"What are you doing here! I though you had a family dinner! And you?" She asked Natsu and Lucy.
"Family dinner with her!" Natsu said.
"I got out of it, finished early!" Lucy lied. There was a new rustle in the bushes. It sounded, even more, deadlier than a human's step. It was slow but heading towards them. It could have been a kid but no one would know where they were. Levy turned around and grabbed the camera. She spotted her 'monster' and took pictures of it. The 'monster' seemed dazed as if it had gotten blind.
"Come on, let's go!" Evergreen whispered as she began to run away. Laxus and the boys slowly backed away before running. Now, it was only Gray and Levy, Lucy and Natsu. Natsu ran into the shadows and Lucy went in front of her two other friends.
"What are you doing, Lucy? It could kill you!" Gray shouted. He sounded concerned but Lucy didn't care. It was a werewolf and it could kill them!
"RUN!" Lucy yelled at them. The three ran towards the fallen tree. They jumped over it and hid behind it. They all leaned against the tree with their panting slowing down. "Give me your camera!" Lucy said.
"Why?" Levy asked.
"It blinded the thing! Now, give it!" Lucy said. Levy passed her camera over. Lucy jumped over the tree and headed back to the wolf. Natsu, in wolf form, attacked the monster! They circled each other as they growled.
"Natsu, come back here, idiot!" Lucy hissed at it. Natsu didn't give up. Lucy walked up to Natsu and kicked him. He rolled his eyes as he sat beside Lucy. Lucy began to take pictures of it with the light blinding it. The wolf backed away from the camera and the two of them. It ran away.
o.O.o
Lucy and Natsu leaned against a tree. Natsu had dirt all over his face and his lip had gotten cut. He must have stumbled upon some thistles and cut it, Lucy was deleting photos that showed any sign of a wolf. She left behind a picture of the misty trees and a 'badger' looking thing. "I think that's her best side!" Natsu chuckled before Lucy deleted it. "Where did they go?" Natsu asked.
"Levy and Gray are heading back. The idiots had run away," Lucy explained.
"Sissies!" Natsu laughed.
"I have to go," Lucy yelled as she began to run away.
"Should I go to find Levy and Gray?" Natsu asked but there was no reply, Lucy was long gone, "Okay...".
o.O.o
Lucy followed the scent of Laxus. She wanted to avenge her friend. To give her some self-esteem again! She ran up behind the four figures and said 'Boo!'.
"Aahh!" They screamed and she took the photo. She ran away before she could get caught. Now she had to find her friends. Natsu had to be with them by now so she followed his scent. It was easy since the scent was fresh so it was easy to follow. She had run up in front of them.
"Gray says he broke his ankle," Levy said. Natsu was helping him up by putting Gray's arm around his shoulders. Gray was trying to walk but he had hissed from the pain. So, Levy helped by supporting him on the other side.
"What's that?" Gray asked. Lights shined at their faces and they looked away. They had been in the dark for so long that this seemed unfamiliar. It was the van. Layla and Jude got out of the car and was surprised at the sight. Lucy was a mess, leaves, and branches in her hair with her clothes torn. She was her arms crossed to cover andy inappropriate spaces. Natsu was bleeding and had dirt on every exposed part of his skin. Gray was limping and hissing. Levy was fussing about. It was a terrible sight.
o.O.o
They were all in the living room. Levy was checking the pictures on her laptop. Lucy had a shower and changed into fresh clothes and was helping Natsu with his bleeding. Layla had said that Gray had sprayed his ankle and he needed to rest. All the pictures on the laptop were useless. "Hey, that one's good!" Lucy pointed out.
"You can use it as a poster!" Natsu added. Lucy had rubbed his back. He had to put his t-shirt off so everyone could see the injuries he had. "You kicked my back," He said before so she had to rub it to make him feel better.
"No, that's enough posters for one day!" Levy said. Lucy stood up and flicked to the last photo.
"Even this one?" Lucy asked.
o.O.o
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